Ringo bracket: 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers defeat 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games

Cody Bellinger powered the Dodgers to the series win with 13 RBIs and five homers. Los Angeles outscored Arizona 42-28, but the series was much closer.

Game One: D'backs 6, Dodgers 3: Brandon Drury went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a homer, driving in two runs and scoring three. The Snakes scored twice in the top of the first inning and the Dodgers never caught up. Zach Greinke allowed one run in seven innings.

Game Two: Dodgers 5, D'backs 1: Walker Buehler scattered five hits in six innings, and three Dodgers relievers worked one scoreless frame apiece to even the series. Bellinger homered, doubled and singled, driving in four and scoring twice.

Game Three: D'backs 4, Dodgers 3: The Dodgers scored a pair in the top of the fifth, but homestanding Arizona got one back in the bottom of the inning, took the lead with two in the sixth and added a vital insurance run in the seventh. Andrew Chafin proected a one-run lead in the eighth by getting two outs with two on, and Fernando Rodney loaded the bases in the ninth before inducing a game-ending double play from Bellinger.

Game Four: Dodgers 13, D'backs 4: Bellinger hammered three homers and drove in eight runs in the rout. Justin Turner and Joc Pederson each drove in two runs as well.

Game Five: Dodgers 6, D'backs 1: Pederson drove in three runs with a pair of homers and Max Muncy hit a three-run homer to back Clayton Kershaw, who allowed one run in six innings. 

Game Six: D'backs 8, Dodgers 5: Arizona flexed its muscle in the top of the sixith; its first five hitters that inning when double, double, double, triple and homer, that last a pinch-hit shot by Ketel Marte. Daniel Descalso hit a pair of triples. Corey Seager homered twice for the Dodgers.

Game Seven: Dodgers 7, D'backs 5: Max Muncy broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run homer in the fourth off Patrick Corbin, and Russell Martin added a two-run homer in the sixth. Seager also had two RBIs.

Projected rotation: Kershaw-Maeda(?)-Buehler-Ryu-(Kershaw)-(?)-Buehler. The bullpen will be fully available for the first game of the second round.