Dodgers score five in ninth to pull out win

PHOENIX – The Dodgers did today what they couldn’t quite do the previous night.

They pounded Arizona Diamondbacks closer Brandon Lyon again, but this time forced him to retreat to the dugout in defeat.

The Dodgers pinned five ninth-inning runs on Lyon to reverse a three-run deficit and put them on their way to claiming a 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks at Chase Field, as well as a share of first place in the National League West. The Dodgers entered the final inning trailing, 4-1.

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks are 48-50.

The Dodgers rallied for two runs in the ninth on Saturday night, only to fall a run short of tying the game.

Matt Kemp, who made the final out on Saturday with Delwyn Young at third base by flying out on the first pitch thrown to him by Lyon, ended an eight-pitch at-bat today by doubling to the gap in left-center to drive in newly acquired Pablo Ozuna for the tying run with two out. The 4-4 stalemate was broken one at-bat later, as Kemp scored on a triple by Andre Ethier, who scored on a single by Russell Martin.

A two-out single in the bottom of the ninth by Stephen Drew off Dodgers interim closer Jonathan Broxton drove in Emilio Bonifacio to get the Diamondbacks within a run.

Until Lyon entered the game, the Dodgers were able to do little offensively, as they were limited to one run and six hits over eight innings by Brandon Webb.

Dodgers starter Derek Lowe gave up four hits and walked two in a three-run first inning for the Diamondbacks that looked like it could seal the outcome, considering Webb was on the mound.

The Diamondbacks extended their lead to 4-0 in the sixth, when Mark Reynolds tripled on a ball that took a slanted bounce off the wall in right-center and scored on a squeeze play.

The gap closed to 4-1 in the seventh, when James Loney doubled and scored when Blake DeWitt grounded into a fielder’s choice.

In the hours leading up to the game, the Dodgers added depth to their infield by signing utilityman Ozuna, who was released on Wednesday by the Chicago White Sox.

Luis Maza, who was hitting .228, was designated for assignment to clear a spot on the roster for Ozuna.

Capable of playing every position in the infield, Ozuna is a career .285 hitter over a seven-year major league career that has included stops in Florida and Colorado. He was hitting .281 in 64 at-bats when the White Sox designated him for assignment on July 8 and ended his four-year run with the club.

Between then and now, Ozuna spent most of his time in his native Dominican Republic visiting his mother, who is recovering from a heart operation she underwent a few weeks ago. He said he grew up 15 minutes from the Dodgers’ player development facility in the Dominican Republic and that he tried out for the Dodgers when he was 17 years old. He was never offered a contract.

Ozuna said he had another major league offer, but that the boy in him was drawn to the Dodgers.

“This was the team I wanted to play for growing up,” he said.

Citing Ozuna’s experience and athleticism, Torre said he thought Ozuna was an upgrade over Maza.

Ozuna made his Dodgers debut in the ninth when he pinch ran for Andy LaRoche, whose pinch-hit single to right drove in Loney to get the Dodgers to within 4-3. A single by Loney scored Nomar Garciaparra for the first run of the inning.

 dylan.hernandez@latimes.com