Dodgers’ three homers have Dodgers leading, 6-1

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Dodger Stadium, hitter’s park.

Opening their season with six games on the road, the Dodgers hit a total of three home runs.

They came home Tuesday and equaled that in the first five innings.

Manny Ramirez hit a 435-foot shot to give the Dodgers the lead in the fourth, Casey Blake followed with a two-run homer and then Matt Kemp hit a solo shot in the fifth to give the Dodgers a comfortable lead over the Diamondbacks.

The Dodgers led, 6-1, after five innings in their home opener, Blake DeWitt walking for the third time to force in a run with the bases loaded.

After the Kemp homer, Arizona starter Ian Kennedy gave up a single to Andre Ethier and walked Manny. Left-hander Jordan Norberto took over for Kennedy, but gave up successive walks to Blake and DeWitt to force in the sixth run.

Through five innings, Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw had allowed the one run on three hits and three walks. He had struck out six and thrown 93 pitches.

-- Steve Dilbeck