But instead of throwing the ball to third to double off Ethier, Haren threw to second to double off Pierre, which proved to be a mistake. Second baseman Felipe Lopez then made another mistake, running over to a frozen Pierre and tagging him rather than simply touching the bag. The extra time that took allowed Ethier -- who admittedly didn't know where the ball was because he was rightfully running with his head down on a contact play -- to cross the plate before Lopez's tag of Pierre was applied.

"That made a difference in whether or not the run counted," umpire crew chief Charlie Reliford told a pool reporter. "If (Lopez) had touched the bag ... the run wouldn't have counted. (Dodgers manager) Joe (Torre) came out and said, 'You know that run counts.' (The Diamondbacks) could have gotten the fourth out with an appeal at third base."

Lopez wound up making a third mistake. Instead of holding the ball and touching the third base bag on his way off the field, which would have been easy to do because the Arizona dugout is behind third base anyway, he simply jogged off with the rest of his teammates. Because no one had bothered to officially double Ethier off third, the run counted.

DODGERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Randy Wolf became the first Dodgers starting pitcher this season to go past the sixth inning, pitching seven-plus in a dazzling performance in which he retired 16 in a row at one point and 18 of 19, the only exception being an intentional walk. Wolf allowed a run on two hits with five strikeouts. Setup man Hong-Chih Kuo and closer Jonathan Broxton took care of the rest, combining to retire six of the final seven batters.