Ryal’s homer in 10th lifts Dbacks to 5-3 win over Dodgers

Dbacks beat Dodgers 5-3 in 10 innings

LOS ANGELES — Rusty Ryal homered to lead off the 10th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

The biggest news during the game occurred off the field, with the Dodgers acquiring first baseman Jim Thome from the Chicago White Sox and right-hander Jon Garland from Arizona in separate trades announced late in the game.

The deals were for players to be named later. Thome and Garland were signed before the midnight EDT deadline, making them eligible for postseason play, something they weren’t likely to see with their previous clubs.

Thome went from a third-place team trailing Detroit and Minnesota in the AL Central Division to the NL West-leading Dodgers. Garland made out even better, leaving the Dbacks, who trail the Dodgers by 18 games in the NL West.

Esmerling Vasquez (3-2) got the win with one strikeout in 1 1-3 innings of relief. Juan Gutierrez earned his second save.

James McDonald (4-4) took the loss, allowing two runs and two hits in one inning. He struck out one and walked two, including a bases-loaded walk with two out in the 10th.

Arizona took a 2-0 lead with two outs in the second on Augie Ojeda’s double over left fielder Manny Ramirez’s head, scoring Miguel Montero and Chris Young, who had back-to-back singles.

The Dodgers got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Ronnie Belliard’s homer off an 0-2 pitch from Doug Davis. Belliard started at second base in his Los Angeles debut a day after coming from Washington in a trade for minor league right-hander Luis Garcia.

Ramirez and Matt Kemp hit back-to-back homers in the sixth, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 lead. Ramirez sent the first pitch from Davis just over the wall in right center. Kemp followed with his 22nd homer over the center field wall.

Justin Upton tied the game at 3, hitting his 23rd homer off a 3-2 pitch from Los Angeles reliever George Sherrill with one out in the eighth.

Los Angeles starter Randy Wolf allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked two.

Davis gave up three runs and five hits in six innings, struck out and walked two.

Russell Martin went 1 for 5 as the Dodgers’ leadoff hitter in a lineup juggled by manager Joe Torre to give Rafael Furcal, Orlando Hudson and James Loney a night off, although Loney entered the game as a defensive replacement for Mark Loretta in the seventh.

NOTES: Wolf was left sitting on 99 wins. … The Dodgers ended August with a 14-15 mark. They haven’t had a winning August since 2006.