The Diamondbacks embark today on a grueling 8 games in 7 days road trip with four against the Dodgers, including a day-night double header on Tuesday.
Coming of a 1-2 series loss to the Cubs, the D-backs have lost 3 out of their last 4, but remain in 4th place in the NL West, 1⁄2 game in front of the last place Rockies. They are 4 games behind the Dodgers, who are tied with the Padres for 1st place in the NL West. Arizona is also 1.5 games back of the Cardinals for the 2nd wild card slot.