The Arizona Diamondbacks gave Manny Ramirez three chances to hurt them Saturday. 

The Arizona Diamondbacks gave Manny Ramirez three chances to hurt them Saturday. 

Arizona's Randy Johnson, six wins shy of 300 career victories, was scratched from Sunday's start against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a sore left shoulder. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Justin Upton (headache) didn't play Sept. 

--2B David Eckstein has made a favorable impression in his week with the D-backs, so much so that he could be candidate to return in 2009 if the D-backs are unable to retain All-Star and Gold Glove 2B Orlando Hudson, who will become a free agent this wint 

The Diamondbacks were not looking to the future when they acquired infielder David Eckstein for the stretch run, but it may turn out that way. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers were the most recent team to stand in the way of Brandon Webb becoming the NL's first 20-game winner since 2005. 

Joe Torre witnessed a lot during memorable stretch runs managing the New York Yankees. 

Andre Ethier went 5-for-5 and drove in a career-high five runs, Derek Lowe held Arizona to two hits over eight innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers cut the Diamondbacks' NL West lead to a half-game with a 7-0 victory Friday night. 

You want to get into a real political debate? Try figuring out which of the candidates for NL MVP deserves to win, Ken Rosenthal says. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Justin Upton (headache) didn't play Sept. 

--SS Stephen Drew leads NL shortstops with 37 doubles after collecting four in the past five games. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Justin Upton (headache) didn't play Sept. 

--SS Stephen Drew leads NL shortstops with 37 doubles after collecting four in the past five games. 

After the Diamondbacks acquired infielder David Eckstein on Sunday, manager Bob Melvin met with shortstop Stephen Drew about possibly moving down in the batting order.