MLB Rumors: Dodgers and Diamondbacks Competition Heats Up

They're back at it again. Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks apparently do not care about each other as their rivalry is raising the heat index close to a scorching summer heat.

Obviously, the bad blood doesn't seem to have dissipated and that hard feelings remain as it played out on the field. As the two teams closed out their first series of the season on Thursday, the first two games were an indication of the result.

In the opening game of the series on Tuesday, a home opener for Dodgers, Nick Ahmed was shortstopped by Diamondbacks. Ahmed along with second baseman Jean Segura were both hit by pitches so was Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig.

On Wednesday night, Dodgers center field player Joc Pederson got plunked while Justin Turner, the team's third baseman got hit twice. Turner's second HBP in the 7th inning compelled umpire Brian Gorman to warn both sides as heated arguments fly back and forth on the filed as reported by Knuckleball.

"I think as far as Brian Gorman issuing a warning to both benches, I think that is what he has to do when he hears some jawing back and forth," general manager Dave Roberts remarked as quoted by ESPN.

"That's kind of what they have to do. The last one [to Justin Turner] was a breaking ball that hit him in a good spot. The other two, they came in. They pitch in."

In the latest roundup, Dodgers' Justin Turner sprinted for a home run to score in the seventh inning in their third MLB game in the series against the Diamondbacks on Thursday (April 14) at Dodger Stadium as reported by Daily News.

The game left Los Angeles victorious over their Arizona rival 5-2. Their recent victory now allowed the Dodgers to sustain a winning momentum as the players head out to a clash over the weekend with San Francisco Giants.