Having won an 18-innning marathon just 10 days ago in Colorado, Arizona found more success on Friday night in front of 26,276 at Chase Field.

After stranding 21 runners, reliever Brandon Lyon -- in his first career big-league at-bat -- walked in the 15th and Orlando Hudson followed with a two-run shot to straightaway center field off Aaron Sele (7-5), which mercifully ended the five-hour, six-minute affair as the D-Backs defeated the Dodgers, 9-7.

"Both teams, when you go that long in the game, you want to close it out," Hudson said. "It's a hard pill to swallow when you play that long and play that hard and you don't get anything out of it."

With the win, Arizona is now three games behind first-place Los Angeles in the National League West standings and 3 1/2 games out in the NL Wild Card race.

"We were actually playing for the 18th," said D-Backs manager Bob Melvin. "'O' didn't know what inning it was. It had the same kind of feel. It was frustrating, because we had so many opportunities and left so many guys on base."

"We finally got our sound system in, so I guess we wanted to enjoy a little while tonight," Hudson said of Chase Field's newly installed sound system, which debut on Friday.

Lyon (2-3) -- who earned the win after throwing two scoreless innings -- was the D-Backs' last reliever and Melvin said had things remained scoreless, Tuesday's starter Enrique Gonzalez would have been both his next pitcher and hitter.

It was a see-saw affair as the Dodgers scored a run in the top of the 11th, and the D-Backs answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the frame. Arizona had success against Sele in that they loaded the bases in both the 13th and 14th innings, but were unable to bring any of those runs home.

"I'll tell you, he has some good stuff," Hudson said of Sele. "He knows how to pitch. Of course, he lost a little velocity, but other than that he knows how to pitch."

Arizona used 23 players, including Livan Hernandez, who was used as a pinch-hitter in the 13th inning, while the Dodgers employed everyone off their bench except backup catcher Toby Hall. Both teams exhausted all of their relievers, and the two clubs combined to strand 32 baserunners and tap out 34 hits.

"We ran through our bench in the 11th for the most part," Melvin said. "So then, I know I got Livan as my first option and Enrique is my next option as far as hitting. Now, if the catcher gets hurt, that's when you're in trouble.

"I really thought Livan was going to end it. Not only has he been in those situations and handles the bat very well, it just seemed apropos to end up winning the game like that."

Arizona trailed early as J.D. Drew hit a two-run home run in the opening inning. Both teams combined to score in each of the next five frames, but inconsistent starting pitching out of Claudio Vargas made it difficult for the offense to gain any momentum.

After pitching three straight quality starts, Vargas put in only 4 1/3 innings of work and allowed six earned runs, including three homers, two of which came off Drew's bat.

It was a memorable night for veteran left fielder Luis Gonzalez as he collected a pair of doubles, which raised his career total to 540. He passed Al Simmons and is now tied with Dave Winfield and Joe Medwick for 23rd on the all-time doubles list.