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CHICAGO -- Alex Cobbs body of work this season has been limited to only four starts, but its been enough for Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash to consider it a success.Cobb will make his final start on Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox. Cobb, who missed the entire 2015 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last year, has pitched at least six innings in two of his four starts. He is coming off a no-decision when he allowed two earned runs and four hits over five innings Sept. 2 against the Toronto Blue Jays.Cobbs assignment Tuesday wont be simple as he faces off against White Sox ace Chris Sale (16-9), who manager Robin Ventura said Monday could still pitch twice before the regular season ends on Sunday.But for Cobb, Tuesdays start will be much more about the future than it is about the present.I think (this season) is a big success because Alex goes into the offseason knowing that hes back, Cash said. Obviously, theres room for improvement and hell get a better feel for all of his pitches and the fastball will probably tick up a little bit more.Alex has come a long way and to come up here and have success has to be a reassuring feeling that he worked his tail off to get back here.Cash said that Rays officials are expecting Cobb to have a normal offseason with no limitations and wont have to work around managed limitations like he has since he rejoined the Rays last month.Cobb will face a White Sox team that are playing out the string. Although the focus will be to win as much as possible with an uncertain offseason upcoming, Ventura said Monday that as long as its done within the confines of team goals, hes fine with players looking to finish strong individually.That includes Sale, who, after starting 14-2 has struggled throughout the second half of the season when he has fallen out of contention for the American League Cy Young Award. Sale is 2-4 in his past 10 starts and has lost two out of his past three games after back-to-back no-decisions.Ventura said that following Tuesdays start against the Rays, Sale -- who is one win shy of his career-best 17 victories -- could also pitch in Sundays season finale against the Twins.But depending on how the four-game series against the Rays goes, Ventura said he could keep his starting options open.He (Sale) does have that option right now (to start the final game of the season), Ventura said. Well get in and see how we go through it with this series and see where we are with those guys, see where they are physically, how theyre doing.I dont plan on anything necessarily changing. It could change in a couple days, and well see how that goes and make adjustments as we go along. Weve got enough guys here to make it through, thats not the issue. Cheap Clearance Shoes Online . 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Just work down in the zone, and mix pitches, and use that sinker.Shipley (1-1) held the Dodgers to five hits in his second career start as the Diamondbacks won for only the third time in 11 games. He struck out four and walked one.Obvioulsy, a lot of ground-ball outs, so hes getting the ball down. His ball had some movement downward, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. Curveball looked good. Changeup was better than it was the first night, and he just located the fastball.Jean Segura led the Diamondbacks out of the gate with a leadoff homer and Arizona had a 2-0 lead before Shipley took the hill.Segura hit Scott Kazmirs third pitch of the game over the left-field fence for his fourth leadoff home run of the season. He added an RBI double in the second, and is hitting .396 (19 for 48) over his last 12 games.Hes going to challenge Rickey Henderson pretty soon, Hale said with a smile. Hes done a really nice job for us.Kazmir (9-4) gave up four runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander entered the game as the National Leagues only undefeated pitcher -- minimum of 10 starts -- since May 14, going 7-0 with a 3.73 ERA in 13 starts.We just let this one slip away, Kazmir said. Giving up three early in the same, really setting the tone. Shipley, he was great out there. You have to tip your cap to him.Joc Pederson hit his 15th home run, and second in two nights, with two outs in the ninth inning for Los Angeles, which lost for the second time in six games.The Dodgers fell two games behind division-leading San Francisco. Los Angeles went 17-9 from June 26 through Friday night, and had cut the Giants division lead from 6 1/2 games to one since the All Star break.Brandon Drury singled home Phil Gosselin with two outs in the seventh for Arizonas final run. Gosselin had been called out stretching a single into a double, but the Diamondbacks challenged the call and it was overturned after a 1-minute, 27-second review.Jake Barrett got the final four outs for his thirdd save.ddddddddddddChris Owings broke out of a 2-for-22 slump by flaring an RBI single to the opposite field in the second for Arizona, which came into the game with a NL-leading .277 batting average against left-handed pitching.Scott Van Slykes RBI single scored Andrew Toles, who walked and took second base on a passed ball, made the score 4-1 in the seventh.Corey Seager drilled his 30th double of the season with two outs in the third, tying the Dodgers rookie record for doubles set by Eric Karros in 1992.Shipley went 8-5 with a 3.69 ERA in 19 starts at Triple-A Reno before being called up. The 24-year-old right-hander lost his big league debut against Milwaukee on Monday night, giving up six runs in 5 1/3 innings.WINNING FORMULAThe Diamondbacks improved their record to 20-1 this season when allowing three runs or fewer on the road, trailing only the 1981 Cardinals (21-1) in this scenario since 1901.NO GOLD HEREPaul Goldschmidt, who torched Los Angeles for 21 doubles, 24 home runs and 74 RBI in his first 86 games against the Dodgers -- including 3 for 5 with 3 RBI in the series opener -- went 0 for 4 in this game.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Zach Greinke pitched three innings in a rehab start Friday night in an Arizona rookie league game interrupted by a thunderstorm. Greinke, who threw 52 pitches, is expected to make one more minor-league start before returning to the Diamondbacks in 10 days or so, said Manager Chip Hale. ... Arizona sent LHP Zac Curtis to Double-A and designated RHP Josh Collmenter and INF-OF Micahel Freeman for assignment on Saturday.Dodgers: Los Angeles will make a decision in the next few days whether to activate INF Kike Hernandez (left ribcage inflammation). ... Nothing new on LHP Clayton Kershaw, who continues to rehab with core and back strengthening exercises. He has not resumed any baseball activities with no timetable for a return, said manager Dave Roberts.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin will make his fourth start of the season against the Dodgers in the series finale on Sunday. Corbin is 0-2 with a 5.51 ERA this year, but has a 2-1 record with a 3.25 ERA in five career starts at Dodger Stadium.Dodgers: RHP Bud Norris (6-9,4.27) makes his seventh start for the Dodgers since being acquired from Atlanta in June. Over his last 10 games -- including nine starts -- Norris is 5-2 with a 3.40 ERA, striking out 59 batters in 53 innings. ' ' '