Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks 2017 live stream: Time, TV channel, and how to watch NLDS Game 3 online

The Arizona Diamondbacks return home down 2-0 in their National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, desperately needing some length out of ace Zack Greinke in Game 3 on Monday night at Chase Field in Phoenix (10:08 p.m. ET, TBS).

The Dodgers have scored 17 runs in the first two games of the series, and have seen 355 total pitches from Diamondbacks pitchers. Arizona starters have totaled just 5⅓ innings, with Taijuan Walker knocked out after a 48-pitch first inning in Game 1, then Robbie Ray lasting 4⅓ innings on Saturday just three days after his 34-pitch relief effort in the National League Wild Card Game.

Greinke started that Wild Card Game on Wednesday but lasted just 3⅔ innings. In his last three starts, including the end to his regular season, Greinke has allowed 14 runs in 11⅔ innings.

Greinke, who pitched for the Dodgers from 2013-15, is 1-2 with a 3.65 ERA in four starts against his former team in 2017, with 24 strikeouts and 10 walks in 24⅔ innings. He was 13-1 with a 2.87 ERA in 18 regular season home starts during the season.

Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is 5-for-9 with four RBI in the first two games of this NLDS:

“I was talking with the coaches, and this is as good as we’ve seen him focus on every single pitch in the game,” manager Dave Roberts said of his right fielder. “When you combine that with the skill set that he has, and the energy that he brings, he doesn’t only energize 50,000 people, he energizes everyone in the clubhouse.

“When he’s in the box, making plays with his arm, his glove, and on the bases, it’s exciting.”

Down 2-0, the Diamondbacks need to win three straight to take the series. Jim McLennan at AZ Snake Pit detailed the plan for that to happen:

The main issue has been the Dodgers’ have not been swinging at the pitches we want, especially at the bottom of the strike-zone. After Game 1, Joseph Jacquez of Venom Strikes showed that, and concluded, “If the Dodgers continue to stay patient and wait for mistakes, the D-backs are in trouble because Ray relies on strikeouts and whiffs out of the zone.” And that happened again yesterday. Ray did get six strikes in his 4.1 innings - but also walked four, and threw a career-high three wild pitches. His swinging strike percentage last night was only 17.0%, well down on his regular season figure of 24.4%, a rate which trailed just Max Scherzer in the majors among qualified pitchers.