LOS ANGELES (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks scored each of their runs in bases-loaded situations. The Los Angeles Dodgers kept putting runners on, and stranding them.

That was the difference between Wade Miley and Chad Billingsley on Tuesday night.

Miley wiggled out of a couple jams while pitching into the seventh inning and the Diamondbacks snapped the Dodgers' five-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory.

``He just did a great job for us, and that's what we needed tonight,'' manager Kirk Gibson said. ``He had 72 strikes out of 102 pitches. He maybe started laboring a little bit later in the game, but it was big for him to get as far as he did for us. That's how he's been pitching all year. He's got a great tempo. He throws all of his pitches in any count and uses the whole plate.''

Miley (4-1) scattered eight hits and walked one in 6 2-3 innings, limiting Los Angeles to just one run on Mark Ellis' homer. The 25-year-old left-hander is 3-1 with a 2.35 ERA in five starts since being inserted into the rotation on April 23 to replace Daniel Hudson, who is out with a right shoulder impingement.

``A win anywhere is a big win right now,'' Miley said. ``We've been scuffling a bit, but tonight we put some runs on the board and kept them at bay. I was just trying to stick with the plan.

``Miggy (catcher Miguel Montero) called a great game and we didn't get away from the plan. Everything he put down we went with, and I was fortunate that it worked out. He was telling me to keep challenging guys, throwing quality pitches and throwing strikes and let the defense play behind me. I was commanding the fastball early in the count and getting ahead.''

Ellis finished with three hits in the Dodgers' first game since center fielder Matt Kemp went on the 15-day disabled list because of a left hamstring strain. They still own the best record in baseball at 24-12 and lead San Francisco by six games in the NL West.

Billingsley (2-3) threw 77 pitches in four-plus innings and was charged with four runs and eight hits in his 200th regular-season game. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 5.34 ERA in his last five starts, a stretch that began with a 12-0 loss at Houston in which he lasted only 3 1-3 innings.

Arizona loaded the bases in the second when Miley reached on a strikeout-wild pitch after a two-out intentional walk to Aaron Hill. Billingsley then walked Gerardo Parra to force in a run, but he minimized the damage by retiring Willie Bloomquist to end the inning.

``The big reason we jumped out to the lead was Wade hustling after he struck out,'' Bloomquist said. ``That's just a little thing that probably won't show up in the box score, but that's what kept that inning going.''

The Diamondbacks opened the fifth with six consecutive singles, including run-scoring hits by Justin Upton and Montero against Billingsley and another RBI single by Jason Kubel against Javy Guerra. But Ryan Roberts grounded into a 5-2-3 double play and Aaron Hill grounded out with a chance to break the game open.

``We got six hits in a row, and we haven't done that in a while,'' Gibson said. ``Guys have been loose, even though we've been going through tough times, and tonight we got rewarded with some results.''

Lyle Overbay drove in Arizona's fifth run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh, again with the bags full. The Diamondbacks came in 6 for 30 in bases-loaded situations.

``The biggest thing was getting the bases loaded, and guys came through with big hits,'' Bloomquist said. ``We were threatening in virtually every inning to score. Not to look at the negative, but if you were trying to be picky, we left a lot of guys on base. The positive is, we had a lot of guys on base. So we were making things happen and we executed a lot better.''

Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier, who won his first Gold Glove last year, started in center for the first time in seven big league seasons - and caught the game's first two outs. He also made a diving catch to rob Upton of a hit in the sixth.

``I kind of laughed to myself after that first pop fly was hit to me,'' said Ethier, who also started the 2010 All-Star game in center field and played 90 minor league games at that position between 2004 and 2005.

``You've just got to be ready. You can't be saying: `Don't hit the ball to me.' I was out there wanting to track down stuff and just trying to be aggressive and knowing where my teammates were going to be on certain balls. More than anything, I just wanted to have fun with it out there.''

NOTES: Scott Van Slyke, the son of former major leaguer Andy Van Slyke, was in the starting lineup for the first time in the big leagues. He played RF and was 0 for 4 while batting third in front of Ethier. ... Dodgers 1988 Cy Young Award winner and World Series MVP Orel Hershiser threw out a ceremonial first pitch on a night when the club handed out Hershiser bobbleheads. His catcher was another Dodgers Cy Young Award winner, Clayton Kershaw. ... The Dodgers wore black caps with an interlocking ``LA'' during batting practice as a show of support for the NHL's Kings in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. The Kings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 to take a 2-0 series lead back to Staples Center. ... Miley helped fuel the fifth-inning rally with a single and has six hits in 16 at-bats this season.