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The Los Angeles Dodgers last week announced their minor league coaching staffs for 2012, and for the most part they look very similar to those of 2011. The biggest coaching news is the hire of Doug Mientkiewicz, who will make his coaching debut as the hitting coach of the rookie league Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League. Mientkiewicz played for the Dodgers in 2009.

Matt Herges, who pitched for the Dodgers as well as every other team in the National League West, will be coaching for his second year in 2012. He was promoted from pitching coach of the Arizona Rookie League Dodgers in 2011 to pitching coach of the Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes next year.

The Dodgers’ staffs at Triple A and Double A remained the same as 2011. Here are the 2012 coaching assignments for the Dodgers:

Field Coordinator: Bruce Hines
Senior Advisor, Player Development: P.J. Carey, Gene Clines, Charlie Hough
Senior Advisor, Latin America: Ramon Martinez
Hitting Coordinator: Eric Owens
Pitching Coordinator: Rafael Chaves
Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator: Damon Mashore
Infield Coordinator: Jody Reed
Catching Coordinator: Travis Barbary
Coordination of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Campo Las Palmas Coordinator: Henry Cruz
Field Coordinator, Campo Las Palmas: Antonio Bautista

Triple-A Albuquerque:
Manager: Lorenzo Bundy
Hitting Coach: John Valentin
Pitching Coach: Glenn Dishman

Double-A Chattanooga:
Manager: Carlos Subero
Hitting Coach: Franklin Stubbs
Pitching Coach: Chuck Crim

Single-A Rancho Cucamonga:
Manager: Juan Bustabad
Hitting Coach: Michael Boughton
Pitching Coach: Matt Herges

Single-A Great Lakes:
Manager: John Shoemaker
Hitting Coach: Razor Shines
Pitching Coach: Hector Berrios

Rookie-advanced Ogden:
Manager: Damon Berryhill
Hitting Coach: Doug Mientkiewicz
Pitching Coach: Bill Simas

Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers:
Manager/Coordinator of Arizona Instruction: Matt Martin
Hitting Coach: Leo Garcia
Pitching Coach: Kremlin Martinez

Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Dodgers:
Manager: Pedro Mega
Hitting Coach: Keyter Collado
Pitching Coach: Alejandro Peña
Catching Coach: Jose D. Hernandez
Assistant Coach: Rafael Ozuna

Camelback Ranch – Glendale:
Pitching/Rehab Coach: Jim Slaton
Coach: Johnny Washington
Coach: Esteban Lopez

For more Dodgers offseason news and analysis, be sure to read True Blue LA.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) — Gerardo Parra knocked in four runs and Joe Saunders delivered a solid start Monday, boosting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Parra capped a five-run Diamondbacks rally in the sixth inning with a two-run single and drove in two more with an eighth-inning double, helping Arizona win the opener of a three-game series.

Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan Roberts each went 2-for-4 with an RBI as first-place Arizona cut its magic number to clinch the National League West to seven with its 17th win in 20 games.

Saunders (11-12) held the Dodgers to two runs on four hits over seven frames, walking only one and striking out four en route to the victory.

Ted Lilly (9-14) yielded three runs on three hits in a 5 1/3-inning effort for Los Angeles.

Matt Kemp homered and Jerry Sands went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the loss.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will send nine players to the Arizona Fall League, including six former Great Lakes Loons.

Five of the former Loons – reliever Steven Ames, reliever Cole St. Clair, starter Josh Wall, catcher Gorman Erickson and outfielder Kyle Russell – will play for the Salt River Rafters.

Former Loon outfielder Angelo Songco will play for the Surprise Sagauros.

Other Dodgers prospects in the league include pitcher Stephen Fife, infielder Jake Lemmerman and outfielder Alex Castellanos.

Songco and Russell are “taxi squad” players. They can only play on Wednesdays and Saturdays unless otherwise needed.

espn.com: all but Russell presently are with Double-A Chattanooga. Russell, the team’s third-round pick in 2008, also was with the Lookouts until being promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque late last week.

PHOENIX, Aug. 7 (UPI) — Cody Ransom blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning Sunday, rallying the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3.

Trailing 3-2 in the seventh, Collin Cowgill collected a one-out single off Clayton Kershaw (13-5) and Ransom then pulled a 1-1 pitch deep into the left field stands, allowing the D-backs to salvage one win in a three-game set with Los Angeles.

Kelly Johnson also contributed a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who stayed within a half-game of San Francisco atop the National League West and snapped their three-game losing streak.

Ian Kennedy (14-3) earned the win with a seven-inning performance during which he allowed three runs on six hits while fanning three and walking one.

J.J. Putz notched his 26th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Kershaw ended up going 6 1/3 innings, surrendering four runs on five hits.

James Loney socked a solo home run for the Dodgers.