Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw uncharacteristically dished up
long balls to Ryan Braun and Carlos Gomez and Milwaukee pitcher Yovani Gallardo
held the Dodgers to one run on six hits through eight innings tonight in a 3-2
Brewers’ victory.
The Dodgers drew to within a run in the ninth when Matt Kemp
crushed a high fastball over the left field fence but it was a case of too
little and too late.
The Dodgers saw their lead in the NL West shrink to 4.5
games with San Francisco’s 6-5 come-from-behind win at AT&T Park.
Kershaw (14-3) struck out 11 and only gave up five hits but
the two dingers were enough to snap his winning streak at 11 games.
Los Angeles got on the board in the fourth inning when Carl
Crawford singled, stole second and scored on a Justin Turner single. In a
critical play, Turner was thrown out at second by first baseman Mark Reynolds,
who cut off the throw from center field. The next batter, A.J. Ellis, singled
to right but the Dodgers had to settle for one run in the inning.
The Dodgers lost two of three to the Brewers last week in
Milwaukee and will try to salvage one game of the three-game set in Los Angeles
tomorrow when they send Dan Haren (10-9, 4.50) to the hill against Wily Peralta
(14-7, 3.46)
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