Unable to support Clayton Kershaw as he struggled through a rare scattershot performance, the Dodgers lost for the third day in a row to the Pirates, dropping a 4-3 defeat wrought by one unfortunate inning from Kershaw.
Kershaw allowed more than two earned runs in a game for just the second time in 16 starts. Like his other rotten start this season, which occurred on April 26 against Miami, the entirety of the damage occurred within one inning. Pittsburgh taxed him for four runs in the second, as Kershaw could neither establish a rhythm nor find his command.