While Clayton Kershaw retired 20 batters in a row after a leadoff double and subsequent walk with nobody out in the bottom of the first inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers failed to generate much of anything against Milwaukee Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson.
The Dodgers’ first threat came on Yasiel Puig’s two-out double in the fifth inning. Nelson retired Brett Eibner to keep the game locked in a scoreless tie. Nelson to that point had scattered two his and collected eight strikeouts.
With the Dodgers trailing, 1-0 in the eighth, Puig led off with an infield single. Eibner followed with a base hit to left field to put two on with nobody out.