The Los Angeles Dodgers again were plagued by shaky starting pitching, with Clayton Kershaw the latest culprit in a 5-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants. Kershaw’s struggles offset A.J. Pollock’s fifth career multi-home run game.
Kershaw initially managed to work his way through plenty of traffic, stranding a combined seven baserunners through three scoreless innings, which included working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first. However, he was up to 64 pitches at that point.
San Francisco broke through in the fourth inning and tied the game on Mauricio Dubon’s solo home run that hit off the foul pole in left field.