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Jul 29, 2015 - 11:19 PM The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense needs to improve in order to avoid the club's longest slide of the season, and the lineup won't be able to count on Clayton Kershaw to put up zeroes Wednesday night.That's because the left-hander was scratched due to hip soreness hours before the Dodgers were set to host the Oakland Athletics.
Mike Bolsinger (5-3, 2.79 ERA) will make the start, with Kershaw being pushed back to Friday in the Freeway Series opener against the Los Angeles Angels.
The Dodgers (56-45) were shut down Tuesday as Oakland (45-56) won 2-0 behind Sonny Gray's three-hit, nine-strikeout effort. Howie Kendrick had two of those hits for the Dodgers, who are batting .156 with four runs while losing three in a row for the fifth time this season.
With his name among trade speculation, Yasiel Puig is 2 for 24 - both homers - with seven strikeouts in his last eight contests.
Los Angeles also is uncertain how long it will be without third baseman Justin Turner, who was scratched from Tuesday's lineup after a pimple on his leg turned into an infection.
"Over the off day, something went wrong,'' manager Don Mattingly said of Turner, who leads the team with a .323 average and has a career-high 13 homers.
"It was this itty bitty thing then it turned into something a little more dangerous."
Oakland has traded Scott Kazmir, Tyler Clippard and Ben Zobrist in a six-day span, but snapped a four-game skid despite scoring three or fewer runs for a fifth consecutive contest and the 11th time in the last 14.
''We can still win a lot of ballgames," outfielder Josh Reddick said. "We've just got to keep that confidence in ourselves and believe in ourselves. .. The main goal is to win ballgames, with or without those guys.''
Reddick homered and had half of Oakland's six hits Tuesday. He's batting .375 in his last eight games.
Jesse Chavez (5-10, 3.45) looks to rebound after he allowed four runs, eight hits and walked two in three-plus innings of a 9-3 loss at San Francisco on Friday. It was the third time in his last four starts that Chavez gave up four runs.
"You got to tip your cap to good hitting, but at the same time you got to make adjustments and I didn't do that," said the right-hander, who has a 5.81 ERA while losing four of his last six starts.
He's never started against the Dodgers and hasn't faced them since 2010.
Bolsinger ended a seven-start winless stretch last Wednesday after allowing an unearned run and three hits over seven innings of a 3-1 victory at Atlanta. The right-hander has never faced Oakland.
- OAKLAND: 7
LOS ANGELES: 10
Final
Jul 30 1:36 AM - H.Kendrick singled to center, Callaspo scored, J.Rollins scored.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 10 Bot 8, 2 OutsJul 30 1:23 AM - Howie Kendrick singles to center field. Jimmy Rollins scores. Alberto Callaspo scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 11 Bot 8, 2 OutsJul 30 1:23 AM - Yasiel Puig singles to left field, tagged out at second, Sam Fuld to Brett Lawrie to Eric Sogard. Enrique Hernandez scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 9 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 1:07 AM - K.Hernandez doubled to center, A.Gonzalez scored, Grandal scored.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 7 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:58 AM - Enrique Hernandez doubles to deep left center field. Yasmani Grandal scores. Adrian Gonzalez scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 7 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:57 AM - Grandal infield single to third, H.Kendrick scored, A.Gonzalez to third.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 5 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:53 AM - Yasmani Grandal singles to shallow infield. Adrian Gonzalez to third. Howie Kendrick scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 5 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:53 AM - A.Gonzalez doubled to center, Van Slyke scored, H.Kendrick to third.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 4 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:48 AM - Adrian Gonzalez doubles to deep center field. Howie Kendrick to third. Scott Van Slyke scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 4 Bot 7, 2 OutsJul 30 12:48 AM - Sogard singled to center, Reddick scored, Lawrie scored.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 3 Top 7, 1 OutJul 30 12:20 AM - Eric Sogard singles to center field. Brett Lawrie scores. Josh Reddick scores.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 3 Top 7, 1 OutJul 30 12:20 AM - Lawrie singled to center, Burns scored, Phegley scored, Reddick to second.
Athletics 4, Dodgers 3 Top 7, 1 OutJul 30 12:15 AM - Brett Lawrie singles to left center field. Josh Reddick to second. Josh Phegley scores. Billy Burns scores.
Athletics 4, Dodgers 3 Top 7, 1 OutJul 30 12:15 AM - Brett Lawrie doubles to deep right center field. Ike Davis scores.
Athletics 2, Dodgers 3 Top 5, 2 OutsJul 29 11:35 PM - Puig homered to left on a 0-0 count, Ethier scored.
Athletics 1, Dodgers 3 Bot 4, 0 OutsJul 29 11:25 PM - Yasiel Puig homers to left field. Andre Ethier scores.
Athletics 1, Dodgers 3 Bot 4, 0 OutsJul 29 11:24 PM - Fuld bunt single to first, Lawrie scored, Semien to second.
Athletics 1, Dodgers 1 Top 4, 1 OutJul 29 11:17 PM - Sam Fuld singles to shallow infield. Marcus Semien to second. Brett Lawrie scores.
Athletics 1, Dodgers 1 Top 4, 1 OutJul 29 11:17 PM - Ethier singled to right, H.Kendrick scored, A.Gonzalez to third.
Athletics 0, Dodgers 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsJul 29 10:35 PM - Andre Ethier singles to right field. Adrian Gonzalez to third. Howie Kendrick scores.
Athletics 0, Dodgers 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsJul 29 10:34 PM - Billy Burns singles to second base.
Jul 29 10:12 PM - OAKLAND: 0
LOS ANGELES: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jul 29 10:11 PM
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