The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in 10 innings, their third victory in a row. The Dodgers took an early 2-0 lead, but Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer that put Oakland up by one. One out later Bobby Crosby hit a solo-shot that gave the A's a 4-2 lead. However, LA came back as they scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game. The contest entered extra-innings, and with Orlando Hudson at third and two outs, Matt Kemp singled to win the game. The matchup with Oakland evoked memories of the two teams' meeting in the 1988 World Series, with many similarities between this game and Game 1 of the series: The Dodgers taking a 2-0 lead, a homer giving the A's the lead, LA fighting back to keep themselves in the game, and a walkoff hit to the right-side with two out. Kemp also doubled, as did Casey Blake, Rafael Furcal, and James Loney. Hudson had two hits and scored twice, and Blake collected two runs and two RBI's. Furcal scored a run. Former Rocky Matt Holliday scored a run for Oakland, and Kurt Suzuki had two hits.
Mitch Jones made his major-league debut, striking out on a full-count. Jones has been a journey-man minor-leaguer his entire professional career, but got his first real opportunity to appear in a game after the Dodgers optioned Jamie Hoffmann to the minors. Because Jones was not on the 40-man roster, Jason Schmidt was transferred from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL.
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