Dodgers Can't Capitalize in Loss

The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Oakland Athletics 5-2, snapping a three-game winning streak. The Dodgers were in an early hole after Oakland jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning. However, LA tried to come back, and cut the deficit to one in the seventh. The Dodgers' fatal flaw was their poor clutch-hitting, as five men who reached third-base failed to score. Dodger hitters left 10 men on base during the game. Both Juan Pierre and Rafael Furcal had a hit and scored a run, and Orlando Hudson had a hit, run, and RBI. Ethier had a double and drove in two, and Matt Kemp collected a run-batted-it. Rajai Davis and Jack Cust each had a homer for the A's, and Matt Holliday had a hit, run scored, and RBI.

Mitch Jones got his first major-league hit, a single into right-field. Jones was subsequently erased on a double-play.