Dodgers lose in 11 innings to Oakland A’s, 5-4

If the non-strike call and the elusive ball were enough to make Kershaw rage out, it’s hard to imagine what his reaction was like after his teammates wasted his gem, losing to the A’s, 5-4, in walk-off fashion in 10 innings.

For all the analytics and acquisitions, the Dodgers’ bullpen is still handling leads like a wet bar of soap.

As the inning continued, Valencia hit Kershaw’s next offering weakly up the third base side and the left-hander ran off the mound in an attempt to chase it down. You’ve seen Amish Clayton Kershaw and probably even dancing Clayton Kershaw. Marcus Semien added a tying RBI single.

Canha and Semien each finished with two RBI on the night, while Oakland starter Felix Doubront gave up just one unearned run and one hit in six innings of work-although he walked six batters and struck out eight. “It gets out of alignment a little bit and has been some here recently”, A’s manager Bob Melvin said.

Three fights broke out among a combustible mixture of 35,067 A’s and Dodgers fans.

Fernando Rodriguez allowed a gut punching three run home run to LA’s eighth place hitter in the top of the eighth inning that took the energy out of the sell out crowd at the Coliseum.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfieler Yasiel Puig is day-to-day with a minor right hamstring strain. Latos had been scheduled to pitch Wednesday against the A’s, but LHP Alex Wood will now start that game. With two days off coming up, Mattingly made the switch in order to keep Kershaw and Zack Greinke on turn in the rotation….

Athletics: OF Coco Crisp, who has spent two stints on the DL this season with neck and elbow injuries, was rested…. 3B Brett Lawrie (strained lat) was also held out of the starting lineup.

Doubront, who has bounced around this season, started with the Chicago Cubs at spring training, later being acquired by the A’s from the Toronto Blue Jays before the trade deadline, and now with a 4.22 ERA.

Athletics: RHP Jesse Chavez (6-12) starts for Oakland and is tied for the American League lead in losses.