Yasiel Puig: Exits With Hamstring Issue

Then in the tenth inning, Athletics designated hitter Billy Butler drove in Canha with a walk-off double off of Dodgers reliever Yimi Garcia. Butler ended the game with his double to right. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Athletics put together three runs and five hits of their own. The Dodgers managed to go 20-18 the first time Puig was injured, and they have plenty of outfielders to plug in.

With the San Francisco Giants shutting out the St. Louis Cardinals earlier in the night, 2-0, the Dodger lead over the Giants is now two games in the N.L. West. For the Athletics, it is a nice buildup for the end of this season and into 2016.

Kershaw gave up just one run, but the A’s made him work, and he left after throwing 116 pitches through seven innings. Kershaw tried to hunt down the bouncing ball, but was unable to come up with it after it glanced off his glove and again when he tried to scoop it up. He had pitched at least eight scoreless innings in five of those starts.

With Puig out on Wednesday, Andre Ethier starts in right field for the Dodgers against right-hander Jesse Chavez for the A’s, with Carl Crawford in left field.

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. Puig is hitting. 250 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs this season.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig wipes his face after hitting a fly…

Puig departed the game with a season average of only.250.

Good thing Kershaw didn’t have a ball in his hand as the Dodgers’ bullpen bungled through the bottom of the eighth.

Then, when Kershaw failed to cleanly field the slow-roller Valencia hit to the third base side on the next pitch, the best pitcher in the game lost it. After a ground out, Howell replaced Baez and two batters later gave up the fifth hit of the inning, a tying RBI single to Marcus Semien.

The reigning NL MVP, who had allowed only one run in two previous career starts against the A’s, also made a sparkling defensive play after Josh Reddick’s RBI groundout in the second. The game featured a bobblehead of Dodgers’ batting coach Mark McGwire, recalling his 1987 Rookie of the Year season with the A’s.

With one out in the third inning, Joc Pederson worked a walk.