Kershaw Gets NL-Leading 19th Win
Dodgers' bullpen backup Kershaw's despite getting tossed in 6th inning
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Clayton Kershaw got his 19th victory, allowing one hit over five-plus innings before he was ejected along with manager Don Mattingly, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Wednesday night.
Gerardo Parra got the only hit off Kershaw (19-5), a double in the third, before he retired the next seven batters in a row and then got ejected for hitting Parra on the right elbow.
The incident was a carryover from Tuesday night's game in which Parra momentarily stood at the plate to admire his solo homer off reliever Hong-Chih Kuo that tied the game in the seventh.
Parra was annoyed Kuo had thrown an earlier pitch near his head, although afterward he said he didn't think it was deliberate.
Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis yelled at Parra as he crossed the plate, and Kershaw shouted at Parra from the top step of the dugout. The umpires warned both benches against further trouble. The D-backs won 5-4 in 10 innings after scoring on a bases-loaded walk.
After Kershaw was ejected, Mattingly rushed out of the dugout to argue with home plate umpire Bill Welke, while Kershaw and catcher Rod Barajas joined in.
Kershaw left the game with a 2-0 lead. There was prolonged booing as he walked to the dugout and took a seat while Mattingly kept arguing.
Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his fourth save in five chances, giving up a RBI single to Miguel Montero.
Arizona's Daniel Hudson (16-10) gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked three.
Parra watched the verbal fray from first base, where he stood with his arms crossed and a smug look on his face. He was booed in his subsequent at-bat when he nearly tied the game with a long ball that right fielder Jerry Sands caught at the wall. Ryan Roberts, who led off the eighth inning with a double, advanced to third after the catch and scored on a broken-bat grounder by pinch-hitter Geoff Blum.
Kershaw tied Arizona's Ian Kennedy for the NL lead in victories, the most for a Dodgers pitcher since Ramon Martinez went 20-6 in 1990. The left-hander struck out five, giving him 236 on the season, just two behind Detroit's Justin Verlander for the major league lead.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI singles by Matt Kemp and Sands. They added a run in the eighth on Aaron Miles' RBI single that scored Kemp, who walked and stole second, to help them avoid being mathematically eliminated.
NOTES: Dodgers RF Andre Ethier underwent arthroscopic surgery in a 35-minute procedure to clean up wear and tear behind his right knee cap. He's expected to begin rehabilitation in a week in Arizona, where he lives in the offseason. ... Kemp notched his 110th RBI. ... Kershaw has won seven straight home starts and each of his last 10 decisions at Chavez Ravine, going 11-1 in 15 home starts. ... The D-backs are 9-6 against the Dodgers, who end the season with three games in Arizona.
