Three months into the 2014 season and the Dodgers are still looking for their first four-game winning streak. Really, really looking.
They had a perfect opportunity in their fifth attempt at it Friday night in San Diego, but closer Kenley Jansen surrendered three runs in the bottom of the ninth as the Padres pulled out a 6-5 victory at Petco Park.
They blew a sweet chance to pull within three games of the they-used-to-be Giants, who had lost earlier in the night. The Giants continue to try and help the Dodgers cause, having lost for the sixth consecutive time and the ninth in 10 games.
There was another note of concern. Outfielder Yasiel Puig left the game with a sore hip. He's been bothered by a hip flexor issue for the past few weeks.
The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but acted like they would never have to look back. Dan Haren has been sharper, but he went 5 2/3 good-enough innings and left with a 5-2 lead. Haren allowed three runs on five hits and a pair of walks.
Dee Gordon led off the game with a triple and scored when second baseman Jace Peterson threw the relay away for an error. The Dodgers added a second run against Ian Kennedy when Adrian Gonzalez doubled and scored on a Matt Kemp single.
Seth Smith got one run back in the bottom of the inning on a mammoth home run, starting what would prove a huge night for him. He hit another solo homer in the sixth, also off Haren, and doubled off the wall.
The Dodgers scored three times in the top of the fifth after Haren singled and Hanley Ramriez walked. A Kennedy wild pitch advanced the runners and a Puig single scored both. Puig went all the way to third on a throwing error by third baseman Alexi Amarista and scored on a Gonzalez sacrifice fly.
But the Dodgers could never add any separation, allowing the Padres to hang around until it finally proved costly.
The Dodgers took a 5-3 lead into the ninth and turned it over to Jansen, but nothing went right for the closer in the ninth.
Amarista opened the bottom of the inning with single and scored on a double by Carlos Quentin. Still with no outs, Will Venable doubled over center-fielder Andre Ethier to score the tying run.
After Rene Rivera's sacrifice bunt advanced Venable to third, the Dodgers elected not to walk the bases loaded and pitch to Everth Cabrera. He hit ball deep enough to right to sacrifice Venable in with the winning run.
And a Padres team that had lost eight of their last 11, was the latest team to stop a Dodgers' winning streak at three.
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