Dodgers 7, Brewers 5

The Dodgers win in walk-off fashion to take the series from the Brewers and move back into a first place tie.

Joe Beimel got the win, he's 4-0. Carlos Villanueva took the loss, he's 4-6.

Clayton Kershaw made a good start for the Dodgers. He went six innings, giving up just one run on eight hits and a walk. Actually, he gave up the one run on just one hit, a solo homerun to Mike Cameron. He also struck out six batters. He issue, however, was pitch count. By the time he came out of the game after the 6th inning, he had made 96 pitches. Jason Johnson relieved Kershaw, and pitched a scoreless two innings. He got an out in the 9th before allowing a runner on base. Chan Ho Park came in, then gave up four unearned runs on a series of errors, singles, and a two-run homerun. Joe Beimel came in, threw one pitch, and got a groundout. He was the pitcher of record when the Dodgers won the game in the 9th.

A pretty good day for the Dodgers offensively. They collected 14 hits in the game. Matt Kemp went 2-5, with a homerun, a RBI, and two runs scored. Manny Ramírez went 2-4, with a homerun, three RBIs, and a run scored. The best offensive performance of the game went to Andre Ethier though. Ethier went 3-5, with a double, two homeruns (including a walk-off two run shot), three RBIs, and three runs scored.

The Diamondbacks lost, so with the win, the Dodgers moved back into a tie for first place in the NL West. They also moved back to four games over .500 at 64-60. Tomorrow is an off-day for the Dodgers. They'll start a three game series with the Rockies at home on Tuesday, starting at 7:10 L.A. time.

Also: Matt Kemp's homerun was a leadoff homerun, coming on the first pitch he saw... Matt Kemp's homerun was his 15th, which would be good for sole possession of first place on the team, if not for Andre Ethier's two homeruns. That brings Ethier's total to 15 as well and so they will share the title... Ethier's walk-off hit was his second walk-off hit this week (it was also the Dodgers' second walk-off homerun this week)... All three Dodger outfielders hit a homerun in the game.

Opinion: Another good win for the Dodgers, good to see them win two series against some of the better non-NL West teams... It's amazing to me that Andre Ethier can be leading, or at least in second place on the team for homeruns and still find himself in a platoon with Juan Pierre. Hopefully, this will end that platoon. Matt Kemp has more than enough speed at the top of the lineup that we don't need Juan Pierre solely for speed purposes... Is it just me, or is our bullpen taking weekends off? They blew two games last Saturday and Sunday, and did it again this week. Today, it wasn't nearly as bad. They allowed the Brewers to tie the game, but we luckily came out on top. This could end up an issue... Mark Sweeney came in to pinch hit in the 6th inning and struck out. He's now 9-73 (.123 batting average). To be fair, I will lay off him if he can get a tenth hit by his 75th at-bat. That seems like a nice round number. It is by no means a quality number, but it would be nice to at least seem him get double digit hits this year. To compare, Matt Kemp has 12 hits in the last week. Though, again, in fairness, Kemp's at-bats aren't as "professional" as Sweeney's...