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 Stanton homered for the third straight game, and the Miami Marlins
rallied for a 6-3 victory over Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Tuesday night before 41,102.
Kershaw limited the Marlins to a second-inning triple by Marcell
Ozuna, retiring 15 of the game's 16 batters, before the Marlins
(8-11), who won their third consecutive contest, tagged him for five
runs in the sixth inning.
"He was dominating early," said Stanton, who was born in nearby
Panorama and played high school baseball in the L.A. area. "You get
the sense that he's going to take this game with him and call it a
night. But how quickly we turned things around like that is always a
plus."
Kershaw (2-1) gave up a season-high five runs on seven hits with 10
strikeouts and no walks in seven innings for the Dodgers (12-9), who
fell for the second night in a row to the Marlins. Kershaw also hit
a batter. At the plate, the Dodgers' ace drove in one of the team's
three runs.
"That's a tough one to let get away. We had a 3-0 lead and my job is
to keep it and I didn't do my job," said Kershaw, who hadn't given
up five runs in an inning since he served up five to the Colorado
Rockies on May 10, 2015.
 "Nothing really felt different, they got some hits strung together
and I gotta do a better job limiting the damage."
Martin Prado initiated the comeback, singling home pinch-hitter
Miguel Rojas before Christian Yelich drove in Dee Gordon to cut the
Dodgers' margin to one in the sixth.
Stanton followed with a three-run blast to center off a Kershaw
fastball for a 5-3 Miami edge.
"You just make an adjustment," said Stanton, who homered off Dodger
starter Ross Stripling on Monday. Stanton has a .319 batting average
and 29 RBIs in 31 games at Chavez Ravine.
"(Kershaw) was dominating, he was using his off-speed very
effectively, so that's our job to adjust to that and get some runs."
Said Marlins manager Don Mattingly, who is 2-0 against his old club,
"When you're getting power like that there in the middle of your
order that's huge."
It was Stanton's sixth homer of the season, his second ever off
Kershaw and the 12th of his career against the Dodgers. Eight of
those have occurred at Dodger Stadium.
"I missed my spot to Stanton and that's what he does, makes you pay
for stuff like that," Kershaw said. "That, some two-strike hits,
everything you're not supposed to do I did that inning. It just kind
of happened in a row, it happens quick."
The sudden strike also caught Dodgers manager Dave Roberts off
guard.
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"The first five innings you think he's going to throw a shutout the
way he was throwing the baseball, commanding it, and was in complete
control, but it turned quickly," Roberts said.
Miami starter Tom Koehler allowed three runs (two earned) on three
hits, but walked four in five innings. Koehler (2-2), who struck out
three, also threw two wild pitches. Relievers Craig Breslow, Bryan
Morris, Kyle Barraclough and A.J. Ramos combined for four scoreless
innings. Ramos recorded his fifth save in five opportunities.
Catcher J.T. Realmuto had a run-scoring single in the eighth for the
Marlins.
Ichiro Suzuki, who pinch-hit in the eighth, laced a single to left
to tie Frank Robinson (2,943) for 33rd on Major League Baseball's
all-time hit list.
The Dodgers scored two runs in the first inning without getting a
hit. Chase Utley, who led off with a walk, advanced to second on a
walk to Justin Turner, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a
throwing error by Realmuto with one out.
Another wild pitch allowed Turner to score for a 2-0 lead.
In the fourth, Kershaw lined an RBI double to center to score Carl
Crawford for a 3-0 advantage.
NOTES: Marlins OF Christian Yelich has hit safely in all 10 of the
club's road games. Yelich tied a season-high with three hits
Tuesday. ... The Dodgers activated OF Carl Crawford (lower back
soreness) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned RHP Zach Lee to
Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Miami LHP Chris Narveson, who was
designated for assignment last week, was outrighted to Triple-A New
Orleans after clearing waivers. ... LHP Justin Nicolino will be
recalled from New Orleans to start Wednesday's contest against
Dodgers LHP Scott Kazmir (1-1, 6.63 ERA). Nicolino will replace RHP
Jarred Cosart (0-1, 7.98 ERA) in the rotation. Cosart was sent down
to Triple-A, and Miami activated 3B Martin Prado from the paternity
list.
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