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Major League Baseball
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LA Dodgers 6, Miami 5
When: 10:10 PM ET, Monday, May 12, 2014
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 37187

Dodgers 6, Marlins 5: Yasiel Puig belted a three-run homer and knocked in four in all as Los Angeles held on to hand visiting Miami its fourth consecutive loss in the opener of a three-game series.

Dan Haren (5-1) yielded three runs on seven hits over seven innings and added an RBI single for the win before Kenley Jansen notched his 12th save with a perfect ninth. Puig was 1-for-3 with two walks to extend his hitting streak with 12 games while Matt Kemp had a single and scored twice for Los Angeles in his 1,000th career game.

Giancarlo Stanton was 2-for-4 with two RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 14 games, Christian Yelich homered among two hits and Reed Johnson had a two-run blast for the Marlins. Miami starter Tom Koehler (3-3) allowed four runs on six hits and five walks over 3 2/3 innings to suffer the loss.

Yelich singled, stole second and later scored on Stanton’s groundout in the first inning and Haren tied it with a two-out RBI single in the second. Yelich drilled a 3-2 pitch over the left-center field wall with one out in the third before Derek Dietrich doubled and scored on Stanton’s single in the third for a 3-1 lead.

After two walks, Puig hammered the first pitch he saw into the left-center field seats off Koehler for a 4-3 lead in the fourth. Andre Ethier’s RBI single and a bases-loaded walk by Puig increased the Dodgers’ advantage to three in the fifth, but Johnson’s pinch-hit homer off Brian Wilson in the eighth pulled the Marlins within 6-5.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Marlins placed 2013 National League Rookie of the Year RHP Jose Fernandez on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain and they are awaiting MRI results. Miami recalled LHP Dan Jennings to take his spot on the roster. … Los Angeles INF Justin Turner had two hits and C Drew Butera had a double and scored twice. … Haren’s RBI was his first of the season and 30th of his career.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami   LA Dodgers
Tom Koehler Player Dan Haren
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 7
9.82 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Miami   LA Dodgers
Christian Yelich Player Justin Turner
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Miami 8 2 16 .235 8 4 5 1 1 0
LA Dodgers 10 1 14 .312 20 4 6 10 3 0