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LOS ANGELES – Pinch-hitter Jeremy Hermida drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan homered in the eighth and the Florida Marlins kept rolling up the West Coast with a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
All-Star Josh Johnson (9-2) pitched seven resilient innings as the Marlins followed up a three-game sweep in San Diego with a victory over the major league-leading Dodgers, whose five-game winning streak ended.
Two days after Manny Ramirez's pinch-hit grand slam beat Cincinnati, the slugger went 0 for 3.
After Andre Ethier's two-run double in the sixth tied it at 3 for Los Angeles, Cody Ross singled off reliever James McDonald (2-2) before Hermida drove him home with a single off Brent Leach.
Coghlan then led off the eighth with the first pinch-hit homer of his career. Jorge Cantu added an RBI single moments later for Florida, which had 14 hits.
Leo Nunez pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
The Marlins also handled Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' 21-year-old left-hander who hasn't lost since June 10. Kershaw never retired the side in order, allowing nine hits and three walks in six innings while yielding two earned runs for just the second time in eight starts.
Johnson allowed five hits and three runs while winning for the sixth time in seven decisions. He hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in 17 consecutive starts — and the right-hander even put the Marlins ahead in the sixth, getting a hit and eventually scoring on Kershaw's wild pitch.
Casey Blake tripled and scored on an early wild pitch for the Dodgers, whose bullpen follies emphasized their need for another reliever in the final days before the trade deadline. Ramon Troncoso was particularly ineffective in the eighth, giving up three hits and hitting two batters with pitches.
Ramirez was back in the Dodgers' starting lineup after a bruised hand reduced him to the role of dramatic pinch-hitter Wednesday night. He was hit by Johnson's two-strike pitch in the first inning before popping out in the fourth, grounding back to the mound with two runners on in the sixth, and fouling out in the eighth.
Kershaw gave up just his second earned run in 28-plus innings on Wes Helms' RBI double in the fifth, and Johnson catalyzed the Marlins' two-run rally in the sixth with a two-out single.
After Johnson scored on a wild pitch, Emilio Bonifacio walked home moments later when Orlando Hudson's cutoff throw bounded into the Dodgers' dugout.
All-Star Josh Johnson (9-2) pitched seven resilient innings as the Marlins followed up a three-game sweep in San Diego with a victory over the major league-leading Dodgers, whose five-game winning streak ended.
Two days after Manny Ramirez's pinch-hit grand slam beat Cincinnati, the slugger went 0 for 3.
After Andre Ethier's two-run double in the sixth tied it at 3 for Los Angeles, Cody Ross singled off reliever James McDonald (2-2) before Hermida drove him home with a single off Brent Leach.
Coghlan then led off the eighth with the first pinch-hit homer of his career. Jorge Cantu added an RBI single moments later for Florida, which had 14 hits.
Leo Nunez pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
The Marlins also handled Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' 21-year-old left-hander who hasn't lost since June 10. Kershaw never retired the side in order, allowing nine hits and three walks in six innings while yielding two earned runs for just the second time in eight starts.
Johnson allowed five hits and three runs while winning for the sixth time in seven decisions. He hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in 17 consecutive starts — and the right-hander even put the Marlins ahead in the sixth, getting a hit and eventually scoring on Kershaw's wild pitch.
Casey Blake tripled and scored on an early wild pitch for the Dodgers, whose bullpen follies emphasized their need for another reliever in the final days before the trade deadline. Ramon Troncoso was particularly ineffective in the eighth, giving up three hits and hitting two batters with pitches.
Ramirez was back in the Dodgers' starting lineup after a bruised hand reduced him to the role of dramatic pinch-hitter Wednesday night. He was hit by Johnson's two-strike pitch in the first inning before popping out in the fourth, grounding back to the mound with two runners on in the sixth, and fouling out in the eighth.
Kershaw gave up just his second earned run in 28-plus innings on Wes Helms' RBI double in the fifth, and Johnson catalyzed the Marlins' two-run rally in the sixth with a two-out single.
After Johnson scored on a wild pitch, Emilio Bonifacio walked home moments later when Orlando Hudson's cutoff throw bounded into the Dodgers' dugout.