The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the host Oakland Athletics, 5-2, on Wednesday night but then traded for the six-time All-Star second baseman Chase Utley, reuniting him with Jimmy Rollins, his double-play partner for 12 seasons with Philadelphia.
Rollins’s two-run homer in the third inning was not enough for the Dodgers, who were swept in the two-game interleague series. Oakland’s Jesse Chavez struck out six batters over eight innings to win for just the second time in six starts.
Billy Burns hit a tying double for the A’s in the sixth and scored the go-ahead run on Danny Valencia’s double-play grounder two batters later.