Dodgers fend off visiting Brewers, 3-2

LOS ANGELES -- Pinch-hitter Andre Ethier had a tying two-run single in the seventh inning, rookie Joc Pederson drove in the go-ahead run moments later with a double, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Friday night.

Jimmy Nelson (6-9) took a 2-0 lead and a two-hitter into the seventh inning before the Dodgers went with three unearned runs. Hernan Perez, who replaced Aramis Ramirez at third at the start of the inning, booted a two-out grounder by Alex Guerrero, and Jimmy Rollins singled to put runners at the corners.

Rollins stole second, and Ethier followed with his single to center while batting for reliever Chin-hui Tsao (1-0). Pederson followed with an opposite-field drive into the left field corner to bring home Ethier.

Tsao earned his first victory as a Dodger with a scoreless seventh. J.P. Howell pitched the eighth and Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 15th save in 16 attempts.

Dodgers starter Mike Bolsinger allowed two runs and four hits in six innings and struck out six before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter with a 2-0 deficit. It was the first time the right-hander went six innings since his last victory on June 8 against Arizona. In six starts since then, he is 0-3 with a 4.55 ERA.

The Brewers opened the scoring in the fifth with two runs that ended a string of 24 consecutive scoreless innings by the Dodgers' pitching staff -- including Clayton Kershaw's complete-game 5-0 victory on Wednesday night against Philadelphia, and Zack Greinke's eight innings of one-hit ball in Thursday night's 6-0 win.

Jean Segura and Scooter Gennett opened the inning with singles, and both runners advanced on the first of two wild pitches that inning by Bolsinger. Segura scored on Gerardo Parra's groundout and Gennett came home on another pitch in the dirt that deflected off Yasmani Grandal.

The NL West-leading Dodgers threatened in the bottom of the fifth when Grandal was hit by a pitch, stole second and continued to third on Jonathan Lucroy's throwing error. But Nelson struck out Guerrero and got Rollins on a flyball to center field.

Nelson walked Grandal and Yasiel Puig with one out in the second, then got behind Guerrero 2-0 and got a visit from pitching coach Rick Kranitz before Guerrero grounded into a double play on a 3-1 count.

The Dodgers didn't get their first hit until Pederson lined a clean single to right field with one out. Howie Kendrick followed with a bouncing single off Nelson's glove and Justin Turner grounded into a force at second before Adrian Gonzalez flied out to right field.

Pederson, heading to his first All-Star game, next week despite an NL-worst 104 strikeouts, fanned his first two times up against Nelson -- slamming his bat in frustration on the second one after a swing and a miss. He is batting .177 with three solo homers, eight RBI and 40 Ks in 109 at-bats.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Brewers righty Wily Peralta, who hasn't pitched since May 22 because of an oblique strain in his left side, is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Class-A Wisconsin.

UP NEXT

Brewers rookie righty Taylor Jungmann (3-1) will make his seventh career start after going 2-0 with a 2.52 ERA in his previous four.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers' Brandon Beachy will make his first start and appearance in the majors since Aug. 20, 2013, after undergoing Tommy John surgery for the second time on March 21, 2014. He made his 46 previous big-league starts with the Atlanta Braves from 2010 through 2013 before signing with Los Angeles as a free agent in February.