page_title: 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season / Regular season / July
caption_attribution_description: Los Angeles Dodgers at Baltimore Orioles April 19, 2013
context_page_description: The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 124th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 56th season in Los Angeles. The Dodgers dealt with a series of injuries to key players during the first half of the season and on June 21 were 31-42, 9 1/2 games back in last place in the NL West. Beginning with a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres on June 22, the return of the injured players, and the emergence of rookie Yasiel Puig, they went 46-10 through August 23 as the rest of the division collapsed. On September 19, they clinched the Western Division title. This was the earliest the Dodgers had ever clinched a title and the largest deficit they had ever overcome to win the division. They opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series and advanced to the NL Championship Series. In the National League Championship Series, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in six games.
context_section_description: In their first July game, the Dodgers moved out of last place for the first time since May 5. Clayton Kershaw struck out eight and pitched a complete game shutout in the 8-0 victory over the Rockies at Coors Field. The Dodgers won again the next night as Juan Uribe, Adrián González, Hanley Ramírez and Matt Kemp all homered in the 10-8 win. González was 4 for 5 with a homer in the series finale and Kemp also hit another homer, but Chris Capuano allowed 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings and the Rockies won the game, 9-5. The Dodgers began a series with the Giants at AT&T Park on July 5. Uribe had a double, triple, homer and 7 RBI in the 10-2 win. Three errors and an inability to mount any offense against Giants starter Madison Bumgarner led to the 4-2 loss the following day. A. J. Ellis three-run double in the top of the ninth of Sergio Romo gave the Dodgers a 4-1 win on July 7. Zack Greinke allowed only two hits and struck out seven in seven scoreless innings to lead the Dodgers to a 6-1 victory over the first place Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Ricky Nolasco made his first start as a Dodger on July 9, after having been acquired in a trade with the Miami Marlins a few days prior. He allowed only one run on four hits in seven innings of work and the Dodgers again won 6-1. Hanley Ramírez and A. J. Ellis hit back-to-back homers in the top of the 14th inning as the Dodgers swept the Diamondbacks with a 7-5 win to climb back to .500 for the first time since April 30.
  The Dodgers returned home on July 11 and extended their winning streak with a 6-1 victory over the Rockies. Capuano pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, while striking out a season-high eight and Mark Ellis was 3 for 4 with 4 RBI in the game. The Dodgers' five-game winning streak came to an end when Juan Nicasio shut them out 3-0. The Dodgers returned the favor the next day as Zack Greinke struck out nine and allowed only two hits in a 1-0 complete game shutout. The Dodgers headed into the All-Star break with a 47–47 record after losing 3-1 to split the series with the Rockies. Kershaw was the Dodgers only representative at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and retired the three batters he faced in his one inning of work.
  After the break, the Dodgers traveled to the nation's capital for a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. Hanley Ramírez hit a two-run homer and Andre Ethier a solo shot to account for all the team's runs in a 3-2 win. Ramírez's RBI double in the 10th inning capped a 3 for 5 night as the Dodgers took game 2 of the series, 3-1, on July 20. Matt Kemp rejoined the Dodgers on July 21 after spending two weeks on the disabled list with a sore shoulder. In his return, he was 3 for 4 with a homer as the Dodgers drubbed the Nationals 9-2 to sweep the series. The Dodgers moved into first place for the first time all season when they clobbered the Toronto Blue Jays 14-5 on July 22. A. J. Ellis set career highs with five RBI, four hits (including a homer), and three runs. Skip Schumaker also hit a three-run homer in the game. The following day, the Dodgers fell behind 8-3 after  6 innings but came back and won 10-9. Adrián González three-run homer in the eighth inning was the big blow. They came from behind again the next day, closing out the road trip by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 10th with home runs by Mark Ellis and Yasiel Puig to win 8-3. With the win the Dodgers set an L.A. Dodger record with their 10th straight road win, something the Dodgers franchise hadn't done since 1955. This was also the first time they had swept an interleague series (of three or more games) since 2003 and the first time they had scored eight or more runs in four straight games since 1985.
  The Dodgers returned home on July 25 and dropped the opener of a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds, 5-2. Mat Latos held the Dodgers to one run in 7 2/3 innings, and Jay Bruce and Xavier Paul each homered to end the six-game winning streak. Hanley Ramírez hit a two-run homer to back Clayton Kershaw's eight strikeouts in eight innings as the club won 2-1 in the 
caption: Clayton Kershaw was 4-1 with a 1.34 ERA in 6 starts in the month of July and was selected as National League Pitcher of the Month
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