page_title: 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season / Regular season / May
caption_attribution_description: Josh Beckett
context_page_description: The 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 125th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 57th season in Los Angeles. On April 30, the Dodgers picked up their 10,000th win since joining the National League in 1890. They proceeded to win their second straight NL West championship but lost in four games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Division Series.
  Several players had excellent years: Adrián González led the major leagues in runs batted in; Dee Gordon led the major leagues in stolen bases and triples and Clayton Kershaw led the major leagues in earned run average and wins. In addition, both Kershaw and Josh Beckett pitched no-hitters during the season. Kershaw won the NL Cy Young Award and the NL MVP Award, making him the first National League player to win both awards in the same season since Bob Gibson in 1968.
context_section_description: Yasiel Puig and Juan Uribe had four hits each and Dan Haren picked up his fourth win of the season (with no losses) in the Dodgers 9–4 victory in game one of the doubleheader against the Twins on May 1. The Dodgers called up minor league pitcher Red Patterson to start the second game of the doubleheader. Solo homers by Scott Van Slyke and Drew Butera in the 12th inning led to a 4–3 win and a sweep of the inter-league series. The Dodgers traveled to Miami for a series against the Marlins at Marlins Park. The tired team fell behind 6–0 in the opener, staged a late rally but lost 6–3. On May 3, Dee Gordon had five hits and three steals and Carl Crawford hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning to give the Dodgers a 9–7 win. A walk-off double by Jeff Baker gave the Marlins a 5–4 win in the last game of the series. The Dodgers sat through a three-hour rain delay in the middle of their series opener against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park only to lose 4–0 when the offense took a day off. Clayton Kershaw returned from the disabled list and pitched seven scoreless innings while striking out nine in the Dodgers 8–3 win. Dan Haren lost for the first time in the final game of the road trip, as the Dodgers offense was stymied by Stephen Strasburg and they lost 3–2.
  The Dodgers returned home to drop the opener of a four-game series against the Giants, 3–1, in 10 innings as the struggling bullpen walked three batters in that inning. The losing streak hit three games in a row as Madison Bumgarner stymied their offense in another 3–1 defeat. The Dodgers won the next game in the series, 6–2 thanks to a strong effort from lead-off hitter Dee Gordon. He had two hits, scored two runs, stole three bases and had the tie-breaking RBI double in the seventh inning. The Dodgers staged a late inning comeback to send the series finale into extra innings but the bullpen faltered again and they lost 7–4. A 3-run homer by Puig carried the Dodgers to a 6–5 victory over the Marlins on May 12. Josh Beckett picked up his first win since September 30, 2012, the next day, as the Dodgers defeated the Marlins 7–1. Paul Maholm was awful the next day, giving up 10 runs on 11 hits as the team was blown out 13–3.
  Back on the road against the Diamondbacks, Puig and Van Slyke each homered and Greinke picked up his league leading seventh run in the 7–0 win. On May 17, Kershaw had the shortest start of his career, lasting only 1⅔ innings and allowing seven runs in what became an 18–7 loss. Poor defense contributed to a 5–3 loss in the series finale. The team next traveled to Citi Field for a series against the New York Mets. They won the opener 9–4 as Adrián González had three hits, including a tie-breaking home run. He homered again the next day, as did Puig and Hanley Ramírez as Hyun-jin Ryu came off the disabled list to beat the Mets 4–3. However they lost the series finale, 5–3. Kershaw rebounded to pitch six shutout innings, sandwiched around a 45-minute rain delay, as the Dodgers won the opener of a series from the Philadelphia Phillies, 2–0, at Citizens Bank Park. More shoddy defense led to a 5–3 defeat the next day. The Dodgers ended the road trip with a 6–0 win over the Phillies as Josh Beckett pitched his first career no hitter, and the first by a Dodger pitcher since Hideo Nomo in 1996.
  The Dodgers returned home on Memorial Day and Ryu took a perfect game into the 8th inning against the Cincinnati Reds before allowing a lead-off double to Todd Frazier. The bullpen again struggled, and the Reds closed the gap before the Dodgers held on to win 4–3. Andre Ethier homered, tripled and drove in four runs in the 6–3 win over the Reds on the 27th as Grienke struck out 11 in his 7⅔ innings. Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer in the 1st inning and the Reds held on to defeat the Dodgers 3–2 as the series wrapped up. They lost again the next day, 6–3, to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Dodgers were shut down by Francisco Liriano in a 2–1 loss the following day. Hanley Ramírez woke up the Dodgers offense by going 4 for 4 with 2 homers and 5 RBI as the Dodgers ro
caption: Josh Beckett pitched a no-hitter on May 25 against the Phillies
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