page_title: 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season / Regular season / June
caption_attribution_description: Hanley Ramírez
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: The Dodgers began June much the way they ended May. Ronald Belisario allowed a two-run homer to Michael Cuddyer in the seventh to blow the lead and then Dexter Fowler hit a walk-off single off Matt Guerrier in the 10th as the Rockies beat the Dodgers 7-6.  Matt Magill was called up from the minors to make a spot start on June 2 but he struggled. Magill became the first Major Leaguer since at least 1916 to allow at least nine walks and four homers in the same start as the Dodgers were crushed 7-2.
  The Dodgers returned home to play the San Diego Padres. Stephen Fife was the second straight spot starter, allowing one run in 5 1/3 innings. Adrián González and Scott Van Slyke each hit solo homers to account for all the Dodgers runs in the 2-1 win. The story of the game however, was the debut of top prospect Yasiel Puig, who went 2 for 4 and threw out a runner at first from the warning track on a double play to end the game. In the next game, Puig went 3 for 4 with a double and two home runs to lead the team to a 9-7 victory. He was the first Dodger player in history with a multi-homer game in one of his first two games and the first with five RBI in one of his first two games since Spider Jorgensen in 1947. However, he went 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts in the series finale as Jason Marquis no hit the Dodgers into the sixth inning and the Padres won 6-2 to keep the Dodgers in last place in the division. Zack Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings on June 6 against the Atlanta Braves and Puig continued his hot start by blasting a grand slam home run in the eighth inning to blow open the Dodgers 5-0 win. Puig homered again the next day, and became only the second player in the modern era with four homers in his first five games and he tied the Major League record with 10 RBI in his first five games. Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed one run on six hits in 7 2/3 innings and the Dodgers won, 2-1, when pinch runner Skip Schumaker scored on a wild pitch by Anthony Varvaro in the bottom of the 10th. The Braves won the next day, 2-1, as Kris Medlen pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and hit a solo homer. That was one of two homers allowed by Stephen Fife in the fifth inning. Matt Magill made another emergency start on June 9 as Ted Lilly went back on the disabled list. He walked six and allowed seven runs in 3 2/3 innings as the Dodgers lost to the Braves 8-1. Clayton Kershaw allowed only one run in seven innings on June 10 against the Arizona Diamondbacks but Brandon League was tagged for four runs in the ninth and the Dodgers lost 5-4. Puig had three hits on the day to move his batting average to .500 on the season. He became the first Dodger in history with 16 hits in his first eight games and the first with six multi-hit games in his first eight. The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks the next day as Tim Federowicz three-run double provided the difference in the 5-3 win. The game was marred by five hit batters, two bench clearing incidents, and six ejections of players and coaches. The Dodgers ended their homestand with an 8-6 loss to the Diamondbacks in 12 innings on June 12.
  Major League Baseball on June 14 announced the discipline for the fight between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks that took place a few days prior. Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy was suspended 10 games and utility player Eric Hinske 5 games, while Dodgers utility player Skip Schumaker and relief pitcher J. P. Howell were suspended two games and Ronald Belisario one. In addition manager Don Mattingly and hitting coach Mark McGwire were suspended as well and several players were fined.
  The Dodgers began a roadtrip at PNC Park on June 14 but the woes continued as Jeff Locke tossed seven shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates won 3-0. The next day, Kershaw allowed only one run and three hits in seven innings, while striking out eight. However, the bullpen coughed up the lead yet again. This time the Dodgers managed to pull out the win 5-3 in 11 innings. A three-run home run by Pedro Álvarez off Greinke was the key to the Pirates' 6-3 win in the series finale. The Dodgers were schedul
caption: Hanley Ramírez came off the disabled list in June and had a 12-game hitting streak, during which he hit .477.
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