Dodgers fall to Arizona, 3-2, for seventh loss in a row Clayton Kershaw pitched on Wednesday night and the Dodgers still lost. Making matters worse, Adrian Gonzalez aggravated his neck strain and prematurely exited the last-place Dodgers' 3-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, which extended the $230-million ballclub's losing streak to a season-long seven games. Gonzalez said he would be ready to play when the Dodgers return to Dodger Stadium from a day off and open a three-game series against the Miami Marlins on Friday. Manager Don Mattingly sounded less certain. BOX SCORE: Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2 "Not sure it's going to be good," Mattingly said. If anything, the Dodgers will no longer have to deal with Paul Goldschmidt, the Diamondbacks first baseman who tortured them over the last three days. Goldschmidt was seven for 13 in the Diamondbacks' three-game sweep of the Dodgers and hit four home runs, including a two-run blast against Kershaw in fourth inning and a go-ahead shot against Kenley Jansen in the eighth. Then again, with the kind of lineup the Dodgers could be fielding, whom they are playing against might not matter. When Gonzalez departed from the game between the fourth and fifth innings, the Dodgers were left with a team that looked awfully similar to how it did last year before their new owners went on their historic spending spree. A.J. Ellis was behind the plate. The infield consisted of Juan Uribe at first base, Nick Punto at second, Luis Cruz at third and Dee Gordon at shortstop. In the outfield, from right to left, were Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp and Elian Herrera. Of the nine players on the field, only Punto was acquired after Frank McCourt sold the team to Guggenheim Baseball. Gonzalez strained a neck muscle last week colliding with an umpire, which led to him being out of the lineup for the weekend series in San Francisco. Gonzalez dived for a ball in foul territory in the top of the fourth inning Wednesday. In the bottom half of the inning, he doubled in Nick Punto to increase the Dodgers' lead to 2-0. "It sounds like on that dive he aggravated it," Mattingly said. Mattingly remained hopeful Gonzalez could avoid the disabled list, which the Dodgers have already used 14 times. More than the run of injuries, players were baffled by the inability to win games. "The toughest part is trying to point the finger at why we're losing games," Kershaw said. I think it'd be easier if we could say, 'Oh, this is what's going on,' and fix that. It seems like every night, we find different ways to lose. Even on a night when Kershaw was charged with one earned run over seven innings and lowered his earned-run average to 1.62. "Every time he steps on the mound, it should be a win," Ellis said. This is the premier pitcher in all of baseball. The Dodgers were the first to score in this game, as Punto doubled against starter Wade Miley in the fourth inning to drive in the fleet-footed Gordon from first base and put the Dodgers ahead, 1-0. Gonzalez's run-scoring double followed. But Gordon made an error in the sixth inning that allowed Didi Gregorius to reach first base. The next batter, Goldschmidt, deposited a fastball from Kershaw into the left-field pavilion. The score was tied, 2-2. "You can't let Goldschmidt beat you," Kershaw said. He's their guy right now. Can't do that. But Jansen did it, too, leaving a cutter high in the zone for Goldschmidt to clobber over the left-field wall. "It seems like Goldschmidt's been a one-man wrecking crew against us," Mattingly said. It doesn't really matter who's out there. twitter: @dylanohernandez