2.86 ERA in five starts.

"He was good, he was really good," manager Bruce Bochy said. "When you're going against a pitcher like Kershaw, you're hoping your guy is on. He really did a really, really nice job there to give us a chance to win, but once again we ran into a well-pitched game by Kershaw.

"He's one of the best, and he shut us down."

Kershaw is one of two leading candidates to start for Bochy in the All-Star game on July 16, along with New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey, who pitches at AT&T Park on Monday. The Dodgers' left-hander again made his case Sunday, giving up just the lone run over eight innings. In four starts against the Giants this year, Kershaw is 3-0 and has allowedjust four earned runs in 32 innings. But even with Kershaw dominating, the Giants found themselves in a tie game heading into the ninth.

Before the game, Bochy said he anticipated naming Romo to the All-Star team when replacements are picked for pitchers who are ineligible because they start the final game of the first half. Bochy turned to Romo in the ninth, but the Dodgers immediately got into gear.

Puig hit a leadoff single and took third when Buster Posey made a throwing error on Adrian Gonzalez's infield single. Romo buckled down, getting two outs, the second after loading the bases with an intentional walk of Andre Ethier. But Ellis lined an 0-1 slider into the left-center field gap, scoring three.

"It just hung up in the strike zone," Quiroz