Dodgers swept in 4-game series by Mattingly's Marlins

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There was much hand-wringing in the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse following a four-game sweep to the Miami Marlins and former manager Don Mattingly in his first series back at Chavez Ravine.

Somehow, things were still worse in the Marlins locker room. Another former Dodger was to blame.

Dee Gordon, who played his first three big league seasons with Los Angeles before he was traded to the Marlins in 2014, was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday night after Miami's 5-3 victory.

Gordon, the reigning NL Batting champ, tested positive for Testosterone and Clostebol.

Gordon and Martin Prado drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with consecutive two-out singles in the seventh inning, and the Marlins got home runs from Giancarlo Stanton and J.T. Realmuto to pull within a game of .500

Jose Fernandez (2-2) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings, striking out eight and walking three. The right-hander was lifted for a pinch hitter during the Marlins' pivotal three-run rally.

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez came up with two men on base his first three times up and came up empty each time. Fernandez struck him out the first two times, then fielded a fifth-inning dribbler and tagged Gonzalez halfway up the first base line.

Kenta Maeda (3-1) was charged with four runs and seven hits over 6 2/3 innings in his fifth big league start after allowing just one run in 25 2/3 innings to begin his major league career.

"He pitched really good," catcher Yasmani Grandal said. "It happens, you know — a little blooper here, a little blooper there, all of a sudden it comes back to bite us. I think he did good. I mean, I guess we'll go ahead the next five days and wait for him to throw again."

It was the Japanese right-hander's first confrontation with countryman Ichiro Suzuki, who was hitless in four at-bats against Maeda.

"I never imagined I would be able to face him in my life," Maeda said through an interpreter. "It was an honor to be able to face him."

Maeda took a 2-1 lead into the seventh before Gordon chased him with his RBI single. Prado then greeted Pedro Baez with a first-pitch single, and the right-hander balked home Gordon with the Marlins' fourth run.

Stanton added his 18th homer in the eighth against Baez, and A.J. Ramos got three outs for his sixth save.

The Dodgers grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first with Yasmani Grandal's double over the head of center fielder Ichiro Suzuki and a run-scoring infield hit by Yasiel Puig. Maeda struck out his first two batters in the second, but Realmuto lined the next pitch to right-center for his second homer of the season.

Fernandez escaped his third-inning jam by striking out Gonzalez, Grandal and Puig in succession. Grandal also went down on strikes his next time up with runners at second and third to end the fifth. The Dodgers came in batting .277 with runners in scoring position through their first 22 games.

Mattingly managed Gordon during his first three big league seasons in Los Angeles before he was traded to Miami in a seven-player deal in December 2014.

"I'm shocked and surprised," Mattingly said of losing his second baseman and leadoff hitter. "Obviously, it's two different ends of the spectrum for us. You would expect all these guys to be in here all excited — and then we get this news. So it's not quite the same feeling.

"These guys love Dee, and we're going to support him," Mattingly added. "I feel like Dee's one of my kids, to be honest with you, because I've known him so long. So we're going to love him, and then we're going to support him. He's been a big part of the success that we've had."

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Dodgers: This was the first time the Dodgers were swept in a four-game series at home since May 2012, by Milwaukee.

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