Dodgers earn eventful victory

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers won a game in which Andre Ethier struck out his first three times up and made up for it with three Gold Glove-caliber catches in right field. They had a sacrifice fly taken away on an appeal play, then tied the score in the ninth with one that counted - against a closer who hadn't blown a save all season.

And to top it off, Dee Gordon hit a game-ending single in the 10th after failing to bunt a runner over in a key situation the previous inning. It all added up to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday in the rubber game of an interleague series between division leaders.

"We just grinded it out today and were able to come through in the end," Tony Gwynn Jr. said. "It was good to see Dee come up big like that after he missed the bunt. He was pretty down after that."

Gwynn lined a one-out triple under the glove of a diving Jordan Danks as he charged the ball in left field. Matt Treanor followed with a grounder to second baseman Gordon Beckham with the infield in, forcing Gwynn to stay put. Bobby Abreu was intentionally walked and Gordon lined a single to left against Matt Thornton (2-5).

Dodgers left-hander Chris Capuano yielded a run and eight hits over eight innings and had a season-high 12 strikeouts.

Chicago rookie Jose Quintana scattered five hits over eight scoreless innings, striking out six and walking none. The 23-year-old left-hander was removed by first-year manager Robin Ventura with a 1-0 lead after 77 pitches.

Addison Reed blew his first save in nine chances.

"This is what Reed does," Ventura said, defending his decision. "And we have a lot more games to go, even with Q. He pitched great, but right there I wanted to go to the closer."

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was ejected in the sixth after umpire Jerry Meals ruled Treanor left third base too soon on what appeared to be a tying sacrifice fly by Elian Herrera.