Dodgers spin their wheels as the days flit away

They played a 4½-hour game out at Dodger Stadium Sunday and it went better than the LA team could have expected, given that ace Clayton Kershaw missed his start with a bad hip and a rookie pitcher was on the mound. But in the 12th inning the Cardinals broke open the game, winning 5-2 and leaving town just as they came in: one game ahead of the Dodgers for the last National League wildcard spot in the postseason. Except now the season is that much closer to ending for the Dodgers: 15 games left. Recaps at ESPN LA, MLB.com, LA Times