Shohei hit his 31st, but his team now isn’t hitting very much

Shohei Ohtani hit his 31st home run of the season on Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers but that was most of the good news for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Wisconsin.

The Blue Crew suffered its fifth consecutive defeat, falling 3-1 to the Brew Crew. LAD ran into the buzz-saw pitching of Jacob Misiorowski (4-1), who struck out 12 Dodgers over six innings. He gave up four hits and one earned run and one walk.

Other than Shohei’s shot the only bright spot for LAD was Clayton Kershaw (4-1), who pitched well in a losing cause. He lasted six innings, giving up six hits and two runs He struck out three and walked one.

With the loss, the Dodgers saw their lead in the NL West shrink to five over the San Francisco Giants, who have won four straight.

In Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels again flipped spots with the Texas Rangers. After a 13-1 shellacking by the Rangers, the Halos (44-47) fell into fourth place in the AL West, giving way to Texas (45-47).

Nolan Schanuel had a good day, batting 3-for-4 with a run batted in. Angel starter Jose Soriano (6-6) had a bad day, giving up five earned runs on three hits and five walks in four innings.

The pitchers that relieved him weren’t any better, giving up eight runs on nine hits and four walks.