"Well, you can't win 'em all.

The Dodgers received a shellacking Sunday, as Hiroki Kuroda was ineffective and the bullpen was downright awful in an 8-1 defeat to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. The loss was the Dodgers' first in six days.

Plagued with command problems, Kuroda gave up three runs and eight hits in a season-low 42/3 innings. Considering how he pitched, the damage could have been far worse.

Kuroda said the neck problems that bothered him in previous seasons have resurfaced in recent weeks. He has been charged with 12 runs in 162/3 innings over his last three starts."