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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The script is set for the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the NL West.Theyll have ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound in front of their fans against longtime rival San Francisco in the series finale Wednesday night.I like our chances, Matt Kemp said. It would be nice to clinch against these guys.The Dodgers set up a possible Hollywood ending with a testy 4-2 victory over the second-place Giants on Tuesday night, stretching their division lead to 4 1/2 games.Justin Turner homered twice and Kemp had a two-run shot in the first inning, when both benches and bullpens emptied after left-hander Madison Bumgarner hit Dodgers star Yasiel Puig in the left foot with a pitch.No punches were thrown and order was soon restored.Tempers flare sometimes, Kemp said. Its a big game.Bumgarner said that in trying to throw a cutter, he pulled the ball across and it hit Puig, who ended up on his rear.Well, I probably said something first, Bumgarner said. Hes sitting there staring at me.Puig confirmed that, saying through a translator, He looked at me and said, What are you looking at?The two have a turbulent history dating to a game in Los Angeles in May, when Puig homered off Bumgarner, who thought Puig was going too slowly around the bases and yelled at him.We had a little back and forth, Puig said. Im not sure if this was a continuation of that. I just reacted to what he said.Bumgarner doesnt see a friendly future for him and Puig.I dont think thats in the cards for us, he said.The Giants seventh loss in 10 games kept them from clinching a playoff berth after Milwaukee lost at Cincinnati.Zack Greinke (16-8) extended his mastery of the Giants, improving to 5-0 against them this season. He is unbeaten in seven career starts against San Francisco. He tied his career high in victories while throwing a season-high 118 pitches.Sometimes I get tired around 100 pitches. Other times I feel good, Greinke said. Today was one of those when I felt good.The right-hander allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings, striking out five and walking none. He retired 17 of his final 19 batters.Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth to earn his 44th save.Bumgarner (18-10) had been dominant at Dodger Stadium with a 7-2 career mark coming in, but he was stymied in pursuit of his fourth straight win there. He gave up four runs and six hits in 7 1-3 innings, striking out five and walking none.Turner homered into the left-field pavilion in the eighth for the second time in the game, chasing Bumgarner.I was floating around those bases and the fans were going nuts, Turner said.After the tension subsided in the first, Puig took first base and Kemp celebrated his 30th birthday by hitting his 24th homer, extending the Dodgers lead to 3-0. Turner got things started with his first career leadoff shot in the first.Its a good birthday gift a€” hitting a home run and getting a win, Kemp said.Bumgarner pulled the Giants to 3-2 with his own two-run homer in the third. The pitcher pumped his right arm and yelled as he rounded first base.Puig came in hitting .300 against Bumgarner, but the Cuban outfielder was hitless in three at-bats with two strikeouts.After getting hit, Puig quickly tailed plate umpire Adrian Johnson toward the mound, yelling at Bumgarner. The pitcher chucked his glove behind him and gestured with both hands as if to say, Bring it on.Johnson pushed Puig away, and Kemp got in front of Puig before Dodgers manager Don Mattingly restrained his emotional star.The hitter creates a little drama, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Sometimes you wonder why some guys dont go to first and create the drama. But it was over and Bum settled down.Kemp, who had words with Puig in the dugout last week at Colorado, came to his defence.We needed him in the game, Kemp said. You dont want anyone to do anything stupid.Puig also was plunked by Jake Peavy in the first inning on Monday night, when the Giants won 5-2 in 13 innings.TURNERS CHANCETurner is batting .385 with three doubles, three homers and 10 RBIs in 15 games this month.I havent had the opportunity to play meaningful games in September, he said. It drives you more than when youre playing games that dont mean anything.BUMGARNERS POWERBumgarners four homers this season are the most by a Giants pitcher since Hal Schumacher hit six in 1934, and his 15 RBIs tied the club record for a pitcher set by Juan Marichal in 1966.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: OF Angel Pagan (inflamed nerve in lower back) will have season-ending surgery to repair a bulging disk in his back Thursday in Los Angeles. This is a bad-luck situation because if the bulge moves a little bit more to the other side then Ill be playing, no problem, he said. ... OF Michael Morse has shown some improvement with a strained oblique and might be ready for the upcoming San Diego series.Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (shoulder inflammation) is playing catch while slowly increasing distance and velocity. Mattingly said hed be surprised if Ryu returns before the playoffs.UP NEXTGiants: Tim Hudson (9-12, 3.52 ERA) has lost his last four outings and has just one win in his past 11 starts as part of the first losing season in his 18-year pro career. Hes been bothered by a hip issue.Dodgers: Kershaw (20-3, 1.80) is tied for the major league lead in victories and his ERA is the lowest in the majors. The left-hander is 9-2 in 13 home starts with a 1.75 ERA. He owns four shutouts against the Giants. 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They surrendered a goal in just the sixth minute of the contest, and despite some promising attacking play, failed to crawl back into the match. Japan, on the other hand, struck first in its match with Ivory Coast, with Keisuke Honda putting his side into the lead in the 16th minute.PHOENIX -- Martin Prado joked that he had better be careful or hell get a reputation as a hothead. The Arizona third baseman was ejected for the first time in his 933 big league games in the Diamondbacks 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. "I was trying to make it to a thousand," he said. "I came up short." Manager Kirk Gibson was also tossed after he came out to argue following Prados ejection. "Prads not a hothead," Gibson said. "He said something I guess the home plate umpire didnt like." Paul Goldschmidt homered and Didi Gregorius had a pair of RBI singles for Arizona. Anthony Rizzo homered twice for the Cubs. Rizzo moved into a tie with Miamis Giancarlo Stanton for the NL home run lead at 22 with his sixth career multi-homer game, second this season. He homered twice at Milwaukee on May 31. Eury De La Rosa (1-0) gave up a run in one inning and got the win. Brian Schlitter (2-3) allowed a run in two-thirds of an inning for the loss. Prado was thrown out when he said something as he ran past plate umpire Cory Blaser after grounding out in the eighth. He had to be restrained by teammates after he was tossed. "Its part of the game. Theres a lot of emotions," Prado said. "I think I just overreacted, but the most important thing is we won the game. Guys were messing with me and said You have to get ejected every day." Catcher Miguel Monteros throwing error put a runner on third with one out in the ninth, but Addison Reed got out of it, getting Ryan Sweeney to pop out and fanning Welington Castillo for his 22nd save in 27 chances. The Diamondbacks Trevor Cahill, in his first start since April 13, allowed three runs on four hits in five innings. The left-handed batting Gregorius, 2 for 20 against lefties this season to that point, singled off left-hander Zac Rosscup to bring home what provedd to be the deciding run in Arizonas three-run sixth.dddddddddddd "The at-bat of the game," Prado said. Rizzo hit a two-run homer off Cahill far over the swimming pool area in right field in Chicagos three-run fourth. He added a booming solo shot to centre off De La Rosa in the sixth. The last player voted by fans onto the NL squad at the All-Star game, Rizzo is one homer shy of his total for last season. "That is cool," he said. " ... You want to keep on having good at-bats, not trying to hit home runs, just trying to hit the ball hard. " Ender Enciarte, just in the game as a defensive replacement in centre, ran down Rizzos shot to deep left-centre in the eighth. Gibson said David Peralta, shifted from centre to left, probably wouldnt have had the speed to get to the ball. Goldschmidts 17th home run was an opposite-field solo shot that barely cleared the fence in right and ended the night for Cubs starter Edwin Jackson. Cubs manager Rick Renteria said Jackson "kept us in the ballgame and Rizz had an All-Star night, two homers. "We didnt get a whole lot more after that, but even in the end we had a chance, but werent able to get that tying run in there," Renteria added. Cahill was demoted from the rotation to the bullpen after going 0-4 with a 9.17 ERA in his first four starts. The right-hander was designated for assignment on June 9, making one start for Class A Visalia and six for Triple-A Reno. "It felt good," he said. "Im competing at the highest level, starting, which Ive done my whole life. It was fun to be back out there and know I had the ball for as far as I could go." Notes: Arismendy Alcantara, in his sixth game since being recalled from Triple-A Iowa, stole second twice. ... In the second game of the series Saturday night, the Cubs send Travis Wood (7-8, 4.96 ERA) to the mound against the Diamondbacks Wade Miley (5-6, 4.18). ' ' '