Dodgers' rally wasted in 6-4 loss in 10 innings

So much for that.

After rallying with four late runs against Cleveland on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers wasted the comeback in maddening fashion in the 10th inning of a 6-4 defeat.

Jhonny Peralta's two-out, two-run double just out of the reach of right fielder Andre Ethier broke the tie, one batter after Dodgers closer Takashi Saito had gotten Franklin Gutierrez to ground into a rare 6-2-5 double play with the bases loaded.

Reliever Masahide Kobayashi did what three predecessors out of the Indians' bullpen could not in the bottom of the 10th, pitching a scoreless inning as the Dodgers fell to 1-6 in interleague play.

Down by four runs in the eighth inning against a Cy Young Award candidate, the Dodgers and their bumbling offense didn't seem to stand much of a chance.

But there was Jeff Kent exchanging high-fives with his teammates in the dugout in the ninth inning after his run-scoring grounder pulled the Dodgers into a 4-4 tie and sent the game into extra innings.

Saito quickly wobbled in the 10th, walking leadoff hitter Jamey Carroll before giving up consecutive hits to Ben Francisco and Ryan Garko. And just when Gutierrez's double-play grounder put Saito on the verge of an epic escape, Peralta came through with his clutch hit.

The Dodgers couldn't do much against Indians starter Cliff Lee, who gave up only one run in 7 1/3 innings before the Cleveland bullpen imploded in the eighth and ninth innings.

With the Dodgers trailing, 4-2, Angel Berroa led off the ninth with a single to left field off closer Joe Borowski and went to third on Russell Martin's double to left. After pinch-hitter Blake DeWitt struck out, Juan Pierre's single that ricocheted off Borowski toward the third-base side of the mound scored Berroa to pull the Dodgers to within 4-3.

Pierre then stole second base, prompting Borowski to intentionally walk Matt Kemp to load the bases and bring up Kent, whose slow grounder to shortstop Peralta scored Martin with the tying run. Borowski intentionally walked James Loney to bring up Andy LaRoche, who flied to center for the inning's final out.

Kelly Shoppach's two-run homer off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw in the third inning had looked as if it would be more than enough run support for Lee, who was on cruise control until the eighth.

Kemp hit a one-out single to right field, prompting Cleveland Manager Eric Wedge to replace Lee with Rafael Betancourt. Kent greeted the reliever with a run-scoring double off the glove of diving center fielder Grady Sizemore.