LOS ANGELES — As the Dodgers ride out a brutal stretch, protective wrap might be the best way to get to the other side.

Three errors and a left wrist contusion to Freddie Freeman were just the latest issues as the Dodgers dropped yet another game to the Milwaukee Brewers, this one 6-5 on Sunday.

The losses are getting historic now, with the Dodgers getting swept by the Brewers over a three-game series twice in less than two weeks. They finished the season series 0-6, the first time they have ever failed to win a game against Milwaukee in a single season.

Not only did the Brewers extend their winning streak to 10 games for the eighth double-digit win streak in their franchise’s history, the Dodgers dropped their sixth consecutive home game. It is their longest home losing streak since losing nine consecutive at home in 2017.

Freeman departed in the sixth inning when he was hit by an 88-mph sinker from left-hander Jose Quintana. The concerns were immediate as Freeman barely reacted but instead walked straight into the Dodgers’ dugout and into the clubhouse.

The initial diagnosis was a left wrist contusion, with X-rays coming back negative. It was finally some good news during a long day and an even longer month.

“That one, I held my breath. I think we all did,” manager Dave Roberts said. “When you’re scuffling, and to potentially lose a guy for four to six weeks is obviously very scary. But exhale, sigh of relief after hearing that it was negative. To lose him longer would’ve been really tough to overcome. We dodged a bullet there.”

It doesn’t mean Freeman will return right away. With Kiké Hernandez out because of an elbow injury, catcher Dalton Rushing will be asked to play first base if Freeman misses some upcoming games.

Shohei Ohtani did his part with a two-run home run after he was dropped to the No. 2 spot in the lineup. Mookie Betts was moved up to the leadoff spot despite his struggles, with a single just before Ohtani’s home run in the third inning.

“I think his swing is in a really good spot,” Roberts said of Ohtani. “Took a walk late, opposite-field (homer), certainly left vs. left, not trying to just pull the baseball. He’s doing everything we need from him.”

Betts had a hit and a run scored in his new look from the top and hit multiple balls hard, including a long foul ball to left that had home run distance. But he was nowhere near a mood to wax poetic about it.

“Just another day at the park,” Betts said. “Nothing really changed. So it doesn’t matter.”

It was a day when the Dodgers committed three errors with Clayton Kershaw on the mound, all while blowing a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning and a 4-3 lead in the sixth.

Kershaw gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits with one walk in 4 1/3 innings. He finished with two strikeouts.

The Brewers’ three-run fourth inning, to wipe out the Dodgers’ early lead, came as Tommy Edman made a throwing error from third base, Andy Pages made an error on a line drive to center and Esteury Ruiz made a wild throw home that eventually led to a run.

Ruiz made his own error that led to Kershaw’s departure in the fifth. Frustrated as he reached the dugout, Kershaw fired his glove and cap toward the bench and knocked over a mini cooler while letting out multiple roars.

“I thought I pitched OK, I just made some mistakes,” Kershaw said. “I was just frustrated. It happens. We’re not playing well as a team. I wanted to help win the game today, didn’t do enough to do it. So it’s frustrating.”

While the Dodgers have lost nine of their past 11 games, they are still just 1 1/2 games from the best record in the major leagues. Not that their place in the overall standings is what matters in July.

“I’m frustrated. We’re all frustrated,” Kershaw said. “Yeah, I don’t know how else to say it. We need to win a game. No excuses, just play better.”

The Brewers eventually loaded the bases in the fifth, after Kershaw departed, before Alex Vesia extracted them from the mess when he struck out Blake Perkins. Ruiz tried to make amends with a home run in the bottom of the fifth to put the Dodgers ahead 4-3 but all hope for a single win against the Brewers was quickly lost.

Milwaukee delivered its second three-run inning in the sixth against a trio of pitchers in Vesia, Lou Trevino (3-1) and Will Klein. Isaac Collins delivered the big blow with a go-ahead two-run single against Klein for a 6-4 advantage.

After Ruiz’s home run, the Dodgers didn’t have another hit until Tommy Edman singled with one out in the ninth. They loaded the bases and got within a run on an infield single from Dalton Rushing before Betts lined out to center to end the game against right-hander Abner Uribe.

“That would have been a great way to finish, given the lineup switch at the top, and that’s what I was hoping for,” Roberts said of a potential heroic ending from Betts. “But, you know, he still took a good at-bat against a guy that (is throwing) 100-mph bowling balls. He squared it up, and he hadn’t done that in a while.”

If Betts was feeling optimistic for the road ahead, he wasn’t showing it.

“Just got to play better, in all facets,” Betts said. “Can’t speak for everyone, but for me, just got to play better. Got to figure it out.”