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 clubhouse.

The initial diagnosis was a left wrist contusion, with X-rays coming back negative.

That 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 any 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. “He’s doing everything we need from him.”

Betts had a hit and a run scored, 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 majors.

The Brewers 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 Edman singled with one out in the ninth. They loaded the bases and got within a run on an infield single from Rushing before Betts lined out to center to end the game against Abner Uribe.

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 majors. Not that their place in the overall standings is what matters in July.

“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.”