Dodgers go 3-for-3 with their All-Star representatives

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Ah, if only every game could be an All-Star game for the Dodgers.

The All-Star game must have been a welcome reprieve for Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw and Andre Ethier. Or they just like playing for a winning team for a change.

The Dodgers’ three representatives to Tuesday’s All-Star all performed well in Arizona, contributing to the National League’s 5-1 victory over the American League.

Now if the Dodgers can just turn their season around, they can have home-field advantage in the World Series.

Kemp, giving the Dodgers their second consecutive NL starting All-Star center fielder (Ethier started in center last season), walked, singled and scored a run. He even used two hands to catch an Asdrubal Cabrera fly in the fourth.

Kershaw came in to pitch a perfect 1-2-3 fifth inning, getting a defensive assist from first baseman Joey Votto. He struck out one. Like Kemp, it was Kershaw’s first All-Star appearance.

And Ethier pinch-hit in the bottom of the fifth in the designated hitter spot, and singled in a run. He became the first Dodger to drive in a run in an All-Star game since Mike Piazza in 1996.

-- Steve Dilbeck