The ninth-inning rally was great and all, but a loss is a loss, and the losses are starting to pile up for this team, which has now lost five in a row. This is getting dire. Worst part is, the Dodgers will begin a nine-game homestand on Friday night that consists entirely of American League opponents, and the Dodgers proved yet again this weekend that they simply can’t compete with good A.L. teams. At least two of those teams coming in, the White Sox and Angels, are VERY good teams. … Dodgers fall to 31-38, and they haven’t been seven games under .500 since July 28, 2006, when they were 48-55 after winning the first of what would be 17 victories in 18 games. That entire stretch camea against Washington, Cincinnati, Florida, Colorado and San Francisco, all of whom finished well under .500 that season. The Dodgers aren’t going to win 17 of 18 now. Snakes are losing 6-2 to the Royals in the fifth inning.