Game 87: Dodgers exhaust their resources, still lose in 14 innings.

A.J. Ellis

A.J. Ellis tags out Joey Rickard at home plate in the Dodgers’ 6-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday. (David Crane/Staff photographer)

The Dodgers ran out of gas in 14 innings Wednesday, losing 6-4 to the Baltimore Orioles.

The box score is here. The photo gallery is here.

Clayton Kershaw is playing catch again, but there’s no timetable for his return.

Game 86: Manny Machado’s home run sinks Kenta Maeda and the Dodgers.

Manny Machado

Manny Machado flips his bat after hitting a three-run home run off Kenta Maeda in the fifth inning of the Orioles’ 4-1 win over the Dodgers on Tuesday. (Getty Images)

Kenta Maeda discovered why Manny Machado is the American Legaue’s best third baseman on the last of his 88 pitches in the Dodgers’ 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. The box score is here.

The Giants lost too, so the Dodgers remained five games out of first place in the National League West.

Kenley Jansen changed his plans for the All-Star break.

The Orioles and Dodgers met 50 years ago in the World Series.

Trayce Thompson hauled in one of the Orioles’ many hard-hit balls Tuesday night:
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Dodgers recall Tim Federowicz and place Chris Capuano (calf) on the 15-day disabled list.

Chris Capuano

Chris Capuano collided with Jason Marquis and fell down covering first base in the first inning. He wasn’t injured on that play, but stayed in the game and strained his left calf muscle running to cover the bag in the second.

Chris Capuano was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, ruling him out for the next time the Dodgers will need a fifth starter. That spot wouldn’t necessarily come up until the Dodgers’ April 27 home game against the Milwuakee Brewers, but manger Don Mattingly said he would like to use the fifth starter on April 24 at Citi Field against the New York Mets to give Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Chad Billingsley and Josh Beckett an extra day between their next two starts.

Ted Lilly returned to the team one day after making a rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in two days. He’s done making rehab starts and is poised to take the fifth turn in the rotation.

“If he slots in, everybody kind of gets an extra day,” Mattingly said. “We really like doing that.”

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