Dodgers Bolldose Brewers

LOS ANGELES - After getting their hearts cut out by Nomar Garciaparra in consecutive ninth-inning nightmares, the Milwaukee Brewers were looking for a good omen in the early going Sunday at Dodger Stadium.

It never came.

Playing one of their worst overall games of the season, the Brewers were drubbed, 10-2, before a sellout crowd of 53,532 as the Los Angeles Dodgers won three in a row for the first time in 2006.

``It's tough to win a game after you lose two like that, then have them come out hitting the ball early,'' shortstop J.J. Hardy said. ``You could see it wasn't going to be our day.''

It was a total collapse for the Brewers, who dropped back to .500 (16-16) for the first time since April 24. They committed two errors, allowed three stolen bases, collected only eight hits and watched the previously inept Dodgers pound out a 14-hit attack, including three home runs.