LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw outpitched Ian Kennedy after exchanging brushback pitches with his fellow ace, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night without injured star Matt Kemp. . The Dodgers centre fielder was placed on the 15-day disabled list following the game because of a strained left hamstring. Kemp had played 399 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors. Andre Ethier homered in Kemps absence as the Dodgers won their fifth straight. Kemp missed his first game since Aug. 18, 2009. Third baseman Juan Uribe, who was in manager Don Mattinglys original lineup, also was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of an injury to his left wrist. Kershaw (3-1) scattered four hits over seven innings, struck out six and walked three, helping the Dodgers improve the best record in the majors to 24-11. The reigning NL Cy Young winner bounced back from winless starts against Colorado and San Francisco in which he gave up four home runs. Josh Lindblom gave up a home run to Aaron Hill in the eighth inning and Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in five attempts. Kemp was replaced in centre by Tony Gwynn Jr., who prevented a run in the third inning with a perfect one-hop throw to A.J. Ellis after A.J. Pollack tried to score from second base on a single to right-centre by Willie Bloomquist. In Sundays win over Colorado, Gwynn shifted from left field to centre after Kemp aggravated his hamstring injury while robbing Carlos Gonzalez with a diving backhanded catch in left-centre. Kennedy (3-3) was charged with three runs -- two earned -- and six hits in six innings, after going 12-0 with a 2.28 ERA in his previous 17 starts against NL West opponents. The right-hander, coming off back-to-back losses against Washington and St. Louis, has lost three straight starts for the first time since June 15-July 5, 2010, when he lost four in a row while allowing 20 earned runs over a span of 23 2-3 innings. The Dodgers scored their first run when Dee Gordon led off the first inning with a single, advanced two bases on Kennedys errant pickoff throw and scored on Mark Ellis groundout. In the sixth, Ethier drove a 2-1 pitch deep into the right field pavilion for his eighth homer and Adam Kennedy made it 3-0 with a sacrifice fly three batters later. Kershaw faced the Diamondbacks for the first time since his 3-2 victory on Sept. 14 at Dodger Stadium, when he was ejected by umpire Bill Welke for hitting Gerardo Parra with a pitch on the right elbow after Parra doubled his previous time up. One night earlier, Parra had taken an extra second or two to leave the batters box on his tying home run against Hong-Chih Kuo, who had thrown an earlier pitch at his head. On Monday night, Kennedy threw a 2-1 pitch behind Kershaw and to the backstop before walking him. Kershaw returned the favour in the fifth, making Kennedy bail out of the batters box on a first-pitch fastball before walking him. Umpire Marvin Hudson immediately issued a warning to Kershaw and both dugouts. NOTES: The Dodgers recalled OF Jerry Sands from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace Kemp on the roster. During Kemps streak, he was used nine times as a pinch-hitter, twice as a designated hitter -- and once as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement -- after Manny Ramirez injured his hamstring. ... Ethiers homer was the first given up by Kennedy in his last seven starts on the road -- a stretch that spanned 45 2-3 innings and 168 batters. 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