From James Loney's fallaway fling in the first inning to Matt Kemp's somersaulting catch in the ninth, the Dodger defense gave its all. And every bit of it was needed.Without that defense, another sterling effort from Hiroki Kuroda would have gone for naught. Instead, Kuroda's seven shutout innings stood up, and the pitcher who lowered his ERA to 2.96 (ninth in the National League) finally won his second game since May 17, 1-0 over San Diego.Kemp had the only RBI of the game, driving in Dee Gordon with a fourth-inning single. He went 2 for 4, raising his batting average to .321 and cutting his deficit to the Mets' Jose Reyes down to .018.Subsequently, Kemp did see his streak of 20 consecutive stolen bases end when he was picked off second base and thrown out trying to make