PHILADELPHIA -- Any defeat is tough for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, but losing a lead late makes it even worse.Maikel Franco hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles 5-4 on Thursday night.Thats a game that leaves a sour taste, Roberts said. Its a win we had late. We had a lead late.Justin Turner and Yasmani Grandal homered for the NL West-leading Dodgers. Ryan Howard also homered for the Phillies.Los Angeles started quickly against Jerad Eickhoff as the first three batters of the game scored. Chase Utley and Corey Seager singled and Turner connected on his 23rd homer.Utleys throwing error in the second led to an unearned run as Aaron Altherrs RBI single brought Philadelphia to 3-1.Grandals one-out solo homer, his 20th, off the scoreboard in right in the fourth inning made it 4-1.But Los Angeles offense stalled from that point.We couldnt get anything going against the bullpen, Roberts said.Still, the manager felt the Dodgers were in great shape for a three-game series sweep.You cant score 10 runs every night, Roberts said.Dodgers starter Ross Stripling gave up two earned runs and six hits in five innings. Stripling, making his 11th start, struck out five and walked two.He threw the ball well, Roberts said.Stripling, though, wouldve liked to have gone deeper with a lead.When you get three runs early, you want to be efficient and not give them anything, he said. I wasnt able to stay efficient. I made some good pitches and was able to work out of a couple of jams.Michael Mariot (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning in relief of Eickhoff to earn the victory.Freddy Galvis led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and Franco followed with his 22nd homer, to deep center off Grant Dayton (0-1) to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead.It was a fastball right down the middle and I put good contact on it -- nothing else, Franco said.Jeanmar Gomez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 32nd save in 35 opportunities.Howard led off the bottom of the fourth with his 19th homer of the season, a booming shot to center, to move into a tie with Carlton Fisk for 75th all-time with his 376th career home run.Howard has 11 homers in his last 28 starts and is batting .357 since the All-Star break.STREAKING GONZALEZAdrian Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a sixth-inning double for the Dodgers. 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A week later, the Thunder are in a tailspin, riding a four-game losing streak.That is the situation that awaits the Thunder (6-5) when they play host to the Houston Rockets (6-4) on Wednesday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.The latest loss came Monday night when Thunder traveled to Detroit on the second night of a back-to-back. Near the end of the first quarter and the start of the second, Oklahoma City allowed the Pistons to go on a 23-6 run. It was an uphill battle from that point on, and Detroit emerged with a 104-88 victory.Defensively we started with really good energy, Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. In fairness to our guys, you can always expect on a back-to-back that youre going to be a bit leg weary. Generally thats going to affect your offense. Sometimes on back-to-backs you cant put stock or onus on having a great offensive output, but you have to hang your hat on your defense.Oklahoma Citys defense is getting precipitately worse, but it hasnt just been against teams such as the Golden State Warriors or Los Angeles Clippers.The Thunders last two defeats came at the hands of the Orlando Magic and Detroit, clubs that rank in the bottom seven in the NBA in scoring. Each team managed to score over a 100 against the Thunder.Were one of the top teams in the league when we play defensively, Thunder guard Russell Westbrook told The Oklahoman. So Im not really worried about whos playing and whos not.Having issues with defense, however, is not a good problem to have with the Rockets in town. 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Thunder fans catapulted Beverley to the top of their most hated list, which he has held onto since then.Against the 76ers, Rockets guard James Harden posted 33 points, seven rebounds and nine assists. He is now one of only three players in history to average at least 30 points and 10 assists through 10 games. Harden was also named Western Conference Player of the Week.However, Harden seems to be more focused on making sure his team plays the right way.Were getting better game by game, and defensively were getting better and offensively has been better, too, Harden told ESPN.com. We take it one game at a time. These next three games will be extremely tough; well be all right as long as we continue to do the things weve been working on.Asked his assessment of the Thunder in the wake of Kevin Durant exit in free agency, Harden said, Its Russ. Its Russ, and its a one-man show. ' ' '