Leave it to a rookie to mess up a delightful night of summer entertainment.

In an unusual plot twist, Tuesday night’s Indians-Dodger game had a rookie doing good things, not fumbling ground balls or striking out in key situations. The problem was that Cody Bellinger was so good a heroic Indians journeyman couldn’t steal the scene.

The night started with the older stars putting on an entertaining show featuring the Left Arm of God, Part II, Clayton Kershaw and the lovable rogue Trevor Bauer. (The original Left Arm of God was a Dodger named Sandy Koufax. Ask your father).

Bauer was matching Kershaw, more or less, and the teams were tied at 2 in the sixth inning and when the guys wearing Blue tried to form a rally. On came the Indians’ Andrew Miller, whom we all know is not Godly, just immortal. Miller stopped the rally and cruised through the seventh inning. The plot looked as familiar to Clevelanders as a summer action movie.

The story moved to the eighth and the guys from Hollywood, knowing the same old story rarely sells, put their trust in the young Bellinger with the good looks and bright future.

It didn’t matter that Bellinger bats left, usually an occupational hazard for batters facing the lefty Miller. It didn’t matter that he is inexperienced and unaware, apparently, that he was expected to swing three times, genuflect to Miller and walk into the dugout.

Instead, the 6-foot-4 child star (21) unwound his wristy swing and flicked a ball deep into the night.

Further discouragement came when Bryan Shaw came on, walked some guys, saw Jason Kipnis throw a ball past Carlos Santana at first and allowed another run to come in.

More things, boring things mostly, happened, so we will save time by simply saying the Indians went down weakly in the bottom of the eighth.

On to the thrilling climax as Bellinger obliged a few Dodger fans visiting Cleveland with another flick of his wrists. In a flash, Bellinger had his 17th home run in his 45th games. The Dodgers had a 7-2 lead.

To sell more popcorn (beer sales ended before Bellinger got going) the Indians staged a three-run rally in the ninth (thank you, Daniel Robertson for that homer) and Tom Hamilton complained about a needless visit to the mound by the Dodgers catcher.

What more could a fan ask for? Well, yeah, a victory.

At least the Indians’ rally created a save situation and forced the Dodgers to use Kenley Jansen to put them out of their misery.

Kershaw finished with seven innings, two earned runs and his ninth win. Miller saw his ERA balloon to 0.55 in taking his first loss of the season.