Red-hot Dodgers hold off Giants 6-5
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Brad Penny and the Los Angeles Dodgers are enjoying this stretch of their topsy-turvy season. Penny became the NL's first 13-game winner, recently acquired Wilson Betemit hit a tiebreaking two-run homer, and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday.
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Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer, Luis Gonzalez added a tiebreaking solo shot in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Wednesday.
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Alex Cora's second homer in two days provided the spark Los Angeles needed yesterday. The light-hitting second baseman homered and drove in two runs as the Dodgers moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the West with a 7-4 win in San Francisco.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the National League West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Saturday to keep their division and wild card hopes alive.
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Mark Hendrickson pitched seven strong innings, Julio Lugo provided the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 Friday night for their 13th victory in 14 games.
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While it didn't have the dramatic impact of four straight homers or the magnitude of a September game, the San Diego Padres showed the rival Los Angeles Dodgers that they're capable of staging an improbable comeback, too. Russell Branyan drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the ninth to complete a five-run rally as the Padres stunned the Dodgers 6-5 Thursday night to finish a three-game sweep.
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Pat Burrell went 4-for-4, hit his 20th home run, and drove in four runs, and Ryan Howard hit his 30th shot of the season to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 14-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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Derek Lowe won his seventh straight decision and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to their lead in the NL wild-card race by overcoming a three-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 on Wednesday night.
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LOS ANGELES - Steve Finley's grand slam capped a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West title by beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday. "We do it the Hollywood way, that's for sure," closer Eric Gagne said...
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Chad Billingsley did an excellent job filling in for the injured Derek Lowe by limiting San Diego to one run over six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Padres 6-1 on Wednesday night.
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For a change, the Los Angeles Dodgers didn't get much of a start. Thanks to relievers Chad Billingsley and Takashi Saito and another homer by Russell Martin, the finish couldn't have been much better.
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Alex Cora's second homer in two days provided the unexpected spark Los Angeles needed. The light-hitting second baseman homered and drove in two runs again, and the Dodgers moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the NL West with a 7-4 victory over San Francisco on Sunday.
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Hanley Ramirez hit a pair of solo homers and drove in the go-ahead run with a bunt single in the 10th inning, leading the Florida Marlins to a 6-5 victory Friday night and sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to their third straight loss.
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Rookie Noah Lowry won his sixth straight decision and remained unbeaten in 13 major league starts to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.
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Hong-Chih Kuo (1-4) finally gets his first win of the season, blanking the Mets over six innings to lead the Dodgers to a 5-0 win Friday.
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David Wells took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Luis Gonzalez hit a three-run homer in the first, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the host San Francisco Giants, 6-2, yesterday.
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The San Francisco Giants finally found a way to win a one-run game.