Lima's Complete Game Shutout Helps Dodgers Beat Cards
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Jose Lima pitched a complete game  shutout and Shawn Green stroked two homers to help the Los  Angeles Dodgers beat the St Louis Cardinals 4-0 to stay alive  in their National League Divisional Series Saturday.
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Matt Morris pitched a two-hit shutout,  striking out a season-high 11, as the St Louis Cardinals  blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 in a showdown between two  division leaders at Busch Stadium on Friday.
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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers took over the NL wild-card lead with an 11-4 rout of the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night fueled by the power of Nomar Garciaparra and Marlon Anderson and the timely hitting of Russell Martin.
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Through two postseason games, the St. Louis Cardinals have shredded the Los Angeles Dodgers&#39; starting pitching. Odalis Perez surrendered six runs in Game 1. Jeff Weaver was touched
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Chad Billingsley allowed three hits over seven innings, Kenny Lofton hit an RBI double to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh, and the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 4-0 Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory and 17th in 18 games.
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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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If Dodgers manager Grady Little was planning a cozy, postgame dinner with his wife to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary, the best they could do was breakfast at one of those all-night joints. Ramon Martinez homered leading off the 16th inning, Jeff Kent went 4-for-7 with a home run and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 6-5 Tuesday night to knock the Reds out of the NL wild-card lead.
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Rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff's three-run homer broke a tie in a six-run fourth inning and the San Diego Padres defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 Friday night in a matchup of NL West rivals separated by a game.
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Cesar Izturis homered and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who survived a shaky start by Kazuhisa Ishii and beat San Diego 9-6 on Thursday night to take a 1 1/2-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.
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Steve Finley did it again. Finley drove in the go-ahead run for the third consecutive game, hitting a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.
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Derek Lowe allowed one run over seven innings to win his second straight start, and Nomar Garciaparra singled in the deciding run in the eighth inning Saturday to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
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Jose Lima bounced back in grand style Friday night from one of his worst outings of the season and an eight-day layoff, limiting the National League&#39;s most feared lineup to two
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Albert Pujols hit his league-leading 30th homer in the 14th inning Thursday night to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, their third straight win in extra innings.
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Jose Lima came to the Los Angeles Dodgers in February as a journeyman pitcher with a 71-77 win-loss record, a 5.13 ERA and a reputation as one of baseball&#39;s hot dogs.
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Larry Walker hit two home runs and  Woody Williams pitched six strong innings for the St. Louis  Cardinals who opened the National League Divisional Series  playoffs with an easy 8-3 romp over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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J.D. Durbin breezed to his first major league victory and had three of Philadelphia's 26 hits, Ryan Howard hit a pair of two-run homers and the Phillies routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 15-3 on Tuesday night.