NL Wrap: Finley Slams Dodgers to West Title
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Steve Finley hit a grand slam home run  to cap a seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning as  the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the NL West title with a 7-3  win over the San Francisco Giants Saturday.
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While the Giants wait for Barry Bonds to hit another long ball, the Los Angeles Dodgers played small ball to beat their archrival again. The Dodgers scored twice on squeeze bunts and held Bonds without a hit all series, winning their 11th straight game in San Francisco with a 5-3 victory Sunday.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Pedro Feliz hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the Giants helped their playoff chances with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.    The first-place Dodgers had their NL West lead trimmed to 1 1/2 games over the Giants, who also pulled within a half-game of Chicago in the wild-card race after the Cubs lost 4-3 to the New York Mets in 11 innings...
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BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years. Beating the San Francisco Giants for the National League West title would make it that much sweeter.
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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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The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to move a step closer to clinching the NL West when they continue their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies.
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As the Los Angeles Dodgers' bats turn colder, the NL West race is heating up.
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Shea Hillenbrand hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning and a sacrifice fly in the 12th as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 Wednesday and finish a three-game sweep.
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The Dodgers use a six-run seventh inning to turn Tuesday's game into an easy 10-0 win over the Nationals.
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The Los Angeles Times reported the Angels have signed veteran center fielder Steve Finley, who helped key the Los Angeles Dodgers&#39; run to the National League West Division title last season.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks took over sole possession of first place in the NL West from San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies outlasted New York to complete a sweep of the Mets and tighten the East and wild-card races.
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Jose Lima pitched a complete game  five-hitter and Shawn Green belted two home runs to lift the  Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals in  their National League Divisional Series (NLDS) Saturday.
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Jeff Kent's slide into home in the 12th inning caps a Dodgers comeback as the Nationals cough up a five run lead, falling, 10-9, to Los Angeles for Washington's sixth straight loss.
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Mike Bacsik gives up five runs and nine hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Nationals, 5-4, despite Derek Lowe allowing three home runs.
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The San Diego Padres are right back in the NL West race thanks to another sweep of their biggest rival, the suddenly rattled Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Kenny Lofton singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers moved into first place in the NL West, defeating the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Thursday night.
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Barry Zito struck out 11 in his sixth straight win, Eric Chavez hit a two-run homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Friday night for their season-high eighth straight win.