NL Wrap: Dodgers Slay Giants in Crunch Pennant Game
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The Los Angeles Dodgers opened up  a 2 1/2 game lead in the National League West pennant race with  a 7-4 victory over title rivals the San Francisco Giants  Sunday.
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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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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, beating the San Francisco Giants 7-3 Saturday.    The Dodgers reached the postseason for the first time since making it as the wild card in 1996...
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Pedro Feliz had three hits and drove in two runs, reliever Brad Hennessey worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Thursday night.
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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 San Francisco Giants finally found a way to win a one-run game.
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Jonathan Sanchez won his first major league start and Ray Durham homered twice as the San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati 3-2 Wednesday and moved past the Reds in the NL wild-card race.
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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 Los Angeles Dodgers won over San Francisco 3-2 Friday night in the opener of a key three-game series between the National League West rivals.
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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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Light-hitting David Ross hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Thursday night to clinch no worse than a tie for the NL West title.
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LOS ANGELES - One day after watching rival Los Angeles celebrate with beer and champagne, the San Francisco Giants had some salt thrown in their collective wound.
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Derek Lowe won despite giving up three homers, Ramon Martinez hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly and the Los Angeles Dodgers gained ground in the NL West with a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Jose Lima tossed a five-hit shutout and Shawn Green homered twice as the Los Angeles Dodgers staved off elimination in the National League Division Series with a 4-0 blanking of the St.
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It took 13 innings and they had to overcome a dramatic home run by Alex Rodriguez, but the San Francisco Giants snapped their eight-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the New York Yankees on Saturday.
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Greg Maddux moved into a tie for 10th with Steve Carlton on the career victories list with No. 329 and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped the San Francisco Giants' five-game winning streak with a 14-7 victory Saturday night.
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Pedro Feliz bludgeoned a  tie-breaking grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the  eighth inning to hand the San Francisco Giants a 9-5 win over  the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Saturday.