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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The Los Angeles Dodgers scored six runs in the ninth inning to record a ninth straight win in San Francisco, a 9-1 victory over the Giants on Friday.
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Disappointment for the Dodgers again. Los Angeles made major strides this season by winning the National League West to end a long playoff drought, then earning the club's first postseason victory in 16 years.
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Adrian Beltre tied the game in the ninth inning with a home run off John Smoltz and won it in the 11th with his major league-leading 38th homer, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
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Jason Schmidt won for the first time in more than six weeks, and the San Francisco Giants took over first place in the NL West with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
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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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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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Kirk Rueter allowed just three hits  over seven innings and J.T. Snow homered as the San Francisco  Giants scored a crucial 4-2 win over Los Angeles in National  League play at Dodger Stadium Friday.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers again try to clinch their first playoff berth in eight years when they host the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.
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(Sports Network) - The two top teams in the National League West will begin a gigantic three-game series tonight, as the San Francisco Giants take on the Los Angeles Dodgers at SBC Park.
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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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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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(CP) - It was painful for San Francisco to watch Los Angeles celebrate its division title win on Saturday. With a win of their own and some help on Sunday, the Giants can take their turn wooping it up.
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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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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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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.
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Jeromy Burnitz's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning sparked a three-run rally, and the Colorado Rockies beat host Los Angeles, 4-1, last night to slow the Dodgers' drive to their first playoff berth in eight years.