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The Dodgers are a loss away from elimination after Monday’s 7-5 loss to the Phillies.
The Phillies touched Derek Lowe for two early runs in the first but the Dodgers gained a run in the first, with Rafael Furcal getting a leadoff bunt-hit and coming around to score on James Loney’s two-out double. They took the [...]

Hiroki Kuroda cruised through six innings while the offense rallied for five runs in the first in a 7-2 win over the Phillies to move the series to 2-1.
Manny Ramirez again triggered the offense in the first, driving in the first Dodger run with an RBI-single before Casey Blake followed up with the same to [...]

The Dodgers fell 0-2 for the series with a 5-8 loss on Friday, with Brett Myers holding the Dodger offense while going 3 for 3 with 3 RBI.
James Loney and Blake DeWitt each drove in a run in the second and third inning, but the Phils scored four in the second to hold the lead. [...]

The Dodgers let a 2-0 lead slip away in the sixth as the Phillies scored three to take Game 1 of the NLCS.
Manny contiued his postseason hit streak in the first, driving in a run with an RBI-double that was a hopper off the wall that would’ve been a homerun in any other part of [...]

Game 1 is set for Thursday with a 5:22 PST start time. Derek Lowe will take the mound and face LHP Cole Hamels.
Hamels went 14-10 with a 3.09 ERA in the regular season. The 24-year-old got a win in Game 1 of the NLDS, giving up just two hits through eight in a 3-1 win [...]

Chad Billingsley picks up his 15th win as the Dodgers beat the Rockies 7-2 in the first game of the set for their third straight win.
The offense was lead by James Loney and Matt Kemp, who each had two hits with Loney notching three RBI and Kemp two. They scored two in the second and [...]

After an off day Thursday, the Dodgers take their 3 1/2 game lead and head into Colorado for a three-game series with the Rockies.
Chad Billingsley is set to face lefty Jeff Francis. Billingsley looks for his 15th win, and is 6-2 with a 2.48 ERA in his last 11 starts. He is 0-2 in starts [...]

The Dodgers ran away with a 7-2 win over the Padres in Wednesday’s rubber match, which adds another game to their lead in the division.
The offense was powered by Manny Ramirez, who went 2 for 5 with 4 RBI and two homeruns. After the Padres scored one in the first, the Dodgers stole the lead [...]

The Dodgers moved their division lead up by a game with a 6-2 win over the Padres in the second game of the set.
The offense was again led by streaking Andre Ethier, who went 2 for 4 with 4 RBI. The Padres took an early lead with one in the first and had a 2-0 [...]

The Dodgers’ win streak went as far as eight games until the Padres shut them out on Monday night, but they still hold a 1 1/2 game lead above Arizona in the division.
Padres’ starter Cha Seung Baek held the Dodgers to three hits through seven and they totaled just four on the night. Andre Ethier [...]

The Dodgers came back to get a 5-3 win in the opener against the Brewers to stay tied atop the division.
The Brewers outscored the Dodgers 3-1 in the first two frames, with the Dodgers’ run coming in the first when Juan Pierre scored off Manny’s single. Casey Blake drilled a two-run homerun in the fourth [...]

Hiroki Kuroda gave up just one run on two hits through seven in a 3-1 Dodger victory to give them the four-game sweep and keep them tied atop the division.
The Dodgers put up a small, early lead with one in the second off Nomar’s groundout to score James Loney, who had tripled. Matt Kemp made [...]

The Dodgers rallied back from an early five-run deficit to take the win, courtesy of a walkoff homerun by Nomar.
The Dodgers were down by four before getting any at-bats. They started their comeback with a run in the first followed by two in the third off Manny’s homerun. Andre Ethier then drove a solo shot [...]

Each team scored one in the first inning until the game revealed what was a pitchers’ duel until Andre Ethier belted an RBI-single in the bottom of the ninth for the winning run.
The Dodgers scored just one run through the first five, coming in the first inning to tie it when Casey Blake drove an [...]

The Dodgers took an early lead with six runs in the third to propel them to an 8-6 win over the Phillies in the opener. Their now back to .500 and gain 1/2 game on Arizona to move 1 game behind them in the division.
The Dodgers sent all nine men to the plate in the [...]

The Dodgers escaped with a one-run, 3-2 win over the Nationals on Friday and saw the return of leadoff man Juan Pierre.
Pierre went 1 for 4 with a run scored in his first game back after a stint on the DL while Delwyn Young was put on the 15-day DL to make room on the roster. [...]

The Dodgers acquired third baseman Casey Blake from the Indians today, and optioned Blake DeWitt to Las Vegas to make room on the roster.
The Dodgers sent pitcher Jon Meloan and Class A catcher prospect Carlos Santana to Cleveland for the trade. Blake will now be the everyday third baseman until the rest of the season before [...]

The Dodgers are .500 since the All-Star break, and begin a 10-game homestand beginning with the Washington Nationals, followed by the Giants and finally a crucial four-game series with the Dbacks.
Chad Billingsley will get the start against lefty John Lannan. Billingsley is making his 21st start of the season, a new career-high. He is 2-0 [...]

Juan Pierre made a rehab start in Las Vegas today and is scheduled to return with the Dodgers for this weekend’s homestand. Pierre’s return will again give Torre a surplus of outfielders, so he will be faced with the choice of who to bench. Andruw Jones’ horrible numbers should jump out at Torre and prompt [...]

After a 16-run attack for a win on Monday, the Dodgers lost Tuesday 1-10 and Wednesday 3-5 to lose their series to the Rockies.
Maybe the offense was tired after Monday’s powerhouse of runs, because the Dodgers could only muster four hits and a lone run in the ninth to take the loss. Rockies’ starter Ubaldo [...]

The Dodgers took the field on Saturday being tied with the Dbacks for first, but a 3-2 loss drops them to second before they head into Sunday’s rubber match.
Dan Haren silenced the Dodger bats for seven innings, giving them no runs with 7 K’s and just four hits. Jeff Kent gave the Dodgers hope with [...]

The Dodgers blasted a season-high four homeruns, including James Loney’s game winner in the 11th, to get the win and bring them to a dead tie with the Dbacks in the division.
The Dodgers took a lead in the first with three runs before the Dbacks came back to take the lead in the bottom half. [...]

The Dodgers are just one game behind the Diamondbacks in first, but that lead could change this weekend as the Dodgers head to Phoenix to take on the Dbacks in a three game series. The Dodgers have dropped four of their last six, but a win on Friday could tie them for the NL West lead. 
The injury woes [...]

The Dodgers return home and open a series with the Braves tonight.
The Dodgers have won five of their last six and are just 1/2 game behind Arizona for the division lead. Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound and face rookie Jorge Compillo. Kuroda’s last outing after coming off the DL was near perfect, going seven [...]

Russell Martin is the Dodger’s only All-Star voted in this year.
This is Martin’s second straight NL All-Star appearance, though he will be backup to Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. Martin is the team leader of average, runs, walks, and on base percentage, and leads the NL in all of those categories for catchers. It will be [...]

The Dodgers took a 5-2 loss on Saturday but came back for a win on Sunday to take the series against the Giants. The series win and Dbacks slump now puts the Dodgers just 1/2 game behind Arizona for the division lead.
The Dodgers put up an early lead Saturday, and if it stood they could’ve [...]

The Dodgers were down 5-2 by the fourth but came back to beat the Giants 10-7, with the help of five (unearned) runs in the sixth.
The Dodger lineup saw Andruw Jones and Nomar back in it, with Jones going 0 for 5 with 4 K’s while Nomar went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. The [...]

The Dodgers leave Houston after taking three of four from the Astros and head to San Fran to take on the Giants with two of their regulars back in the lineup.
Nomar wasn’t set to return until next week’s homestand, but after a three-game rehab stint in Las Vegas this week, he will be activated for [...]

Hiroki Kuroda was activated just before Wednesday’s game for his first start in three weeks. To make room on the roster, Clayton Kershaw was optioned to Las Vegas after going 0-2 in eight starts for the Dodgers. Kershaw wasn’t happy about being sent down, but the attention soon shifted to Kuroda as he pitched seven [...]

The injured plenty will see one making progress tonight as Hiroki Kuroda will make his first start in nearly three weeks.
Brad Penny also threw a simulated game of 50 pitches, and if all goes well he will be activated and ready to start Saturday’s game at San Francisco.
Andruw Jones and Nomar both made rehab starts [...]