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Despite leaving 16 men on base, the Dodgers came out with a 5-3 win over the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLDS.
Randy Wolf went 3 2/3 innings and earned the no-decision. He ran into trouble in the first, loading the bases with no outs and a run scored when some miscommunication between Matt Kemp [...]

The Dodgers found themselves in danger of losing the NL West race as they took a 3-4 loss on Friday, but came back to win two straight and are now set to move on as NL West champs in the NLDS.
Randy Wolf suffered his first loss in two months, though he held the Rockies to [...]

The Padres shut out the Dodgers on Wednesday, 5-0, to keep the Dodgers’ Magic Number at 1 to clinch the NL West.
Jon Garland was roughed up in the loss, giving up a run in the first and then a three-run homerun in the third. He left with one out in the fourth and took his [...]

The Dodgers lost their first of a two-game series to the Padres, 1-3, and still sit with their Magic Number at 1 as the Rockies won in extra innings last night.
Chad Billingsley held the Padres to two runs on two hits, but also issued five walks in the loss. Hong-Chih Kuo also gave up a [...]

The Dodgers took a rough 1-11 loss to lose the series on Monday, and with the Rockies off, they will have to wait at least one more day before they clinch the NL West.
Hiroki Kuroda was rocked for seven runs, though only three were earned. Mark Loretta got a throwing error leading off the second [...]

The Dodgers pulled off a win on Saturday but a late-inning error on Sunday allowed the Pirates to win and pull ahead in the series, putting the Dodgers’ hopes for a clinch in the West on hold for at least one more day.
The Dodgers rallied for five late-inning runs on Saturday for the win. Maholm [...]

The Dodgers’ Magic Number still stands at 1 as they took a 1-3 loss to the Pirates on Friday.
Jon Garland struck out six through six innings, giving up three runs but no earned. Blake DeWitt committing a throwing error in the first that led to the first unearned run, and a fielding error by James [...]

The Dodgers beat the Nationals 7-6 in Thursday’s rubber match, cutting their magic number to one before heading to Pittsburgh for a weekend series with the Pirates.
By the time Vincente Padilla took the mound in the first, he already had a nice four-run cushion. He would need it, though, after giving up three runs in [...]

Chad Billingsley sailed through five-plus innings, but he gave up a tying homerun in the sixth as the Nationals went on to beat the Dodgers, 5-4.
Billingsley had a perfect game ’til the fourth, and a no-hitter until the sixth innings with two outs. He then yielded two walks before Ryan Zimmerman tied the game with [...]

The Dodgers were eager to get their bats going after Monday’s off day, plating 14 runs, including a seven-run fourth and a six-run seventh inning.
Hiroki Kuroda had plenty of run support, but he didn’t need much of it, holding the Nationals to two runs (none earned) on four hits while striking out six. A Rafael [...]

The Dodgers remained five games up as they beat the Giants in Sunday’s rubber match, 6-2.
Wolf picked up another win, going six-plus innings, with his only mistakes being a solo homerun in each the first and sixth innings. Kuo, Sherrill, and Broxton then each tossed a perfect inning apiece, with Sherrill and Broxton notching two [...]

The Dodgers followed a 4-8 loss on Friday with a big 12-1 win Saturday to get back to 5 games up in the West.
Vincente Padilla gave up four runs on eight hits through five innings on Friday, but it was Ramon Troncoso who took the loss, giving up two go-ahead runs in the sixth inning. [...]

The Dodgers finished a sweep of the pirates on Wednesday, 3-1, before having a day off and heading into a weekend series with the Giants.
Hiroki Kuroda put up his second quality start since coming off the DL, going six innings, giving up just one run, while striking out seven and walking none. Kuo, Sherrill, and [...]

The Dodgers won in 13 innings of Tuesday, 5-4, for their 12th walk-off win of the season to move five games up in the West.
Randy Wolf posted a quality start, and still remains unbeaten with the no decision in his last six games. He gave up three runs on five hits, with his only mistake [...]

Jon Garland helped the Dodgers secure a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Monday, giving them a four game lead in the West.
Garland scattered a run in each the fourth and fifth innings, but otherwise proved solid as went six innings to remain unbeaten as a Dodger. Kuo, Sherrill, and Broxton then combined for three [...]

The Dodgers took the first two games of the series for the win before falling on Sunday as they remain three games up in the West with three weeks left of the season.
Hiroki Kuroda posted eight solid innings on Friday, holding the Giants to two runs on three hits while striking out five. He was [...]

The Dodgers came close to getting the series sweep, but fell short as Ramon Troncoso walked home the Dbacks’ winning run in the ninth for the Dodgers 3-4 loss.
Jon Garland made a solid start, going six innings to three runs on six hits. His only real trouble was in the second when he gave up [...]

Billy Buckner held the Dodgers to one run through seven, but they managed to score four in the eighth off the Dbacks’ bullpen for the win to keep themselves 3 1/2 games up in the division.
Chad Billingsley gave up four runs on eight hits through six, and the Dodgers eighth inning rally spared him from [...]

The Dodgers beat the Dbacks in the first game of the set 7-2.
Padilla put up a quality start for the win, holding the Dbacks to two runs through six innings. His only mistake was a two-run homerun to Chris Young in the fifth. Belisario, Sherrill, and Broxton then all came out of the ‘pen, with [...]

The Dodgers were able to avoid the sweep by sandwiching in a win on Saturday before heading to Phoenix to open a set with the Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers were shut out on Friday, with Kershaw posting another quality start but taking the loss for a lack of run support. The offense came out on Saturday, though, [...]

Jon Garland gave the Dodgers a win on Thursday to give them a series split with the Dbacks.
Garland held his former team to two runs, going seven innings and striking out six. He retired the last 14 batters he faced, and Sherrill and Broxton each tossed an inning, with Broxton getting the save.
Garland got help [...]

The Dodgers fell to the Dbacks on Wednesday 1-4 as Jon Garland will take the mound on Thursday in his Dodger debut, facing his former team.
Chad Billingsley tossed four perfect innings before being tagged for four runs in the fifth inning, including a two-run homerun. He escaped the inning, being tagged for three earned, and [...]

The Dodgers came back to score a run in the seventh to beat the Diamondbacks 4-3 on Tuesday to even up the series.
Vicente Padilla gave the Dodgers a decent start, going 5 1/3 innings and giving up just one run while striking out five. Scott Elbert, just called up from Triple-A, relieved Padilla in the [...]

Randy Wolf had another strong outing but the bullpen couldn’t hold as the Diamondbacks scored two in the 10th to beat the Dodgers, 5-3.
Wolf struck out seven in six innings, giving up just two runs and earning the no decision, his 14th of the year. Sherrill gave up a solo homerun in the eighth to [...]

The Dodgers lost to the Reds on Friday but came back for a big win Saturday and extra-inning win on Sunday to push their lead to six games in the NL West.
Chad Billingsley took the loss on Friday, allowing four runs on seven hits with four walks. He allowed three runs before coming on for [...]

The Dodgers came back from losing the first game of the series to win the last two and move their NL West lead back to four games, while also giving the Rockies their first home loss in two months.
Vincente Padilla, in his first start as a Dodger and his first in three weeks, went five [...]

The offense finally heated up a little in Wednesday’s game at Coors, beating the Rockies 6-1 to gain a full game in the NL West.
It seems to be a broken record saying Randy Wold posted another quality start, but that’s exactly what he did once again. He went 7 1/3, striking out five, and giving [...]

After three straight wins against the Cubs to open their four-game weekened series, the Dodgers fell a win short of the sweep and also took a loss to the Rockies on Tuesday.
Ryan Dempster held the Dodgers to just three hits on Sunday, with the only run coming from a Tony Abreu RBI-single in the second [...]

The Dodgers escaped with two more wins as they head into Sunday’s final game of the series, looking for the sweep.
Randy Wolf posted another strong win, allowing just one run on one hit through seven while striking out five. The only hit he gave up was a two-out RBI single in the third. Sherrill and [...]

The Dodger and Cubs were tied at 2’s since the third, but Russell Martin took charge in the sixth with a grand slam to give the Dodgers a four-run lead in what would become a 7-2 win.
Jeff Weaver was a solid subsitute starter, going 5 1/3, giving up two runs on five hits while striking [...]