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After the American League beat the National League to improve to 12-0 in the last 13 years, the Dodgers will resume the second half by opening at home against the Astros on Thursday.
Randy Wolf will face Wandy Rodriquez in the first game of the four-game set. Wolf finally picked up a decision and a win [...]

The Dodgers won their final game of the series and last game before the All-Star break on Sunday after losing on Saturday to Milwaukee.
Jeff Weaver didn’t prove himself to be a starter in the rotation, giving up four runs (two earned) on six hits before leaving with one out in the fourth. A throwing error [...]

The Dodgers tied it up in the ninth to send the game to extras and scored six runs in the 10th to get a 12-8 win over the Brewers in the first game of the series.
Chad Billingsley and Braden Looper had almost identical numbers for the night. Billingsley went five-plus innings, giving up five runs [...]

Randy Wolf earned just his fourth win this season after 12 no decisions in the Dodgers’ 11-2 win over the Mets in Thursday’s rubber match.
Wolf took the mound with a nice 4-0 lead in the first. He gave up a run in the first and another in the third, but otherwise had a decent outing. [...]

The Dodgers had many opportunities to make a comeback in Wedneday’s game against the Mets, but they left 22 men on base in the 5-4 loss.
Hiroki Kuroda took the loss, giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits before being lifted with one out in the fifth. The Mets tied it at 1-1 in [...]

Clayton Kershaw tossed six shutout innings in the Dodgers 8-0 win over the Mets in the first game of the series. He held the Mets to three hit and two walks while striking out seven, and was lifted after six innings after tossing 101 pitches, 63 for strikes. James McDonald tossed a shutout inning before [...]

The Dodgers are sending (at least) three players to St. Louis for the All-Star Game. Chad Billingsley made the squad for his first All-Star nod of his career. Billingsley followed the news by going eight innings on Sunday and going 2 for 4 at the plate, including his first career homerun.
Jonathan Broxton is also an [...]

Randy Wolf pitched for the win on Saturday, holding the Padres to one run through six innings while striking out eight. He left with a one run lead after the top of the seventh, but the bullpen let it go to give Wolf his 12th no decision. Belisario suffered the loss after giving up three [...]

The Dodgers saw slugger Manny Ramirez back in the lineup, and despite him going 0 for 3, the Dodgers went on to beat the Padres 6-3 on Friday.
Hiroki Kuroda picked up the win, giving up three runs on four hits through 5 1/3. He gave up a solo homerun in the fourth and left in [...]

The Dodgers were shut out on Tuesday but came back to win the series with a slim 1-0 win on Wednesday.
Chad Billingsley pitched like the game’s winner, pitching a quality start of three runs on four hits through 7 1/3 while striking out 11. The offense was quiet, though, and Billingsley suffered the loss, failing [...]

The Dodgers and Rockies took it into the 13th inning on Monday, and it ended with a walk-off two-run shot by Andre Ethier.
Randy Wolf and Ubaldo Jimenez had just about equal numbers the entire way. Wolf gave up just four hits, with his only mistake being a two-run homerun in the fifth inning, though the [...]

The Dodgers took a 1-5 loss on Saturday and 2-4 loss on Sunday for their second straight series loss.
Eric Milton suffered the loss on Saturday, giving up four runs on seven hits through five. McDonald and Mota tossed a few scoreless innings before Leach gave up a solo homerun in the ninth for the Mariners [...]

Clayton Kershaw evened his record at 5-5 while the Dodgers beat the Mariners, 8-2, in the first game of the series.
Kershaw pitched a perfect first three innings before giving up a run in the fourth. He gave up another in the sixth and left with a 7-2 lead after six, tallying eight K’s for the [...]

After taking the first game of the series against the White Sox, the Dodgers lost the second and lost the series in extra innings in Thursday’s 5-6 loss.
The Dodgers gave Chad Billingsley a 4-0 lead by the fifth, but Billingsley gave up two in the fifth and three go-ahead runs in the sixth, courtesy of [...]

The White Sox came back to take the second game of the series with a 10-6 win over the Dodgers on Wednesday.
Randy Wolf was able to earn a decision, but it came with a loss after he gave up five runs on seven hits. Wolf gave up a solo homerun in the first followed by [...]

Hiroki Kuroda was one out away from a complete game in the Dodgers’ 5-2 win over the White Sox. He gave up a solo shot in the second, but the Dodgers had already given him a 3-0 cushion by then. Kuroda gave up just one other hit besides the homerun until the ninth. He left [...]

After a late-inning comeback by the Angels on Friday night, the Dodgers took the last two games for the series win over cross-town rival Angels.
Chad Billingsley held the Angels to four runs (three earned) on Friday, with three of the runs coming in the sixth inning to allow the Angels to tie it up. Mota [...]

All three games of the series were won by one run, and the Dodgers came out on top with a 3-2 win over the A’s on Thursday for the win.
Randy Wolf had another solid outing in which he did not earn the decision, his 10th no decision in 15 starts this year. He went six [...]

It was the same 5-4 score, but a different outcome as the A’s came out on top for the win.
Hiroki Kuroda remains winless since Opening Day, spreading five earned runs over six innings for his second loss of the season.
The Dodgers were able to capitalize on three A’s errors, but they only managed one earned [...]

The Dodgers are now 6-1 in extra-inning games as they beat the A’s 5-4 in 10 innings on Tuesday.
Clayton Kershaw pitched a phenomenal 5 2/3 innings, shutting out the A’s notching eight K’s. Ramon Troncoso was tagged for all four A’s runs, coming in the eighth inning. Mota picked up his third win, pitching a [...]

After a loss on Friday, the Dodgers followed up with a 3-1 win on Saturday and a win in Sunday’s rubber match.
Randy Wolf tossed a shutout five innings, giving up just two hits while striking out four. He had to be lifted after the almost two-hour rain delay, and again didn’t factor into the decision. [...]

In the first game of a three-game interleague series, the Dodgers fell to the Rangers 0-6.
Hiroki Kuroda took the loss in just his third start since coming off the DL. He fared well through the first five innings, giving up just a pair of runs in the third. He then lost his rhythm in the [...]

The Dodger offense couldn’t heat up against Kevin Correia as the Dodgers take a 1-3 loss to the Padres on Wednesday.
Clayton Kershaw took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits before leaving in just the third inning. The Dodger bullpen then combined to shut the Padres out the rest of the night, with [...]

The Dodgers drove a season-high four homeruns, two by Andre Ethier, in a 6-4 win over the Padres.
Chad Billingsley picked up his eighth win, going 5 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits. He allowed the Padres to rally for two in the first, but the Dodger offense answered back and Billingsley gave [...]

The Dodgers and Phillies had their Sunday night matchup on ESPN, but the Dodgers faltered in a 2-7 loss to end up splitting the series.
Randy Wolf struggled in the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits before being lifted in the seventh. He gave up just one run through the first four frames, but then [...]

On Friday, the Dodgers sealed the win in walk-off fashion to even up the series.
Jamie Moyer held the Dodgers to just two runs on four hits through seven innings. Heading into the ninth, the Dodgers were down by one run with two outs. Casey Blake drove a single, James Loney walked, and Russell Martin got [...]

It was a match up of first place teams, and the Phillies came out on top as they beat the Dodgers 3-0 in the first game of the set.
Clayton Kershaw took the loss, though he held the Phillies to two runs on four hits with five K’s through 5 1/3 innings. Four relievers then got [...]

All the Dodgers would need was one run on Wednesday night to beat the Diamondbacks in the rubber match of the three-game series for their fourth shutout of the year.
Chad Billingsley had one of his best outings of the season, shutting out the Dbacks through six while allowing just four hits and striking out nine. [...]

After being held to one run through seven by Dan Haren, the Dodgers put up five runs in the eighth to give themselves a win and even up the series. 
Randy Wolf had a shaky outing, giving up a run in the first and then a grand slam in the second to Justin Upton to give [...]

After the Dodgers split a four-game series at Wrigley against the Cubs over the weekend,  they came home to LA and took a close 2-3 loss to the Diamondbacks, but remain a MLB-best 35-18.
Hiroki Kuroda made his first start after spending two months on the DL–his first start since Opening Day. He took the loss [...]