Tue, 06/29/2010 - 22:36 by Inderjit Singh
San Franscisco -- Casey Blake smashed a two-run homer in the eighth inning Monday and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on to defeat San Francisco 4-2.
Manny Ramirez singled with one out in the eighth off Santiago Casilla (1-2), and after he was forced out at second on Ronnie Belliard's grounder, Blake lined a shot over the left field wall to lift the Dodgers to the victory.
Ramirez went 3-for-3 with an RBI and Rafael Furcal collected a pair of hits and scored a run for Los Angeles.
Jeff Weaver (5-1) was credited with the win for pitching a scoreless seventh and Hong-Chih Kuo collected his second save despite allowing a walk and a base hit in the ninth. Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley held the Giants to two runs over six innings.
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Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:27 by shalini.bahadur
Los Angeles, Oct. 8: Matt Kemp put Los Angeles ahead with a home run three pitches into the first inning Wednesday and the Dodgers beat St. Louis 5-3 in their playoff series opener.
In a game filled with wasted opportunities, the teams combined to leave 30 runners on base. The Cardinals had 12 men on through the first four innings and could score only two of them.
After the Cardinals scored a run in the top of the first, the Dodgers quickly took the lead for good against Chris Carpenter. Rafael Furcal led off the bottom of the inning with a single to left on an 0-1 pitch and Kemp then hit Carpenter's next offering over the wall in center for a 2-1 lead.
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Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:03 by harsheeb
Los Angeles, Oct. 4 -- Casey Blake's two-run single, part of a four-run first-inning outburst Sunday, led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
Doug Mientkiewicz had three hits and one RBI. Chin-lung Hu had two hits and one RBI, A.J. Ellis hit an RBI single and Juan Pierre had two hits for the Dodgers, whose 95-67 record was the best in the National League. They face St. Louis in the NL Division Series.
Winner Vicente Padilla (4-0) fanned 10 batters in five innings.
Reliever Ramon Troncoso recorded his sixth save.
Brad Hawpe had two hits and one RBI and Dexter Fowler added two hits for the Rockies, who will play Philadelphia in the Division Series.
The losing pitcher was starter Jason Marquis (15-13).
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Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:24 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Sept. 4: Jon Garland allowed his former team five hits in seven innings Thursday to help bring the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-2 victory over Arizona.
Garland (9-11) was traded from the Diamondbacks to the Dodgers Monday. The deal was completed just in time to allow Garland to be a part of the Los Angeles post-season roster.
He struck out six, walked one and gave up the two Arizona runs. The victory boosted the Dodgers five games in front of Colorado and six ahead of San Francisco in the race for the National League West pennant.
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Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:28 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Aug. 21: Russell Martin snapped a tie by launching a grand slam homer in the sixth inning Thursday, bringing the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
The Dodgers held onto their 3 ½-game lead over Colorado in the National League West and the Cubs slipped a distant seven games behind St. Louis in the NL Central.
The teams battled to a 2-2 deadlock through five, but things unraveled quickly for the Cubs in the sixth with Angel Guzman (2-3) on the mound for his first inning of work.
Manny Ramirez opened the inning with a single and moved to second on a single to shallow center by Casey Blake. The runners moved up on a sacrifice by Orlando Hudson and James Loney drew an intentional walk to load the bases.
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Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:06 by Jaspreet Virk
Los Angeles, Aug. 18: Rick Ankiel belted a two-run homer and Albert Pujols had a solo shot Monday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Chris Carpenter (13-3) picked up his fifth straight win, allowing two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts over eight innings and the Cardinals won for the ninth time in their last 10 games.
Casey Blake drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and James Loney had an RBI single for the Dodgers, who lost for the fourth in their last five games.
Charlie Haeger (0-1) went seven innings in his first start of 2009 -- and his second major league start overall -- giving up three runs on five hits to take the loss.
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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Aug. 9: Martin Prado's three hits and two RBI Sunday keyed Atlanta's 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving the Braves three wins in the four-game series.
Prado hit an RBI single in the top of the third and his two-run single was part of a five-run ninth.
Matt Diaz had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and two RBI, and Ryan Church and Adam LaRoche added one RBI each for the Braves, who won the last three games of the series and have won five of six overall.
Winner Javier Vazquez (10-7) surrendered a run and five hits in eight innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 11:43 by surajdogra
Los Angeles, July 21: Jason Schmidt went five innings and got the win Monday in his first big-league start in more than two years when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cincinnati 7-5.
Schmidt (1-0) -- whose persistent shoulder ailments and numerous rehab assignments had kept him out of a starting role since June 16, 2007 -- allowed three runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts for the Dodgers, who won their third straight game.
Schmidt has made just six starts for the Dodgers since signing a three-year free-agent deal worth $47 million in December 2006.
Manny Ramirez had two hits, including a two-run home run, Andre Ethier homered and Casey Blake drove in two runs for the Dodgers.
Jonathan Broxton pitched a perfect ninth to get his 23rd save.
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Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:37 by preet_20
San Diego, July 4: Everth Cabrera's two hits and three RBI Saturday led the San Diego Padres to a 7-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cabrera's bases-loaded two-run single gave San Diego a 3-2 lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh. He added an RBI single in the eighth, San Diego's second three-run inning of the game.
David Eckstein hit two RBI singles. Adrian Gonzalez had two hits and one RBI and a run scored on Casey Blake's eighth-inning throwing error to help the Padres break a three-game losing streak.
The winner was reliever Greg Burke (1-0).
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Mon, 06/15/2009 - 04:27 by Salinder Kumar
Arlington, Texas. -- Casey Blake drove in four runs Sunday to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Blake blasted a three-run homer in the third inning in support of Chad Billingsley (9-3) who picked up the win, allowing three runs -- two earned -- on five hits over seven innings.
Derek Holland (1-4) gave up four runs on five hits in five innings for the loss as the Rangers managed only six hits en route to their fourth loss in their last six games.
Blake's other RBI was a sacrifice fly in the first inning that scored Juan Pierre, who walked to lead off the game and moved to third on bunts by Rafael Furcal and Orlando Hudson.
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Wed, 05/20/2009 - 11:42 by Salinder Kumar
Los Angeles -- Casey Blake's ninth home run of the season led the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York Mets 5-3 Tuesday.
Chad Billingsley (6-1) picked up his league-leading sixth win with help from Jonathan Broxton, who worked a perfect ninth inning for his 10th save of the year.
Billingsley struck out seven batters and gave up three runs on four hits and five walks over 6 1/3 innings. He also had two hits and an RBI.
John Maine (3-3) lost for the first time in nearly a month. He gave up five runs – four earned – on eight hits and struck out three.
The loss was the third in a row for the Mets, who have cooled off since winning 11 of 13 games.
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Fri, 05/01/2009 - 21:43 by Shruti Sharma
Los Angeles -- Casey Blake put Los Angeles in front for good by scoring on an error in the seventh inning Thursday and the Dodgers outlasted San Diego 8-5.
The lead changed hands four times in the game, but the Dodgers finally took control in the seventh and added two insurance runs in the eighth with RBIs from Blake and Matt Kemp.
Los Angeles opened an 11-game homestand by handing the Padres their eighth loss in 10 outings.
San Diego overcame an early 1-0 deficit with a three-run second, but the Dodgers regained the advantage in the third on a two-run homer by Orlando Hudson and a solo shot by Manny Ramirez.
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