The Los Angeles Dodgers broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the ninth inning when Matt Kemp singled to center field to score Rafael Furcal and then Kemp scored on a fielders choice for an insurance run as the Dodgers went onto beat the Marlins 5-3.

Before the excitement in the ninth inning, Andre Ethier and Juan Pierre picked up RBI’s.  Ethier had one RBI while Pierre had a two RBI double.

Hiroki Kuroda started the game for the Dodgers and pitched seven innings while giving up five hits and three runs.  Kuroda got a no decision in the game.  Joe Beimel ended up picking up the win which was his third of the season as he improved to 3-0.  Takashi Saito recorded his fourth save of the season in the game as well.

Nice win for the Dodgers as they improve their record to 15-13 on the season.  Dodgers Blog

Chad Billingsley is now 0-4 on the season with a 6.53 ERA as the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night by the score of 6-4.  Billingsley put the Dodgers in a hole as he only pitched six innings and gave up six hit and five runs.

Besides Billingsley sucking it up, Scott Proctor also gave up a run as he pitched in relief.

Jeff Kent led the Dodgers at the plate as he went 2-3 with two RBI.  James Loney and Andre Ethier also had one RBI each.

With the loss, the Dodgers record is now 9-13 as they struggle to try to get to the .500 level.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers took the Pittsburgh Pirates to the woodshed on Tuesday night with an 11-2 victory.  The Dodgers were all over the Pirates pitching staff and scored on all three of their pitchers.  With the win, the Dodgers improved their record to 6-8 on the season.

Esteban Loaiza picked up his first win of the season as he pitched the final five innings and only gave up three hits and one run.  Loaiza was pitching in relief of starter Hong-Chih Kuo who pitched the first four innings of the game.  Luo only gave up two hits and one run during his four innings.

Jeff Kent hit a three-run home run and finished with three RBI to lead the Dodgers.  Andre Ethier had two RBI in the game while Rafael Furcal, Matt Kemp, James Loney, and Russell Martin all had one RBI.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 4-3.  The Dodgers just coudn’t get over the hump and score a couple of runs once they fell behind in the 6th inning.  Hopefully they will come out on top of these one run games in the future.

Hiroki Kuroda pitced 5.2 innings and gave up nine hits and two earned runs to pick up the loss.  Kuroda’s record now stands at 1-1 on the season.

James Loney connected on a homerun in the 6th inning for the main highlight of the game for the Dodgers.  Juan Pierre and Andre Ethier had one RBI each as well.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers were never really in the game last night as the Arizona Diamondbacks put a butt kicking on them by the score of 10-5.  The Dodgers really couldn’t figure out Doug Davis who was making his last start before having thyroid surgery.  Dodgers pitching also sucked as the Diamondbacks scored 10 runs off of 12 hits.

Chad Billingsly took the loss for the Dodgers.  Billingsly only lasted 2.1 innings in a terrible performance.  He gave up five hits, five runs (four were earned), walked three, and struck out one batter.

Hong-Chih Kuo stopped the bleeding for the next 3.2 innings as he didn’t allow a run, but after Kuo was done, Ramon Troncoso came into the game for an inning and gave up four earned runs on only two hits.  Jonathan Broxton pitched the 8th inning and also allowed an earned run.  Terrible job by the pitchers except for Kuo.

Blake DeWitt and Jeff Kent both had two RBI’s each for the Dodgers.  Andre Ethier picked up the other RBI.

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Hiroki Kuroda was making his major league debut and did a wonderful job as he pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Diego Padres 7-1 on Friday night.  Kuroda pitched  seven great innings only gave up three his, one of those being a homerun to Brian Giles.

Russell Martin and Andre Ethier both led the Dodgers at the plate with two RBI each.  James Loney and Andruw Jones contributed with one RBI each as well.

Great win again a division rival for the Dodgers.  Their record now stands at 3-1.

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