Derek Lowe got the win, he's 8-8. Odalis Pérez took the loss, he's 3-8.
Lowe went eight innings, walking one and giving up just one hit while striking out four. More importantly, though, Lowe forced batters into 15 groundball outs. He made 107 pitches over the eight innings so he was replaced in the 9th. Joe Beimel started the 9th, got one out and gave up a hit.
Cory Wade replaced Beimel, got an out, gave up a walk, then struck out the next batter for the final out.Every Dodger in the starting line-up, excluding Jeff Kent and Andruw Jones collected hits today. Matt Kemp had a two-run homerun in the 1st inning, and Nomar Garciaparra hit one in the 4th. Nomar also had a scoring fly-ball in the 1st, collecting two RBIs on the day. Even Derek Lowe had a good offensive game. He went 2-3, with two singles and an RBI. In his third at-bat, he drove a long fly ball to center that was caught at the warning track.
The Dodgers with the win today move back within one win of .500. The Arizona Diamondbacks also won today, so the Dodgers remain one game back in the NL West race. The Dodgers will try tomorrow to go for the sweep at 1:10 L.A. time.
Also: Matt Kemp's homerun gave him 12 on the year, good for first place on the team... Kemp's homerun also extended his hitting streak to 13 games... Casey Blake, in his first game as a Dodger, went 2-3 with a single and a double... Blake DeWitt was sent down to Triple-A to make room for Casey Blake, and in Triple-A, he will occasionally work at 2nd base, which is something I was hoping for.
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