The Dodgers take the second game of the series and win their fourth overall.
Clayton Kershaw got the win, he's 4-5. Jorge De La Rosa took the loss, he's 8-8.
Clayton Kershaw had a pretty good, albeit short start. He went six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks, while striking out seven. Chan Ho Park pitched two scoreless innings in relief, striking out four in the process. Jonathan Broxton retired the side in order in the 9th, striking out two.
A handful of different players contributed offensively. In fact, each player in the starting lineup reached base at-least once, including Kershaw. Russell Martin went 1-5, but had two RBIs. 
Casey Blake went 1-4, but his one hit was a solo homerun. Blake DeWitt went 0-1, but drew three walks and scored twice. Ángel Berroa probably had best game offensively. He went 2-3 with two doubles, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.
The Arizona Diamondbacks as of this blog writing are up 2-1 against Cincinnati going into the 8th inning. With the win, the Dodgers move to four games up on the Diamondbacks. Should the Diamondbacks win, they'll lower the Dodgers' lead back to 3.5 games. If they lose, the Dodger lead will rise to 4.5 games. The Dodgers will try to go for the sweep tomorrow starting at 12:05 L.A. time.
Also: With the win, the Dodgers move to six games over .500 (77-71)... With the Dodger win, the Magic Number is now 12 games. Should the Diamondbacks lose later tonight, that number will be lowered to 11.
Opinion: I really like that we are going out there and handling our business. Yes, it's good to know what Arizona is doing. If they lose, that's better for us, sure. But the win itself is the most important thing. I mean, it's so simple. We just keep winning, and we don't need to worry about Arizona. It kinda helps, too, that we are playing only pretty bad teams, but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth, whatever that means...
EDIT: Cincinnati tied the score with Arizona to go to extra innings. They then got the go-ahead run in the top of 10th. They shut down Arizona in the bottom of the 10th to get the win. So with Arizona's loss, they fall to 4.5 game back of the Dodgers in the NL West race. That also lowers the Dodger Magic Number to 11.
The Dodgers get some good pitching to avoid the sweep of the Rockies.
Derek Lowe got the win, he's 10-10. Jorge De La Rosa took the loss, he's 6-7. Jonathan Broxton picked up his 10th save.
Derek Lowe went 6 and 1/3 innings, giving up just one run on four hits and two walks, while striking out seven. It was an odd game for Lowe, who threw 107 pitches by the time he was pulled in the 7th, and only had six groundouts in the game. Hong-Chih Kuo came in and pitched a scoreless 1 and 2/3 innings striking out two and Jonathan Broxton gave up a double, but struck out the side in the 9th for the save.
The Dodger offense found themselves scoring only three runs again. They've scored three runs in their last three consecutive games and have done it four times in their last five games. They are 1-3 in those four games. Manny Ramírez went 1-2 with a walk, a stolen base, and a run scored. Matt Kemp went 1-4 with a double and a run scored. Andre Ethier went 1-4 with a RBI. 
James Loney had the best day for the Dodgers. He went 2-3, with a homerun, two RBIs, and a run scored.
The Diamondbacks won today, completing their sweep of the San Diego Padres, so the Dodgers will remain two games back in the NL West. The Dodgers now travel to Philadelphia to begin a four game series, starting tomorrow at 4:05 L.A. time.
Also: James Loney's two RBIs give him 70 on the year, good for first place on the Dodgers... Today was a day of "10"s: James Loney hit his 10th homerun, Derek Lowe got his 10th win, Hong-Chih Kuo picked up his 10th hold, and Jonathan Broxton picked up his 10th save.
Opinion: Hard to say this game was a must win with over a month left in the season, but going into Philadelphia after suffering a sweep at the hands of the Rockies at home would have been tough... The last two days, I've complained that we've gotten way too many hits to only score three runs on. Well, today, the Dodgers collected just the right amount of hits to score three runs on (five). We are going to need to do better than that... It was good to see the bullpen come through today after struggling the last three games... Speaking of 10s, we are beginning a 10 game road trip tomorrow in Philadelphia. This is a team that knows how to hit (especially in their park), knows how to pitch, and has an excellent bullpen. Plus, they probably aren't too happy after we swept them in four games last week. We are really going to need to be on our game. Arizona will be taking on the Florida Marlins, who aren't playing as well as they were earlier this year, but still might be able to help us out. We'll find out...
Chan Ho Park made an excellent start for the Dodgers and the offense had some good hitting to get the win, tying the season series with the Angels at 2-2.
Chan Ho Park got the win, he's 3-2. Joe Saunders took the loss, he's 11-4.
Park went six strong innings, giving up just four hits while striking out seven. He also did not walk anyone. In fact, the Dodgers had good command throughout the game: they issued no walks over the whole nine innings. The bullpen shut down the Angels the rest of the way. Brian Falkenborg pitched a perfect 7th, Jonathan Broxton struck out all three batters he faced in the 8th, and Takashi Saito did the same in the 9th.
The Dodgers were able to score in more than one way in the game. Russell Martin destroyed a Joe Saunders pitch in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead. The Dodgers strung together a few hits to add two more runs in the 5th inning to make the lead 
3-0. Then, Andre Ethier hit a big three-run homerun halfway up the right field bleachers in the 7th to give the Dodgers their 6-0 lead.
With the win yesterday against lefty Joe Saunders, the Dodgers get their first win in a game started by a left handed pitcher since May 14th when the Dodgers won 6-4 over the Brewers in a game started by Manny Parra, although the win came against the Brewer bullpen in the 9th. The last time the Dodgers actually gave the left handed starter the loss was May 3rd when beat Jorge De La Rosa and the Colorado Rockies 12-7.
Overall, this was a good win for the Dodgers. They'll try to keep some momentum as they take on Jered Weaver in game two of the series at 7:10 L.A. time. Weaver, in three career starts against us is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA.
Clayton Kershaw got the win, he's 4-5. Jorge De La Rosa took the loss, he's 8-8.
Casey Blake went 1-4, but his one hit was a solo homerun. Blake DeWitt went 0-1, but drew three walks and scored twice. Ángel Berroa probably had best game offensively. He went 2-3 with two doubles, a walk, an RBI, and a run scored.
