Chad Billingsley got the win, he's 7-7. Jered Weaver took the loss, he's 7-8. Takashi Saito picked up his 12th save.Lost in the historic night was the Dodgers got a well pitched game by Billingsley as the Dodgers shut down the Angels for the second night in a row. Billingsley pitched seven strong innings, striking out seven, giving up just three hits and three walks. Jonathan Broxton and Takashi Saito also pitched a scoreless inning each to shut down the Angels.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers offense was completely shut down. They managed just three walks and a hit-by-pitch between the combination of Angels pitchers Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo. And yet, they won.
In the 5th inning, Matt Kemp reached first on a Weaver error, he then stole second and advanced to third on an error by Angels catcher Jeff Mathis. Blake DeWitt then hit a sac-fly to right field to cash in Kemp. And that was it. One run on no hits for the Dodgers but it would stand throughout the game.This was just the 5th time since 1900 that a team was no-hit and went on to win the game, and the first time since 1992. Also, lost in this win will be the fact that Andre Ethier turned in two excellent plays in the outfield to help keep the Angels scoreless and Luis Maza made a great diving stop in the 9th to take away a hit...
But who cares, the Dodgers make history tonight. It was an exciting game to watch, I hope you got to catch a piece of it. The Dodgers will go for the sweep tomorrow against the Angels at 1:10 L.A. time.
