Hanley Ramirez, Matt Kemp and Carlos Triunfel homered and
Zack Greinke scattered six hits over six innings and held Colorado to a lone
run tonight as the Dodgers posted a 4-2 win over the Rockies at Chavez Ravine.
The win, coupled with San Francisco’s 8-2 loss to the White
Sox, pulled the Dodgers to five games behind the Giants in the National League
West. San Francisco has now lost four in-a-row and seven out of their last
eight games to see their division lead shrink.
The Dodgers have won seven of their last 10 games and are
showing signs of becoming the team the experts picked to win the division and
go deep in the playoffs.
Triunfel was a seventh inning replacement at shortstop after
Ramirez left with an injured hand suffered while trying to handle a hot
grounder.
Greinke won his ninth game of the year to continue a streak
of strong starting pitching for the Dodgers.
J.P. Howell, Brian Wilson and Kenley Jansen pitched in
relief for the Dodgers with Jansen getting the save. Jansen gave up a pair of
singles in the ninth to put the tying run on base but closed the door with a
pair of strikeouts.
Los Angeles sends Clayton Kershaw (6-2, 2.93) to the hill
tomorrow night against Jorge De La Rosa (6-5, 4.12) in the series finale.
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