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Dodgers aim to continue recent success against Reds

May 11, 2007 - 3:19 PM Cincinnati (15-20) at LA Dodgers (20-15) 10:40 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- If recent history holds up, the Los Angeles Dodgers will surely make Grady Little a much happier man.

The Los Angeles look for their first seven-game winning streak over the Cincinnati Reds in just over 10 years when the teams kick off a weekend series on Friday.

The Dodgers won all six games against the Reds last year, sweeping the season series for the first time since moving to Los Angeles in 1958. They have not won seven straight over Cincinnati since August 10, 1996 - May 5, 1997.

Los Angeles is 5-7 at home this season after having the NL's third-best record last year at 49-32.

In hopes of repeating last season's success against the Reds, Randy Wolf (3-3, 4.61 ERA) gets the start. After three straight winning decisions from April 8-20, the lefthander is 0-2 with a 6.35 ERA over his last three starts.

The lefthander gave up one run and six hits while striking out eight in 5 1/3 innings on Sunday, but did not figure in the decision of a 6-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves.

Wolf is 5-2 with a 3.58 ERA in 11 career starts against the Reds.

Cincinnati will counter with Bronson Arroyo (2-2, 2.85), who has won his first two starts in May after going winless in April. Arroyo, who finished with 14 victories last season, allowed just 11 earned runs in his five April starts, but received just 10 runs of support.

The righthander, however, has been given 16 runs of support over his last two games and allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts in a season-low 5 2/3 innings in the Reds' 9-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

Arroyo is 0-1 in four appearances - including three starts - with a 4.91 ERA lifetime against the Dodgers.

Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 569th career home run to tie Rafael Palmeiro for ninth all-time on Thursday as Cincinnati defeated Houston, 9-5, to snap a three-game skid. Adam Dunn also homered in the victory, his sixth long ball in 11 games.