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Phillies take on Penny, Dodgers in series opener

Jul 16, 2007 - 2:15 PM Philadelphia (46-45) at LA Dodgers (52-40) 10:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Fresh off reaching a dubious milestone, the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.

The Phillies made baseball history in Sunday's 10-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, becoming the first franchise in baseball history to reach 10,000 losses overall.

Jamie Moyer (7-7, 4.43 ERA) takes the mound Monday as the Phillies look to put the historic loss behind them and get back to winning.

Moyer has just one win in his last three starts and has a 6.11 ERA in that span. The 44-year-old lefthander allowed five runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against Colorado on July 7.

The Dodgers will counter with Brad Penny (10-1, 2.39), who was scheduled to start on Saturday but had to be pushed back because of a blister on his right index finger.

Penny struggled in his last start on July 5, allowing six runs and nine hits in a season-low four innings against Atlanta. The righthander will look to rebound at home, where he is 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA in 10 starts.

Matt Kemp had three hits and an RBI triple as the Dodgers, who have won four in a row, completed a three-game series sweep of rival San Francisco with a 5-3 win on Sunday.