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Billingsley hopes to continue undefeated season

Jul 18, 2007 - 2:27 PM Philadelphia (47-46) at LA Dodgers (53-41) 3:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Chad Billingsley will look to remain undefeated when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Philadelphia Phillies in the finale of a three-game series Wednesday.

After opening the year in the bullpen, Billingsley (6-0, 3.26 ERA) has established himself in the rotation, going 2-0 with a 3.51 ERA in five starts.

The last start was the best, as the 22-year-old righthander yielded four hits and three walks in six scoreless innings of a 9-1 triumph over the San Francisco Giants on Friday.

Billingsley has not faced Philadelphia in his brief two-year career.

The Phillies will counter with rookie Kyle Kendrick (4-0, 3.82), who gave up just one run and six hits with four strikeouts over seven innings in a 13-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

Philadelphia is 5-1 when the 22-year-old Kendrick takes the mound since being called up on June 13.

The Phillies recorded season highs in hits and runs in Tuesday's 15-3 triumph over the Dodgers, who had a five-game winning streak snapped.






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    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 9:02 PM


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    FINAL
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    PHILADELPHIA 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
    LA DODGERS 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PHI - KYLE KENDRICK, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), RYAN MADSON (7TH) AND CARLOS
    RUIZ
    LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, RUDY SEANEZ (6TH), JOE BEIMEL
    (7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKA

    Jul 18 5:59 PM
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    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 5:49 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY LUIS GONZALEZ (11) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF KYLE KENDRICK.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: W BETEMIT (.229, 1-FOR-2)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 5:03 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY PAT BURRELL SCORED RYAN HOWARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P BURRELL ON FIRST, A ROWAND ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
    LA DODGERS 4 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A NUNEZ (.267, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 4:47 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY ANDRE ETHIER (8) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
    1 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF KYLE KENDRICK SCORED WILSON BETEMIT AND JAMES
    LONEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 3, LA DODGERS 4
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R MARTINEZ (.162, 0-FOR-1)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 4:28 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY AARON ROWAND SCORED RYAN HOWARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A ROWAND ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 3
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: P BURRELL (.238, 1-FOR-1)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 4:05 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CARLOS RUIZ SCORED PAT BURRELL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C RUIZ ON SECOND, A NUNEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 2
    LA DODGERS 1 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: K KENDRICK (.231, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 3:42 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN HOWARD (25) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF CHAD BILLINGSLEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 1, LA DODGERS 1
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.333, 13 HR, 49 RBI)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 3:33 PM


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    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RUSSELL MARTIN SCORED RAFAEL FURCAL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MARTIN ON FIRST, J PIERRE ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 0
    LA DODGERS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: L GONZALEZ (.287, 10 HR, 41 RBI)

    Phillies vs. DodgersJul 18 3:25 PM