Nationals 3 - 4 Dodgers
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Dodgers look to keep pressure on division, wild card leaders

Aug 28, 2007 - 1:33 PM Washington (58-74) at LA Dodgers (68-63) 10:10 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Knowing they have to take care of business at home before they set out for a long 10-game road trip, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue their three-game series with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

The Dodgers, who have defeated the Nationals in six of their last seven meetings, posted a 5-4 win in Monday's series opener. They moved 5 1/2 games behind NL West-leading Arizona (74-58) and remained 3 1/2 behind second-place San Diego (71-59), which leads the NL wild card race.

Los Angeles will turn to Chad Billingsley (8-4, 3.48 ERA), who picked up his first win since July 23 in his last outing, yielding one run and four hits over seven frames in a 5-2 win at Philadelphia.

In between those two wins, the righthander lost four consecutive starts and was winless in five straight despite allowing three runs or fewer in three of those outings.

In his only other career start against the Nationals, Billingsley permitted one run over six innings in a 13-1 win on July 28, 2006.

Washington counters with Jason Bergmann (2-5, 4.56), who is making his first start since July 24 after a stint on the disabled list with left hamstring tightness. The righthander will be facing the Dodgers for the first time.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 2
    LA DODGERS 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 4 8 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, CHRIS SCHRODER (7TH), RAY KING (7TH), SAUL
    RIVERA (7TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER
    LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI
    SAITO (9T

    Aug 29 1:07 AM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 29 1:06 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ANDRE ETHIER SCORED MARK SWEENEY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J PIERRE ON FIRST, R FURCAL ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
    LA DODGERS 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J KENT (.290, 2-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 29 12:16 AM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TONY BATISTA (1) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 7TH OFF CHAD BILLINGSLEY.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3, LA DODGERS 3
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: N LOGAN (.273, 1-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 28 11:58 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY BRIAN SCHNEIDER SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    LA DODGERS 3 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: J BERGMANN (.115, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 28 11:17 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JEFF KENT (17) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    3RD OFF JASON BERGMANN.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, LA DODGERS 3
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: L GONZALEZ (.278, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 28 11:07 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHEA HILLENBRAND SCORED JEFF KENT AND RUSSELL
    MARTIN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S HILLENBRAND ON FIRST, J LONEY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    LA DODGERS 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: C BILLINGSLEY (.095, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 28 10:47 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 1 1 2 0
    LA DODGERS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - JASON BERGMANN
    LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY

    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: R FURCAL (.283, 5 HR, 43 RBI)
    J PIERRE (.292, 0 HR, 33 RBI)
    A ETHIER (.294, 10 HR, 53 R

    Nationals vs. DodgersAug 28 10:23 PM

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