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Blake, Dodgers seek sweep of feeble Nationals

Jul 27, 2008 - 2:18 PM Washington (38-66) at LA Dodgers (51-52) 4:10 pm. EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Casey Blake already is having an effect on the Los Angeles Dodgers' slumping offense. Blake will try and help the Dodgers complete three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The 34-year-old third baseman was acquired from Cleveland on Saturday for a pair of prospects and had two hits and scored a run in his debut, a 6-0 win. Derek Lowe tossed eight dominant innings and Matt Kemp homered for the Dodgers, who nearly matched their offensive output from the previous three games.

Blake was leading Cleveland with a .289 average and 58 RBI prior to the trade. The veteran was acquired to spark an offense that ranks 24th in baseball in runs scored with 435. While the Dodgers have struggled to score, they are nowhere as bad as the Nationals. Washington was held to two hits on Saturday, and is last in baseball with 388 runs.

That bodes well for rookie lefthander Clayton Kershaw (0-3, 5.18 ERA), who was knocked around on Tuesday after being recalled from Class AAA Las Vegas. The seventh overall pick of the 2006 draft, Kershaw allowed five runs and 10 hits in three innings of a 10-1 loss to Colorado on Tuesday.

Washington, which has lost eight straight here, counters with Jason Bergmann (1-7, 4.21). Bergman is 0-6 with a 3.26 ERA in his last 11 starts.

The Nationals have lost 15 of 19 and are owners of the worst record in baseball.








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

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, CHARLIE MANNING (7TH), SAUL RIVERA (7TH), LUIS
    AYALA (8TH) AND WIL NIEVES, JESUS FLORES (8TH)
    LOS - CLAYTON KERSHAW, CHAN HO PARK (7TH), HONG-

    Jul 27 6:44 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RUSSELL MARTIN SCORED JUAN PIERRE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MARTIN ON FIRST, M KEMP ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0
    LA DODGERS 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: J KENT (.253, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals 0, Dodgers 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsJul 27 5:32 PM


  • NL
    AT LA DODGERS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JAMES LONEY (9) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF JASON BERGMANN.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, LA DODGERS 1
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: N GARCIAPARRA (.282, 5 HR, 19 RBI)

    Nationals 0, Dodgers 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsJul 27 4:32 PM

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