A near repeat of last night. 9-1 tonight. Six solid innings by Vicente Padilla. Big homeruns tonight for Russell Martin, just his fifth of the season, and James Loney, his 12th, all on the road. Bullpen did its thing again: three more shutout innings.
Rockies finally lost; snapped eight-game winning streak with a 3-2 loss in 10 innings to Padres. Cards lost, and Phillies lost. So Dodgers gain on all of them. Division lead is now three games. Dodgers have best record in N.L. again by one game with an 85-58 record, and match season-high of 27 games over .500. Rockies still lead Wild Card by 5½ over Giants, and now 5½ over the Marlins, too. Giants fall to 8½ back in division.
Dodgers also surpass last year's win total of 84 with the win tonight with 19 games to spare. Can they get to 100 wins? Might be a tough task, but they do have the schedule in their favor. I'm thinking they have 12 or 13 more wins in them, which gets them to 97 or 98 for the season. Also, win tomorrow gives the Blue identical home and road records for the season: 43-29.
Interesting pitching matchup tomorrow in series finale. Chad Billingsley takes the hill for the Dodgers and former Dodger Brad Penny, recently acquired signed after being released by the Red Sox, takes the bump for the Giants.
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