No late inning heroics needed today. Dodgers beat the Pirates 3-1 to sweep the series. Matt Kemp hit a two-run homerun in the 6th inning that would be the difference in the game. Ronnie Belliard added a solo shot two innings later. Hiroki Kuroda was solid through six innings, as well.
For the moment, the Dodgers increase their division lead to 5½ games over the Rockies. The Cards lost again today, so the Dodger lead for best record in the N.L. is now three games. The team now has 88 wins and is a season-high 29 games over .500.
Tomorrow's an off day in the schedule with the Giants in town over the weekend. Having said that, yesterday the Dodgers announced that they would not skip Chad Billingsley in the rotation despite his recent struggles and having two off days in the next week. But today it was announced his next start would likely be Wednesday in D.C. He was made available as long man out of the pen behind Kuroda if he was needed, but he wasn't. Vicente Padilla, Jon Garland and Randy Wolf will get the starts this weekend.
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Jorge Posada and Jesse Carlson were both suspended today for four games for their part in last night's brawl at Yankee Stadium. Carlson's suspension was then reduced to three games after he agreed not to appeal. No word from the Posada camp on whether or not he will appeal.
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