Dodgers Sweep Nationals

Washington succumbs in 12 innings, 10-9; wild-card race heats up
By Joseph Fasano,  Newser User
Posted Aug 30, 2007 7:36 AM CDT
Dodgers Sweep Nationals
Los Angeles Dodgers, including Matt Kemp, top, and pitcher Scott Proctor, (45), right, mob Shea Hillenbrand after his bases-loaded sacrifice fly drove in the winning run in the Dodgers' 10-9 victory over the Washington Nationals in the 12th inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 29,...   (Associated Press)

The Dodgers outlasted the Nationals, 10-9, in 12 innings yesterday, completing their first three-game series sweep in seven weeks. Jeff Kent scored the winning run when he tagged up on a fly by Shea Hillenbrand and was safe at home by a whisker, lifting host LA to within 3½ games of San Diego in the NL wild-card race.

"If aggressive means you get thrown out, so be it," said Kent. "But you've got to push, you've got to keep pushing." Starter Brad Penny gave the Dodgers another reason to doubt his reliability. The righty surrendered eight hits and six earned runs in five innings and has won only once in his last five outings. (More Los Angeles Dodgers stories.)

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