NEW YORK (AP) - Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers has won the NL Cy Young Award in a runaway. Kershaw received 27 of 32 first-place votes, five seconds and two thirds for 207 points in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Thursday. Philadelphia's Roy Halladay,... more »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ted Lilly threw a two-hitter to win his fourth straight start since joining the Dodgers, and Reed Johnson hit his first homer of the season in a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night. Lilly (7-8) had a season-high 11 strikeouts, walked two and... more »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Outfielder Brad Hawpe, one of the cornerstones of the Colorado Rockies' 2007 NL championship team and a first-time All-Star last season, cleared waivers on Wednesday and was released by the Rockies following Wednesday night's game in Los Angeles.
He's hitting .255 with seven homers and... more »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Melvin Mora scored the go-ahead run on one of three wild pitches by reliever Octavio Dotel in the 10th inning, and the Colorado Rockies nailed a runner at the plate for the final out Wednesday night to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2. After Dotel's wild... more »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Clayton Kershaw pitched seven strong innings against a team he continues to dominate at home and the Los Angeles Dodgers returned from a humiliating road trip with a 6-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Kershaw (11-7) allowed five hits, struck out six and... more »
DENVER (AP) - Clayton Kershaw struck out nine in five strong innings, Xavier Paul hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to take the deciding game in the series. Kershaw (5-3), who allowed four hits and two... more »
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matt Kemp tripled in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, ending a 14-game RBI drought and lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. It was Kemp's first RBI since a two-run home run at Cincinnati on... more »
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Left-hander Greg Smith threw himself into the chase for the final spot on the Colorado staff, pitching four shutout innings Tuesday in the Rockies' 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Smith retired his first 10 batters. He gave up two hits, struck out four and... more »
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Colorado Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez showed little rust Tuesday with three scoreless innings in a 12-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jimenez, the Rockies' projected opening day starter, made his first start of the spring look easy by giving up one hit with two strikeouts... more »
After a two-day break, baseball's postseason resumes with its final four: Phillies vs. Dodgers and Angels vs. Yankees. The Dodgers and Phillies are in Los Angeles gearing up for tonight's National League Championship Series opener. Dodgers manager Joe Torre will send 21-year-old Clayton Kershaw to the mound against Cole Hamels,... more »