Clayton Richard limited Los Angeles to a hit in seven innings Wednesday and San Diego prevented the Dodgers from winning a division title with a 5-0 victory. The Los Angeles lead in the National League West was reduced to 2 1/2 games over Colorado -- which moved to the edge of clinching no worse than the wild-card berth by defeating Milwaukee. Los Angeles can clinch the division title with one more win.

Brad Penny held the Dodgers to two runs and five hits in seven innings Sunday, helping San Francisco to a 7-2 win over Los Angeles. Penny (3-0), a former Dodger, was making his third start for the Giants since joining them in late August. He had been waived by Boston. Juan Uribe led San Francisco with

Casey Blake had three RBI Friday, two of them on a sixth-inning homer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded out 13 hits to defeat San Francisco 10-3. Russell Martin's two-run double finished off a five-run seventh that wrapped up the third win in four games for the Dodgers. The Dodgers remained two games in front of Colorado in the National League West after the Rockies rallied in the ninth inning to defeat San Diego.

Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs Tuesday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded out 18 hits in a 17-4 win over Milwaukee. Matt Kemp had four hits, including a two-run homer, and finished with five RBI and three runs scored for the Dodgers.

Left-hander Eric Milton of the LA Dodgers has undergone back surgery and is done for the 2009 season, the team said on its Web site. A procedure, called a microdiskectomy, to remove a herniated disk was performed Tuesday by Dr.