Matt Kemp and Ronnie Belliard hit home runs Wednesday, powering the Los Angeles Dodgers' 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three-game sweep. Kemp's second hit, a two-run homer, erased a 1-0 deficit with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Belliard had three hits -- one a solo homer in the eighth. The National League West-leading Dodgers have won seven of nine. Winner Hiroki Kuroda (7-6) yielded a run and six hits in six innings with no walks and seven strikeouts.

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.

Kevin Kouzmanoff had three RBI and Adrian Gonzalez had a solo homer Sunday to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Padres' starter Tim Stauffer (4-6) got the win, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing three runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts. San Diego won the rubber match of a three-game series and has put together four straight series wins. LA starter Hiroki Kuroda (5-6) -- who was activated from the 15-day disabled list before the game -- allowed four runs on four hits with three walks in five innings.

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Hiroki Kuroda on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, four days after he was the victim of a line drive to the head. Although Kuroda was discharged from a hospital the day after the incident, he has continued to suffer from headaches, the team said. To replace Kuroda on the roster, the Dodgers signed free agent pitcher Vicente Padilla, who was released by Texas this week. Padilla is in the final year of a three-year contract worth close to $34 million.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who was hit in the head by a line drive in a game against Arizona, was released from a hospital Sunday. A CT scan at St.