Orlando Hudson ignited a 17-attack with a three-run double in the first inning Thursday and the Los Angeles Dodgers blasted the New York Mets 11-2. Manny Ramirez added two RBI in helping the Dodgers improve their record against Eastern Division teams this year to 12-6. Ramirez singled in a run in the first before Hudson produced his bases-loaded double to give Los Angeles a quick 4-0 lead.

Matt Kemp had three hits Tuesday, including a two-out, 10th-inning single that scored the deciding run in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-4 win over Oakland. The victory came after the Dodgers scrambled to tie the score with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth after Oakland had scored four runs in the top of the inning to take a 4-2 lead. Guillermo Mota (3-1) set the Athletics down in order in the 10th for the win.

Andre Ethier hit two solo home runs and Matt Kemp also drove in a pair of runs in the LA Dodgers' 6-4 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres. Orlando Hudson chipped in with a solo home run in support of Chad Billingsley (8-3), who picked up the win despite a relatively shaky three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. Jonathan Broxton collected his 14th save of the season by nailing down the Dodgers' fifth win in their last seven games. San Diego, who have lost eight of their last six, had three hits apiece from their lead-off and No.

Andre Ethier hit two home runs Monday to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 11-1 rout of the San Francisco Giants. Ethier had a total of four RBI, and one of his homers came in a six-run fourth inning that included two-run singles by Russell Martin and Rafael Furcal. Orlando Hudson was the first Dodger in 39 years to hit for the cycle.

Orlando Hudson had a homer and three RBI and scored twice, and Eric Stults went 5 1/3 innings for the Dodgers Saturday, when LA beat Arizona 11-2. Stults (1-0) was called up from the minors to start in place of the Dodgers' Opening Day winner, Hiroki Kuroda, who has been placed in the disabled list due to a left oblique injury.