Chad Billingsley held the Reds to one run in his fifth loss of the season to help the Dodgers get their first win in six games by a score of 3-1.
The Dodgers put up three runs, which was enough run support to give Billingsley the win. They took the lead in the third on Juan Pierre’s RBI-double. They added another in the fourth to make it 2-0 off Russell Martin’s RBI-double to score Jeff Kent, who was 3 for 4 on the night. Blake DeWitt scored an insurance run in the eighth on Kent’s RBI-double.
Billingsley earned his first victory since May 20th, giving up just one run on five hits in 6 1/3 while fanning nine in his home state of Ohio. He left in the seventh after giving up back-to-back singles and a walk to load the bases. Joe Beimel then came in and got two groundouts to end the inning, but Billingsley was tagged for a run that scored. Jonathan Broxton held the Reds hitless and scoreless in the eighth before Saito closed out the ninth for his ninth save, his first since May 21st against the Reds at home.
