LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 (UPI) — Pitcher Ross Ohlendorf put Pittsburgh in front with his first major league homer Thursday, sending the Pirates to a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Pirates had runners on first and second with two away in the second when Brandon Wood delivered an RBI single that tied it at 1-1.

That brought up Ohlendorf for his 101st career at-bat in a five-year career with the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh. He drove the first pitch from Dana Eveland over the wall in right for a three-run shot that gave the Pirates the lead for good.

Ohlendorf (1-2) won his first game since July 10, 2010, allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings.

Eveland (2-1) gave up four runs on eight hits in taking the loss.

Evan Meek started the ninth for the Pirates, but loaded the bases with two away. Joel Hanrahan then came on to collect his 38th save by getting Aaron Miles on a fly ball to left.

The loss eliminated the Dodgers from the National League West pennant race.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 (UPI) — Gerardo Parra knocked in four runs and Joe Saunders delivered a solid start Monday, boosting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Parra capped a five-run Diamondbacks rally in the sixth inning with a two-run single and drove in two more with an eighth-inning double, helping Arizona win the opener of a three-game series.

Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan Roberts each went 2-for-4 with an RBI as first-place Arizona cut its magic number to clinch the National League West to seven with its 17th win in 20 games.

Saunders (11-12) held the Dodgers to two runs on four hits over seven frames, walking only one and striking out four en route to the victory.

Ted Lilly (9-14) yielded three runs on three hits in a 5 1/3-inning effort for Los Angeles.

Matt Kemp homered and Jerry Sands went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the loss.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Ryan Howard bashed a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning Wednesday, rallying the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-8 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Trailing 6-0 after three innings, the Phillies had cut their deficit to 7-5 heading into the sixth and then stunned the Dodgers with four runs to grab control of the contest.

With runners at the corners and two outs, Chase Utley stroked an RBI single off Blake Hawksworth (2-3), shaving LA’s lead to one run, and Howard followed by slicing a 2-1 pitch into the left field stands for an opposite-field homer, scoring Utley ahead of him.

Hunter Pence hit a two-run shot and Utley finished with two RBI as the National League Eastern Division-leading Phillies swept a three-game series in Los Angeles for the first time since 1995.

Kyle Kendrick (7-5) earned the victory, and Ryan Madson picked up his 22nd save despite allowing a run on two hits in the ninth.

Juan Rivera hit a three-run home run and finished with four RBI. Matt Kemp went 4-for-5 with an RBI single for the Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Cliff Lee tossed eight shutout innings and smacked a home run Tuesday, boosting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 decision over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Lee (12-7), who was coming off a seven-hit shutout of San Francisco in his previous start, scattered four hits, issued a pair of walks and struck out 10 batters.

The left-hander allowed only one runner to reach third and lowered his ERA to 2.83 for the first-place Phillies, who moved 36 games over .500 (76-40) for the first time in 34 years. He was working with a 1-0 lead for much of the game when he launched a home run into the right field stands in the seventh, which turned out to be the winning run.

Ryan Madson earned his 21st save despite allowing an RBI single to Casey Blake in the ninth.

The Dodgers’ Ted Lilly (7-12) was saddled with the hard-luck loss, surrendering two runs on six hits over eight frames.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard each drove in two runs and Roy Halladay went 6 1/3 strong innings Monday in Philadelphia’s 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Shane Victorino homered in support of Halladay (15-3), who held the Dodgers to one run on nine hits, with two walks and four strikeouts, to become the first 15-game winner in the National League this season. Victorino had two doubles and scored three times for the Phillies, who are 7-1 on their current 10-game road trip.

Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (7-14) went 6 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on nine hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Juan Rivera, Aaron Miles and Casey Blake each drove in a run for the Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) — Gerardo Parra smacked a pair of homers and Ryan Roberts also went deep Sunday in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Parra and Roberts each hit solo homers in the second inning, staking the D-backs to a 2-0 lead, and Parra added a two-run blast in the eighth for Arizona.

Joe Saunders (8-8) went 7 2/3 innings to collect the win, giving up two runs on eight hits while walking none and fanning three as the Diamondbacks pulled within two games of first-place San Francisco in the National League West.

Dodgers starter Rubby De La Rosa (4-5) lasted only four innings, allowing three runs on five hits and four walks.

Dioner Navarro hit a solo homer and Andre Ethier went 4-for-5 for Los Angeles, which lost the three-game series to Arizona.