Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Chad Fairchild
Attendance: 33040
Hiroki Kuroda pitched eight solid innings and Andre Ethier had two hits and two RBIs to pace the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Thursday night.
Kuroda gave up one run and five hits in improving his record to 11-13. He struck out four and walked one while frustrating the Padres, who fell one half-game behind victorious San Francisco in the National League West race.
Hong-Chih Kuo struck out the side in a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
Rafael Furcal led off the Los Angeles first with a single and scored on Ethier’s double. In the third inning, Furcal singled, stole second and scored on Ethier’s single as the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead.
Los Angeles added a sixth-inning run when Rod Barajas walked with the bases loaded.
Padres starter Mat Latos (14-8) lost his third consecutive outing. He gave up three runs and six hits in five-plus innings.
San Diego’s lone run scored on Miguel Tejada’s first-inning groundout.
| San Diego | LA Dodgers | |
| Mat Latos | Player | Hiroki Kuroda |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.0 | IP | 8.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 6 | Hits | 5 |
| 5.40 | ERA | 1.12 |
| San Diego | LA Dodgers | |
| Will Venable | Player | Andre Ethier |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 3 | TB | 3 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .667 |
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| San Diego | 5 | 0 | 5 | .172 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LA Dodgers | 6 | 0 | 8 | .200 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |