Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 8, Colorado 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 31473

Matt Kemp homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers continued their recent offensive surge with an 8-2 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

Ted Lilly (4-4) gave up two runs and four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over seven innings for the Dodgers, who have won their last three games by a combined score of 23-3.

Colorado lost its fourth straight series and finished May with an 8-21 record. The Rockies have lost 10 of their last 12 games.

Casey Blake added a three-run home run in the seventh for the Dodgers, who have won four of their last five.

Kemp’s 13th home run and two-run single gave him a team-high 40 RBIs.

Colorado starter Clayton Mortensen (1-3) allowed five runs over four innings. Ty Wigginton's solo home run in the seventh was his second in as many games for the Rockies.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   LA Dodgers
Clayton Mortensen Player Ted Lilly
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
0 Strikeouts 8
5 Hits 4
11.25 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Colorado   LA Dodgers
Jonathan Herrera Player Casey Blake
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
1 TB 6
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 5 1 10 .161 6 10 2 0 2 0
LA Dodgers 9 2 17 .300 10 2 8 5 0 0