Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 3, San Diego 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 23, 2010
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.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
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
Hitting
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 Stats Summary
 
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