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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 2, LA Dodgers 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 95°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 44751

Cole Hamels tossed eight strong innings and Ryan Howard belted his team's first home run in 66 innings as the Philadelphia Phillies posted a 2-0 triumph over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

Hamels (8-2) allowed six hits and struck out nine to tie teammate Roy Halladay, Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo, Pittsburgh's Kevin Correia and Boston's Jon Lester with a major league-best eight wins this season. Hamels has allowed two runs or fewer in eight of his 13 starts.

Ryan Madson overcame a leadoff single to record the final three outs and secure his 14th save in as many opportunities this season.

Howard snapped a scoreless tie in the sixth inning by depositing an offering from Hiroki Kuroda (5-7) into the right field seats. The slugger's 13th homer of the season accounted for his first career hit off the Japanese hurler.

Shane Victorino doubled the advantage in the seventh after he tripled and scored on a fielder's choice by Domonic Brown.

Kuroda suffered the loss after permitting one run on four hits while striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Philadelphia
Hiroki Kuroda Player Cole Hamels
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 8.0
7 Strikeouts 9
4 Hits 6
1.69 ERA 0.00
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Philadelphia
Andre Ethier Player Michael Martinez
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.500 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 7 0 8 .212 12 9 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 5 1 13 .167 12 10 2 4 1 1