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Dodgers break out of slump, clinch NL West with win over Rockies

Associated Press

Saturday, October 3, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers' magic number for clinching the NL West is down to zero -- finally. After a season-worst five-game losing streak, they came through with one game left in the regular season and beat the stubborn Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Saturday night with a five-run seventh triggered by run scoring hits from pinch-hitters Ronnie Belliard and by Mark Loretta and six scoreless innings by 21-year-old lefty Clayton Kershaw. Los Angeles' second straight division title wasn't as easy to ...

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