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Kershaw strikes out 11 but Phillies defeat Dodgers, 5-1

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Roy Oswalt’s no-hit pitching through 5 2/3 innings and early home runs by Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino led the Philadelphia Phillies past the Dodgers, 5-1, on Wednesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw was otherwise sharp, striking out 11 -- and striking out the side three times -- in his six innings of work.

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But with the Dodgers’ offense shut down by Oswalt and able to score only one run against the Phillies’ bullpen, the two home runs Kershaw surrendered were all Philadelphia needed.

The loss dropped the Dodgers to 7 1/2 games behind the Phillies in the National League wild-card playoff race with 28 games remaining in the regular season.

Rollins led off the game with his home run into the left-field pavilion, and Victorino belted his homer into the same spot in the second inning.

The defending NL champions added a run in the seventh inning against Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen when Rollins walked and scored on Chase Utley’s double off the left-field wall.

Philadelphia scored twice again in the ninth inning when pinch-hitter Domonic Brown hit a ground-rule double off Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario, and Rollins singled and Utley hit another ground-rule double against Hong-Chih Kuo.

The Dodgers didn’t get a hit until Casey Blake’s two-out single in the sixth inning, which moved James Loney -- who had walked -- to third base. But Ronnie Belliard popped out to quash the threat.

In the eighth inning, the Dodgers scored one unearned run off Phillies reliever Ryan Madson when Jamey Carroll singled, reached second base when Rollins bobbled a grounder hit by Matt Kemp and scored on Loney’s double off the right-field wall. But Blake then hit into a double play to end the inning.

-- Jim Peltz

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