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Padilla, Dodgers shut down CubsBaseball Betting Lines07/11/2010 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vicente Padilla pitched eight innings of shutout ball, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Chicago Cubs, 7-0, in the finale of a four-game set from Dodger Stadium. Padilla (4-2) allowed just two hits and a walk while fanning six for the Dodgers, who took three games in this series and head into the All-Star break with a 49-39 record, two games behind San Diego in the NL West. Jamey Loney hit a three-run homer and drove in four in the resounding victory. Carlos Silva (9-3), who came into the game with seven straight quality starts, was hammered for six runs, six hits and three walks in just 1 1/3 frames before being ejected while arguing a call at first base. Silva came into the game 5-0 on the road this season and 3-0 against the Dodgers in his career. Ryan Theriot doubled twice to account for half of Chicago's hits, and the Cubs, at 39-50, are 9 1/2 games off the pace in the NL Central. The Dodgers got all the offense they would need in the first inning. Rafael Furcal led off the frame with a double, and Matt Kemp worked a four-pitch walk. Two batters later, Loney deposited the first pitch he saw over the wall in right-center for a 3-0 lead. The hosts added three more runs in the second. Blake DeWitt started the inning with a single, and Padilla was able to reach base on a bunt that was meant as a sacrifice. Furcal drew a walk, and Kemp lofted a sacrifice fly for a 4-0 advantage. After Ethier was intentionally walked, Loney reached on an infield single that scored Padilla. On Loney's hit, first baseman Xavier Nady appeared to beat Loney to the base, but the call was safe. Silva argued the play to no avail and was ejected. Two batters later, Mitch Atkins issued a bases-loaded walk to Xavier Paul to make it 6-0. Ethier scored on a double play in the fourth to push the margin to seven. Meanwhile, Padilla dominated. The Cubs failed to record a hit until Starlin Castro's leadoff double in the sixth, and Padilla retired the next three hitters to strand the runner. Chicago's best chance to score came in the ninth off Hong-Chih Kuo, who allowed two hits before getting out of the inning unscathed. Game Notes Kuo was named to the All-Star Game on Sunday as a replacement for Atlanta's Jason Heyward. He will be the first Taiwan-born player to appear in the Mid-summer Classic...The Dodgers optioned struggling starting pitcher John Ely to Triple-A Albuquerque and recalled pitcher Jon Link from the same club Sunday...The Dodgers won the season series, 4-3.
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