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Jerry Hairston Jr. got a career-high five hits, Chris Capuano won again and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 5-1. Matt Treanor put the Dodgers ahead for good with a home run in the fourth inning that deflected off center fielder Justin Maxwell's glove as he made a leaping attempt in left-center field.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

With eight players currently on the disabled list, the Dodgers have had to adjust on the fly with their roster, especially this month.

It wouldn't have been shocking if the Dodgers' offense sputtered for a while after all their recent injuries.

Van Slyke was two weeks removed from the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes' lineup when he stepped up to the plate at Dodger Stadium in the seventh inning with two runners on base.

What you believed to be reality in March has turned to foolhardy wishes in May with the standings appearing upside down.

There is no sympathy because every club is decimated at some point by the physical grind of a season.

Injuries or not, the Los Angeles Dodgers are tearing it up right now and will try to become the first team to 30 wins tonight in the continuation of a three-game series against the NL West-rival Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

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If the reigning National League West champion D-backs are to catch the front-running Dodgers this season, Monday would be a good time to start the comeback.

The team is 27-13 to close out their first 40 games of the season and have won eight of their last 10 games, only dropping two against the San Diego Padres .

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed second baseman Mark Ellis on the 15-day disabled list because of a banged up left knee - making him the fifth position player and fourth regular that manager Don Mattingly has lost in a span of 11 days.

For all the recent roster turnover for the Isotopes, there was one other added player besides native son Brian Cavazos-Galvez who knew his way around Albuquerque.

Years ago,A Chicago-born actor Bill Murray was a guest in the Chicago Cubs broadcasting booth.A As the Cubs embarked on a rally against the opposing pitcher, the manager came out to give him the hook.A "Too bad, we were hitting him so well," Murray quipped.A The same may hold true for the Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have returned to earth following their record-approaching 9-1 start, posting a rather pedestrian 15-12 mark since that promising beginning.

Guerra started the year strong as the Dodgers' closer, earning five saves in as many opportunities and seven out of eight.

Well, we all know that Don Mattingly doesn't have a lot of wiggle room with his starting lineup these days.

At first glance, the Cardinals visiting the Dodgers on Friday for the weekend's only non-Interleague series stacks up as an offensive showdown.

Matt Kemp, arguably the best player in the National League, went on the disabled list on Monday with a strained hamstring, thus ending the longest consecutive-games streak in the Majors at 399.

Matt Kemp , Juan Rivera , Juan Uribe , and Jerry Hairston Jr. are on the disabled list and A.J. Ellis , James Loney , Dee Gordon , and Mark Ellis are getting the night off, so the Dodgers' lineup versus left-hander Clayton Richard and the Padres is really, really ugly: 1. Tony Gwynn Jr.