Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 2, St. Louis 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 17, 2011
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 27439

Matt Kemp belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a five-game losing skid with a 2-1 home triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

After St. Louis scratched for a run in the top of the ninth, Andre Ethier led off the inning against Trever Miller with a double to shallow right field to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. Ryan Franklin (0-2) relieved but promptly permitted Kemp's deep blast to center field to end the game.

Starters Chris Carpenter and Chad Billingsley were superb, but failed to factor in the decision. Carpenter scattered five Dodgers hits over seven scoreless innings, and Billingsley permitted just two hits over eight innings and struck out 11.

Closer Jonathan Broxton (1-0) was credited with the victory, despite surrendering a run in the top of the ninth which snapped a scoreless tie.

David Freese extended his hitting streak to eight games for the Cards with an RBI single to shallow right in the ninth which plated Matt Holliday, who went 3-for-3.

The Cardinals wrapped a 10-game road trip 6-4.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   LA Dodgers
Chris Carpenter Player Chad Billingsley
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.0 IP 8.0
6 Strikeouts 11
5 Hits 3
0.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
St. Louis   LA Dodgers
Matt Holliday Player Matt Kemp
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
5 TB 6
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 5 0 8 .167 11 12 1 3 0 1
LA Dodgers 7 1 11 .233 8 6 2 0 0 0