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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney doubled then scored the winning run on Andre Ethier's seventh-inning sacrifice fly Tuesday, as the LA Dodgers nipped Washington 4-3.
Jeff Kent homered and Shea Hillenbrand drove in a pair of runs for Los Angeles, which has won three straight and nine of its last 13 games to move within 4 1/2 games of Arizona in the NL West.
Chad Billingsley (9-4) allowed three runs on eight hits with a walk and six strikeouts over seven innings for LA. Takashi Saito picked up his 36th save.
Tony Batista homered for Washington, which has lost five in a row and six of seven. Felipe Lopez and Dmitri Young both had a pair of hits in the loss.
Jason Bergmann, activated off the disabled list over the weekend, gave up three runs on six hits with a walk and strikeout over six frames.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 Monday and the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-92 in Caron Butler's return to Dallas, where he helped win a title last year.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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UPI horoscopes for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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