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MLB: LA Dodgers 10, San Francisco 0

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 (UPI) -- Matt Kemp went 4-for-5 with four RBI and Chad Billingsley fired 7 1/3 shutout innings Saturday in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 10-0 rout of San Francisco.

Kemp set the tone with a two-run homer in the first inning, later adding a pair of run-scoring doubles, and Hanley Ramirez chipped in with three RBI for the Dodgers, who clinched their three-game series against their National League West rivals.

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A.J. Ellis went 2-for-4 with a solo homer as second-place Los Angeles pulled to within one game of division-leading San Francisco.

Billingsley (6-9) didn't issue a walk and scattered four hits in taming the Giants, striking out two.

Javy Guerra pitched 1 2/3 scoreless frames to complete the whitewash.

San Francisco starter Barry Zito (8-7) was touched for four runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings, absorbing his first loss in three starts.

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