LOS ANGELES, July 24 (UPI) -- Chad Billingsley yielded only two hits over seven innings Sunday, staking the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 decision over the Washington Nationals.
Billingsley (9-8) allowed a first-inning run and then shut the door, fanning 10 Nationals batters while spotting 73 of his 115 pitches for strikes. The right-hander yielded a pair of walks in the gem.
Kenley Jansen tossed a scoreless eighth and Javy Guerra collected his seventh save with a 1-2-3 ninth for the Dodgers, who took the rubber match of their weekend series with the Nats.
Aaron Miles' two-run single in the bottom of the first put Los Angeles ahead to stay and James Loney provided an RBI groundout for the victors.
The Nationals' Jason Marquis (8-5) was tagged with the loss, surrendering three runs on five hits in a six-inning start.
Michael Morse got Washington's lone RBI.
