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Friday June 19 - Angels 5 Dodgers 4
Dodger ace Chad Billingsley faced the Angels Joe Saunders in the opening tilt. The Blue Crew were able to take a 4-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning before the Halos came back to tie the game on a bases-loaded single by Maicer Izturis and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Mike Napoli.
The Dodgers opened the scoring when Casey Blake drew a bases loaded walk in the third inning. After the Angels had tied the contest in the bottom of the third on a Vlad Guerrero single cashing in Figgins, Loney drilled a homer to right in the fourth to give the Blue Crew the lead right back.
Furcal pulled a change up into the seats by the left field foul pole to expand the Dodger lead in the fifth, a blast that picked up Pierre along the way.
Rivera drilled his 10th homer of the season to provide the Angels with their winning tally, a drive off Guillermo Mota in the eighth inning. It was the first run surrendered by Mota in his last 12.1 innings, a span of 11 games.
The Angel bullpen held the Dodgers scoreless, despite LA loading the bases in the eighth and getting two more runners on in the ninth. Brian Fuentes struck out Matt Kemp to collect his 19th save on the year.
Saturday June 20 - Dodgers 6 Angels 4
The Dodgers Jeff Weaver faced off against his younger brother Jered in this game, the eighth set of brothers to have started a Major League game against each other, 21 times in total.
The Niekro's, Phil and Joe, have squared off the most—nine times. Greg and Mike Maddux faced each other twice. The balance have been one-time affairs, save back in the 20's when Jess and Virgil Barnes matched up five times in three years.
The last time brothers clashed on the mound was in 2002, when Andy Benes got the better of his younger brother Alan as the St. Louis Cardinals thumped the Chicago Cubs 11-2. Prior to that, the Dodgers Ramon Martinez edged his younger brother Pedro and his Expos 2-1 in 1996.
The home team jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in each of the first two innings. Bobby Abreu singled home Figgins in the first and Morales took Jeff Weaver deep to right in the second.
The visitors tied it in the third with the first home run of the season by Martin, who collected three hits on the day, and a sacrifice fly from Hudson that chased home Pierre. The Blue Crew took the lead for good in the fifth, with the aid of a Casey Blake single for one and Ethier's triple for two more.
The Halo's Kevin Jepsen gifted the Dodgers one more run in the sixth on a wild pitch and almost a second, with Kemp being nipped at home after another pitch got away from catcher Jeff Mathis, but not quite far enough as his throw to Jepsen was just in time to get Kemp.
Anaheim's locals scratched back on the power of a pinch-hit two-run homer off the bat of Matthews, but Jonathan Broxton was able to seal the victory by retiring Erick Aybar on a bouncer to Hudson.
With Jeff taking the victory over Jered in the battle of the Weaver's, older brothers have defeated their younger siblings 12 out of 21 times.
Thanks to MLB.com for the historical sibling information and PJ Ross for the signpost.
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