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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Tony Gwynn Jr. had just gotten into the batting cage and was starting to take swings when he heard his name called as a pinch-hitter. He worked the count against Tim Lincecum before roping a go-ahead three-run triple one inning after San Franciscos Nate Schierholtz ran into a critical out that helped kill a Giants rally and the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers went on to a 6-2 victory Wednesday night. "I was sucking wind over there," Gwynn said about his sprint around the bases with little warm-up. "He left a couple balls up and he was missing with his spots a little bit." The Dodgers have won six of their past seven series at home heading into a day off Thursday before Colorado arrives for a weekend series. Jamey Wright (2-2) pitched two perfect innings and struck out two for the victory. "Thats a key right there," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "His two innings were huge." Lincecum (2-3) gave up four runs and eight hits in five innings. He struck out eight, including NL home run leader Matt Kemp three times, and walked two in losing for the first time since April 16 against Philadelphia. The right-hander extended his winless streak against the Dodgers to 0-4 dating to last season. The two-time NL Cy Young winner has been especially hard-hit in the first inning, but he got out of that having allowed just two hits. "You got to force him to get the ball up," Mattingly said. "He gets so many outs down in the strike zone." Kemp, who came in batting .500 in his 11 previous home games against the Giants, went 0 for 5. The Dodgers struck for four runs in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead. Lincecum gave up a leadoff double to Andre Ethier and Bobby Abreu followed with a single. Juan Uribe drove in Ethier with a single to third that Joaquin Arias, who fell down before he could get off the throw to first. A.J. Ellis walked one out later and Gwynn cleared the bases with a drive into deep right field while batting for Chad Billingsley. "It was nice getting through those first three, but dealing with that fourth wasnt easy," Lincecum said. "I didnt put us in an easy spot. I just tried to pitch a little more aggressively and took my bullpen a little more seriously before the game as if its another inning." Buster Poseys RBI single in the third extended the Giants lead to 2-0. Brandon Belt reached on a fielders choice grounder and Schierholtz singled him to second. Arias had a single to centre, and Kemp charged the ball, throwing to second baseman Adam Kennedy for the tag on Schierholtz, who had rounded the bag and was tagged out before Belt could cross the plate. "I read the ball in the gap and I thought I had a chance possibly to go to third, but I took one step too many and tried to get back, but he made a perfect throw," Schierholtz said. "I was overaggressive, but thats how I play the game. Weve worked on going from first to third. It was just a lack of judgment on my part." The Dodgers recalled outfielder-first baseman Scott Van Slyke from Triple-A Albuquerque and he arrived minutes before the game began. The son of former major leaguer Andy Van Slyke got his first major league hit with a pinch-hit RBI single in his first major league at-bat in the sixth. "My first at-bat I wasnt as nervous as I thought Id be," he said. "As soon as I swung at the pitch it was just another baseball game." Pitcher Aaron Harang walked past Van Slyke after the game and stuffed a towel full of shaving cream in his face. "That burns," Van Slyke said as he tried to remove the goop from his eyes. "Got him!" Kemp shouted as he emerged from the shower. "That burns, huh?" Lincecum drove in the Giants first run with a single to shortstop in the second. Billingsley lasted just four innings for the Dodgers, allowing two runs and seven hits while striking out five and walking four. He slammed his glove down in the dugout after being yanked. "I was mad at myself and I wanted to stay in the game," he said. "I sort of beat myself up. Everything felt good, but my fastball command was kind of off. I fell behind the hitters and I wasnt being aggressive when I should have been." Notes: The Giants lost their first rubber game of the season, while the Dodgers won their first. ... Dodgers OF Alfredo Silverio, who was seriously hurt in an off-season car accident, had Tommy John surgery on his right throwing elbow and is out for the season. ... Dodgers OF-1B Juan Rivera was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with what the team called a significant strained left hamstring. Manager Don Mattingly said Rivera would be out longer than two weeks. ... Dodgers INF Jerry Hairston had a MRI on his strained left hamstring after missing his third straight game. He said he would be evaluated either Thursday or Friday. ... 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(Sports Network) - Returning home after their first victorious multi-city road trip in over two years, the Washington Nationals figure to stand a decent chance of matching their longest winning streak of the season if Ryan Zimmerman can find his way back into the lineup. The third baseman is expected to play for the first time in over two months tonight in the opener of a three-game series against a visiting St. Louis Cardinals club that lost command in the National League Central for the first time since mid-May. Washington returns to Nationals Park after sweeping a three-game series at San Diego over the weekend. That helped the Nats post a 6-5 record on their West Coast tour, marking their first winning road trip since going 4-3 on a seven- game trek from May 12-18, 2008. Washingtons nine-game homestand could get off to a great start with the return of Zimmerman, who hasnt played since April 9 because of a left abdominal strain. The 26-year-old former All-Star is hitting .357 in eight games this season with a homer and four RBI. It would be great [to get Zimmerman back tonight], Danny Espinosa told his teams website after a 2-0 win over the Padres on Sunday. He is a great player. To have him back would be huge. The rest of the Nationals will also welcome back the former Gold Glove winner as they try to match their longest winning streak of the season: A four-game run from April 15-20. Espinosa helped keep Washingtons current run alive with a sacrifice fly during a two-run ninth inning in Sundays victory. Sundays game was nearly one of missed chances as Washington went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position. However, Espinosa launched his ball to deep right to score the games first run and Laynce Nix followed with a base hit to score Alex Cora. Im just proud of the way we played. The way we battled out there today. The way we pitched and played defense. You do a lot of little things and you come away with a win. Its good for the ballclub, Nats manager Jim Riggleman said. Jordan Zimmermann got a no-decision despite striking out 10 through seven shutout innings. Yunesky Maya will try to keep the momentum going tonnight and pick up his first victory of the season for Washington, which is 0-3 in the Cubans three starts this season.dddddddddddd Maya himself is 0-1 with a 5.40 earned run average, but is coming off a great outing at San Francisco on Wednesday. The 29-year-old righty allowed just a run on four hits and a walk over a season-high six innings. Maya faces a Cardinals club for the first time in his career tonight that is out of first place in the National League Central. St. Louis had held the top spot since May 19, but now sits tied with Milwaukee after getting swept in three games by the Brewers over the weekend. The Cards dropped Sundays finale, 4-3, for their fourth loss in five games. Jake Westbrook didnt allow a run over the first five innings, but was tagged for four in the sixth without recording an out. We had some momentum there and that one big inning beat us, said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. Thats tough. Colby Rasmus had a pair of hits and drove in a run before nearly coming up with some heroics in the ninth. He drilled a one-out offering to deep center, but the Brewers Carlos Gomez came up with a great catch while colliding with the wall to keep the tying run off base. St. Louis will look to rebound from getting swept for the second time this season behind Jaime Garcia, but the lefty has lost two of his last three outings since a 5-0 start. Garcia has given up four runs since getting charged with 12, all but one earned, over 3 1/3 innings of a setback at Colorado. The 24-year-old beat the Cubs on June 3, but lost at Houston five days later after yielding three runs on seven hits over five innings. Garcia has a 3.20 ERA through 13 starts and is 2-2 with a 5.70 ERA in eight games on the road this year. That is compared to a tremendous 4-0 mark and 0.46 ERA in five starts at home. He has won both of his career starts versus the Cardinals, pitching to a 0.87 ERA. That includes a home win on April 20 in which he allowed three runs -- one earned -- over five innings. The Cardinals took two of three in that series and have won nine of 13 and 16 of their last 22 against the Nationals overall. ' ' '