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Chad Billingsley gave up zero earned runs through eight innings as the Dodgers beat the Astros 5-2 to take the series and give themselves a three-game win streak before heading into San Francisco.

The Dodgers jumped on early with three in the first with an RBI-double by James Loney and a two-RBI-single by Blake DeWitt. Andre Ethier made it 4-0 in the third with his solo shot before Loney added his second hit of the game, a solo homerun in the sixth to cap the Dodgers at five runs.

Billingsley struck out five and gave up just six hits through eight to give him his eighth win. He gave up a pair of unearned runs in the fifth after Luis Maza, filling in for Jeff Kent who was taken out of the game, was charged with a fielding error. Saito had the tying run at the plate in the ninth but recovered to earn his 14th save and give the Dodgers the series win.

The Dbacks have now fallen back to .500 which puts the Dodgers just 1 1/2 games out of first in the division.