The bats finally broke out in the ninth inning, when the Dodgers scored three runs off Tyler Yates to put it away. Derek Lowe pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, retiring the final nine batters he faced, and Jonathan Broxton pitched out of a jam in the eighth by throwing nothing but smoke, striking out Chipper Jones and getting Andruw Jones to ground into a force play. But the biggest development of the evening for the Dodgers came in the top of the eighth, when Wilson Betemit — yes, I said Wilson Betemit — was sent to pinch hit for Lowe and hit his first home run of the season, a no-doubter beyond the out-of-town scoreboard in right field. Jeff Francoeur simply turned and watched it leave the yard. Dodgers go to 18-12 and stay 1 1/2 in front of Los Gigantes. … By the way, before the game, Yhency Brazoban was activated from the DL and officially optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas, completing his comeback from Tommy John surgery last May.