Kent passes Mr. Coffee

Jeff Kent hit his 362nd career home run, moving him into a tie with Jason Giambi for 65th place on the all-time list and pst Joe DiMaggio. But Billingsley is just sort of muddling through. He is falling behind in a lot of counts, like he usually does. But he has gotten out of a couple of tight spots, including getting Ronnie Belliard to pop up with the bases loaded to end the first after Bills had hit the previous two batters and getting Austin Kearns to GIDP with runners on first and second to end the third. ... Dodgers 3, Nationals 2, middle 4