Dodgers 12, Rockies 7

The winning streak has reached eight, the longest since the boys won 11 in a row July 28-Aug. 8, 2006. The Snakes won behind Brandon Webb, so the Dodgers stay four back, but their record improved to 17-13, the first time this season they have been four over .500. The amazing thing to watch -- although I must admit, it isn't that much fun for us deadline-conscious reporters who find three-and-a-half-hour games counterproductive to what WE are trying to accomplish -- is the way the Dodgers have suddenly bought into Torre's theory of working counts. They made Jorge De La Rosa throw 36 in the first inning alone tonight, including 17 before he so much as recorded an out. Four of the eight batters the Dodgers sent to the plate in that inning ran the count full. By the time De La Rosa left after four innings, he had thrown 98 pitches and given up nine earned runs. ... James Loney is now hitting .313 with six HRs and 29 RBI for his career against the Rox. ... Derek Lowe and Aaron Cook tomorrow, should be a good matchup. It's tough to sweep a three-game series. It's darn near impossible to sweep two of them from the same team on consecutive weekends. But it's not impossible to win ONE GAME, and that's the attitude the Dodgers have to take into this one.