Furcal has 5 hits to help Dodgers beat Marlins 13-1

Los Angeles Dodgers' Matt Kemp (27) steals second base as Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla catches the late throw in the third inning of a baseball game in Miami, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

MIAMI—Chad Billingsley pitched seven innings to win for the first time this season and Rafael Furcal had a career-high five hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Florida Marlins, 13-1 on Wednesday night.

Furcal went 5-for-6 with a double, giving him 17 extra-base hits, the most by a Dodger at the end of April since the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Furcal's batting average rose to .381.

Billingsley (1-4) allowed three hits and one run to lower his ERA from 6.53 to 5.20. He had eight strikeouts, giving him 40 in 27 2-3 innings.

Scott Olsen (3-1) allowed seven hits and four runs in five innings, and the NL East-leading Marlins lost for the first time in his six starts.

Manager Joe Torre used the same lineup for the second game in a row, which made it 25 lineups in 27 games, and again it clicked. The Dodgers had 15 hits to give them 29 in the past two games. Florida also gave up eight walks.

Matt Kemp had three hits and three RBIs in Los Angeles' most lopsided win this year. Russell Martin hit his third home run, and James Loney and Blake DeWitt each hit a bases-loaded triple.

The winning streak is the Dodgers' longest since running off five in a row July 8-16 last year.

Martin's leadoff homer in the second inning put them ahead 1-0, and they scored two runs in the third. Olsen walked Billingsley, and Furcal singled. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice and came home on Kemp's single.

Kemp hit a two-out double in the fifth and scored on Jeff Kent's single.

Florida made it 4-1 in the fifth on Jeremy Hermida's RBI infield single, but Billingsley struck out Jorge Cantu with the bases loaded to end the inning.

Loney cleared the bases with a triple off Taylor Tankersley in the seventh, then scored on Blake DeWitt's single to put the Dodgers up 8-1.

DeWitt had an RBI single in the seventh and a three-run triple in the eighth. The Dodgers batted around in both innings.

Notes:@ Marlins RHP Matt Lindstrom failed to retire any of the three batters he faced, then left the game with a tight lower back. ... Florida 1B Mike Jacobs (finger) and LF Josh Willingham (back) are expected to return to the lineup Thursday, manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Jacobs received a cortisone shot Wednesday. ... Dodgers RHP Jonathan Broxton (side) played catch before the game but was unavailable for the second game in a row. ... Andruw Jones fell to 1-for-19 (.053) against Olsen by going 0-for-2. ... With the retirement of the Miami Heat's Pat Riley, second-season Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez has the most seniority of any manager or head coach among South Florida's pro teams. "I hope I can catch Don Shula," Gonzalez said.

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