Manny Ramirez needed only five plate appearances before hitting his first post-drug suspension home run. It wasn't enough to help Los Angeles overcome 22-year-old rookie Everth Cabrera's three RBIs and brilliant defense as the San Diego Padres beat the Dodgers 7-4 on Saturday. Ramirez homered in his second game back from his 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. It was his seventh homer of the season and 534th of his career, tying Jimmie Foxx for 16th on the all-time list.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 4/6	SD	LAD 4 at SD 1	W: Kuroda L: Peavy
Tue 4/7	SD	LAD 2 at SD 4	W: Young L: Wolf
Wed 4/8	SD	LAD 5 at SD 2	W: Billingsley L: Mujica
Thu 4/9	SD	LAD 3 at SD 4	W: Meredith L: Wade
Thu 4/30	LAD	SD 5 at LAD 8	W: Belisario L: Gregerson
Fri 5/1	LAD	SD 0 at LAD 1	W: Broxton L: Sanchez
Sat 5/2	LAD	SD 1 at LAD 2	W: Mota L: Gregerson
Sun 5/3	LAD	SD 3 at LAD 7	W: Billingsley L: Gaudin
Tue 6/9	LAD	SD 4 at LAD 6	W: Billingsley L: Young
Wed 6/10	LAD	SD 3 at LAD 1	W: Correia L: Kershaw
Fri 7/3	SD	LAD 6 at SD 3	W: Kuroda L: Gaudin
Sat 7/4	SD	LAD 4 at SD 7	W: Burke L: Belisario
Sun 7/5	SD	LAD 7 at SD 6	W: Weaver L: Mujica
Fri 9/4	LAD	SD 2 at LAD 0	W: LeBlanc L: Kershaw
Sat 9/5	LAD	SD 4 at LAD 7	W: Wolf L: Latos
Sun 9/6	LAD	SD 4 at LAD 3	W: Stauffer L: Kuroda
Tue 9/29	SD	LAD 1 at SD 3	W: Webb L: Billingsley
Wed 9/30	SD	LAD 0 at SD 5	W: Richard L: Garland

Box Scores

Dodgers (51 - 30) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Padres (35 - 45) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. R Furcal, SS 4 1 1 0 1 2. R Martin, C 4 0 2 0 0 3. M Ramirez, LF 3 1 1 1 0 3. J Pierre, LF 0 0 0 0 0 4. A Ethier, RF 4 0 0 1 0 5. C Blake, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 6. J Loney, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 7. M Kemp, CF 3 0 1 1 1 8. J Castro, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 9. R Wolf, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. M Loretta, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. O Hudson, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 9 3 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. E Cabrera, SS 4 2 2 3 0 2. D Eckstein, 2B 5 0 2 2 0 3. A Gonzalez, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 4. S Hairston, CF-LF 4 0 0 0 0 5. K Kouzmanoff, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 6. C Headley, LF 3 0 0 0 0 6. G Burke, P 0 0 0 0 0 6. W Venable, RF 1 0 0 0 0 7. H Blanco, C 1 0 1 0 0 7. E Alfonzo, PR-C 2 2 1 0 1 8. T Gwynn, RF-CF 4 2 1 0 0 9. J Geer, P 2 1 1 0 0 9. K Blanks, LF 0 0 0 0 0 9. E Mujica, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. H Bell, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 7 10 6 1
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Wolf 6.0 4 1 1 0 8 3.49 R Belisario (L, 1-3) (BS, 5) 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 2.44 R Troncoso 1.1 3 3 0 0 2 1.87 B Leach 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.12		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Geer 6.1 7 2 2 0 1 5.46 G Burke (W, 1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 3.57 E Mujica (H, 11) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 2.95 H Bell (S, 23) 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 1.53
* = Season Stat
BATTING HR: M Ramirez (7)		BATTING 2B: J Geer (1)

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Player News

Dodgers Russell Martin (LAD) News: Martin batted a disappointing .250/.352/.329 in 2009, the second consecutive season his OPS has experienced a drop-off.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) Mark Loretta (LAD) News: Loretta batted just .232/.309/.276 in 181 at-bats for the Dodgers this season.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) James Loney (LAD) News: Loney finished with a .281/.357/.399 line, including 13 homers and 90 RBIs.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009)

Padres Chris Young (SD) News: Young (shoulder) plans to begin throwing this week, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 11, 2009) Adrian Gonzalez (SD) News: It would take a knockout offer to entice the Padres to trade Adrian Gonzalez this offseason, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 8, 2009) Henry Blanco (SD) News: Blanco has filed for free agency, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 6, 2009)