Randy Wolf was looking for a lucky number. All he really needed was Manny Ramirez's bat. Ramirez hit two RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez, and Wolf pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the New York Mets 11-2 on Thursday night for his first win in eight outings. Hoping to change his fortunes and avoid yet another no-decision, Wolf (4-3) switched Wednesday from jersey number 21 to 43 - the digits he used to wear with Philadelphia.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 5/18	LAD	NYM 2 at LAD 3	W: Troncoso L: Stokes
Tue 5/19	LAD	NYM 3 at LAD 5	W: Billingsley L: Maine
Wed 5/20	LAD	NYM 1 at LAD 2	W: Leach L: Putz
Tue 7/7	NYM	LAD 8 at NYM 0	W: Kershaw L: Pelfrey
Wed 7/8	NYM	LAD 4 at NYM 5	W: Perez L: Kuroda
Thu 7/9	NYM	LAD 11 at NYM 2	W: Wolf L: Hernandez

Box Scores

Dodgers (54 - 31) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Mets (40 - 44) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. R Furcal, SS 5 3 3 0 1 2. A Ethier, RF 5 2 2 0 1 3. M Ramirez, LF 2 2 2 2 2 3. J Pierre, LF 2 0 1 0 0 4. C Blake, 3B 5 1 2 1 0 4. B DeWitt, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 5. J Loney, 1B 3 2 1 0 3 6. R Martin, C 5 1 1 2 1 7. O Hudson, 2B 3 0 1 3 0 7. J Castro, PR-2B 1 0 1 2 0 8. M Kemp, CF 4 0 3 1 1 9. R Wolf, P 3 0 0 0 0 9. J McDonald, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. C Vargas, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 11 17 11 9		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. L Castillo, 2B 3 0 1 0 2 2. N Evans, LF 4 1 0 0 1 3. D Wright, 3B 3 1 2 0 1 3. J Reed, CF 0 0 0 0 0 4. G Sheffield, RF 4 0 2 1 0 4. T Redding, P 0 0 0 0 0 5. F Tatis, 1B-RF-3B 3 0 1 0 1 6. R Church, CF-RF 4 0 0 1 0 7. O Santos, C 4 0 0 0 0 8. A Cora, SS 4 0 1 0 0 9. L Hernandez, P 1 0 1 0 0 9. A Reyes, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. P Misch, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Murphy, PH-1B 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 8 2 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Wolf (W, 4-3) 6.1 7 2 2 2 3 3.45 J McDonald 1.2 0 0 0 2 2 5.00 C Vargas 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* L Hernandez (L, 5-5) 4.0 11 8 8 4 2 5.10 P Misch 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 3.38 B Stokes 1.2 0 0 0 3 3 3.93 T Redding 2.0 6 3 3 1 2 7.14
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: R Furcal 2 (16), J Loney (17), O Hudson (24)		BATTING 2B: L Castillo (9), G Sheffield (8), F Tatis (9)

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Player News

Dodgers Jim Thome (LAD) News: Thome is expected to be one of a few players that White Sox will talk to as its designated hitter in 2010, ESPN-AM 1000 in Chicago reports.  (RotoWire - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Blake DeWitt (LAD) News: DeWitt had a hugely disappointing season, going just 10-for-49 for the big club while spending the majority of the season in Triple-A.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 9, 2009) Andre Ethier (LAD) News: Ethier had a stellar 2009, batting .272/.361/.508 with 31 home runs and 106 RBI.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 9, 2009)

Mets Fernando Nieve (NYM) News: Nieve is likely to miss the remainder of the season, according to MLB.com.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Jonathon Niese (NYM) News: New York put Niese on the 60-day disabled list Thursday with a torn right hamstring.  (STATS - Tue. Nov 10, 2009) Alex Cora (NYM) News: Cora will have separate operations to repair both ailing thumbs, the Mets announced after Monday's 10-1 loss to the Giants. Cora is expected to miss the rest of the season.  (STATS - Sun. Nov 8, 2009)