Times wires
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Phillies 2, Dodgers 0
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels struck out nine in eight innings and Ryan Howard homered to lift the Phillies. Hamels improved to 3-0 with a 1.18 ERA in five career regular-season starts against the Dodgers. He also is 3-0 in three career postseason starts against them. Howard's sixth-inning homer to right off Hiroki Kuroda gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. The Phillies had gone a season-worst 651/3 innings without a home run.