LOS ANGELES – Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer, Luis Gonzalez added a tie-breaking solo shot in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Wednesday.

The NL West-leading Dodgers won their second consecutive series since the All-Star break.

Chad Billingsley (7-0) allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out four and walked four in winning for the third time in six starts. The right-hander was 4-0 out of the bullpen before joining a rotation thinned by injuries and became the first Dodger to start 7-0 since reliever Matt Herges opened the 2000 season 8-0.

Takashi Saito pitched the ninth for his 25th save in 28 chances.

Rookie Kyle Kendrick (4-1) gave up five runs on seven hits in 5 1-3 innings, struck out three and walked none.

Ryan Howard homered and scored three runs for the Phillies, who had 26 hits in a 15-3 victory Tuesday but just eight Wednesday.

Howard’s 25th homer leading off the second tied it at 1 before Carlos Ruiz’s RBI double to left made it 2-1. Gonzalez turned his back to attempt an over-the-shoulder catch on Ruiz’s ball and it bounced off his glove near the warning track.

The Phillies extended their lead to 3-1 in the third on Aaron Rowand’s RBI double.

Ethier gave the Dodgers a 4-3 lead in the fourth, sending a 1-2 pitch from Kendrick into the right-field pavilion. Philadelphia tied it at 4 in the fifth on Pat Burrell’s two-out RBI single.

Kendrick also gave up a homer to Gonzalez, his 11th, on a 2-1 pitch in the sixth that put the Dodgers back in front 5-4.

Notes:@ Russell Martin’s 17th stolen base in the first tied him with Lew Ritter for most by a Dodgers catcher. Ritter also swiped 17 in 1904. Martin is one short of the franchise record of 18, set by Con Daily in 1892. … The Phillies were held under their average of 6.8 runs this month. … Dodgers CF Juan Pierre extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a first-inning single.

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