Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Matt Kemp homered twice, Joe Blanton pitched into the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Colorado Rockies, 3-0, in the middle test of a three-game series.

A.J. Ellis also drove in a run for the Dodgers, who have won four straight and sit two games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the NL's final wild card spot.

Blanton (10-13) scattered seven hits and struck out six with no walks over six-plus innings.

Brandon League worked a perfect ninth inning to earn his sixth save since being traded from the Seattle Mariners.

Tyler Chatwood (5-6) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks through four innings for Colorado, which dropped its second straight game on the heels of a four-game win streak.

After each team left a man on scoring position in the first inning, neither would advance a runner past first base until Kemp led off the bottom of the fourth with a blast over the wall in left field.

Hanley Ramirez later singled, stole second and came home on an Ellis base hit to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.

Kemp started the bottom of the eighth inning by hammering a ball into the seats in right field to account for the final margin.

The Rockies, meanwhile, would only move a runner past first base one time after the first inning, when Andrew Brown hit a one-out single in the fifth and advanced to third on a Matt McBride ground out and a DJ LeMahieu infield single.

But Chatwood followed with a grounder to short to end the threat, and Ronald Belisario, Kenley Jansen and League each tossed a scoreless inning of relief to preserve the shutout.

Game Notes

Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez went 2-for-4 to extend his hit streak to 11 games ... Blanton improved to 3-0 in five career starts against Colorado ... Chatwood fell to 2-2 in four career starts against the Dodgers ... It was Kemp's fifth career multi-homer game ... Los Angeles won four straight games for the first time since Aug. 12-15.

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