PHILADELPHIA ? This was one nifty day for Aaron Harang and the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was simply more of the same for the sliding Philadelphia Phillies.
Harang pitched six effective innings to earn his 100th career victory and the Dodgers won 8-3 Thursday to complete their first four-game sweep in Philadelphia in 66 years.
Juan Rivera, Jerry Hairston Jr., Matt Treanor and James Loney had two hits apiece for the Dodgers, who had not swept a four-game series in Philadelphia since Brooklyn accomplished the feat May 24-26, 1946, according to STATS LLC.
Manager Don Mattingly was not aware of the significance of the sweep until told by reporters afterward, and acknowledged it was "pretty cool."
Los Angeles, which improved its major-league-best record to 37-21, scored three runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead, then broke it open with four more runs in the ninth.
The Phillies have dropped a season-high six straight games. They are 12-19 at Citizens Bank Park for the worst home mark in the NL.
Asked about his frustration level, manager Charlie Manuel said: "I never put it up to a level. I just feel how hot my face gets." And it is, he said, "pretty damn hot."
He also said that while teams used to fear facing the Phillies in their cozy ballpark, that is no longer the case.
"We don't scare (anybody)," he said.
Notes
? SS Carlos Correa, taken by Houston with the top pick in this week's amateur draft, agreed to a contract with the Astros for a signing bonus of $4.8 million.
Also signing Thursday were RHP Kyle Zimmer, taken at No. 5 by the Royals ($3 million bonus); and RHP Lucas Sims, taken at No. 21 by the Braves ($1.65 million).
? The Rangers placed LHP Derek Holland on the 15-day disabled list because of a fatigued left shoulder.
? The Cardinals placed LHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL with a shoulder strain.
? Braves 1B Freddie Freeman is expected to rejoin the lineup soon after X-rays of his left index finger showed no fractures.
? The Nationals reshuffled their bullpen, reinstating RHP Brad Lidge from the DL and putting RHP Henry Rodriguez on the DL with a strained index finger.
? Major League Baseball and its players' association announced changes to their drug agreement in the wake of the February decision by arbitrator Shyam Das to overturn Brewers slugger Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension for a positive drug test. As part of the deal, the sides agreed privately that Das, who was fired last month, will not issue a written opinion in the case.
The new agreement replaces that language with "absent unusual circumstances, the specimens should be sent by FedEx to the laboratory on the same day they are collected." It also says unusual circumstances may include "inclement weather," "a personal emergency," "traffic accident" or "completion of the collection at a time when the collector was unable to reach either of the two FedEx offices identified by (Comprehensive Drug Testing) prior to their closing."
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