LOS ANGELES, Calif. Johnathan Joseph Jersey . - The Chicago White Sox just kept pecking away at Chad Billingsley until they scraped across enough runs to give Philip Humber an early cushion to work with. He gave it all back before his teammates pushed across one more run and closed it out with a solid effort by their bullpen. Alexei Ramirez opened the scoring with a two-run single and scored the go-ahead run for the White Sox, who ended a three-game skid with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. "I dont think any of us have seen him throw a pitch all year since spring training, so I dont think we went into the game knowing anything in particular," Paul Konerko said of Billingsley. "He throws a lot of strikes, and hes got a sinker that cuts. But we just put a couple of good swings on some balls early, and a couple more just fell in that werent hit hard. So that always helps. But its not like we killed him. We were just nickle-and-diming him." Humber (3-4) threw 99 pitches over five laborious innings, but got the victory after allowing four runs and nine hits. The right-hander, one of 22 pitchers to throw a perfect game in the majors and the only one to do it after undergoing Tommy John surgery, is 2-4 with a 7.47 ERA in 10 starts since his gem on April 21 at Seattle. "To throw a perfect game, the stars have to align," White Sox reliever Will Ohman said. "Hell never make an excuse, but he did have some pretty incredible things occur at the same time — a perfect game, having a baby boy, things like that. And all the media attention that comes with it, its not a normal routine. "I think hes struggling mainly with his command, but its not something to be worried about," Ohman added. "The stuff is there. I mean, hes got one of the best curve balls in major league baseball. Go ask any hitter. Hes not easy to hit. But hes the same as any one of us. You get into a rut. You throw the ball where you want it to go, and it finds holes." Addison Reed, the sixth Chicago pitcher, posted his eighth save in as many chances with a perfect ninth to help end a three-game skid by the AL Central leaders. Billingsley (4-5) was charged with five runs and eight hits in six innings before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter. The right-hander was coming off consecutive road victories against Philadelphia and Seattle in which he allowed a run over seven innings each time. Before that, he went a career-worst nine straight starts without a win, including five no-decisions. "The biggest thing that weve talked about with Chad is just consistency," manager Don Mattingly said. "I think the inconsistency is whats keeping him from going forward. But thats a pretty good ballclub over there, too. I mean, were not talking about a team that cant hit." After blowing a four-run lead, the White Sox went back in front in the fourth with an unearned run. Ramirez was plunked on the left elbow after he squared around to bunt, then stole second and advanced when second baseman Jerry Hairston Jr. misplayed Orlando Hudsons grounder for an error. Ramirez scored on a fielders choice grounder by Alejandro De Aza. The Dodgers, whose 41-25 record is still the best in baseball, threatened in the bottom of the fourth after Billingsley led off with his second single of the game — and Los Angeles final hit. Humber walked NL RBI leader Andre Ethier with two outs, and both runners advanced on a wild pitch that sailed over Hairstons head as catcher A.J. Pierzynski set up his target on the outside corner. But shortstop Ramirez came to Humbers rescue with a diving catch in front of second base on a popup that Hairston hit off the fists. The White Sox made the most of their opportunity in the second, taking a 3-0 lead on a two-run single by Ramirez and a run-scoring single down the right field line by Humber — his first major league hit. "Overall I felt pretty good, but my fastball command was off and on tonight," Billingsley said. "I just tried to keep pitching, keep my focus and try to get our of some difficult jams. The pitch to Ramirez was a two-seam fastball that was in off the plate and in on his hands, but he fought it off and got it over the infield. You cant do anything about that." Alex Rios made it 4-0 in the third with a two-out RBI triple that was misjudged at the warning track by Elian Herrera, who was starting in centre field for only the fifth time since making his major league debut on May 15. But the Dodgers tied it with four runs in the bottom half, getting a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from Hairston and two-out RBI singles by Bobby Abreu, A.J. Ellis and James Loney. In Friday nights series-opening 7-6 victory, the Dodgers overcame a 5-1 deficit with a five-run sixth. "Even though we lost three in a row, we felt like we were all right," Konerko said. "Last nights game obviously was more of a giveaway than us getting beat. In St. Louis, we just got beat by some good pitching. We dont think about the games wed just lost. Weve got pretty short memories, and we show up the same way every day, ready to play — whether we won big yesterday or whether we lost a real rough one. So thats a good sigh with this club." Notes: Tommy Lasorda returned to Dodger Stadium for the first time since his mild heart attack on June 4 in New York, where he was representing the club at the free agent draft. It was the second such episode for the 84-year-old Lasorda, whose first one in 1996 forced him to give up managing the Dodgers in his 20th season at the helm. Lasorda went on to pilot Team USA to an Olympic Gold Medal at Sydney, Australia in 2000, and was back in a Dodger uniform on Sept. 22 when Mattingly invited him to spend the game in the dugout as one of his coaches. Glover Quin Jersey . 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BARCELONA, Spain -- Espanyol beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2 thanks to substitute Christian Stuanis injury-time winner on Sunday, earning the struggling side its first victory through eight rounds of the Spanish league season. Espanyol midfielder Joan Verdu made up for his early error that led to Leonardo Carrilhos 11th-minute opener by scoring from a long pass by Victor Sanchez in the 37th before adding a second goal three minutes after halftime. Carrilho got his own brace in the 63rd, and the teams looked set to split the points with both reduced to 10 men after Rayos Mikel Labaka and Espanyols Diego Colotto were sent off. But fellow substitute Sergio Garcia, making his debut after returning from injury, picked out Stuani with a cross for the striker to head home and grab the much-needed win for Espanyol. Also on Sunday, Miguel "Michel" Alfonso struck from long range three minutes from time to give Levante a 1-0 victory at Getafe. Getafe had shown more scoring intent at Alfonso Perez coliseum, but Levantees defence held firm until Michel went on as a substitute in the 73rd and hit a looping effort from 25 metres out over the goalkeeper to grab the three points. Arian Foster Womens Jersey. It was Levantes first away win after losing its first three outings away from Valencia to start the season. "It was a pretty goal. I saw the ball and wanted to shoot right away because I hadnt had a shot in the entire game," said Michel. "A draw would have been fair, but the game was decided with that one shot." Atletico Madrid visits Real Sociedad later needing a seventh consecutive victory to stay even on points with league leader Barcelona. Also, Granada hosts Real Zaragoza, and Real Betis is at Osasuna. Lionel Messi scored a hat trick to lead Barcelona to a wild 5-4 win at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, after Real Madrid did just enough to ease to a 2-0 victory over Celta Vigo. Valencia, meanwhile, rallied to beat 10-man Athletic Bilbao 3-2, while Malaga come from behind to down Real Valladolid 2-1. ' ' '
