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Updated at 8:21 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008

MLB: Ramirez homers twice, Dodgers beat Giants 10-7

By JOHN NADEL
AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES _ Manny Ramirez hit two homers and drove in five runs, Angel Berroa drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the seventh to force in the go-ahead run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 10-7 Saturday night to lower their magic number for winning the NL West to five.

By winning for the 16th time in 20 games, the Dodgers remained 3½ games ahead of second-place Arizona with seven remaining. Any combination of five Los Angeles wins or losses by the Diamondbacks will give the Dodgers their first division title since 2004 and just their fifth playoff berth in the last 20 years.