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LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers dont like the view from the NL West basement, and Saturday night they did something about it. Andre Ethier had a pair of doubles among his season-high four hits, Dee Gordon hit a rare home run and Los Angeles snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. "It feels great to shake hands after a game," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "Every win is important and every win counts. And when youre in the midst of a losing streak, you definitely want to break it as soon as you can." "Hopefully its something we can build on. Having great at-bats, getting guys on and moving guys up and getting guys in has been our struggle this year. So tonight was good for us," he said. The Dodgers have had four losing streaks longer than eight games since moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. Two of them were nine games (1973 and 1987), the others 10 games each (1961 and 1992). The franchise record is 16, which occurred in 1944. "It all starts with one win," centre fielder Matt Kemp said. "Right now everybodys having fun, and the kids are laughing and running around in the clubhouse. We missed that. I dont think anybody wanted to be around kids until they got home, because of the way the locker room has been the last week." "We want to see everybody happy. I think a lot of us looked good at the plate tonight and Im just glad we got a win. Weve just got to keep grinding this thing out and take it game by game," he said. Hyun-Jin Ryu (4-2) allowed one run and five hits in 6 2-3 innings. The left-hander took a three-hit shutout into the seventh before Miguel Olivo homered. Ethiers four-hit game was his first since last Aug. 24-25, when he had back-to-back four-hit efforts against the Marlins at Dodger Stadium -- each of which included a home run. The two-time All-Star is batting .403 against the Marlins in during his eight-year career. "Hes been grinding and working so hard in the cage to get his swing right," Ellis said. "I was with him today down there with (coaches) Mark McGwire and John Valentin, and they really put a good session in. They had a new plan of attack and he was able to execute. Those were four great at-bats and four great swings. "One of the highlights for me as a player is hitting behind Andre at Dodger Stadium and being in the on-deck circle while hes hitting. Its such a pretty picture for me to see that open side when hes squaring the ball up and doing that. Its fun to watch," Ellis said. Kevin Slowey (1-3) gave up five runs, 11 hits and three walks in 4 2-3 innings. "We just went in there against him being ready to hit," said Adrian Gonzalez, who got two hits. "Hes got a sneaky fastball, and we knew it going in from the guys that have already faced him. Dont let the radar gun fool you. Even though its in the 80s to low 90s (mph), it feels harder. It plays harder. Hes not the kind of guy you want to let get the ball deep on you because itll be by you. So you have to treat him like a hard thrower." Slowey, who pitched seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball against Philadelphia last weekend, hasnt won consecutive starts since Sept. 12-18, 2010 with Minnesota. He acknowledged that it was a battle for him. "There will be those games over the course of the season, and you hope to survive it probably a little better than I did today," Slowey said. "I made some good pitches that they were able to fight off into the outfield. And when I left the ball over the plate, they hit it pretty well. I had opportunities to get out of some innings, and work around some walks. I just have to execute a little better earlier in counts." Ethier led off the Dodgers second with a double, ending a drought of 30 at-bats between extra-base hits. He advanced on Ellis first sacrifice bunt of the season and scored the games first run on a broken-bat bloop single by Skip Schumaker. Gordon led off the third with a drive that just cleared the fence in right-centre. It was his second homer in the big leagues and first since May 1, 2012. "Slowey has been great," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "Today, you could tell he was battling from the start. But he went out there and continued to compete and tried to keep us in the game. Thats what hes done. Hes done a great job for us. Today was a little bump in the road. Offensively, we didnt really get anything going either." Schumaker, starting at second base for the sixth time in 13 games while Mark Ellis has been sidelined with a right quad strain, turned in the defensive play of the game in the fifth -- robbing Matt Diaz of hit with a diving stop in the hole and throwing him out with runners at first and second to end a Marlins threat. "(Dodgers third base coach) Tim Wallach moved me the pitch before. Hes always looking at charts and hes right on top of everything," Schumaker said. In the bottom half, Schumaker singled home a run and Juan Uribe hit a sacrifice fly to extend the Dodgers lead to 5-0. The Dodgers tacked on two more runs in the seventh against A.J. Ramos with Uribes RBI single and a passed ball by Olivo that let Ethier score. NOTES: Ethier, a 2011 Gold Glove winner in right field, robbed Diaz of extra bases in the eighth with a diving catch in the alley. ... Olivo has three home runs in his last four games against the Dodgers. ... Kemp is two hits shy of 1,000.NHL Jerseys . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. Cheap Jerseys . 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Soccer Jerseys . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style.OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton has three days to get ready for No. 9 Wisconsin, and judging by how the 22nd-ranked Bluejays looked in the second half of their season opener against UMKC, theyll need to make the most out of every one of them.The Bluejays won 89-82 on Friday night, but not before sweating out a comeback attempt that saw the Kangaroos cut a 28-point deficit with 13 minutes left to single digits.If were the team that scored 76 points in about 28 minutes, well be fine, Creighton coach Greg McDermott said, looking ahead to Tuesdays home game against the Badgers. If were the team that scored 13 in the last 12 minutes, were in trouble.Marcus Foster had 19 points and Maurice Watson Jr. added 17 for the Bluejays, who won their 19th opener in 20 years.UMKC, picked sixth in the eight-team Western Athletic Conference, missed nine of its first 10 shots but found some rhythm on offense as it turned up the defensive pressure in the second half. Martez Harrisons 3-pointer cut Creightons lead to 85-74, and Xavier Bishops 3 finished a 29-10 Kangaroos run that made it 86-77 with 2:08 left.Harrison, the WACs active career scoring leader, scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Darnell Tillman had 10 points and seven rebounds, and Duane Clark added 10 points for UMKC.Creighton is 22 in the country for a reason, Kangaroos coach Kareem Richardson said. They punched us in the mouth there in the first half, really knocked us off-kilter. To our guys credit, they did a good job sticking with it in the second half, climbing back in and making it interesting.Khyri Thomas added 16 points for Creighton, and 7-foot redshirt freshman Justin Patton finished with 12 points and eight rebounds.The Bluejays shot 59 percent in the first half but only 40 percent in the second, and they committed 17 turnovers to the Kangaroos 13.Its college basketball in November. Its not going to be as pretty as we all would like, McDermott said.dddddddddddd I would have liked to have slammed the door on them when it was 76-48, but it didnt happen. The positive is we found a way to win the game.BIG PICTUREUMKC: The Kangaroos brought back six seniors from last seasons 12-win team. Clark is a promising freshman who made five of his first six shots, and the 6-8, 250-pound Tillman was 5 for 5. Rest assured, this is the toughest opponent theyll face until visiting No. 3 Kansas on Dec. 6Creighton: McDermott wasnt happy with the way his team played in the second half, but the Bluejays can build off this. They have capable scorers all over the floor, a point guard in Watson who can find them and perhaps a budding star in Patton.POLL IMPLICATIONSCreighton probably wont earn a promotion from No. 22 because of the way it played in the second half, but neither should the Bluejays drop out of the Top 25.HIGHLIGHT REELPatton had three dunks in his first college game, with two on lob passes on back-to-back possessions in the first half. He also tried a behind-the-back pass to Foster in the paint in the second half, but Foster couldnt convert it into a basket.TURNOVER BUGThe Bluejays committed 17 turnovers, with seven by Watson. He was one of only three Big East players to turn over the ball more than 100 times last season, and reducing turnovers was his priority coming into this season.Having seven, regardless of how many minutes I played or whatever the scenario, is unacceptable, he said. I didnt give us a chance to get shots up. When I turned it over, they would go on a run, a 3-on-1 or a 3-on-2. Thats where I need to get better.UP NEXTUMKC plays its home opener against Drake on Tuesday.Creighton hosts No. 9 Wisconsin on Tuesday.---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '