MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Takashi Saito (sprained right elbow ligament) will be placed on the disabled list retroactive to July 13. 

--RHP Jason Schmidt has been shut down again. 

After pulling into a first-place tie with the Diamondbacks in the NL West with a victory in their series opener, the Los Angeles Dodgers look to move alone atop the division for the first time since the first week of the season Saturday at Arizona. 

James Loney homered leading off the 11th inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. 

For the third time in 11 days, the Los Angeles Dodgers are tied for the lead in the NL West. 

Dodgers closer Takashi Saito, who underwent an MRI on Monday after leaving Saturday's game against Florida having faced only two batters, will miss at least six weeks after being diagnosed with a sprained ligament in his right elbow. 

--C Russell Martin wound up catching nine innings in Tuesday's marathon All-Star Game. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Takashi Saito (sprained right elbow ligament) will be placed on the disabled list retroactive to July 13. 

Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito said he hopes to be pitching again well before the end of the season, then added that surgery is a possibility for his ailing right elbow. 

Sole possession of first place in the NL West has been an elusive goal for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Who's buying? Who's selling? Who'll win? Who'll flop? Tracy Ringolsby knows and breaks it all down in this second-half primer. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be without closer Takashi Saito for at least six weeks. 

The All-Star break is a time where most organizations take stock of where their team stands, whether to buy or sell, what is working and where improvements can be made. 

The 2008 season reached its symbolic halfway point early this week, as the baseball world paused for the three-day hiatus that is the All-Star break. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be without closer Takashi Saito for at least six weeks.