LOS ANGELES – Aaron Sele began the season in the minor leagues, with no guarantee he'd be pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He's pitching for them now as a key member of their rotation.
Sele worked seven shutout innings, Jeff Kent and Rafael Furcal had three hits each and the Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 last night for their seventh straight victory.
The win enabled the Dodgers to sweep a six-game homestand for the first time since May 1994, when they accomplished the feat against Houston and San Diego.
They won three from the Angels and three from the Rockies this time, giving them 11 wins in their last 12 games at Dodger Stadium. They outscored the Angels 31-7 and the Rockies 21-3.
“We're playing good baseball right now and getting good results,” Dodgers manager Grady Little said. “You go through a lot of peaks and valleys during the season. Right now, we're at the top of one of our peaks. We'll try to keep it going as long as we can.”
Sele (3-0) allowed three hits while walking one and striking out five before being relieved by Jonathan Broxton to start the eighth.
Sele, who signed a minor league contract during the offseason, has made four solid starts since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas, allowing five runs in 26 2/3 innings.
The 35-year-old right-hander was a member of the AL All-Star team while pitching for Texas in 1998 and Seattle in 2000, but has mostly struggled since then, going 30-36 for the Angels during the past four seasons.
Sele underwent surgery to repair a rotator cuff in October 2002.
He was 6-12 with a 5.66 ERA for the Mariners last season.
The Dodgers raised their record to 15-3 since a five-game losing streak dropped them a season-high five games below .500.
