Los Angeles, CA -- (Sports Network) - James Loney was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI and Derek Lowe silenced the recently resurgent Rockies to help the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over Colorado in the series finale of a three-game set.

Lowe (10-10) struck out seven and surrendered just one run on four hits and a pair of walks for Los Angeles, which finished a ten-game homestand at 7-3.

"There's nothing like flying across the United States with a win," said Lowe, referring to the team's upcoming 10-game road trip starting in Philadelphia on Friday. "These next ten days are going to be a big test."

The Dodgers currently stand two games behind the NL-West leading Arizona Diamondbacks, who won 4-1 behind Brandon Webb's big-league best 19th victory against San Diego.

Jorge De La Rosa (6-7) was nearly as effective as Lowe, allowing two runs -- just one earned -- on four hits and two walks but was credited with the loss. Clint Barmes was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for Colorado, which won the first five games of a six-game road trip.

The Rockies got on the board in their first at-bat. Barmes singled, stole second, moved up another 90 feet on Seth Smith's grounder to second and scored when Matt Holiday lofted a sac fly to center field.

LA tied it up in the fourth thanks to third baseman Ian Stewart's inability to control Manny Ramirez's bouncer to his left. Ramirez reached safely, stole second and was brought home on Loney's single to left.

Matt Kemp's two-out double an inning later preceded Andre Ethier's single into the right field gap. Though Ethier was thrown out trying to stretch his hit into a double, Kemp came around for the go-ahead run.

Lowe retired eight straight before walking Jeff Baker with one away in the eighth. The Dodgers went to the bullpen, and Hong-Chih Kuo got out of the inning unscathed despite allowing a two-out double to Barmes.

Loney's lead-off blast off Luis Vizcaino in the bottom of the frame made it a two-run game. It was the first run Colorado's bullpen yielded on the road trip, a stretch spanning 17 innings.

Kuo shut down the heart of the Rockies order in the eighth, and Jonathan Broxton struck out the side in the ninth after giving up a lead-off double to Stewart, earning his 10 save of the season.

"We would have liked to come out of here with a sweep, but for us on the road to win two out of three, obviously we feel good about it," Baker said. "But we let one get away today. It's just one of those things."

Game Notes

The Rockies out-hit the Dodgers, 6-5...The Dodgers lead the season series 8-7 despite winning just two of the past eight meetings...The only time the Rockies swept a six-game road trip occurred during their magical run at the end of the season, as San Diego and LA fell victim in three-games apiece between September 21-27, 2007...On Friday, the Rockies go home to play Cincinnati for three games.