ON THE DODGERS / PHILADELPHIA 7, DODGERS 2

Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf took the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies with nine no-decisions in his last dozen starts.

But by the time Wolf left the game Sunday, there was little doubt his record would change this time -- for the worse.

The veteran left-hander was roughed up by home runs from Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino as the Phillies cruised past the Dodgers, 7-2, in front of 42,288 at Dodger Stadium.

The loss gave the Dodgers (39-20) a split in the teams’ four-game series and pared the Dodgers’ lead in the National League West to eight games over the San Francisco Giants, who won Sunday.

The Dodgers’ two wins in the series came on walk-off hits by right fielder Andre Ethier. But there was no such drama Sunday as the Dodgers continued to struggle scoring runs.

With the Phillies (33-22) already leading 3-2 in the seventh inning, Pedro Feliz singled and Ruiz homered off Wolf (3-2). One out later, Shane Victorino drilled a home run into the Dodgers’ bullpen to give Philadelphia a 6-2 lead, and Wolf’s day was over.

And the next inning, Dodgers reliever Travis Schlichting got a rude welcome in his major league debut when Phillies slugger Ryan Howard slammed a 2-and-2 pitch for his 17th home run of the season.

“I had decent stuff tonight, I just obviously didn’t put the ball where I wanted to,” said Wolf, who pitched for the Phillies from 1999 to 2006.

“I faced the same lineup in Philadelphia and did a lot better,” he said, referring to his May 8 start against the Phillies in which he gave up one run in six inning.

“Today I just didn’t do my job.”

Wolf was outmatched by Phillies rookie Antonio Bastardo, 23, a left-hander making only his second big-league start.

Before the game, Dodgers Manager Joe Torre said he knew little about Bastardo, had seen only video of Bastardo’s prior start last week and thought that “pressure or excitement” on the rookie’s part “could work to our favor.”

Instead, Bastardo (2-0) held the Dodgers to two runs and seven hits before leaving in the sixth inning after throwing 107 pitches.

The Dodgers -- having played 17 days in a row -- are off today.

“This ballclub certainly can use a day off,” Torre said, though he added that “we came through this series of games very well.”

As for the Dodgers’ offense, he said “we’ll be fine, we’re going to score runs.

“With so many questions about it, I think everybody’s a little bit self-conscious about it and probably trying a little bit too hard.”

Wolf’s day initially soured in the fifth inning. With the score tied 1-1, Jimmy Rollins singled, Feliz walked and Ruiz singled, with Rollins scoring.

After Bastardo’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third, Victorino hit a broken-bat grounder that glanced off Wolf, allowing Feliz to score and giving Philadelphia a 3-1 lead.

The Dodgers answered with a run in the sixth inning when Casey Blake doubled, moved to third on James Loney’s single and scored when Matt Kemp hit into a double play.

The Phillies opened the scoring in the second inning when Raul Ibanez, who had doubled and moved to third on Rollins’ first single, tagged up and scored on a fly ball by Feliz.

The Dodgers scored their first run in the fourth inning with singles by Ethier, Blake and Kemp, who drove in Ethier.

--

james.peltz@latimes.com