By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer

SAN FRANCISCO(AP) -- Thanks to additions like Pat Burrell to San
Francisco's suddenly productive offense, the Giants brass
focused its efforts on bolstering the bullpen at the trading
deadline.

Two new relievers are coming to town for the playoff push.

Burrell lined a go-ahead two-run homer into the left-field seats
with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Giants rallied past
the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday.

The Giants won for the eighth time in 10 games. They began the
day 2 1/2 back of the first-place San Diego Padres, who had a
night game with Florida, and increased their lead on the Dodgers
to 5 1/2 games.

"We're in a real good situation," said Burrell, who has made
quite an impact since joining the Giants on June 4. "You have to
be fortunate to be in position to make the playoffs. We've got
to approach every game as if it is crunch time, because in
reality it is."

Chad Billingsley extended his scoreless innings streak to 21 2-3
spanning three starts, but the bullpen couldn't hold a one-run
lead for short-handed Los Angeles. Casey Blake had put the
Dodgers ahead with a solo homer in the seventh.

Billingsley - who pitched on three days' rest after making the
offer to manager Joe Torre - struck out five and allowed two
hits in 6 2-3 innings in a pitching duel with Barry Zito.
Neither earned a decision.

"I kept the same mentality as I've been. We didn't have anybody
slotted in there so I told Joe, 'I'm ready,"' Billingsley said.
'Barry was throwing a good game and I had to match him. We just
fell short today."

It was a busy day for Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, who
pulled off two more trades for pitchers to upgrade the roster.
The Dodgers had only 22 players available because of their
trades and other circumstances.

Buster Posey was plunked on the upper left arm by Hong-Chih Kuo
with two outs in the eighth and both benches were warned by
plate umpire Rob Drake. Jonathan Broxton (3-3) relieved and blew
his fourth save when he gave up Burrell's sixth homer of the
year.

"It's hard to get a bigger hit than that," manager Bruce Bochy
said.

It was Burrell's first homer since June 29 against the Dodgers
and his third go-ahead drive with the Giants trailing.

Guillermo Mota (1-3) recorded the final five outs for the win
against his former club. It's his first win since June 16, 2009,
for the Dodgers against Oakland. Mota filled in for All-Star
closer Brian Wilson, who was unavailable for the second straight
game because of back spasms.

"I don't make decisions," Wilson said while leaving the
clubhouse. Bochy said he could be ready for Sunday night's
series finale.

Los Angeles acquired left-handed starter Ted Lilly from the
Chicago Cubs and reliever Octavio Dotel from the Pittsburgh
Pirates before Saturday's trade deadline. Colletti pulled off
both of his priorities to upgrade the roster by getting a
starter and bullpen boost, three days after trading for center
fielder Scott Podsednik in a deal with Kansas City.

"It's definitely going to improve us," Billingsley said of
Lilly. "He's had a successful career and any little thing helps
now. We've still got two months to go. We just have to get the
ball rolling."

Billingsley had another impressive performance against the
Giants. The right-hander tossed a five-hitter against them on
July 21 for his second career shutout and third complete game.

Zito hasn't beaten the Dodgers in four matchups dating to a
victory on May 8, 2009.

Aside from the homer by Blake, Rafael Furcal and Billingsley had
the only other hits off Zito. The lefty owns a 1.95 ERA in four
starts against Los Angeles this season.

Posey doubled in the fourth for his 43rd hit in July, the most
ever by a San Francisco rookie. Jim Ray Hart had 42 in July
1964. Posey got a day off from his regular catching duties and
started in his backup spot at first base.

The Giants also made a few moves Saturday, acquiring Javier
Lopez from the Pirates and the left-handed reliever they wanted
for the stretch run. San Francisco also got righty reliever
Ramon Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox for pitching prospect
Daniel Turpen.

Lopez was expected to be available to pitch for the Giants on
Sunday, with Ramirez likely to join the team Tuesday in
Colorado.

The Giants sent right-hander Joe Martinez and outfielder John
Bowker to the Pirates.

Notes: Dodgers LF Andre Ethier left the club to return to Los
Angeles for the birth of his second child, a boy. He isn't
expected to return for Sunday's game. ... The Giants honored
former INF Rich Aurilia and LHP Shawn Estes in a ceremony that
added both players to the club's Wall of Fame outside the
ballpark. The wall is a tribute to the organization's top
players who are retired and have spent a minimum of nine seasons
with the Giants or five seasons with at least one All-Star
selection. ... Eight of Blake's 11 homers in 2010 are solo
drives. ... The Giants sold out for the 16th time this year
(42,882).