LOS ANGELES -- Matt Kemp has regained his home-run stroke, the Dodgers keep winning, and yet it still might not be enough to eke into the playoffs. Josh Beckett earned his first victory in his last five starts and the Dodgers backed him with three homers, beating Colorado 7-1 Sunday for their fifth straight win to stay in contention for an NL wild-card spot. "This shows what type of club we can be," manager Don Mattingly said. Kemp, Luis Cruz and A.J. Ellis each hit two-run homers as the Dodgers remained two games behind St. Louis for the second wild card. The Cardinals beat Washington 10-4. "We still know theres hope," Kemp said. "Theres a plan for everything and hopefully our plan is to make it to the post-season. The way were playing I would like our chances." The Dodgers have their first five-game winning streak in more than two months. They end the regular season with a three-game series against the NL West champion San Francisco Giants starting Monday at home. "Weve always played San Francisco pretty good. Its going to be a hard-fought battle," Kemp said. "We win out and Cincinnati plays a good St. Louis team, hopefully they sweep them or get two from them." Beckett (2-3) allowed one run and six hits in six innings, struck out five and walked three for his first victory since Sept. 1 against Arizona. The right-hander had received two or fewer runs in five of his previous six starts with the team, which acquired him in a trade with Boston. "All we can do is take care of what we do," Beckett said. "We put ourselves in this hole, but were trying to climb out. Were going to need a little help." Andrew Browns homer leading off the fourth was the Rockies only run in the three-game series that ended with their ninth consecutive road loss. Until he homered, Colorado had gone 26 innings without scoring. Jorge De La Rosa (0-2) gave up four runs and five hits in four innings, struck out three and walked none in his third start since Tommy John surgery kept him out for nearly 16 months. The Rockies have played as many as seven rookies at once, giving manager Jim Tracy an early look at the future. "But when you bring them here to Los Angeles and play against a club that like this, were not quite up to speed with that just yet," he said. "But theres a lot of youth and vitality on this club and theres still growing to do. Im not the least bit disappointed in them. They didnt back off in this series. They played their rear ends off yesterday and they played hard today, but you cant catch balls when theyre hit over the fence. You couldnt do that with a veteran club." Shane Victorino opened the fourth with a single before Kemps 23rd homer and third in two days cleared the wall in right field, putting the Dodgers ahead for good, 2-1. After Adrian Gonzalez singled and Hanley Ramirez flied out, Cruz homered to make it 4-1. Los Angeles loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth against Rob Scahill. Ramirezs RBI single scored Victorino, who had three hits. Kemp was thrown out at the plate trying to score right behind Victorino. Ellis homered in the sixth after Andre Ethier walked with one out, extending the Dodgers lead to 7-1. NOTES: Rockies CF Rafael Ortega made his major league debut and reached base four times, including an infield single in his first at-bat against Beckett. ... The Dodgers last won five in a row from July 18-23. ... Los Angeles swept Colorado for the second time this season, with the first coming at home from May 11-13. ... De La Rosa fell to 0-7 in nine career starts against the Dodgers, and Colorado has lost all 13 games in which hes appeared vs. LA. ... The Rockies have not won a season series against the Dodgers since 2007. ... 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Anderson, also co-chairman of the competition committee that suggests rules changes to the owners, said a change could come this year. The NFL traditionally resists changing rules during a season. "We will certainly discuss the rule with the competition committee members, as we do all situations involving unique and unusual circumstances, and determine if we feel a change should be recommended to ownership," Anderson said in a statement. DENVER -- Thats the Peyton Manning the Denver Broncos and their fans have been waiting all summer to see. Magnificent. A machine. On the money. And no longer just a memory. Manning was close to perfect in his final regular-season tuneup Sunday, throwing his first two touchdown passes for the Denver Broncos in a 29-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. In less than a quarter of work, Manning completed 10 of 12 passes for 122 yards, including TD tosses of 10 and 5 yards to Eric Decker, and the only two misses were a dropped pass by Joel Dreessen and an errant throw to Brandon Stokley, who was held on the play but didnt draw the flag. After managing one TD to go with four turnovers in his first seven possessions this preseason, Manning drove the Broncos (1-2) to scores on all three of his series, then put on his visor with 46 seconds left in the first quarter after staking Denver to a 17-0 lead. "I thought we did some good things today," Manning said. "We moved the ball pretty well and we got two touchdowns. It would have been nice to get three, had to settle to for a field goal. I thought the running game was good. Willis (McGahee) made some nice runs, had some nice holes by the offensive line, the receivers made some nice plays, as well." The Broncos finally showed more than just a glimpse of the offensive firepower they can have with the four-time MVP under centre. "I think it was nice just to start fast and finish off some drives and put some points on the board and play some good football," Stokley said. "I think that was more important than him throwing the first touchdown pass." The Broncos (No. 10 in the AP Pro32) mixed up their looks, throwing in some no-huddle with four-wide receiver sets, using fullback Chris Gronkowski at the point of attack and sending tailback Lance Ball out wide to run routes like a receiver. "Thats what this preseason is for. You want to win the game but you want to get a look at different players," Manning said. "No matter what grouping we were in we showed we could move the ball." Alex Smith threw a 49-yard TD pass and David Akers kicked five field goals for the Niners (2-1), who outscored the Broncos backups 19-0 in the second half but lost wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to an ankle injury early in the second half. For the second straight week, the Broncos backups were awful. Theyve now been outscored 40-0 after halftime in the last two games. Denvers first drive stalled when the replacement officials failed to whistle cornerback Carlos Rogers for a blatant hold on a third-down pass to Stokley, and the Broncos settled for Matt Praters 53-yard field goal. Manning was money after that. He completed all six of his passes for 83 yards on a long drive that ended with his first touchdown throw in orange and blue, a 10-yard strike to Decker, who beat Rogers across the middle. The highlight of drive was a 38-yard pass to Ball, who beat linebacker Larry Grant. Ball, though, bruised his ribs on the play and didnt return. He said afterward he was fine. So was Manning, who was blasted by linebacker Parys Haralson in the chest right as he released his longest pass of the preseason. After Ball came down with it, Manning bounced right up, raced downfield, lined up in the no-huddle and hit running back Willis McGaheee for 14 yards to the San Francisco 12.dddddddddddd It was the second time Manning, who missed all of last season with a neck injury that required four operations, had been hit hard in the preseason, and both times shook off the cobwebs and responded with a big pass for the first down. "The offence was excited to move the ball," Manning said. "We had some rhythm, we huddled today yet we still played at an up-tempo pace." Linebacker Wesley Woodyard recovered a fumbled snap for the Broncos (No. 10 in the AP Pro 32) at the San Francisco 24, and four plays later, Manning found Decker wide open by the back left pylon for his second touchdown and a 17-0 lead over the 49ers (No. 4). The Broncos onside kick backfired when Matthew Willis touched the ball about a yard early, and Smith found tight end Vernon Davis all alone along the left sideline for a 49-yard score on the next snap. "I was surprised," Niners coach Jim Harbaugh said of the Broncos onside kick in the preseason. "But Im glad they did it. Its good for us because you always have to be aware of it." Manning said hed have gone out for another series had the Broncos recovered the onside kick. When they didnt, his day was done. "I feel very comfortable where he is and rather than put him out there in harms way, we took him out," Broncos coach John Fox said. Caleb Hanie, locked in a backup battle with rookie Brock Osweiler to serve as Mannings primary understudy, underthrew Decker and former Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox intercepted at midfield. That led to Akers first field goal, from 33 yards out. Hanie bounced back to throw a 5-yard TD pass to Dreessen that made it 24-10 at halftime. "I dont want to say its just the preseason because this is a time to get better," Niners linebacker Ahmad Brooks said. "Its a time you can really showcase what your team is capable of doing. I dont know but its been a scary start to this point." Smith finished 5 of 7 for 69 yards, and his pocket of protection was much better than it had been during the preseason. "It was a little hard to get in a rhythm," Smith said, who was sacked just once. "I thought the young guys did a great job in the second half. We have some stuff to clean up obviously." San Franciscos ground game, which had gained an NFL-best 378 yards through the first two weeks of the preseason, was stymied by the Broncos. With LaMichael James (left ankle) and Brandon Jacobs (left knee) sitting this one out, the 49ers were held to 14 yards on nine first-half carries, including two runs for minus-4 yards by Frank Gore. That all changed after halftime as the Niners finished with 139 yards rushing. Anthony Dixon had a 26-yard TD run and Akers kicked field goals of 45, 21, 32 and 44 yards while the Broncos sputtered once again with Manning on the sideline. Notes: Mannings passer rating of 148.6 was nearly 100 points higher than what it was (48.8) in the first two preseason games. ... Broncos rookie RB Ronnie Hillman made his preseason debut after dealing with a pulled right hamstring and gained 29 yards on 10 carries. "Ill plan on playing better next week and playing a lot faster," Hillman said. ... X-rays were negative on Ginns right ankle. ... Rookie CB Omar Bolden bruised his left knee. ' ' '