The Los Angeles Dodgers have a 3.73 team ERA that that ranks second only to the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3.61 mark. It’s the Dodgers who have made the most of their pitching staff’s stinginess, however, as they are the only big league club with a winning record when scoring two or fewer runs in a game.

The Dodgers are 4-3 when they have been unable to push across three runs. The first win was a 2-0 shutout of Houston on April 23, when Chad Billingsley and Jonathan Broxton limited the Astros to four hits. Two others were back-to-back victories over division rival San Diego the first two days of May, when the Dodgers scored only three times but held the Padres to a single run.

Only two other teams have won more games when held to two runs or less -- the San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners -- though both have double-digit losses in those situations. Still, they rank among the best teams in winning percentage when scoring fewer than three runs.

Highest Winning Percentage When Scoring Fewer than 3 Runs, 2009

Los Angeles Dodgers. . . . . .4- 3 (.571)
New York Mets. . . . . . . . . 3- 7 (.300)
San Francisco Giants. . . . . 5-13 (.278)
Seattle Mariners. . . . . . . . 5-15 (.250)
St. Louis Cardinals. . . . . . . 3- 9 (.250)
Milwaukee Brewers. . . . . . 3- 9 (.250)

Believe it or not, posting a .250 winning percentage is a noteworthy accomplishment. The major league-wide mark is just .142 (52-314), and nine teams have yet to win when scoring two or fewer runs in a game:

Chicago Cubs. . . . . . 0-16
Minnesota Twins. . . .0-13
Oakland Athletics. . . 0-12

Cleveland Indians. . . .0-11
Philadelphia Phillies. .0-11
Tampa Bay Rays . . . .0-10

Colorado Rockies. . . 0- 9
Texas Rangers. . . . . 0- 7
New York Yankees. . 0- 4