LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For the second straight start, Jeff Weaver

was unhittable after giving up an early homer.

Weaver outpitched Jason Johnson with seven innings of two-hit

ball -- shrugging off the Detroit pitcher's first major league home

run -- and Jason Grabowski hit a two-run shot to help the Dodgers

beat the Tigers 3-1 Wednesday night in the finale of their first

interleague series at Dodger Stadium.

Weaver (6-5) beat his former team for the first time, striking

out seven and walking none. The only other Detroit batter to get a

hit was Brandon Inge, who doubled in the first.

"I've felt good the last couple of outings," Weaver said. "I

think it's about time to get on a roll again and get those quality

starts going and give us a chance to win each and every night."

The game was similar to Weaver's previous outing last Friday

against Milwaukee, when he surrendered a grand slam to Carlos Lee

in the first inning and did not allow another hit during the rest

of his seven-inning stint.

Weaver, who spent his first three-plus major league seasons with

the Tigers, made his only other start against them with the Yankees

on May 31, 2003, when he gave up three earned runs over seven

innings in a 4-2 loss at Detroit.

"I knew they're an aggressive team, so I just wanted to make

sure I got ahead in the count with the fastball and make them chase

some off-speed pitches," Weaver said. "And it was effective."

Yhency Brazoban pitched the eighth and Eric Gagne the ninth to

finish the two-hitter and earn his seventh save in seven chances.

Johnson (4-5) allowed three runs and eight hits in 6 2-3

innings, after pitching at least eight innings in each of his

previous five starts. The last Tigers pitcher to go at least eight

innings in more than five consecutive starts was Jack Morris, who

did it seven straight times during the final month of the 1986

season.

"It was one of those nights," Johnson said. "I really didn't

feel good on the mound, but I was happy to be able to keep the team

in the game. I just left one pitch over the middle of the plate to

Grabowski."

Grabowski, who missed 19 games with an injured right shoulder

before he was activated on Tuesday, started for the first time

since April 25 and opened the scoring in the second inning with a

drive over the fence in right-center after a leadoff single by

Jayson Werth.

The homer was the second of the season for Grabowski, whose 69

at-bats as a pinch-hitter last season was a Los Angeles record and

also led the majors.

"It's a little frustrating, having to pinch hit every day,"

said Grabowski, whose other homer came as a pinch-hitter. "Whether

you have a good at-bat or a bad one, you have all day to think

about it. So you just try to take advantage of the opportunity when

guys get hurt. That's what a backup does."

The Tigers got their only run in the third, thanks to a most

unlikely source. Weaver threw Johnson a first-pitch fastball just

above the knees and watched it land in the lower seats just inside

the left field pole.

"It would have been more enjoyable if we won," said Johnson,

who hit a home run two years ago during spring training with

Baltimore.

It was the 11th home run allowed by Weaver over his last seven

starts -- and made Johnson the first Tigers pitcher ever to homer in

an interleague game. Weaver also has surrendered homers this season

to pitchers Jason Schmidt and Eric Milton.

"I've given up three homers to pitchers this year, and we've

won all three. So it might be a new trend. I don't know," Weaver

joked.

Weaver, the Dodgers' best-hitting pitcher, couldn't come through

in the fourth the way Johnson did. He grounded out to short with

the bases loaded to end the inning.

But he retired 13 consecutive batters after Johnson's homer

before hitting Dmitri Young on the right leg with two outs in the

seventh.

"That curveball of his is nasty," Rondell White said. "He'll

throw it at right-handed hitters like a fastball and it breaks so

much, you can't pick up the rotation on it. And he was throwing it

for strikes, so you really didn't have a chance. He did exactly

what he wanted to do."

Hee-Seop Choi drove in the Dodgers' third run with an RBI single

in the seventh that chased Johnson. Rookie Mike Edwards helped set

it up with a single batting for Weaver, making him 5-for-6 as a

pinch-hitter.

Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen sat out because he strained his

left hamstring as he tried to score from second on a single Tuesday

night. Outfielder Magglio Ordonez, who underwent hernia surgery in

April, took batting practice outdoors for the first time this

season.Game notes
Ten of Weaver's former Detroit teammates are still with the

Tigers, six of whom were rookies in 2002 when he was traded at

midseason. ... The Dodgers swept a three-game series at Detroit in

June 2003. ... Johnson has three hits in 24 big league at-bats. ...

The Tigers have trailed in 21 of their last 22 games, including

their last six victories.