(My Sportsbook) - The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to celebrate one of the most significant events in the team's storied history tonight with a victory over their most bitter rivals.

Los Angeles takes aim at a second straight win over the struggling San Francisco Giants when the two hated foes resume a three-game series this evening at Dodger Stadium on Jackie Robinson Day.

The Dodgers got the better of the Giants Monday in the 48th home opener at Dodger Stadium. Orlando Hudson led a 15-hit onslaught by hitting for the cycle as Los Angeles pounded Randy Johnson in an 11-1 rout.

Hudson went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI in becoming the first Dodger player to accomplish the feat since Wes Parker in 1970. The second baseman had plenty of help from his teammates, as Andre Ethier slugged a pair of homers and finished with four RBI and both Russell Martin and Rafael Furcal drove in two runs in the win, the third in a row for Los Angeles.

Chad Billingsley (2-0) did his part on the mound as well for the Dodgers, limiting the Giants to one run and racking up 11 strikeouts over seven dominating innings.

Johnson (0-2) lasted just 3 2/3 frames and failed in his bid to earn career win No. 296 after surrendering seven runs on eight hits while walking three batters.

Travis Ishikawa knocked in the lone run for San Francisco, which has lost its last four contests, with an RBI single in the fourth inning.

Matt Cain will attempt to cool down Los Angeles' hot bats and end his team's current slide when he takes the mound for the Giants tonight. The talented right-hander pitched San Francisco to its latest win when he held Milwaukee to a run and four hits over seven outstanding innings this past Thursday at AT&T Park.

Cain hasn't had that kind of success when facing the Dodgers in the past, however. In 11 previous starts against Los Angeles, he is 0-6 with a 4.06 ERA and has often been the victim of poor run support. The 24-year-old allowed just two runs -- one earned -- over 18 2/3 innings in three starts at Dodger Stadium last year, but received a loss and two no decisions because his team didn't score a single runs when he was on the mound.

The Dodgers will sent out a quality young pitcher of their own tonight in Clayton Kershaw. The second-year phenom was strong in his season debut last Thursday in San Diego, although he failed to get a decision in an eventual 4-3 LA loss. Kershaw pitched the first five innings of that game and gave up one run on just two hits while fanning six.

The 21-year-old, a first-round pick of the Dodgers in 2006, made 21 starts and one relief appearance as a rookie last year and posted a 5-5 record with a 4.26 ERA. His only matchup against San Francisco came in relief last September, with Kershaw throwing a scoreless inning in that outing.

Tonight marks the 62nd anniversary of Robinson's breaking of baseball color barrier when he took the field for the Dodgers, who were based in Brooklyn at the time, against the Boston Braves on April 15, 1947.

These bitter rivals split 18 meetings a year ago, with the Dodgers claiming a 5-4 edge in the nine games played in Los Angeles.