Only thing that went wrong today was the mystique and awe of Clayton Kershaw disappeared. Kershaw who in his second outing of his career went 3.2 innings with 5 hits 4 runs and only 2 strikeouts. However the dodgers were able to stay strong with a good outing from Chan Ho Park who went another 3 innings. Only giving up 1 run on 2 hits his teammates made sure he was comfortable when he pitched. Because when Chan Ho allowed the run that put the Mets ahead every fan had to have though well this is normal now. But the dodgers blew the roof off of Shea Stadium in the 8 tagging Aaron Heilman for four runs on there way to the 9-5 losing streak and the end of the losing streak.

All systems were running clean and smooth as the bullpen was still strong the “Psycho” Takashi Saito. Along with set up man Jonathan Broxton the Dodger bullpen looked like what a 3^rd best bullpen in the NL should look like. Unlike the trend they had going the dodgers only left 6 men on base compared to get into double digit’s the last couple games. While the Mets left 19 on base somewhat bring back the fact the Mets are still in a bad way. The dodgers will hope tomorrow to take advantage of the low Mets right now. While the fans yell for the head of Willie Randolph the dodgers hope to sneak in a punch and make another win.

The bats of the Dodgers are coming alive as they have been in the past couple days. Racking up 12 hits in this with only Luis Maza being the only starter without a hit. Two very good notes from the game on Being Andrew Ethier keep his I believe six game hitting streak going. Also Russell Martin going 4 for 4 with a home run and being a triple away from a cycle and knocking in 3 rbi’s. What ever Joe Torre said to the Dodgers last night must have worked very well. Either that or the Dodger just came together as a teams. It’s Darkest before it’s dawn lets hope the sun is finally coming for the Dodgers and there fans.

Chad Billingsley Will take the hill tomorrow in hopes of keep the one game winning streak alive. He will be opposed against Mike Pelfrey with a era of 5.33 he’s 2-6 and gives up a enormous amount of hits as opposed to strikeouts. While Billingsley is 4-6 with a 3.68 era with 67 strikes to his 49 hits. The test for billingsley with be if he can get into the or past the six inning when he goes to the sixth he is 4 and 2. His Pitch Count will also be a factor he tends to throw a lot of pitches and will go for the k rather then the popup or fly out.The Dodgers have two more games in there Cross the us tour then after they sleep in there own beds as they welcome in the Colorado Rockies. Then the cubs and then they will travel to Petco Park but that’s two weeks from now. For now the Dodgers will get some dinner maybe a shower and head back to the hotel and catch some z’s. Dream about getting that other win if they play the way they did today that should not be any problem.

With the dodgers finishing up the series in Chicago the dodgers sent Derek Lowe was sent to the mound. Threw seven innings the dodgers kept the game intact and it looks like finally Derek Lowe finally get a win his last coming on April 23^rd.With Jonathan Broxton striking out the side in the 8^th everything was in order till the 9^th.Takashi Saito who has been solid for most of the year only giving up 3 saves in 11 tries. Strides to the mound but control was a issue for the usually controlled Saito. Loading up the bases and was able to save face by only allowing one run in 7 batters faced.

Going into extra innings Chan Ho Park was brought in to pitch the 10^th.However Mike Fontenot with one out got a base hit all the way to the wall putting him in scoring position. With Alfonso Soriano going 2 for 5 with 2 strikeouts there was no reason to not go after him. But Park Could not get around him and Soriano hit the walk off base hit leaving the score 2 to 1 in favor of the cubs. A just plain heart breaking lose for the dodgers today again like last night leaving 17 men on base this. Only scoring in the 4^th inning because of a walk to Blake Dewitt with only seven hit’s the bats fell silent for the dodgers and there pitchers again.

The Dodgers pack there bags take all the soaps and shampoos and towels from there hotel and get on a plane. From there at around 3 in the morning they will land in New York where they face the only team in the national league struggling more then themselves. Brad Penny will take the mound and hope to put the Dodgers on the right track. Both Teams tomorrow night will be looking to take advantage of the other in hopes of right the path each teams is on.

For the first time in a quite a while the Los Angeles Dodgers were absolutely crushed in a baseball game.  The New York Mets put a big ole whooping on the Dodgers as they won 12-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

Brad Penny took the loss and his record fell to 5-3 on the season.  Penny only lasted 4 2/3 innings while giving up ten hits and ten earned runs.  Scott Proctor pitche 1 1/3 innings and gave two innings as well.  The bleeding wasn’t stopped until Chan Ho Park came into the game and pitched three inning of hitless baseball.

The lone run for the Dodgers came in the ninth inning when Matt Kemp singled to center field to score Andruw Jones.  The Dodgers as a team only had four hits in the game and they left twelve runners on base in the game.

With the loss, the Dodgers are now 19-15 on the season and 3.5 games behind the league leading Arizona Diamondbacks.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers had no probles getting the win in Cincinnati over the Reds by a score of 9-3.  The Dodgers have been fighting for every win they could get and this one was much needed as they are now 8-12 on the season.

Rafael Furcal and Nomar Garciaparra both hit home runs for the Dodgers.  Furcal hit a solo home run in the first inning and Garciaparra hit a two run shot in the sixth inning.  James Loney had three RBIs with Russell Martin and Matt Kemp picking up an RBI each as well.

Brad Penny was the starting pitcher for the Dodgers throwing for six innings giving up six hits and only one run to the Reds.  This win put him at 3-2 for the year.  The closer Chan Ho Park picked up his first save of the season throwing the last three innings. 

The Dodgers will stay in Cincinnati for one more night to take on the Reds tonight to see if they can sweep them in the series.

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The Los Angels Dodgers had no answer for Mark Reynolds and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night as the Diamondbacks went onto beat the Dodgers 9-3.  Reynolds hit two of the Diamondbacks four homeruns on the night.

Besides Reynolds, Orlando Hudson and Chris Young also went deep for the Diamondbacks.

Esteban Loaiza started the game for the Dodgers and only lasted four innings as he gave up four earned runs, and one homerun.  Chan Ho Park then came into the game and pitched 1.2 innings and let three runs score, one which was earned on a homerun.  Scott Proctor was the other Dodgers pitcher that pitched poorly as he only lasted one inning and gave up four runs on two homeruns.  Terrible pitching performance today by the Dodgers.

Jeff Kent was pretty much the only offense for the Dodgers.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBI.  The Dodgers need more production out of others in the lineup if they want to win some of these games on the road.

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