The Los Angeles Dodgers picked up a close win against the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 3-1.  Jeff Kent went 3-4 in the game with a rbi double to finish the game with one rbi.  Juan Pierre and Russell Martin both had one rbi in the game as well.

Chad Billinglsey got the start on the mound for the Dodgers but only pitched 6 1/3 inning while he gave up five hits and one run.  It was good enough to get the win, but it would have been nice to see Chad throw a few more innings and save the bullpen.

Joe Beimel and Jonathan Broxton both pitched in relief of Billinglsey and they both did a great job by not allowing any runs to score.  Takashi Saito came in closed things down in the ninth to record his ninth save of the season.  That is exactly what you want your bullpen to do.

The Los Angeles Dodgers got hammered pretty badly on Thursday afternoon by the San Diego Padres.  The Padres defeated the Dodgers 9-0 after getting up 5-0 after the first inning.   Once you are in a big hole like that, it is very hard to get any momentum going to attempt a big comeback and that is what happened to the Dodgers.

Hiroki Kuroda got hit hard for five hits and six runs over 2 1/3 innings.  Kuroda took the loss and is now 3-6 on the season.  Kuroda put his team in a big hole and as a starting pitcher you can never do that and expect to get a win.

Chan Ho Park did throw 2 1/3 innings of relief after Kuroda left the game and did not allow one run.  But soon after Park left the game the next two Dodger relievers gave up runs.  Hong-Chih Kuo gave up one run while Scott Proctor gave up two runs.

At the plate, the Dodgers stuggled all game long so there really isn’t anything to blog about there.

The Dodgers will now travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers in a three game series over the weekend.  Hopefully they will get out of this slump and beat up on the Tigers.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t solve San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Wolf on Wednesday night as the Padres defeated the Dodgers 4-1.  The Dodgers struggled all night long at the plate and were only able to record five hits in the game and one run.

The one run in the game came in the fourth inning on a Andy LaRoche solo home run.  Other then that one hit, the Dodgers struggled all game long and never made much of a threat to the Padres.

Chad Billingsley took the loss after pitching seven innings and giving up eight hits and all four of the Padres runs.  Billingsley gave up two home runs early in the game which was a supirse because it is so hard to hit home runs at Petco.  Hong-Chih Kuo pitched the eighth inning and did not have any problems for the Dodgers.

The Doders and Padres will play on Thursday which will be the rubber game of the three game series.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a good game on Tuesday night as they held the Cincinnati Reds to only six hits and one run in the game.  That is how you shut down an opposing team and pick up a good win!  The Dodgers ended up beating the Reds by the score of 4-1.

Chad Billingsley threw seven innings and only gave up four hits while striking out seven batters to pick up the win for the Dodgers.  Billingsley is now 4-5 on the season.  Jonathan Broxton pitched a scoreless eighth inning after Billingsley left the game.  Joe Beimel did give up one run in the ninth inning before closer Takashi Saito was brough in to get the last out and get his seventh save of the season.

Juan Pierre, Russell Martin, Matt Kemp, and Billingsley all had one rbi each for the Dodgers.  The Dodgers scored two runs in the second and seventh innings.

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Blake DeWitt delivered a rbi single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night by the score of 6-5.  The Dodgers had got two walks and a hit in the inning before DeWitt came to the plate and singled to score Russell Martin.

DeWitt led the Dodgers at the plate with two rbi in the game.  James Loney and Matt Kemp both had one rbi in the game as well.

Starting pitcher Brad Penny lasted six innings as he gave up nine hits and five runs in the game.  Penny gave up a two run home run to Adam Dunn in the game as well.  Penny wasn’t his usual self as he didn’t have great command and couldn’t locate hit pitches very well.

Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton, and Takashi Saito threw the final three innings of the game for the Dodgers.  Saito ended up picking up the win which improves his record to 2-1.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers used a big seventh inning where they scored six runs to come back and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2.  The Dodgers pounded out 11 hits as they scored the seven runs.  That is what happens when you have three home runs in the game.

Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, and Gary Bennett all hit home runs in the seventh inning.  Bennett smoked a three run shot while Jones and Kent both had solo home runs.  Bennett finished the game with four rbi.  Russell Martin also had one rbi in the game for the Dodgers.

Chad Billingsley pitched seven innings and only gave up three hits and one run to pick up the win.  It was Billingsley’s third win of the season as he improved to 3-5.  Jonathan Broxton and Cory Wade pitched the final two innings.  Broxton did give up a solo home run in his inning of work.

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Wow what a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they came back to score three runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers by the score of 6-4.

Juan Pierre had a two run double in the top of the ninth inning and then later scored on a Andruw Jones ground out to shortstop to spark the ninth inning rally.  Pierre led the Dodgers with three rbi in the game.  Blake Dewitt had a solo home run for one rbi and Jones had one rbi as well for the Dodgers.

Starting pitcher Derek Lowe didn’t have his best stuff on the night.  Lowe allowed six hits and four runs in six innings of action.  He would have been in line for the loss had the Dodgers not came back.  Scott Proctor, Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton, and Takashi Saito pitched the final three innings of the game without allowing a run.  Broxton got the win and Saito picked up the save.

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Brad Penny dropped his record to 5-4 on the season as he and the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Milwaukee Brewers by the score of 5-3 on Tuesday night.  Penny didn’t have his best stuff as he pitched six innings and gave up nine hits and five runs.  One of those hits was a solo home run to Bill Hall.

Penny didn’t have too much run support as the Dodgers were only able to score three runs in the game.  They got rbi from Matt Kemp, Jeff Kent, and Russell Martin in the game.  The Dodgers didn’t come up with that big rally or big home run in the game as they lost their fifth game in a row.

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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 continue to play good baseball as they beat the New York Mets 5-4 on Tuesday night.  The win was the Dodgers tenth win in their last eleven games and they improved their season record to 19-14.

Blake DeWitt hit a inside the park home run in the fifth inning to score the tieing and go ahead run for the Dodgers.  DeWitt who hit is first home run on Monday now has two home runs in under 24 hours!    DeWitt finished the game with four total RBI.

Juan Pierre also scored DeWitt in the second inning to pick up a RBI.

Hiroki Kuroda didn’t have his best stuff as he only lasted 3 1/3 innings after giving up eight hits and four runs.  Only two of the runs were earned however, but Kuroda should have pitched a lot better then he did.

Hong-Chih Kuo ended up pitching 3 2/3 innings of relief after Kurdoa exited the game and he picked up the win which was his second of the season.  Takashi Saito notched his fifth save of the season in the game as well.

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