The Los Angeles Dodgers picked up a much needed win on Sunday evening as they took game three in the NLCS by the score of 7-2. The Dodgers jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead after the first inning on three-run triple by Blake DeWitt and rbi singles from Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake.

They weren’t done after the first inning however. Rafael Furcal jumped all over a Jamie Moyer pitch for a solo home run in the second inning which put the Dodgers up 7-1. Hiroki Kuroda gave up a rbi single to the Phillies in the top half of the inning before the Furcal home run.

Nomar Garciaparra added the seventh and final run for the home team in the fifth inning when he singled in Ramirez. Nice to see Nomar getting in on the action during the playoffs.

The main man of the night was Kuroda in my opinion. He pitched six strong innings and kept the Phillies off balance. He only allowed two runs which both came on singles and he struck out three while only giving up five hits. Cory Wade pitched the seventh and eighth innings before he turned things over to Jonathan Broxton for the ninth.

Derek Lowe will now take the mound on Monday night as the Dodgers look to tie the series up at two games each. It won’t be easy however as the Phillies will be sending Joe Blanton to the mound.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers had no problems with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. The Dodgers whooped up on the Pirates by the score of 8-2. Scoring in five out of nine innings, they really put a lot of pressure on the young pirates team and they had no shot at coming back.

Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven innings to pick up the win and improve his record to 9-10. Takashi Saito and Brad Penny both tossed an inning of relief with Penny giving up two runs in the ninth inning on a Adam LaRoche home run.

James Loney went 2-4 and finished the game with three rbi to lead the team at the plate. Manny Ramirez had another good game as he went 3-4 and had two rbi. Blake DeWitt and Juan Pierre both finished up the scoring with one rbi each. Pierre actually hit his first home run of the season to account for his rbi.

The Dodgers are looking very strong and I don’t think they will have any problems winning the West division especially the way the dbacks have been playing.

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What a big win for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Wednesday night. The victory finished up a huge sweep for the Dodgers over the Padres and they are now 1.5 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks will play in a big three game series starting Friday night as well.

Hiroki Kuroda earned the victory on Wednesday night even though he only lasted 5 1/3 innings. Kuroda allowed ten hits and four runs in the game. The Dodgers bullpen of Scott Proctor, Scott Elbert, C. Wade, and Jonathan Broxton all did a great job as they did not allow the Padres to score. Broxton pitched the ninth inning and recorded his 12th save of the season.

Casey Blake led the Dodgers at the plate with two rbi as he had a rbi single and a solo home run in the game. Blake DeWitt and Angel Berroa hit back to back home runs in the fourth inning as well. Russell Martin didn’t want to be left out as he finished the game with one rbi as well.

This weekend will be a huge weekend of baseball for the Dodgers. Hopefully they can pick up a couple of games in the standings against the Diamondbacks!

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The Los Angeles Dodgers finished off the Philadelphia Phillies with a 3-1 victory on Thursday night. With the win, the Dodgers swept the Phillies in the four game series. The Dodgers are playing very good baseball right now and are keeping pace with the Arizona Diamondbacks. This race is going to end up coming down to the last week of the seawson I’m thinking.

Matt Kemp, Nomar Garciaparra, and Casey Blake all had a rbi each for the Dodgers on Thursday night. Kemp hit a solo home run, Garciaparra a rbi groundout, and Blake a rbi single. It wasn’t much offense but it was enough to get the job done.

Hiroki Kuroda was awesome as he pitched seven innings and only gave up two hits and one run. Kurda picked up the win and is now 7-8 on the year. Hong-Chih Kuo pitched the final two innings of the game and notched his first save of the season. God job by Kuroda and Kuo!

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The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Colorado Rockies by the score of 5-3 on Wednesday afternoon and they lost two out of three games to the Rockies in Denver.  If you ask most Dodgers fans about the series, they will simply say it was very dissappointing because the Rockies are a team that the Dodgers should be beating up on.

Hiroki Kuroda pitched six innings and gave up nine hits and five runs as he took the loss.  Kuroda is now 5-7 on the year.  Chan Ho Park pitched the 7th and 8th innings without allowing to score another run.  Park atleast gave the offense a chance to come back in the late innings, they just weren’t able to.

Andy LaRoche and Danny Ardoin both had rbi singles in the 2nd inning and then Andruw Jones added a rbi double in the 4th inning.  That was all the offense for the Dodgers however as they struggled at the plate.  You only score three runs in a game in Denver when it is hot and humid?  Hmm I guess they weren’t swinging the bats very good.

The Dodgers will get a much needed off day on Thursday and then begin a weekend series with the Washington Nationals on Friday.  Dodgers Baseball Blog

Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven innings of scoreless baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and they defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 4-1.  Kuroda did a good job and pitched a quality game ti improve his record to 4-6 while the Dodgers record improved to 40-44.

Cory Wade pitched two innings after Kuroda left the game and he allowed one run to cross the plate.  Carlos Lee hit a solo home run in the ninth inning for the only run of the game for the Dodgers.

Jeff Kent had two rbi to lead the Dodgers at the plate while Andre Ethier had one rbi on a solo home run and Luis Maza had a rbi sacrafice to first base.  That was enough scoring the way Kuroda pitched in the game.

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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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Chad Billingsley pitched a superb game going 7 innings with only 4 hits and no runs. The Dodgers seemed poised to win again with Jonathan Broxton getting on the mound. People were already closing the book on the Mets who left 23 men on base all game. But Broxton did not have the stuff today giving up a double then a home run to Carlos Beltran. To tie the game then leaving Broxton in in hopes of saving some face. Then Carlos Delgado gets a single then a sac bun and a intentional walk later Broxton gives up a single to Fernando Tatis and the Mets move into the lead.

Then comes the in my opion best closer in the mlb Billy Wagner. He stuck out the side and the Dodgers lose another heartbreaker. To fall below 500. The good news however is that the Diamondbacks are within a slump as well. Leaving the dodgers on 3 and half games behind first place. Someone is looking down on the dodgers and guiding them threw because I don’t know how any teams could lose this much and still have a shot at first place.

The Dodgers will figure out how to kill the rest of the day. Then tomorrow they will face off with the Mets for the last time in the series. I believe Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound tomorrow he will be opposed by Claudio Vargas. Kuroda’s main task will be keeping clam threw the 5^th inning. He tends to get there with strong pitching but when he arrives in the 5^th he starts to take on water.

Also again the name of the game will be hitting as in every game. James Loney needs to get on the ball going 0 for 4 today the whole team needs to step up. Going 1 for 4 is unacceptable especially when the entire team is 1 for 4. No one will pick the dodgers up to help them instead the coaching staff will stand on there throat and force them to become better. Not at all the all star break yet but seems like this season if not saved soon is already over…

While the windy city of Chicago lived up to it’s name tonight.  It was the Cubs that blew away the Blue Crew this chilly night in Chi Town.  With Media hype Surronding HIROKI KURODA and KOSUKE FUKUDOME they did not disapoint with KURODA going 7 with two runs one earned with seven hits and a loses.  While FUKUDOME went 3 for 2 with a rbi and a couple good plays in right field.  When in a corner you should be able to turn to your bullpen however this was not so for the dodgers tonight.  Like CLAYTON KERSHAW’S  first start the bullpen could not hold the LOU PINIELLA daring cubs.

In a game were a warm cup of coffee was a premium so to were runs.  Knowing this PINIELLA was a bit more daring with his base runners it happened to pay off as the score as evidence.  But when you look around for people to blame in this game you can not blame only one person.  By evidence of the box score with only one player getting two hits that being ANDRE EITHER as well as the dodgers leaving 14 men on base.  In the 8th inning with there best chance JAMES LONEY could not make contact with the bases loaded and when he did he hit just like last night a foul ball that danced with the foul line.

The Dodgers take the bus back to the hotel tonight and tomorrow they hope that DEREK LOWE can shake his poor pitching.  He will be contested by CARLOS ZAMBRANO the considered ace of the cubs staff.  Derek will need to keep his sinker ball low and will have to again lean on the shaky dodger hitting.  We also will hopefully see the Return of JEFF KENT who was a last second scratch due to back spasms tonight.

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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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