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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The Los Angeles Dodgers broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the ninth inning when Matt Kemp singled to center field to score Rafael Furcal and then Kemp scored on a fielders choice for an insurance run as the Dodgers went onto beat the Marlins 5-3.

Before the excitement in the ninth inning, Andre Ethier and Juan Pierre picked up RBI’s.  Ethier had one RBI while Pierre had a two RBI double.

Hiroki Kuroda started the game for the Dodgers and pitched seven innings while giving up five hits and three runs.  Kuroda got a no decision in the game.  Joe Beimel ended up picking up the win which was his third of the season as he improved to 3-0.  Takashi Saito recorded his fourth save of the season in the game as well.

Nice win for the Dodgers as they improve their record to 15-13 on the season.  Dodgers Blog

The Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t get the hitting going again after only scoring one run in the fourth inning and losing to the Braves 6-1 in Atlanta on Sunday putting the Dodgers at 7-11 for the year.  They really need to pick up some more wins to get out of this losing slump. 

Hiroki Kuroda is now 1-2 for the year after the loss to Atlanta on Sunday.  He pitched six innings before giving up the mound allowing seven hits and two runs to come in.  Joe Beimel and Scott Proctor finished the game for the Dodgers.  Proctor allowed five hits and four earned uns in his 1.2 innings of action.

Wasn’t a big hitting night for the Dodgers with the only big hit coming from Russell Martin
as he hits his second home run of the year. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers will now battle against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati on Monday
night.  They really need to hit the ball better on the road to have a chance at bringing the season back to where they want it.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers were not able to close out the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night as the Pirates scored three runs in the 9th inning to beat the Dodgers 6-4.  The Dodgers went into the last inning ahead by one run, and then with two outs in the 9th inning, the Nate McLouth hit a three-run home run to beat the Dodgers.

Takashi Saito took the loss as he served up the home run to McLouth.  Saito was trying to close the game for Hiroki Kuroda who pitched six innings and allowed seven hits and three earned runs.

James Loney, Andruw Jones, Blake DeWitt, and Kuroda all had RBI’s for the Dodgers.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 4-3.  The Dodgers just coudn’t get over the hump and score a couple of runs once they fell behind in the 6th inning.  Hopefully they will come out on top of these one run games in the future.

Hiroki Kuroda pitced 5.2 innings and gave up nine hits and two earned runs to pick up the loss.  Kuroda’s record now stands at 1-1 on the season.

James Loney connected on a homerun in the 6th inning for the main highlight of the game for the Dodgers.  Juan Pierre and Andre Ethier had one RBI each as well.

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Hiroki Kuroda was making his major league debut and did a wonderful job as he pitched the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Diego Padres 7-1 on Friday night.  Kuroda pitched  seven great innings only gave up three his, one of those being a homerun to Brian Giles.

Russell Martin and Andre Ethier both led the Dodgers at the plate with two RBI each.  James Loney and Andruw Jones contributed with one RBI each as well.

Great win again a division rival for the Dodgers.  Their record now stands at 3-1.

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