The Los Angeles Dodgers took the Pittsburgh Pirates to the woodshed on Tuesday night with an 11-2 victory.  The Dodgers were all over the Pirates pitching staff and scored on all three of their pitchers.  With the win, the Dodgers improved their record to 6-8 on the season.

Esteban Loaiza picked up his first win of the season as he pitched the final five innings and only gave up three hits and one run.  Loaiza was pitching in relief of starter Hong-Chih Kuo who pitched the first four innings of the game.  Luo only gave up two hits and one run during his four innings.

Jeff Kent hit a three-run home run and finished with three RBI to lead the Dodgers.  Andre Ethier had two RBI in the game while Rafael Furcal, Matt Kemp, James Loney, and Russell Martin all had one RBI.

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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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