The Los Angeles Doders got out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning against the Colorado Rockies but then did not score again and lost the game 4-3. The game was tied 3-3 heading into the ninth inning when the Dodgers bullpen hit a batter, allowed him to steal second, and then score on a rbi single. It was a bad loss for the Dodgers as the Diamondbacks beat the Padres as well.

Jonathan Broxton was the losing pitcher as he gave up the winning run in the ninth inning. Broxton is now 3-5 on the season. Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley gave up five hits and two runs over six innings of action to get a no decision. Chan Ho Park pitched two innings of relief and gave up two hits and one run.

In the first inning when the Dodgers scored all three of their runs, Matt Kemp had a rbi single and then Nomar Garciaparra and Russell Martin both scored on an error by Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.

The Dodgers need to beat the Rockies on Thursday to avoid the three game sweep. They also need to win the game as they are now two games back of the league leading 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 night after scoring 16 runs, the Dodgers were beat by the Colorado Rockies by the score of 10-1.  Talk about the total opposite for the Dodgers.  I don’t know whether to be mad or just laugh this game off.  I suppose I will just alught it off because really the Dodgers had no chance of winning this game.

Matt Kemp had the only rbi for the Dodgers as he hit a solo home run in the 9th inning.

Clayton Kershaw struggled in his three innings of action as he gave up ten hit and five runs.  Kershaw walked three batters and gave up one home run.  Jason Johnson pitched four innings after Kershaw left the game and he allowed two hits and one run.  Ramon Troncoso gave up six hits and four runs in only one inning of action.  All three pitchers for the Dodgers stunk it up…

The Dodgers will try to rebound and beat the Rockies on Wednesday.  Do you think that will happen?

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies combined to scored 26 runs on Monday night as the two teams played in a slugfest at Coors Field.  The Dodgers had jumped out to a 16-4 lead after five innings but the Rockies didn’t back down and scored the next six runs of the game as they kept chipping their way back.  Luckily for the Dodgers, there are only nine innings in a game and the Rockies ran out of time.

What I found interesting was that the Dodgers scored 16 runs at Coors Field but they did not hit one home run!  It was a lot of run scoring singles and doubles that scored most of the Dodgers runs.  James Loney went 3-6 and had five rbi in the game to lead the team at the plate.  Andre Ethier, Jeff Kent, and Angel Berroa all had two rbi each to chip in.  Matt Kemp, Russell Martin, Andy LaRoche, and Eric Stults all contributed with one rbi each.  The Dodgers should have probably scored even more runs but they left 22 runners on base.

The pitching staff was kind of dissappointing as all five pitchers were charged with atleast one run.  Starting pitcher Stults lasted just 3 2/3 innings as he was rocked for six hits and three runs.  Stults gave up a solo home run to Matt Holliday as well.  Brian Falkenborg and Joe Beimel both were charged with one run each.  Cory Wade pitched two innings and gave up three runs.  Hong-Chih Kuo gave up two more runs in the bottom of the ninth inning before he was finally able to get the last out.  Falkenborg ended up getting the victory and is now 2-2 on the year.

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Relief pitcher Brian Falkenborg served up a 11th inning home run to the Marlins Hanley Ramirez and the Dodgers lost to the Marlins 5-4 on Thursday night.  It was definately not the way the Dodgers wanted to start off the four game series with the visiting Marlins.

Chan Ho Park only lasted four innings as he gave up nine hits and four runs.  Three of those four runs were earned.  after Park left the game, the bullpen guys did a great job until Falkenborg gave up the homer in the 11th.  Hong-Chih Kuo pitched three innings, Jonathan Broxton one inning, and Takashi Saito two innings.  All three relievers combined to only give up three hits.

Russell Martin led the team at the plate with two rbi including a solo home run.  Martin now has 10 home runs on the season and 48 rbi.  Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier both added rbi singles as well.

The Dodgers will now look to even the series up and get a win on Friday against the fish.  Do you think it will happen?  Dodgers Blog

Jeff Kent came up big for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night as he hit a game winning home run in the 11th inning and the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros by the score of 7-6.  The Dodgers were in line to get the win in the game but gave up two runs in the seventh inning and then had to play extra innings where they were able to pull out the victory.

Russell Martin led the Dodgers at the plate as he went 3-5 with a two run home run and finished the game with three rbi.  Martin now has nine home runs and 40 rbi on the season.  Kent finished the game with two rbi while youngsters Matt Kemp and James Loney both chipped in with one rbi each.

Chan Ho Park pitched 1 1/3 innings as he picked up the win and improved his record to 4-2.  Takashi Saito grabbed his 13th save of the season as well in the game.  Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitched 5 2/6 innings but was pulled after giving up six hits and three runs.

Brian Falkenborg, Hong-Chih Kuo, and Jonathan Broxton were all charged with giving up one run out of the bullpen.

The series is now tied up at one game each and the two teams will face off on Wednesday night in the third game of the series.  Dodgers Blog

The Los Angeles Dodgers picked up another road win in Cincinnati and defeated the Reds by the score of 7-4.  With the three run victory the Dodgers finished up a nice three game sweep of the Reds.  Anytime you sweep your opponent you are doing a good job, but when it happens on the road it is a very good job.

Matt Kemp hit a solo home run and also had a two run double to lead the Dodgers at the plate with three rbi.  Juan Pierre, Russell Martin, James Loney, and Andre Ethier all chipped in with one rbi each as well.  Good production as more then just a few people helped out at the plate to score some runs.

Eric Stults pitched six inning to get the win for the Dodgers.  Stults gave up six hits and three runs (one earned) to get his first victory of the season.  Scott Proctor also gave up one run in the game but then three other Dodger relief pitchers held the Reds scoreless the rest of the game.  Joe Beimel, Jonathan Broxton, and Takashi Saito finished things up nicely.  Saito earned his 10th save of the season in the game.

Dodgers came home slept threw the day after traveling threw every known time zone in the us. The Dodgers instead of eating hotel food had a nice home cooked meal and headed out to the ballpark. Where they preceded to destroy the young Rookie Greg Reynolds as they produced six runs on seven hits in 5 innings as the young rookie fell to 0 and 3. Hoping to not being out dueled by a kid Derek Lowe pitched a very strong game returning to good form. Pitching 8 innings with 5 hits and 1 run only with proctor finishing up the 9^th.

Seeing Derek Lowe Return to a form unseen since his days in Boston brought a glimmer of hope for the rotation. Another thing unseen in a little while was run support brought on by Matt Kemp who lit the Los Angeles Sky on fire with 2 doubles and home run. Jeff Kent not to be shown up got into the home run action blasting one putting him ahead of Andruw Jones with his 370^th home run. Only one starter did not have a hit and surprise surprise it is Chin-lung Hu great glove not bat but a work horse. Filling the void left by Furcal and Kent (when he takes the day off) him and maza play partially well however there non existences of bats are a cause for concern.

It’s hard to call the dodgers losing streak over I hear people saying the Mets are fine now. I guess you have to beat up on a team lower then you to make you feel better. Which is exactly what the dodgers did tonight against the Rockies. The Rockies who have the worst road record in the league hate to leave there stadium despite it being a hitter ball park they’ll take the home runs over loses. A team that was in the World Series last year now given the fact they are plagued with injuries are still very bad. I told the world not to believe the hype that the Rockies were not what everyone thinks they are. I even wrote that in another blog before the year…of course I also picked the Royals to win the central.

Who cares a win is a win they’ll take it however they can this one was by pure force. Chad Billinglsey will take the mound tomorrow where he hopes to pitch another gem. The gem has a potential to turn to a piece of coal should the dodgers not be able to provide run support like in NY. Billinglsey who I can honestly say I never liked to the mound is very good. Now I never not liked him as a person but as pitcher last year I did not like him but now I’m coming around. He’s a strong young with a fastball of gold. However when he gets behind he tends to go to the fastball to often. Usually losing control and just throwing for speed which tends to get him in trouble.

But for now we and the dodgers soak up the glory that is a win. Sleeping a little easier yelling just a little lower and hitting just a little harder…

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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