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.

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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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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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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Chad Billingsley is now 0-4 on the season with a 6.53 ERA as the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night by the score of 6-4.  Billingsley put the Dodgers in a hole as he only pitched six innings and gave up six hit and five runs.

Besides Billingsley sucking it up, Scott Proctor also gave up a run as he pitched in relief.

Jeff Kent led the Dodgers at the plate as he went 2-3 with two RBI.  James Loney and Andre Ethier also had one RBI each.

With the loss, the Dodgers record is now 9-13 as they struggle to try to get to the .500 level.

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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 Angels Dodgers had no answer for Mark Reynolds and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night as the Diamondbacks went onto beat the Dodgers 9-3.  Reynolds hit two of the Diamondbacks four homeruns on the night.

Besides Reynolds, Orlando Hudson and Chris Young also went deep for the Diamondbacks.

Esteban Loaiza started the game for the Dodgers and only lasted four innings as he gave up four earned runs, and one homerun.  Chan Ho Park then came into the game and pitched 1.2 innings and let three runs score, one which was earned on a homerun.  Scott Proctor was the other Dodgers pitcher that pitched poorly as he only lasted one inning and gave up four runs on two homeruns.  Terrible pitching performance today by the Dodgers.

Jeff Kent was pretty much the only offense for the Dodgers.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBI.  The Dodgers need more production out of others in the lineup if they want to win some of these games on the road.

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