[PilotMan]

4/16 13-4 L to the Padres
ooof. The Padres plaster us for 4 HR's. Rhoden (1-1) came out in the 4^th, after allowing 8 runs. Padres first round pick, and center fielder, and Raiders running back, Bo Jackson, hit his first and second career HR's. He also walked twice and scored 4 times. LA got a couple hits from Sax, Henderson and Incaviglia. Bob Ojeda (1-2) pitched 9 and struck out 11.


4/17 9-1 W over the Padres
El Toro strikes out 7 in a complete game win to go to 2-1. LA got plenty of offense with Knight extending his hit streak to 14 games, going 3-5. Ricky went 3-4, and hit his first HR of the year. Tom Brookens went 3-5, and he and Fred Lynn went back to back in the 8^th inning. The first for Bookens and 2^nd for Lynn. Mike Scioscia went 3-5.


4/18 1-0 W over the Paders
Tony Phillips doubled in the 8^th and Dwayne Murphy singled him home for the only run of the game. John Denny (2-0) threw a complete game, 4-hitter, striking out 6. Rick Sutcliffe (0-2) also threw the complete game, but came out on the losing end.


4/19 6-2 W over the Padres
LA gets another deep pitching performance, this one from Kelly Downs (2-1), who goes 8. He did the heavy lifting too, as his 2-run single in the 6^th gave the Dodgers the lead for good. Ray Knight continues his hot streak going 3-5 and hitting his 2^nd HR of the year. His hitting streak goes to 16 and he's closing in on his hit total from last season. Doug DeCinces has been completely absent from the team, hit hist first dinger of the season.


4/20 1-0 W over the Giants
Frank Tanana (2-1) throws 8 shutout innings then gives way to John Franco for the 9^th. Franco gets his 2^nd save of the season. LA scored the only run in the 4^th when Sax scored on a Fred Lynn double. The Giants never really threatened. Sax went 2-4.


4/21 19-1 W over the Giants
Soooo. Wow. If this team can produce this kind of game, albeit against one of the worst pitching staffs in the NL, but this is something. Rhoden (2-1) recovered from his last start to throw the entire game and get the win. He got a little bit of support though. Where to begin? LA hit 4 HR's. Tony Phillips (1), Fred Lynn hit 2 (4) and Pete Incaviglia smoked a grand slam (6). Incaviglia got player of the game with a 2-3 game, 4 runs and 5 RBI's. Lynn also had 5 RBI's. Knight kept his hitting streak alive.


4/22 6-1 W over the Giants
El Toro (3-1) gets the player of the game with another complete game. The Giants only managed 3 hits, one a solo homer by Rob Deer (4). LA scored 3 to start the game as Sax and Knight singled and Inky hit #7, a 3-run shot. Tom Brookens added his 2^nd HR of the year in the 8^th to ice it. Ray Knight stayed hot going 3-4. Sid Bream was activated off the DL after the game and sent to AAA for rehab.


4/23 5-2 L to the Padres
A John Kruk HR in the first put 3 runs on the board and LA never caught back up. John Denny (2-1) had the worst start of his young season. He walked 5 in his 8 innings of work. By the 5^th LA had closed it to 3-2, but a Ted Simmons, pinch hit, 2-run single in the 8^th opened it up. Tony Phillips went 3-3 and hit his 2^nd HR of the year.


4/24 7-4 L to the Padres
LA shouldn't have let it get away, but in the meantime, they also loaded the bases in the 9^th, with 1 out and the heart of the order up and only got 1 run out of it. It looked like it was going to be a big rally, but Ken Daley had to go and crap all over it. Steve Sax went 3-4 and his 9^th SB. Downs (2-2) was ineffective. Don Robinson failed to impress yet again, with 1.1 innings worked 2 hits and 3 walks. He doesn't allow those 2 runs, it's much closer at the end. Knight saw his 20 game hit streak come to an end.


4/25 6-4 W over the Padres
At least we got 1 back. Pete Incaviglia fell a double shy of the cycle. He went 3-4, with 3 RBI's and his 8^th HR of the year. It's been quite an April for the young slugger. The Padres hung around all game, and even took the lead in the 5^th. LA was able to answer in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead for good. Ray Knight was back to his torrid ways, going 3-4, and hitting his 3^rd HR in the first inning. Rick Rhoden (3-1) pitched 8 and struck out 7.


Sid Bream has been called back from his rehab assignment. He went 3-15 with an RBI. To make room the Dodgers put Tom Brookens (.241/2/4) on waivers and designated him. I believe that Lasorda has plans to insert Bream right back at first base. Knight will get time at the corners providing rest, but he's currently 2^nd in the NL in average, and leading in hits. He's also 4^th in total bases. He had 38 hits all last year, he's got 31 right now. The idea of benching him right now is a hard one.


4/28 4-1 W over the Pirates
Valenzuela (4-1) pitched 8 solid innings, while striking out 8. He gave up a run early and Mike Scott took a no-hitter into the 5^th, before LA got the hit, a Scioscia 3-run HR (1) and the lead. Scott struck out 10 Dodgers, but LA played better. Franco pitched the 9^th for his 4^th save of the year.


4/29 6-2 L to the Pirates
A Brian Dayett 3-run HR (1) in the 5^th off of John Denny (2-2) put the Pirates up 4-2 and for good. Jose Guzman (3-1) stuck out 8 Dodgers in his 7 innings of work. An unremarkable game for the Dodgers. 7 of 9 batters got hits, but nobody got 2.


4/30 6-4 L to the Pirates
Tony Phillips homered (3) in the 5^th inning to cut the lead to 3-2 for the Pirates. LA struggled to put much together against Jose DeLeon (2-3) for most of the game. But in the 8^th Fred Lynn homered (5) to tie the game, and right after, Incaviglia homered (9) to put LA in front. Alejandro Pena (0-1) came on in the bottom of the inning and ended up with the bases loaded and 0 outs. The Pirates got a big single from PH Larry Rush that put the Pirates back on top. Disappointing loss.