[PilotMan]

8/1 11-0 W over the Padres
Rick Rhoden (12-6) went the distance and got the shutout today. He also got tons of run support along the way. The 4^th inning saw a pair of 2-run homers. The first by Marshall (12) and the second by Grich (13). That would be enough, but they weren't done. Sid Bream went 3-5 and Buck Martinez 2-3 with a pair of ribbies.


8/3 9-3 W over the Reds
The Dodgers knocked 14 hits while Pena (12-3) pitched into the 8^th. Foster went 4-5 with 4 RBI's, while both Evans and Stubbs both went 3-5. Evans hit his 23^rd HR in the 9^th inning.


8/4 3-2 L to the Reds
Valenzuela took the loss to move to 12-8, going the distance. He didn't pitch poorly, although he did allow 11 base runners over the 8 innings. Jeff Russell (8-6) held us to 3 hits over 7 shut out innings. In the 9^th LA finally got on board when George Foster cracked a 0-2 fastball (10) over the right field fence with a runner on to bring us within 1. Former Dodger cast off turned Reds closer and All Star came on to nail it down and get his 16^th save.


8/5 4-2 L to the Reds
Another game where the Reds jumped out and rode starting pitching to the win. Wilcox (11-4) went 7 in the loss. LA got within 2 in the 9^th and loaded the bases with 1 out only to meet Power again, and again, get shut down.


8/6 5-4 W over the Braves
Rhoden (13-6) took a no-hitter into the 5^th, and the Dodgers staked him to a 5-0 lead, then in the 6^th the wheels fell off as he got tagged for 4 runs. He managed to hold it together, then struck out the side in the 7^th. Niedenfuer pitched a scoreless 9^th for his 26^th save. Buck Martinez had 2 rbi's.


8/7 2-1 L to the Braves
And now LA has lost 3 of the last 4. Tanana (12-8) pitched well in the losing effort. He went the distance and only threw 101 pitches. Too bad the offense couldn't get anything going at all. LA left 11 guys on and left runners in scoring position 5 times. Stubbs went 3-3 batting cleanup.


8/8 5-1 W over the Braves
Bobby Grich went 3-4 with a bases loaded triple to power LA to the win. Pena (13-3) continued his Cy Young push going the distance. Even 4 errors and an unearned run couldn't slow him down. Pascual Perez has been the bane of LA in the past. Only Stubbs and his 8^th homer of the year could break him down. As soon as Perez left, LA broke it open.


8/9 8-3 W over the Braves
Buck Martinez has been an offensive albatross for LA. Scioscia has started his rehab in AAA, so he'll be back sooner than later. Martinez today, though, he lit it up going 3-5, hitting his first dinger of the year and knocking in 4. Dwayne Murphy hit #18. Valenzuela (13-8) worked hard going 8 in one of his better performances recently.


8/10 7-2 W over the Giants
It was home run day in San Francisco. Roy Smalley got us started with a solo shot in the first, his 8^th. George Foster cracked #11 in the 2^nd to put LA up 2-0. The bottom of the second saw the first career home run for Chris Brown. In the 6^th, Stubbs hit a 2-run shot, his 9^th, and with a 2 run lead, and 2 runners on, pinch hitter, Mike Marshall smoked his 13^th of the year to put the game out of reach. Milt Wilcox (12-4) allowed only 3 hits over 8 innings to get the win.


8/11 6-3 L to the Giants
Rhoden (13-7) had a little problem with the gopher ball in this one. He served up 2 early on, and a total 6 extra base hits in his 4 innings of work. The offense didn't amount to much either.


Willie Randolph's return has been delayed a couple weeks as his knees haven't been recovering the way they should be.


8/12 2-1 L to the Giants
Another 2 game losing streak on the books. This time we ran into our old friend Floyd Bannister (11-7). Tanana (12-9) pitched one of his better games of the year, except for that 2 run homer to Chris Brown, now the second of his young career. Bobby Grich hit #14 in the first to put LA up early. They left runners in scoring enough times that it should be troubling.


8/13 5-0 W over the Mets
This was billed as another former LA matchup, as Dave Stewart was getting the start. However, he got hurt on his 3^rd pitch and left the game. Mike Scioscia returns from his rehab assignment and takes his place back in the lineup. Alejandro Pena (14-3) was sensational. He allowed 2 hits over 8 innings and struck out 10. The game was tied at 0 until the 8^th when Dwight Evans knocked in a couple then Mike Marshall cracked a 3-run homer, his 14^th of the year to blow it open.


8/14 18-4 W over the Mets
Hard to believe this was Valenzuela/Gooden. Doc has crawled into the Cy Young race, but he had nothing against LA today. Stubbs put us on the board with a solo shot (10) in the second. In the third, things just went nuts. Marshall smacked a 2-run shot (15). Later, Roy Smalley was walked for Valenzuela, who then hit his first career dinger, still off of Gooden, who threw 90 pitches in 3 innings. It was over, but LA wasn't. They put up a 5 spot in the 4^th too. Valenzuela (14-8) pitched 8 innings, struck out 7, went 3-4 with 5 RBI's in the game. Now that's a player of the game line. This game got so out of hand that Bobby Bonilla took the mound to close it out.


8/15 3-2 L to the Mets
Darling and Wilcox went toe to toe. No team had a hit until Tony Phillips hit a solo shot (5) in the 5^th. Wilcox took a perfect into the 6^th, but NY tied it up. They took the lead in the 7^th and Wilcox (12-5) left despite striking out 10. All in all the Mets struck out 15 times in this one. LA could only muster 3 more hits the entire game in the losing effort, and Scioscia had 2 of those.