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Old 06-27-2017, 10:12 AM   #79
PilotMan
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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4/7 2-0 W over the Padres
LA wins on opening day! Valenzuela (1-0) was 1 out from the shut out before being lifted for Franco who got the save. Mike Marshall was 2-4 and hit the first home run of the year. A 456-foot bomb, that had the left fielder stuck in his shoes just watching it go.


4/8 15-4 W over the Padres
The bad news is that Niedenfeur gave up 2 runs on a Rick Dempsey HR (1). But that was the bad news. LA hit 4 HR's. Two each for DeCinces (2) and Stubbs (2). They had 10 RBI's together. DeCinces had 4 hits. It was a bash fest. Jimmy Key had a game score of 3. Rhoden (1-0) went 8 for the W.


4/9 2-1 W over the Padres
LA got 8 innings from John Denny (1-0) and a great game overall to take the Dodgers home for the win. DeCinces hit his 3rd of the year in the 6th to break the tie, after Scioscia had gotten the team off to the start with his first homer in the 6th. John Franco struck out the side in the 9th to get his 3rd save .


4/10 4-3 W over the Padres
It looked like Tanana (1-0) was going to get shelled. He struggled with control and had a high pitch count by the 5th inning. It wasn't until LA rallied behind a Jim Morrison 3-run shot (1), that put LA in front, did he settle down. It was his 150th career win. John Franco pitched 2 innings for his 3rd save. A sweep to start the year.


4/11 4-3 W over the Giants
Kelly Downs spread 10 hits out over 7 innings and getting some defensive help when Lynn cut down a runner at the plate in the first. But his first win eluded him once again as he left with the score tied. In the 9th Parrish lead off with a double, then took third on a Scioscia single. Ray Knight hit a single over the 2nd basemen to plate Parrish. Niedenfeur (1-0) pitched 2 innings and Stubbs hit his 3rd HR of the year to tie the game in the 5th.


4/12 4-3 W over the Giants
Doug DeCinces is on freaking fire. He goes 3-4 with 2 HR's (5) and 3 RBI's, including the go ahead HR. Valenzuela (2-0) went 8 innings and allowed 3 unearned runs, thanks to 2 Morrison errors. LA has won their first 6 to start the year. While DeCinces has 5 HR's, Fred Lynn has started the year with 1 hit so far. Just 1. Ken Howell pitched the 9th for his first save of the year.


4/13 2-0 W over the Giants
Rick Rhoden (2-0) survived a dual with Atlee Hammaker (0-2). Rhoden allowed only 2 hits on his way to the complete game shutout. He was in command needing only 99 pitches to finish, and it's the 3rd best pitching performance of the young season. A Fred Lynn RBI single was the difference. Rhoden went 1-3 with a run with the bat. LA sweeps the Giants to end the homestand. They head to San Diego for the next series.


4/14 6-1 L to the Padres
The run comes to an end on a day when John Denny (1-1) served up 14 hits and LA lost the mojo against lefty Dave Dravecky (1-0). LA got a couple of hits from Sid Bream, but the most exciting thing was the major league debut of top LA prospect BJ Surhoff. Surhoff started at catcher and got his first major league hit, a triple, high off the wall in right. He was score LA's only run.


4/15 4-3 (10) L to the Padres
Neither Tanana nor Dennis Leonard figured in the final, but both pitched well enough. LA played catch up all game long after a Gwynn 2-run homer in the first. Leonard kept LA off the bases until a Morrison single was followed by a Stubbs home run. His 4th. Mike Scioscia tied the game in the 8th. Ken Howell (0-1) served up a Kevin McReynolds, walk off, home run in the 10th to end it. The wheels are now falling off the season.
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