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Originally Posted by Balldog
This is great! Will be interesting to see Hersheiser turns out as a Royal.
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Thank you!
If any of you are curious to the backstory and game story of any players I'll be happy to drop that info in the dynasty.
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7/1 7-2 W over the Cubs
Rick Rhoden (9-5) had to spread out 8 hits and only went 6 innings, but he got enough support from the offense to get the W. LA put up 5 runs in the 5
th inning and of the 12 hits the team got none were for extra bases. So this was all singles and walks. Tim Flannery got a rare start at 2B, lead off, and went 3-5.
7/2 5-3 W over the Cubs
It was a see-saw affair today. Milt Wilcox (8-3) went 7 and got the player of the game, striking out 7. He did serve up a couple of gopher balls, but Niedenfeur came on and got the final 6 outs with only 13 pitches. Twelve of them were strikes. Stubbs, played in CF and went 2-3, with a pair of rbi's.
7/3 6-2 W over the Pirates
Great outing from Tanana (8-7). He went 8, allowed 4 hits and struck out 5. George Foster got us going right with a 2-run shot in the first, his 9
th of the year. Eckersley allowed the bases loaded in the 9
th, but coaxed a popout from Gary Maddox to end it.
7/4 3-1 L to the Pirates
A young, 21-year old Juan Guzman (1-1) got his first career win, in his third pro start against LA today. He went 6, striking out 5. Tom Henke and Don Robinson finished for the Pirates. The bad news of the day, the scary news, is that Alejandro Pena left the game in the 2
nd inning. Jerry Reuss (0-1), who only had 3 innings of work on the year up to this point, came on and nearly went 4.
Alejandro Pena is suffering some back stiffness. He will be out a couple weeks, and he's on the 15-day DL. Not great, but better than a long term injury that would hurt our championship hopes and dreams anyway. John Franco is called up to take his roster spot and Eckersley has been bumped to the rotation.
Shocking roster move today. No idea what the GM is thinking on this one. Gary Templeton has been placed on waivers and taken off the 40-man. Clearly it's a move to dump him. He's hitting .255, with a .285 obp. He's only made 9 errors at short, and has stolen 13 bases. It's unclear, but it's looking like some mix of UL Washington, Roy Smalley, with Grich sliding between first and third, and some amount of Stubbs at first. It's a strange move, but the team is deep enough to handle it. Sid Bream was recalled and took Templeton's roster spot.
7/5 3-1 L to the Cardinals
Valenzuela (11-4) takes the loss, going the distance. Danny Cox (9-6) shut us down and Willie McGee now has a 27 game hitting streak. The speedy Cards stole 4 bases and manufactured runs off of us. LA did put the tying run on in the 9
th, but couldn't execute. LA left 8 runners on. Tim Flannery was today's short stop and lead off hitter.
7/6 3-0 W over the Cardinals
Rick Rhoden (10-5) was just what this team needed. Not only did he stop Willie McGee's 27-game hit streak, if not for a Dave Winfield single in the 4
th, he would have thrown a perfect game against the Cardinals! LA has still only hit 1 team home run in July. A couple hits by top prospect, Scotti Madison in helped the team today. UL Washington was today's short stop.
7/7 6-4 (12) W over the Cardinals
The Dodgers picked up a win for my birthday! It was tough though. Dwayne Murphy got us on the board right away with a 2-run shot, his 12
th. Milt Wilcox left the game in the 2
nd with back trouble and things would start downhill. Reuss and Denny kept a no-hitter intact until the 6
th, but then things started to unravel. Denny got in trouble, Franco couldn't shut the door, and eventually it was Howe that let them tie it up. LA would run through the entire bullpen and end up with Frank Tanana (9-7) in the game. Dewey sent us home with a massive, 2-run blast in the 12
th inning. His 19
th of the year.
Tests on Wilcox came back negative and he's expected to be back in the rotation with no time lost. Good news again for the stellar rotation.
7/8 8-6 (10) W over the Cardinals
Eckersley got the start and didn't pitch great. He allowed 6 in 6 and a couple dingers. He left with the game in doubt. Dwayne Murphy, apparently pissed he didn't make the all-star team tied it up in the bottom of the 8
th, then sent us home in the bottom of the 10
th, both were two run shots. He's got 14 homers now. Stubbs (6) and Evans (20) also homered. Niedenfeur got the win, he's 8-1.
All Star Teams have been announced. Here is the list of Dodgers, and former Dodgers who made this year's team:
Bob Welch – KC- 9-6, 3.33 ERA, 3 AS
Alejandro Pena – LA – 9-3, 1.73 ERA, 1 AS
Fernando Valenzuela – LA – 11-4, 2.77 ERA, 4 AS
Steve Howe – LA – 0-2, 3.86 ERA, 3 AS
Tom Niedenfeuer – LA – 8-1, 19S, 1.02 ERA, 2 AS
Bob Brenley – SD - .276, 17 HR, 1 AS
Steve Garvey – CIN - .330, 5 HR, 10 AS
Willie Randolph – LA - .331, 3 HR, 5 AS
Pedro Guerrero – PHI - .324, 13 HR, 4 AS
Dwight Evans – LA - .280, 20 HR, 5 AS
LA is well represented this year. Pena won't get to play, but he should be happy for his first one. Brenley looks like he would have been one to keep. Neither Pankovits or Downs have added much yet. Garvey is having a great year.
All Star Game
NL defeated the AL 13-10
At one point the AL lead the game 10-2. It was the middle of the 6
th and they had a 99% probability that they were going to win it. Then the march back began. The NL scored 8 runs in the bottom of the 6
th to tie the game. The big hit was an Andre Dawson 3-run homer off the bench. Eddie Murray had 2 dingers and 4 ribbies to pick up the player of the game. Dodger players didn't have very good games. Valenzuela gave up 2 in his inning, Howe gave up 3, Nidenfeuer got the win (because of course he did) in his scoreless inning. Randolph was 0-3, Evans was 0-3, Garvey was 1-2, Brenley was 1-3.
7/12 5-3 W over the Cubs
Rhoden went 7 and struck out 9, but it was the 2-run homer in the bottom of the 7
th, to Carmelo Martinez that cost him the W. There's a reason the Cubs are in last place. In the 9
th a walk, balk, and wild pitch from Rick Lysander put a runner on third with none out, and ultimately an error lead LA to capitalize. Willie Randolph was on base 4 out of 5 plate appearances. Dwayne Murphy went 3-5.
7/13 4-3 (12) W over the Cubs
There's so much to say in this one from Andre Thornton having to play catcher for 3 innings and going 2-3 with the go ahead RBI in the 12
th, to tying it up in the top of the 9
th off of Lee Smith to send it to extras. Tim Flannery was the real hero here. His hit in the 9
th tied it up, then he had another critical hit later on. Or was it Dwight Evans who's the real hero? He made a throw from deep right and nailed a runner at the plate in the bottom of the 11
th. So it was the bench and bullpen that won this game. Franco, Howe (1-2), and Niedenfeur (21
st save) pitched 6 shut out innings following the Milt Wilcox start.
7/14 3-0 W over the Cubs
Another series win for the Dodgers. Frank Tanana (10-7) pitched brilliantly. He went 8.2 innings before Lasorda lifted him for Dave Stewart who got the final out for his 2
nd save. All 3 of LA's runs came in the 2
nd inning off of 2 Chicago errors. Both George Foster and Bobby Grich went 2-4 in this one.
7/15 6-4 L to the Cubs
Willie Randolph drove the team again with a double and a triple, scoring twice, but Valenzuela (11-5) couldn't keep the Cubs off the bases. Jerry Reuss struggled through the last 2 innings.