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Originally Posted by CraigSca
Fun read. Looking forward to more.
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Originally Posted by tucking fypo
Great stuff here. Hate to give up Hershiser and Sid but a solid rotation and lineup for 1984. Time to get the title back to LA.
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Thanks guys.
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Opening Day 1-0 Win over St Louis
Valenzuela puts together a really nice outing, but the improved defense made the difference. Evans threw out 2 from right, Scioscia threw out a baserunner. LA only had 3 hits the entire game and it was a single from Valenzuela that knocked in the winning run. Neidenfuer made it close, but picked up the save.
The team truly has moved on from 1981 now. It was likely to happen that Garvey would get claimed and now he has as he moves to Cincinnati to play for the Reds. He will be missed.
4/5 4-0 L to the Cardinals
Danny Cox absolutely shut us down over 8 innings allowing only 2 hits. It was a David Green 3-run bomb off Rhoden in the 4
th that was the difference.
4/6 13-0 W over the Pirates
After 1 run in 18 innings, we finally got off the schneid. Dewey broke it all open with his first in the first. After that, he was followed by the pitcher of all people, Alejandro Pena, hitting a 2-run shot, in his first at bat of the year. Murphy and Marshall would also get their firsts. Pena dominated over 8.1, and Eck finished.
Rudy May, whom the team signed for over 400k to a 1 year deal, found no home on the roster. He signed, waited for designation, refused to go to the minors, and was released 10 days later. Sign me up for that job.
4/7 4-1 W over the Pirates
A Ruppert Jones, pinch hit, 2-run double broke a tie in the 6
th. Tanana went 6 and the team scattered 10 hits. We were helped by 3 Pirate errors. Niedenfuer got his 2
nd save.
4/8 3-2 L to the Pirates
Both Valenzuela and DeLeon went deep into this game. Ellis Valentine hit a pinch hit, 2-run double, to put the Pirates up. Then in the 9
th, with Valentine in RF, known for his strong throwing arm, he threw out Smalley at the plate and that would be the run short that would keep us from tying it up.
4/9 5-4 W over the Cubs
Wilcox went 7 good innings, then wore down in the 8
th. Niedenfuer got the last 4 outs to hold on and get his 3
rd save. Marshall hit a 2-run homer.
With Greg Minton not getting picked up on waivers, he was released from the team.
4/11 3-1 W over the Cubs
Rhoden dominated allowing 1 hit through 8. He got into a bit of trouble in the 9
th, but Niedenfuer bailed him out for his 4
th save. The offense still isn't on track. We're getting by on pitching right now. Dwayne Murphy's only hit is his homerun from 5 days ago.
4/13 5-3 L to the Giants
The team ran into a buzzsaw named Atlee Hammaker. He shut us out through 8 innings. Scioscia started the 9
th off with a single, then with two out, and down to the last strike, pinch hitter, Andre Thornton drilled a pitch deep to left to tie it up. The Giants would rally off of Howe in the 10
th and we couldn't keep up.
4/14 4-0 W over the Giants
Dwayne Murphy finally got his second hit of the year. Alejandro Pena has now gone the first 16.1 innings of the year without allowing a run. Dewey hit #2 and Grich hit his first to power the offense. The team on the whole is batting near the Mendoza line. It's a miracle that we're 6-3.