[PilotMan]

4/16 4-3 W over the Astros
A 2-run double by Marty Barrett in the 6^th put LA up in for good tonight. Mike Scioscia batted cleanup and went 2-4 with the other 2 RBI's. Tanana (1-1) went 6.2, gave up his standard home run. Franco closed it out for his 2^nd save. LA is now 3-10 to start the year. This is the worst start I've seen them have.


To say that the team is in transition is a mild understatement. Mike Schmidt was placed on waivers and designated for assignment today. Chuck Jackson was recalled from AAA to take his roster spot. Schmidt hasn't appeared in a game yet this year.


4/17 3-2 L to the Reds
A pair of 7^th inning home runs for the Reds gave them the winning margin tonight. First it was the first career homer for Mickey Morandini (1). A supplemental first rounder, Morandini's pinch hit homer broke the tie, then former Dodger Tom Broookens smacked another (1). Both home runs came off of Brian Holton (0-2). Jeff Stember (2-1) got the W. Dwayne Murphy came off the bench to go 2-2 and hit a solo homer (1). That ties his total for all of last year.


4/18 7-3 L to the Reds
LA wasted 13 hits and left 11 runners on base. CF Eddie Vargas went 3-5 and Pedro knocked his 3^rd HR of the season. Frank Viola (1-2) had a challenging outing tonight while Frank DiPino didn't help him out of the pen. UF Armando Moreno was hurt sliding into 3^rd and left the game.


Schmidt cleared waivers with no claims. It's yet to be seen whether he will rejoin the team or be let go. I don't see him taking a spot in Albuquerque.


Moreno only has a mild ab strain. No DL trip for him.


4/19 7-1 L to the Reds
Nick Esasky's 2-run HR in the 4^th (3) off of Jim Beattie (0-3) gave the Reds all the offense they'd need tonight. A great night of pitching from Tom Browning (2-1) who gave up his hit in the 4^th when Guerrero went deep (4). He came an out from a complete game, but only threw 104 pitches. LA had 3 errors in the loss.


4/21 3-1 W over the Giants
No hits until the bottom of the 4^th for either team until Mike Scioscia broke it open with HR #2 on the year. The Giants tied the game back up and Bryn Smith lost a great start. Dick Schofield hit a 2-run single to put LA on top. DiPino gets the win (1-0) and and Franco gets his 3^rd save.


4/22 6-0 W over the Giants
Holy Shit! LA wins 2 in a row! Frank Tanana (2-1) throws 7.1 shutout innings and the Dodgers get homers from Chuck Jackson (2) and Ricky (3) as LA puts up 6 runs on 8 hits. Barrett goes 3-4. John Habyan (2-2) takes the loss.


4/23 6-2 W over the Giants
That's 3! We're taking the baseball world by storm! Rickey went 3-3, scored 3 times and crushed a 2-run homer (4) in the first to give LA a 2-1 lead. Juan Samuel added another (2) in his 2-5 game. Guerrero doubled in 2 more. Viola (2-2) pitched into the 8^th and allowed 1 earned run, walking none and striking out 6. Greg Hibbard (1-3) took the loss.


4/25 4-0 L to the Cubs
David Cone (2-1) pitched 8 scoreless to win player of the game tonight. Cubs slugging third basemen Victor Madden hit his 7^th HR of the year. LA got 3 hits from Guerrero and Ken Howell (0-3) fought through 7 tough innings. Dodger reliver Brian Holton walked 4 including a run, in his single inning.


4/26 10-6 (13) L to the Cubs
Phil Plantier hit a grand slam (2) in the 13^th off of Joe Price (0-1) to crush the hopes of the Dodger faithful tonight. LA was behind all game and came back twice to extend the game. BJ Surhoff went 4-6, Jackson added 3 more of his own. LA had 4 extra base hits and left 10 runners on base.


Mike Schmidt was released from the Dodgers. He did not play in a game this year. Even though he probably could have gotten some playing time, he is a liability in the field and his hitting last year was below par. He did hit his 500^th career HR in an Dodgers uniform though.


4/27 2-1 L to the Cubs
Glenn Wilson doubled in a run, and scored the winning run in the 7^th inning for the Cubs. Kevin Brown (1-2) only missed on a 5^th inning pitch to Dick Schofield (2) and that was all LA would get. Frank Tanana (2-2) pitched brilliantly going the distance, but he didn't get the support. Sixto DeLaCruz pitched the 9^th for his 3^rd save.


4/28 7-1 W over the Cardinals
Viola (3-2) got the complete game tonight, allowing 5 hits and an unearned run. LA got on the board in the first and a 3 run shot in the 2^nd inning by Juan Samuel (3) opened the game up. Scioscia added his 3^rd in the 5^th as part of a 2-5, 3 RBI day. Jaime Navarro (1-2) took the loss.


4/29 5-4 W over the Cardinals
Pete O'Brian doubled in the winning run in the 7^th inning, pinch hitting for Samuel. Earlier, Samuel had doubled with the bases loaded knocking in 3. Jim Beattie (1-3) pitched 6 innings to get his first win of the year. Franco closed the game out for his 4^th save.


4/30 3-2 (11) L to the Cardinals
LA wasted a good pitching performance from Ken Howell. Howell pitched 7 and got 2 hits from Jennings, Guerrero, and Scioscia. LA was helpless against the Cardinals bullpen today. Mike Morgan left early and the Cards threw 7 straight scoreless. John Franco served up a hit to Ozzie Smith, back with the Cards this year, that scored Mel Hall to send the faithful home. Larry McWilliams won (3-0).