[PilotMan]

6/16 3-1 W over the Braves
Ken Howell (3-6) served up a HR to Craig Worthington (10) in the first and kept them off the board the rest of the way. He finished the game with 7 K's in his 8 innings. Craig Jackson went 2-4 and an RBI tonight. John Franco pitched the 9^th for his 10^th save.


6/17 6-3 W over the Braves
Hey! We're playing like a baseball team! LA left 11 guys on base tonight, and could have blown this one open. Tanana (5-7) didn't have his good stuff. He gave up 10 hits in just over 6 innings, but kept it close enough for the offense. LA benefited from 3 unearned runs and Lee Smith pitched the final 2 innings for the first save of his season. This game also saw the Major League debut of Braves pitcher Tommy Greene. He worked 2 scoreless and struck out his first batter.


6/18 6-2 W over the Braves
Von Hayes goes 3-4 (where has he been?) and Scioscia goes 2-3 with 3 RBI's as LA leaves 10 guys on base. So between Randy Johnson and Jim Beattie, who had more K's? Beattie 7 to 1. Who had more walks? Johnson 8 to 5 (wow that was awful to watch). Beattie becomes the first Dodger pitcher to have a winning record on the year (5-4) while Johnson drops to 4-7. Marty Barrett hurt his elbow in a collision at 2^nd while turning a DP. He left the game.


Barrett is put on the DL with an elbow bruise. Caminiti is recalled from AAA.


6/19 6-2 L to the Padres
Before the game I found out that Viola only trails Bryn Smith in leading the league in losses. On top of that, he is also 5^th in FIP, and 4^th in WAR. That's awful. Tonight, he pitched a perfect 3 innings, and LA scored early to put him up. In the 4^th a Kruk single was followed by a Bo Jackson HR (15) to put SD on top. It got way out of hand when unheralded 2^nd baseman Ron Coomer, hit a bases clearing double to open it up. Viola loses again (5-10).


6/20 4-1 L to the Padres
SD lead off the scoring in the 4^th when old Dodger, Franklin Stubbs singled in one. Rick Reuchel had to leave the game with an injury, and LA tied it up on a bases loaded walk. But LA would only get 1 and the Padres would score again on a Bo Jackson solo homer (16) off of Joe Price. The Padres got 2 more in the 8^th, again off of Price, thanks to Matt Williams (19). Juan Samuel had to leave the game early after he pulled up lame, running out a double. How bad is it, that the Padres suck as bad as they do, yet they have 2 guys with over 15 homers and out leader's are tied with 7? It's bad.


LA puts Juan Samuel on the 15 day with a quad strain. Inky was recalled from Albuquerque. So far on the year, he's hitting .333 with 4 HR's and 17 RBI's.


6/21 5-3 W over the Padres
Welcome back Inky. He helped out starter Ken Howell (4-6) with a 2-4 game, and 2 doubles. Dwayne Murphy, Eddie Vargas and Schofield all had 2 hits as the team got 12 all together. The game was tied 3-3, but LA took the lead in the 7^th when Scioscia homered for the 8^th time to take over the team lead. Franco pitched the last 2 for his 11^th save.


Scott Baker (0-0, 6.97) was optioned back to Albuquerque and southpaw Bob Patterson (6-3, 4.39) was promoted to the club. Patterson last pitched in the majors for the Padres in '87, where he was 2-0, with a 3.66 ERA out of the bullpen. He's been starting this year in AAA. Patterson was part of the deal that sent Steve Sax to the Padres for Ken Caminiti.


6/22 6-3 W over the Reds
Jim Beattie served up 3 to the Reds in the first thanks to a Jeffrey Wilson HR (8), and LA fought back with 1 in the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th to tie it. Dick Schofield tied the game in the 6^th with his 5^th dinger, as part of a 4-5 day that included a double. LA got 16 hits, and put up 3 in the 7^th to take the lead. Von Hayes added 3 hits and Frank DiPino pitched the final 3 for his 1^st save of the year. Only 32 pitches for him, in his best outing this year.


6/23 4-2 W over the Reds
Two in a row against the Reds? Nice! Von Hayes started the scoring with a 2-run HR in the 3^rd (3). Viola (6-10) served one up to Dave Valle (7) in the 4^th to tie the score. Then Inky broke the tie with a big opposite field drive for his first. LA scored in insurance run in the 8^th and Franco picked up his 12^th save. Scioscia went 3-4 batting cleanup. LA is 18 games below .500.


6/24 7-2 L to the Reds
The Reds jumped all over Bryn Smith (1-11) in the first as his bad season continues. It was a Jeffrey Wilson 3-run bomb (9) that opened things up. Meanwhile Ron Darling (4-9) seems to have found his stride as he struck out 8 in 7 and a third. LA manager Abercrombie has moved Tanana to the bullpen and he saw his first action. He and John Denny closed the game out with 3 scoreless innings.


6/25 4-3 L to the Reds
Tough loss today. Micky Morandini went 3-4 and Dave Henderson hit a 2-run double in the 7^th off of Frank DiPino that put the Reds up. Earlier, Inky hit the longest HR of the year, a 458ft blast into the 2^nd deck in left (2). He was 2-2 with 2 RBI's on the day. Ken Howell (4-7) pitched well, but ultimately took the loss after getting into trouble and not being able to hold on. LA got the tying run on, but Eck shut them down with K's to end it.


I guess Inky's show wasn't good enough as he was optioned back to AAA and Doug Jennings was recalled. Inky had been playing center, and he might have been able to get Hendu's big blast if he was a better fielder. Jennings is.


6/27 3-0 W over the Padres
Bob Patterson (1-0) got his first ML start today and pitched 6 scoreless innings allowing only 2 hits. The game was knotted at 0 when Patterson came out. Pedro stepped in to pinch hit and drove it into the left field seats to give LA the lead (8). Dwayne Murphy would pinch hit later and would hit another shot for LA to give some insurance (2). Franco closed out the 9^th for his 13^th save.


6/28 6-4 L to the Padres
Ozzie Guillen went 4-5 and scored 3 times leading off. Franklin Stubbs batted 2^nd and went 2-3 with 4 RBI's including going back to back with HR's with Bo Jackson in the 4^th (2, Stubbs and 18 for Jackson). Guerrero got LA on the board in the 4^th with his 9^th HR. Jim Beattie (5-5) went 6, but couldn't keep up with the gem from Ojeda (5-8). LA came back a little with 2 in the 8^th and another in the 9^th with an Armando Moreno solo homer (1).


6/29 5-4 W over the Padres
Viola (7-10) fell behind early on another Bo Jackson homer (19). The Padres extended the lead with 3 more in the 4^th thanks to a McLendon HR (10) and it looked like another loss for Frankie. He still had great stuff and struck out 10 Padres over 7 innings, and LA rallied with 2 in the 6^th and another 2 in the 7^th . Pedro had a 3-4 day with 2 RBI's. Franco pitched the final 6 outs for his 14^th save.


6/30 4-1 W over the Pirates
Bryn Smith (2-11) goes the distance and only threw 84 pitches. His only mistake was a juicy ball to third basemen Eddie Williams who put it beyond left for the HR (5). Down by 1 all game long, LA put a few hits together in the bottom of the 8^th. The previous inning Von Hayes had gunned someone out at the plate, followed by a diving catch along the line. In his next at bat he doubled in a run to tie it up. Pedro would pinch hit his own 2-run double and put LA up for good. Rick Honeycutt (2-3) took the loss (2-3).