[PilotMan]

6/1 9-5 W over the Mets
LA lived on the 2-run HR today. But I have to give some props to Sax, who twice doubled in Rickey from first in this one. Then there were the HR's. Inky in the 3^rd (19), Knight in the 6^th (7) and not to be outdone, Lynn in the 7^th (17). LA was up 9-2 at one point and Robinson was brought in for the 9^th. He allowed a HR to Strawberry (4), allowed 2 other hits, had a reached on error and even walked in a run. His ERA jumped to 9.24 and he couldn't finish the inning. It got to save standards and Franco came in and threw 4 pitches to Robby Thompson to end it. Rhoden got the win to go to 8-2.


The team got Frank Tanana to sign a 2-year extension for about half of what he's making right now. That seems like a bargain of a deal for a guy who has over 2000k's and is closing in on 200 wins. Even though he's inching up on his 34^th birthday he's been valuable to the team for the last 4 years. It takes away a potential need in free agency early.


6/2 5-2 L to the Mets
LA had bases loaded in the bottom of the 9^th with 0 outs and couldn't get any across. SAD! Tanana (5-3) rewarded LA with his new contract by walking 4, striking out 5, in 5 innings and serving up a gopher ball to Bobby Bonilla (8). New face, Tom Burgmeier pitched 3 scoreless in relief. Steve Sax left the game early after banging his knee sliding into 2^nd on a double (that scored Rickey again).


6/3 4-2 W over the Mets
Doc Gooden (5-5) struck out 12 and went the distance but ultimately gave up a game winning 2-run blast to Mike Scioscia (4) to let us walk off. That capped a 2-4 day for Scioscia. Pete Incaviglia hit his 20^th HR of the season earlier that put LA up. Only Jack Clark of the A's has more (21).


6/4 4-0 L to the Reds
Jack Morris (4-4) struck out 10 en route to a 5-hit shut over over LA today. John Denny (6-5) got no support as he offered up gopher balls to Canseco (18) and Esasky (10). Incaviglia and Scioscia got 4 of the team's 5 hits.


6/5 7-2 W over the Reds
Rick Rhoden (9-2) got his NL leading 9^th win today. He was cruising until a 2-run Nick Esasky homer (11) got the Reds on the board. LA scored first when Scioscia got Bream home in the 5^th, then a bases loaded double by Ray Knight opened it all up in the 6^th. In the 8^th Pete Incaviglia went yard again, his 21^st of the year. Ricky tacked one on in the 9^th.


6/6 6-5 W over the Reds
Fred Lynn got things started in the first when he popped a 2-run HR (18) off of John Stuper (4-4). Sid Bream followed with his own HR (2) and we had an early lead. Lynn left the game in the 4^th after hurting himself on a sliding catch and Kittle took over in left. Kittle hit a deep HR to left in his first at bat. His first of the year. A nearly 90 minute rain delay in the 6^th put the LA bullpen in play and the Reds worked their way back. Franco got the save, his 10^th, but it wasn't pretty.


Lynn has an ankle sprain and he's heading to the DL. One of the Dodgers top prospects, Doug Jennings was called up to take his place. Jennings is in his first season at Albuquerque after spending all of last season in AA San Antonio. The 40^th overall pick in 1983, he won the Texas League Gold Glove in Center and was the Texas League MVP, hitting .324, with 12 HR's and 78 RBI. He also had 24 SB. On the year so far, he's hitting .372/.455/.640 with 7 steals. He's still only 22. He figures to back up Henderson in center and Murphy in right. Incaviglia is sliding to left with Murphy taking over right field. Kittle is still out of sight.


6/8 3-1 W over the Braves
Rickey went 3-4 stole 3 bases, while Fernando (8-4) pitched 8 and struck out 8. LA stole 6 bases in total. LA scored twice in the first and never looked back. Franco pitched another 9^th for his 11 save.


6/9 5-1 L to the Braves
On a day when Terry Mulholland (1-1) got his second career hit, and first career RBI, you just knew it wasn't going to be an LA Dodger day. Frank Tanana (5-4) did his best Frank Tanana impression and gave up a scorching HR to Pete Stanicek. That was Stanicek's first career HR! In over 250 at bats, spanning parts of 3 seasons. So no, we weren't going to win. Rickey added a consolation HR in the 8^th, his 8^th, but there was nothing else to get excited about.


6/10 9-4 L to the Braves
Oh boy. So when Braves pitcher, John Mitchell hit his first career HR off of Tom Burgmeier in the 6^th, this one was over. Like, “oh yeah, we are doing nothing, might as well give up a dinger to a guy with almost 0 career hits.” LA committed 2 errors that lead to Denny allowing 5 unearned runs. Ray Knight homered in the 6^th (8) and Tony Phillips had a 2-4 day. Burgmeier allowed 2 HR's in his short inning of work. Steve Sax left the game on a collision at 2^nd while trying to turn 2.


Sax has a sprained knee and he's heading to the DL. IF/OF Ty Dabney got the call up to the team. You'll recall Dabney was the 157^th pick in 1984. Dabney is playing in AA San Antonio with a line that looks like .325/.365/.458. In his cup of coffee last season, he went 3-11 with a double and 2 RBI's.


6/11 4-1 L to the Astros
Houston has a very good team. They've beaten us up so far this season. Tonight, it was Doug DeCinces getting the now rare start, but hitting his 8^th HR of the year. This one a solo shot. Rhoden pitched a complete game but dropped his record to 9-3. Kirk McCaskill (8-4) struck out 8 Dodgers.


6/12 3-2 (11) L to the Astros
LA scored early on, with 2 in the 2^nd thanks to Roy Smalley. Ricky went 2-5. Kelly Downs went 8, but left with the game tied. Scioscia made 2 errors in the game. Don Robinson (0-2) lost it in the 11^th. Even with the loss he lowered his ERA to 9.22. Roy Smalley was taken out by a slide in the 11^th.


Smalley has a torn thumb ligament. He's heading to the DL to join Sax and Lynn. Ross Jones is getting called up for his 3^rd and final option year. He's his .111 in 18 at bats, and has played in 45 games for LA.


6/13 2-1 W over the Astros
Valenzuela (9-4) throws a complete game, striking out 11 Astros and defeating a very good Greg Swindell. Sid Bream hit his 3^rd home run in the 3^rd inning and we held on until Houston got on across in the 9^th. Doug DeCinces's pinch hit single scored Inky in the bottom of the 9^th to walk it off.


6/14 5-0 L to the Astros
Former Dodger, Dave Stewart (6-5) struck out 9 and walked 4 enroute to a 2 hit shut out. Frank Tanana (5-5) took another hard loss, but he just isn't able to stem the tide right now. Only Ray Knight and pinch hitting Doug DeCinces managed hits off of Stewart.

Former Dodger Franklin Stubbs had a big night in Baltimore. Stubbs lead his Blue Jay team to an 11-1 win and hit for the cycle along the way. So far on the year, Stubbs is batting .299 with 14 HR's and 50 RBI's.