[PilotMan]

6/16 7-2 W over the Padres
After being absent for most of June so far, the offense finally showed up tonight. Bream went 3-5 and hit his 4^th HR of the year, while Rickey scored 3 times and stole 3 bases. Ray Knight, whose average has fallen 30 points in 2 weeks, went 3-3 with 4 RBI's. Rhoden pitched 8 and moved his record to 10-3.


6/17 6-5 L to the Padres
Glenn Davis homered in the 3^rd to give the Padres a 3-1 lead. LA cut the lead in the 7^th, then in the 8^th Ricky and Scioscia each drove in runs to put LA up. John Denny (6-7) came out for the 8^th and got in trouble, it really hurt when Ted Simmons drilled a ball over the right field fence to put San Diego back in front. LA would put the tying run on third in the 9^th, but they wouldn't be able to get him home. Inky got hurt in the 4^th and left the game. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO word on the severity!


6/18 5-4 (15) L to the Astros
Houston proves to be the better team yet again. LA took a 4-1 lead into the 9^th and Valenzuela, even though he had 12 K's, ran dry. Franco came in and blew his first save of the year. Valenzuela even hit his first dinger of the year. Rickey hit number 9 and Ron Kittle hit number 2. Incaviglia didn't play. Niedenfeur took the loss (0-1).


George Hinshaw was claimed off waiver from the Paders. Hinshaw can play every position, but isn't any kind of offensive weapon. He's a career .220 hitter with a career WAR of 0.1. Ross Jones was optioned back to Albuquerque.


6/19 4-2 L to the Astros
Sid Bream lead off with HR (5) and we thought we'd get to Dave Stewart, but that wasn't the case. Stewart (7-5) allowed 4 more hits all game, 2 were extra bases. Ray Knight and Doug DeCinces were the only other guys with hits, they both got 2. Rookie prospect Doug Jennings got his first career hit, a double in the 5^th. Downs took the loss to drop to 6-5. He was hurt by 3 Dodger errors, that lead to 3 unearned runs. Houston has overtaken us for first.


Bad news is that Inky is still out and it's not looking good. The good news is that Lynn comes off the DL in 2 days.


6/20 10-2 W over the Astros
Frank Tanana (6-5) walked 6 and struck out 13, but the offense found footing tonight too. Bream, in the leadoff spot, went 3-4, with a walk and 4 RBI's. Dwayne Murphy, starting in right homered in the 2^nd inning (2) and added 2 more hits. Doug DeCinces has been starting at short and hit his 9^th homer in the 9^th. Tony Phillips added 3 more hits. It was 17 hits in all for the Dodgers. Our 3 game slide is halted.


Inky is down. He's got an elbow issue that is going to keep him out for a few weeks. He's been placed on the DL and Tom Beyers was called up to replace him. Beyers is hitting .330/.364/.522 with 5 HR's.


6/21 4-0 L to the Astros
That didn't last long. Kirk McCaskill (9-4) struck out 11 and came within 1 out of a 3 hit shut out. Rhoden (10-4) took the loss. DeCinces sucks at short. I know his bat is important, but his errors are really letting runs score that shouldn't be. Tough stretch right now.


6/22 1-0 L to the Braves
Zane Smith (6-7) once again takes us out. LA has scored 4 runs over 4 games now. And is on quite the streak. Ron Kittle and Mike Scioscia both had a couple hits, and LA left 9 guys on base and Doug DeCinces had 2 more errors at short. Atlanta's only run came on a Gerald Perry solo-homer (12) off of Valenzuela (9-5) in the second. Fernando struck out 8 in a good outing. Fred Lynn came off the DL before the game; Doug Jennings was sent back to AAA.


6/23 4-0 W over the Braves
John Denny (7-7) threw a complete game shut out get a W for LA. He did it with 122 pitches. Kittle went 2-4, with 2 solo HR's (3,4) and Rickey hit #10 in the 5^th to account for all 4 runs. DeCinces made another error at short.


6/24 8-3 L to the Braves
Kelly Downs (6-6) was ineffective serving up 10 hits, and 3 unearned runs. The error? DeCinces. He's killing us at short. Sax or Smalley need to get back ASAP. Rickey (11) and Lynn (19) added home runs late, but it wouldn't matter to the scoreline.


6/25 8-4 W over the Reds
LA put up 2 in the first and never fell behind. With an ok start by Rhoden (11-4) and a Fred Lynn HR (20) LA kept the lead and hit well. They knocked 10 hits, with Ricky, Lynn and Phillips all getting a pair. They also stole 4 bases. DeCinces committed another error at short.


Former 2^rd round and 72nd overall pick from '86, Scott Scudder, was released by the Dodgers. Scudder had pitched 1 game for the Great Falls Dodgers (rookie). He took the loss allowing 5 in 6 innings. That's a rough start to a career. No worries though. He isn't going far. The Angels signed him the same day and he's been promoted to “A” ball.


6/26 7-5 L to the Reds
Too much power for the Reds. Tanana (6-6) served up a grand slam to Danny Tartabull (13) in the first inning and in the 4^th, Jose Canseco would hit number 21. Seven RbI's between the 2 of them. Thre rest of the team only had 4 hits. LA had their own power shots, but never could recover after that grand slam. LA mounted a comeback late. In the 6^th Kittle (5) and DeCinces (10) went back to back and in the 7^th, it was Rickey who blasted his own (12). DeCinces did NOT commit an error today. Yay!


6/27 9-7 L to the Reds
This shit has to stop. Valenzuela only lasted 4 innings, and in those 4 innings he allowed 7 hits, 4 of which left the park. Yep, the Reds have some muscle. Esasky (19) and Kal Daniels (13) in the first. Canseco (22) in the 3^rd and Tom Foley (2) in the 4^th. And somehow, LA fought back and tied the game in the bottom of the 4^th. Helped by Lynn's 21^st HR, they charged back. Rickey broke the tie with a solo shot (13) in the 6^th and it was up to the LA pen. A 3-run 7^th off of Niedenfeur (0-2) thanks to another HR. This time by Tartabull (14) sealed the deal. Don Robinson did lower his ERA to 6.87. Five Dodger starters had 2 hits in this one.


Roy Smalley was activated off the DL. Ty Dabney was sent back along with Tom Beyers. Doug Jennings was recalled.


6/29 4-0 W over the Padres
We needed this win. This month hasn't gone well at all. John Denny (8-7) came throught with a 7 hit shutout. He was helped by a DeCinces solo HR (11) and Rickey and Scioscia both had 2 hits. This is Denny's 4^th shutout of the year, he is tied with McCaskill for the lead.


Steve Sax was activated off the DL and Tom Burgmeier was designated and placed on waivers. It's really nice to have Sax back, but perhaps not getting rid of the one guy who has been halfway decent in the bullpen and now only leaves you with 1 southpaw (Franco, the closer). No way he's going to Albuquerque, but it also could be a ploy to buy time. We've seen guys go to waivers before and come back.


6/30 8-5 (10) L to the Padres
Kevin McReynolds homered in the first, but LA answered with 3 in the bottom half. Downs was on the mound and he gave the lead back in the 4^th and gave it away in the 5^th. LA's bats seemed to find some spirit today with 2 hits from a returning Sax, Lynn and Bream. Another run for the Pads in the 7^th sent Downs out as LA answered to keep it a 1 run game into the 9^th. With Ken Daley on the mound LA sent Larry Parrish to the plate and he lead off with a game tying HR. Franco (2-2) stayed in for the 10^th and the Padres ended any hope of a home win steal.