[PilotMan]

5/16 10-6 W over the Expos
The bats come alive as we even out the series. Rick Rhoden (5-2) served up 3 HR's, and probably stayed in the game way too long. Fred Lynn homered in the 4^th and 6^th innings, capping a 2-4 day with 4 RBI's. He's got 10 on the year now. Bream went 3-4 and Sax 2-6 with 3 RBI's. LA gave back 3 runs at the end and almost let the Expos back in it. Don Robinson got the final 2 outs, and lowered his ERA to 9.00.


5/17 9-5 W over the Expos
LA hammers 3 HR's to outslug the Expos for another night. Kelly Downs (5-2) got the win, but he was thankful for the support allowing 5 runs in 7 innings. LA scored first with 2 in the first, but they fell behind, to take the lead again in the 6^th. DeCinces hit #6, Lynn smacked his 11^th, and Larry Parrish hit his first, a pinch hit homer. Robinson lowered his ERA to 8.00.


5/18 9-8 W over the Phillies
Tough road trip against the top teams in the East. LA was up 5-0 then 7-2, and let the Phillies back in it. In the last 3 innings the teams combined for 10 runs. Even though Valenzuela (7-2) got the W, it was every man for himself. Both teams combined for 9 HR's. The ball was just flying out of Veterans Stadium. The Phillies Charles Hudson allowed 5 of them. Inky #13, Knight #5, Ricky #3, Phillips #5, Lynn #12. Ricky scored 3 times. LA added 2 insurance runs in the 9^th, and they needed both of them as Franco allowed 2, but held on for his 7^th save.


5/19 14-8 W over the Phillies
Yet again, LA proves that when the pitching staff lets down, the hitters are there to pick them up. That's 53 runs scored in the last 5 games. I'm not even sure the old Dodger teams of a few years ago ever put up those kinds of numbers. Frank Tanana gave up 2 HR's and 4 runs in the first inning and LA was down right away. Interesting fact of note, Greg Maddux started and his brother Mike relieved him in the 5^th. It didn't go well for either of them. Together, in 5 innings, they allowed 15 hits, 12 runs, and 2 HR's. Both HR's were hit by Inky, who finished the day 3-4 with 4 RBI's. He's got 15 on the year. Tony Phillips was the only starting 8 without a hit. LA had 25 baserunners today and left 8 on base.


5/20 12-5 W over the Phillies
Wow, 65 runs in 6 games. LA was ahead 12-1 and Denny pooped out when Larry Walker (8) and Balboni (15) went back to back. So he pitched well, improved to 4-4, and kep the pen in the pen for the most part. LA did almost all the damage in the 6^th inning. For the first time since I've been watching, LA went back-to-back-to-back. Yep, Ray Knight started with his 3 run shot (6), followed by Scioscia and his 2^nd, followed by Phillips and his 6^th. So it wasn't even the middle of the lineup, it was the 6-7-8. LA also hammered another 18 hits. It's been a wild run.


5/22 7-1 W over the Mets
Rhoden (6-2) goes the distance and would have had the shutout, but for one mistake pitch to Darryl. Fred Lynn got us on the board in the first with his first of 2 HR's on the day (13,14). Not to be outdone, Inky hit another one to keep his lead, and give him 16. Inky, Bream and Knight each had 3 more hits on the day. This team is just on fire right now. On fire.


5/23 7-4 L to the Mets
Doc Gooden (4-4) throws a complete game. Mets sluggers Kevin Mitchell (5), Alan Ashby (4) and Donnie Hill (3) hit off of Valenzuela (7-3), who took the loss. DeCinces homered for the 7^th time, in the 9^th in what was a consolation prize of a game that was already done. Tony Phillips reached base 3 times in 4 at bats.


5/24 4-2 L to the Mets
The Mets jumped out early and LA manufactured a couple of runs to tie it. Strawberry broke the tie in the 7^th with a sac fly that scored Marvell Wynne. Sax and Incaviglia had 4 of the team's 6 hits. In fact, hitters 1-4 went 6-16 hitting, while batters 5-9 went 0-17. That's why we lost again. Kelly Downs loses and drops to 5-3.


Former LA Dodger great, Ron Cey hit his 300^th HR today. Cey started the year with the Mariners, but was picked up off of waivers by the Pirates. Cey played for the Pirates back in '85 when he hit 31 HR's.


5/25 4-1 W over the Expos
Henderson and Sax again set the entire table for the offense. They combine to go 4-8, with 3 runs and 2 RBI's. Denny pitched 8 innings to go to 5-4. Steve Sax hit a rare HR in the 4^th (2) that tied the game, and Scioscia added another in the 8^th (3). Franco pitched another 9^th for his 8^th save.


5/26 3-2 L to the Expos
LA blew a 2-0 lead and Tanana pitched 5 innings of no hit ball. The Expos sneaked back into this game that culminated in a Hubie Brooks game tying 8^th inning HR. In the 9^th Tanana suffered a rare misplay by Rickey. That lead to a go ahead run for the Expos that handed them the game. LA got the winning run to the plate, but Quiz got Incaviglia out on strikes to end it.


LA went deep to the well for help in the bullpen. Brian Holton was optioned back to Albuquerque and the team signed 43yr old Tom Burgmeier. Burgmeier is in his 19^th season as a ML pitcher. He has pitched in 873 games, 3 were starts. Last season he pitched for the Padres and A's. In 35 games, he pitched 50 innings, with a 3.02 ERA. He was an all star in 1980.


5/27 8-5 W over the Expos
Mike Scioscia went 3-4, Tony Phillips went 2-3 at the bottom of the lineup. Fred Lynn cleaned up with a 3-run HR in the 7^th, his 15^th. Rick Rhoden's win moved his record to 7-2. Don Robinson allowed a HR to Carney Lansford (3) in the 9^th to raise his ERA to 7.36.


5/29 2-0 L to the Phillies
So we go from destroying the Phillies on the road to getting shut out at home. Charles Hudson did the heavy lifting (6-3), while Valenzuela (7-4) struck out 10 over 8. Bream was caught stealing twice in situations where a baserunner might have been nice. LA only managed 6 runners anyway, so he killed 1/3 of our baserunning ops.


5/30 10-5 W over the Phillies
Power won the day for LA. Every starter got a hit and we cracked 6 dingers. Tony Phillips got player of the game with 3-4, with 2 HR's and RBI's. He's got 8 on the year. Fred Lynn and Incaviglia went back to back in the 6^th with solo shots. That's 16 for Lynn and 17 for Inky. Ricky also got in the mix with a 2-4 game, 2 HR's and 3 RBI's. Henderson has 5 on the year. John Denny (6-4) got the win. The bullpen didn't fare well again. Niedenfeur gave up a HR in the 9^th.


5/31 11-5 L to the Phillies
Finish the month with the worst series of the month. Kelly Downs (5-4) got shelled over 7 innings, but it was the big 6 run 8^th that did most of the damage. Lynn, Inky, Knight and Phillips all had 2 hits on the day. Inky hit #18 and Henderson went deep again for #6. Former Dodgers, Kurt Stillwell and Pedro Guerrero did plenty of damage. Both went 2-5 with 2 RBI's and Guerrero homered (8).