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DODGERS 4, CINCINNATI 1
Right-hander strikes out seven and gives up four hits in seven scoreless innings, and drives in a run to help own cause.
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BILL SHAIKIN / ON BASEBALL
He retires without a team, but it should have been as a Dodger >>
BASEBALL
Dodgers center fielder says he feels much better Tuesday. Arthroscopic procedure would sideline him four to six weeks. >>
DODGERS FYI
He reports no pain in lower back, but trainer Stan Conte says the shortstop would have to do a 'pretty good sell job' to be cleared to play. >>
BASEBALL
Mike Piazza is retiring from baseball following a 16-season career in which he became one of the top-hitting catchers in history. >>
DODGERS 6, CINCINNATI 5
The rookie third baseman delivers with the bases loaded. >>
DODGERS FYI
Outfielder says that if the swelling in his knee doesn't subside by Friday he will undergo surgery that will sideline him for four to five weeks. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Derek Lowe and Brad Penny figured to be the cornerstones of Manager Joe Torre's pitching staff, but their struggles, combined with misplays, have team worried. >>
ANGELS / DODGERS REPORT
Angels closer has not forgotten his detractors after he blew one save in the first week of the season. >>
ANGELS 10, DODGERS 2
Angels catcher, who doesn't even play every day, contributes two home runs, five RBIs to a 10-2 Freeway Series victory. Napoli has 10 homers on season, averaging one every 8.9 at-bats. >>
BILL SHAIKIN / SUNDAY REPORT
Smaller-market teams try to lock up their young talent early in hopes of getting a discount on the back end when a player would be eligible for free agency. >>
T.J. SIMERS
Andruw Jones and Gary Matthews Jr. continue to struggle on the field and with interviews. >>
DODGERS 6, ANGELS 3
South Korea's Chan Ho Park, Taiwan's Hong-Chih Kuo and Japan's Takashi Saito combine for eight-hitter and DeWitt homers as L.A. gets rare victory at Angel Stadium. >>
BILL SHAIKIN / DOWN THE LINE
At the time, the question of the health of his back was the issue, but he has proven that it shouldn't have been a concern. >>
DODGERS REPORT
After Brad Penny experienced stiffness in his throwing arm during a between-starts bullpen session Friday, the Dodgers pushed back the right-hander's next start from today to Monday. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
When he managed the Yankees, the Angels gave his teams fits. Now that he's managing the Dodgers, not much has changed. >>
ANGELS-DODGERS REPORT
Scioscia is weighing whether to bring Figgins back sooner rather than later. Figgins could return next week. >>
ANGELS 4, DODGERS 2
He raises his record to 7-1, Rodriguez gets his 17th save, and Dodgers errors end up costly as they have a tough time at Angel Stadium again. >>
DODGERS 7, MILWAUKEE 2
Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent and Gary Bennett hit home runs in six-run inning that breaks open a 0-0 game. Chad Billingsley holds Brewers to one run and three hits in seven-plus innings. >>
DODGERS REPORT
The backup catcher, who didn't know he was going to start until 15 minutes before the game with Brewers, hits a three-run homer and drives in four. >>
BASEBALL
The teams will play three games at Anaheim this weekend. The Angels have an edge in the series. >>
BILL SHAIKIN / ON BASEBALL
As the Marlins and Rays pose the possibility of an all-Florida matchup in October, Los Angeles is poised for mediocrity, or worse, at .500. >>
DODGERS REPORT
It has been a long, steady climb for the All-Star catcher, who started the season hitting .197 after the first three weeks. >>
DODGERS 6, MILWAUKEE 4
He finishes with three RBIs overall and Andruw Jones has two hits and an RBI as L.A. comes back to beat Milwaukee, 6-4. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Venezuelan is called up to the major leagues for the first time in 10-year professional career. >>
MILWAUKEE 5, DODGERS 3
Losing streak reaches five games as the team's batting average dips to .234 over the last six games. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Shortstop, who has missed the last five games because of lower back pain, is put on the 15-day disabled list and won't rejoin team before May 21. >>
HOUSTON 8, DODGERS 5
Manager Joe Torre said he was hoping that Rafael Furcal could be back in the lineup for the start of the Dodgers' three-game series in Milwaukee on Tuesday. Furcal sounded less optimistic. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Filling in for an ill Saito, right-hander turns a two-run lead into a four-run deficit. >>
T.J. SIMERS
Struggling center fielder dismisses jeers from Dodger Stadium crowd, saying 'you play for the team, you don't play for the fans.' >>
BILL SHAIKIN / SUNDAY REPORT
The poor performance of the center fielder continues to be debated and dissected, with major league talent evaluators questioning whether the trend is reversible. >>
HOUSTON 5, DODGERS 0
Chad Billingsley struggles early and goes only five innings while the offense can't make anything happen with three hits against the Astros. >>
BASEBALL
Angels are 21-10 against their Southland rivals in Anaheim. The teams meet in Anaheim next weekend. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Pitcher worked out at USC, where his former catcher is now the coach. >>
HOUSTON 7, DODGERS 1
He pitches only 51/3 innings and has not reached the seventh inning in his last five starts. >>
DODGERS REPORT
The pitcher is eager to attempt to regain the form that briefly made him a rookie of the year candidate three years ago. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
The team's new executive vice president for marketing believes baseball can be an integral part of the lives of fans. >>
DODGERS REPORT
The outfielder has a 12-game hitting streak and is 20 for 50 during that span. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Brazoban will be recalled, and Kershaw could be coming to the majors soon. >>
NEW YORK METS 12, DODGERS 1
L.A. starter gives up 10 runs in 41/3 innings as Mets avoid sweep. Furcal sits again. >>
DODGERS REPORT
After his spring training injury, the third baseman is the victim of a numbers game. >>
DODGERS 5, NEW YORK 4
Inside-the-park homer is the difference against Mets. Stiff back sidelines Furcal, but it's not supposed to be a long-term problem. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Says the club's new skipper: "Looking at the Dodgers' history and growing up with them in Brooklyn, I was just curious if managing could be fun again." >>
DODGERS 5, METS 1
They hit three home runs, including DeWitt's first in the major leagues, and Billingsley pitches L.A. to its ninth victory in 10 games. >>
DODGERS REPORT
He has been displaced by Juan Pierre, who entered the game batting .563 this month. Manager Joe Torre is caught in a juggling act as Ethier, Pierre and Matt Kemp all get hot at the plate. >>
ROCKIES 7, DODGERS 2
Winning streak ends at eight games in a setback to Colorado, but Torre likes what he sees. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Right-hander needs 51 pitches to make it through the first inning and drops to 0-3 with a 10.95 earned-run average over his last three starts at Coors Field. >>
T.J. SIMERS
Couple returns to stadium to find a caring usher and compassionate owner. >>
KURT STREETER
Both local teams shopped for center fielders last winter. The Angels won the bidding for Hunter, who has been everything they hoped. The Dodgers signed Jones, who so far looks like another free-agent bust. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Rookie utilityman, kept on the roster because he is out of minor league options, has found a niche as a pinch-hitter, going five for 14 in the role. >>
DODGERS 12, ROCKIES 7
Back at the scene of his nine-RBI game in 2006, he has 'only' six in Dodgers' 12-7 win at Colorado, their eighth consecutive victory. >>
Kerwin Danley, working behind home plate at a Dodgers game, remembers catcher Russell Martin yelling 'Look out!' But he took the Brad Penny fastball on the jaw. He's still feeling lingering effects. >>
DODGERS REPORT
He gets a little break from catching, playing the first five innings at third base before Torre moves him back to his regular position. >>
DODGERS 11, COLORADO 6
Seven-run sixth inning leads to their seventh consecutive win and draws them to within four games of Arizona. Furcal, Kemp have four RBIs apiece. >>
The executive, who also worked for the Angels and San Diego Padres, helped build championship Dodgers teams in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
'It's not the end, I believe, or anything like that,' he says, deferring a decision until later this season. It's no surprise he'd like to cut down on travel to spend more time with his family. >>
DODGERS 5, FLORIDA 3
L.A. scores two in the ninth to grab a 5-3 victory and finish a three-game sweep of the Florida Marlins. Matt Kemp delivers the game-winning hit. >>
DODGERS REPORT
After going two for three in his first start in five days, the left fielder says he doesn't see himself as a bench player. >>
BILL SHAIKIN / ON BASEBALL
It's not too early to start judging postseason hopes. The Angels are in first place in the West, and the Dodgers have won six in a row. >>
BASEBALL
WASHINGTON -- Umpire Kerwin Danley still has headaches, five days after he was hit in the mask by a pitch from the Dodgers' Brad Penny. >>
DODGERS 13, FLORIDA 1
Right-hander gives up three hits over seven innings. DeWitt drives in four runs and Furcal has five hits. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Rookie continues to work on refining his play at third base. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Right-hander has struck out 32 in 20 2/3 innings, making his 0-4 record and 6.53 ERA that much harder to explain. >>
DODGERS 7, FLORIDA 6
They win their fourth in a row and get back to .500 as Torre sets sights higher. Bullpen bails out Lowe and Kent's hit wins it. >>
BASEBALL
His blunt talk and angry outbursts are legend, at times controversial. But raw emotion fueled his career as an overachieving player, and honesty is his hallmark as a coach. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Dodgers closer, slowed by injury in March and infrequently used in April, has lacked his usual sharpness, and his results have suffered. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Young catcher doesn't like to take days off. >>
DODGERS 3, COLORADO 2 (10 INNINGS)
His single beats Rockies in 10th, 3-2 >>
DODGERS REPORT
Esteban Loaiza probably did enough Sunday to remain the Dodgers' fifth starter, at least for the next week. >>
BILL SHAIKIN / ON BASEBALL
This is supposed to be an anniversary, not a replay. >>
DODGERS REPORT
Strained left calf sends third baseman to disabled list only 10 days after he'd been activated. His replacement rejoins Dodgers two days after being sent down. >>
DODGERS 11, COLORADO 3
They score 10 in first and rout Rockies, 11-3, but umpire Danley is hurt by Penny pitch. >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Duke Snider says that, despite record-setting crowds for Dodgers games at the venue in 1958-61, the field's layout took away legitimacy. >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Families were uprooted when the Dodgers came to town, a time that still resonates with many of the uprooted. Some of the evicted families needed three generations to get back to a comparable economic >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Their personalities were vastly different, but Alston and Lasorda did one thing the same -- win. >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Garvey, Lopes, Russell and Cey made history by playing together for nine seasons >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Sandy Koufax- Don Drysdale tandem gave the Dodgers of the 1960s a rarity: two future Hall of Fame members in the same rotation >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
Games in the wacky layout of the Coliseum were a grand spectacle. >>
DODGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN L.A.
All-time L.A. Dodgers team, as voted last season in a series of informal polls on latimes.com (starter on the left): >>
BASEBALL
Times staff writer Steve Springer participated in a conference call Monday with 11 former Dodgers who played in the Coliseum. Their reflections: >>
BASEBALL
Despite being a left-handed batter, he adjusted his swing to take advantage of the 42-foot high screen in left field. >>
DODGERS 5, ATLANTA 4
Baserunning blunder puts two young players at third in a scene reminiscent of problems that irritated veterans last season. >>
The former Dodger, now with the Brewers, was linked to performance-enhancing drugs by the Mitchell Report. Today, he apologizes for the 'distraction' but doesn't confirm or deny the allegations. >>
Legally blind in one eye from a punch, she says the team's security was lax in not preventing a parking lot altercation. >>
With one-year deal for Bennett, they become first team to contract with player mentioned in Mitchell inquiry. He admits to HGH use but says it was to recover from injury, same as Pettitte's admission. >>
THE MITCHELL REPORT
The team is painted as complicit in drug use at almost every level. Lo Duca, Gange are singled out. >>
BILL PLASCHKE
The accomplishments of Gagne, Lo Duca and Brown are meaningless in light of the revelations in the Mitchell Report. >>
DODGERS REPORT
The free-agent center fielder, who grew up in Southern California, hit .309 with 27 home runs and 89 runs batted in for the Phillies last season. >>
BASEBALL
Dodgers' 44-year-old left-hander can turn a clubhouse into a fun house with his carefree attitude, but he's all business on the mound. >>
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