Morgan’s Double Trouble: Illness, Unrequited Effort : Dodgers: Pitcher sees two of everything, including a 4-2 loss to Phillies that runs team’s string to seven.

For those who can hardly bear to take one look at the Dodgers these days, consider the plight of Mike Morgan.

He said he pitched six innings Wednesday while seeing double.

“Two catcher’s mitts, two first bases, two of everything,” Morgan said. “I was dizzy. I was sick to my stomach. The whole day it was like I had a big cloud in my head that just wanted to explode.”

The Dodgers problems are becoming so bizarre that a seven-game losing streak was only one of their worries after the bullpen gave up three runs to give the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-2 victory before 33,651 and a three-game series sweep.

While Morgan was sent to Los Angeles Wednesday night for tests, his teammates were bused to New York for a different sort of test.

They must win one of four games against the New York Mets to avoid surpassing the longest losing streak in Los Angeles Dodger history, a 10-game slide in 1961.

“To say we are not playing well is an understatement,” John Candelaria said. “We stink.”

And he said this before somebody set off a smoke bomb in the hallway outside the Dodger clubhouse at Veterans Stadium.

Candelaria best described himself Wednesday, having allowed two earned runs.

Charged with maintaining order in a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning, he gave up a single to Lenny Dykstra and fouled up a sacrifice bunt play. After getting a double play, Candelaria walked John Kruk before leaving with runners on first and third.

Five minutes later, the Phillies led for good when Dale Murphy threw his bat at a curveball from Tim Crews and lined a run-scoring double down the left-field line.

The bat might have traveled as far as the ball, except it was intercepted by Crews’ knee.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Crews said. “The bat hits me and Murphy is standing on second base, laughing. That’s when you know you aren’t going good, when the other team is standing there laughing.”

The Phillies, who had the worst record in the National League until the Dodgers showed up, swept a three-game series for the first time this season. It was also the first time they have swept the Dodgers at Veterans Stadium since 1982.

Philadelphia had not won three consecutive games in more than two months.

The Dodgers, amid their longest losing streak since they lost nine in 1987, are playing so poorly that they are receiving advice from fans. On the field. During the game.

During the eighth-inning break Wednesday, a fan jogged to right field to shake hands with Darryl Strawberry.

With guards closing in, the fan ran to center field to shake hands with Brett Butler.

“The guy said he was a Dodger fan and told me, ‘All you got to do is get Darryl swinging again,’ ” Butler said. “I guess now we are getting it from everywhere.”

The man then raced to left field to meet Mitch Webster, but Webster wasn’t so accommodating.

“I almost slugged the guy,” Webster said. “I was looking to see if he had a knife.”

There were few light moments for the Dodgers, who received a courageous performance by Morgan but little else.

Morgan woke up sick Wednesday after experiencing dizzy spells for 10 days. He came to the stadium sick, and Manager Tom Lasorda told him he would find a replacement.

“But he wouldn’t let me sit him down,” Lasorda said. “I tried to take him out again in the second inning, but he said no again.”

By that time, Morgan was vomiting in the clubhouse between innings. A doctor had prescribed medication for his dizziness Tuesday, but this was the first time he had felt so bad.

He knew something was seriously wrong after being charged with an error in the first inning when he missed first base while taking a throw from Eddie Murray.

“I could have sworn I was on the bag, but I wasn’t on the bag,” Morgan said. “I was seeing two bags. It’s really weird, it’s kind of scary.”

Morgan looked at the nameplate above his locker and shook his head. “I am even seeing two Mike Morgans up there,” he said. “I just hope I can get back and make my next start.”

While the Dodger offense could give Morgan only one run, on Murray’s ground-rule double in the sixth inning against starter and winner Tommy Greene (7-3), the bullpen could give him no help in accounting for its sixth loss in 13 team losses since Jay Howell last pitched June 20.

Racing Backward

Dodgers and Reds haven’t won since the All-Star break; Braves have closed in.

NL West Standings, All-Star Break

Team W L .Pct GB Dodgers 49 31 .613 - Cincinnati 44 36 .550 5 Atlanta 39 40 .494 9 1/2 San Diego 40 43 .482 10 1/2 San Francisco 35 46 .432 14 1/2 Houston 34 47 .420 15 1/2

NL West Standings, Today

Team W L .Pct GB Dodgers 49 38 .563 - Atlanta 45 41 .523 3 1/2 Cincinnati 44 43 .506 5 San Diego 43 47 .478 7 1/2 San Francisco 38 50 .432 11 1/2 Houston 36 52 .409 13 1/2