The series against Pittsburgh

That was some absolutely foul baseball. Downright awful I tell you. But the Dodgers won two out of three.

GAME 1
Dodgers 10, Pirates 2
Wolf 65, Armas 10

I have to admit that this was a rather enjoyable game. LA absolutely dominated Pittsburgh in the contest; there was no contest. Wolf struck out 10 over 6 innings, so he gets player of the game honors.

Game 2
Dodgers 7, Pirates 3
Penny 49, Snell 60

Watching Gameday made it clear that Cowboy Joe West had a poor judgement of the strike zone. A very poor judgement. So poor, in fact, that Grady Little got himself thrown out of a game. That was only the second time Grady has done that, and each time there was some poor umpiring. But Penny still managed to go 6 innings, and the Dodgers were lucky enough to win on a Martin grand slam.

Game 3
Pirates 7, Dodgers 5
Tomko 45, Gorzelanny 54

The worst defense ever, quite possibly. Martin fumbled the ball, at one point, which apparently inspired a chain reaction. Pierre made an error on one play, and then misplayed an out into a double on another, so Tomko should have been better off than he was. The Dodgers could have won this game were it not for Pierre's adventures in the outfield, although Billingsley had a poor showing as well. But he has a lower ERA than Jason Schmidt, so I'll give him some time. Unfortunately, not enough of a rally to pull it off this time.