Los Angeles- Its all coming together for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who arent just beating opponents, they are annihilating them, Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium Kenny Lofton of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a two-run triple, J.D. Drew of the Los Angeles Dodgers tripled home another run and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to a season-high six games with an 8-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Only twice in their last 16 games have the Los Angeles Dodgers scored fewer than five runs. They are averaging 7.1 runs during that stretch, and have outscored their opponents 45-9 over their last five games.Brad Penny of the Los Angeles Dodgers allowed five hits over five scoreless innings to improve his record to 5-1 on the season,to help the Los Angeles Dodgers win for the 14th time in 17 games, It's nice to know that we're going to put up some runs out there,"Penny said. "You knew Jeff Kent of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Rafael Furca lof the Los Angeles Dodgers were going to come around and start hitting the ball, because they're too good not to.
Our defense is playing real good right now. We're not making the stupid mistakes we were earlier, and we're not making the stupid mistakes as pitchers that we were earlier when the team wasn't hitting."Starting pitcher Jason Jennings of the Colorado Rockies was unable to contain the potent offense of the Los Angeles Dodgers as he was charged with six runs -- five earned -- and 11 hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander has lost his last three starts against the Los Angeles Dodgers, including a 3-2 decision last Wednesday, when he took a shutout into the seventh and gave up three runs.
"I was facing Penny in back-to-back starts, and he's been hot all year. So I didn't really expect us to go out and score five or six runs," Jason Jenningsof the Colorado Rockies said. "If we don't score we don't win. And if I don't pitch good, we don't win. So it's a bad combination right now."The Colorado Rockies only run of the game came in the sixth inning when Garrett Atkins of the Colorado Rockies hit a solo home run off reliever Tim Hamulack of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Manager Grady Little of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been pleased with his team focus and outlook of late, "This team's greatest strength is the frame of mind that they're coming to the park with every day," Little said. "Recently, I've seen everyone's faces when they walk in the door. They come to the park knowing they've got a chance to win a game. That's a big stepping stone in any season for any ballclub. That hasn't been the case all season, but it's starting to look like that every day."The Los Angeles Dodgers had five players get at least two hits on Tuesday and also have five players that boast an average of .300 or better led by the sizzling 1B Nomar Garciaparra who is batting .370 and is the only first baseman in the national league with at least 100 chances to not have an error.
The Los Angeles Dodgers improved to 26-20 overall and remained one half game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West and will face the Colorado Rockies in the finale of their three-game series as Aaron Sele of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against Aaron Cook of the Colorado Rockies.
