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Houston 1, Los Angeles 0 Los Angeles Bottom 1st - - Jerry Hairston Jr. grounded out third to first to end the inning.

The Dodgers activated Jerry Hairston Jr. from the disabled list on Friday, giving them one of their five regular or semi-regular players back that has been lost to the DL in May.

Whatever is causing the Angels ' bats to continue exercising their collective right to remain silent, it's safe to say it wasn't Mickey Hatcher's fault.

Juan Rivera was initially scheduled to miss two months with a ruptured hamstring, but Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that the veteran outfielder/first baseman is "healing faster than expected." Barring a setback Rivera could begin a minor-league rehab assignment shortly and Gurnick speculates that he might be cleared to come off the disabled list ... (more)

Dodgers fans have finally got what they wanted in a long-awaited salute to Frank McCourt and a new group of owners, Guggenheim Baseball Management, heading the Blue Crew's front office.

Ivan De Jesus hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth to give the Dodgers the lead and Dee Gordon went airborne to turn a game-ending double play as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Tuesday night.

He is NOT in tonight's starting lineup : Trout LF , Callaspo 3B , Pujols 1B , Trumbo RF , Morales DH , Kendrick 2B , Aybar SS , Bourjos CF , Wilson C It was a year and a week ago that Halos Heaven caught up with Angels outfield prospect Kole Calhoun in the dugout of San Manuel Field, home of the inland Empire 66ers, where he played last season.

The Dodgers lost Matt Kemp to the disabled list on Monday, the worst possible way to open the week.

By the time interleague action ends on Sunday night, the 2012 MLB season will have reached the one-quarter mark, and while some of the usual suspects are at the top of the hitting charts, there are some surprises as well.

Louis Cardinals on Sunday night. Kyle Lohse allowed three runs and 11 hits over 5 2-3 innings with four strikeouts and left with a 5-3 lead.

Aaron Harang allowed just four hits without a walk while fanning six over seven scoreless innings to help the Dodgers split a two-game set against the Padres with an 8-1 victory on Thursday.

Even though they continue to lose player after player to the disabled list, the Dodgers still have their pitching staff intact, and more specifically they have a healthy Clayton Kershaw .

It's not often that I write totally off-topic posts, but the recent firing of Mickey Hatcher, the former long-time Hitting Coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, got me thinking about just how the nature of the job of a big-league hitting coach.

Taken on April 22nd as Jim Johnson struck out Howie Kendrick to end the game and salvage one win in Los Angeles.

San Diego, CA - Aaron Harang allowed just four hits without a walk while fanning six over seven scoreless innings to help the Dodgers split a two-game set against the Padres with an 8-1 victory on Thursday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have returned to earth following their record-approaching 9-1 start, posting a rather pedestrian 15-12 mark since that promising beginning.

As the Dodgers finish their two-game series with the San Diego Padres on Thursday, I'm sure manager Don Mattingly would like to have a chance to use his closer to try and end the club's two-game losing streak.

When the baseball gods make your All-Star second baseman sick moments before game time, that's a sign someone feels the playing field is uneven.

OK, OK. You were right. A number of readers e-mailed to tell me Moe Berg did not deserve to be on any Hall of Shame list, as I wrote about here last week.

Matt Kemp's elite athletic talent makes for a Triple Crown threat but also makes him susceptible to hamstring strains.