Javy Guerra News

Shortstop Dee Gordon #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers dives for an errant throw by pitcher Javy Guerra as Bryce Harper #34 the Washington Nationals runs to second on a ground ball at Dodger Stadium on May 13, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Zimmermann allowed nine hits and two runs in 7 2/3 innings, struck out five and walked none.

The Land of Opportunity, as I called it in my column on former Temecula Chaparral/UC Riverside catcher Rob Brantly, is home to four Inland products on the big league roster, with five more in the minors.

In other words, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly certainly was not downplaying the end of an eight-game losing streak courtesy of a 7-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday in front of 42,208 at Dodger Stadium.

Tim Federowicz returned to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. In his mind, and on the Dodgers' depth chart at catcher, it was as if he never left.

25 years ago, another World Series win. This season, the Dodgers are 13-19, last in the NL West, having dropped the last six in a row.

The home team on the field is playing arguably the worst baseball in the majors, and it seems as if a new goat emerges each night during the Los Angeles Dodgers ' current six-game losing streak .

Trevor Cahill tossed seven quality innings and drove in two runs with a triple as the Arizona Diamondbacks sent the Los Angeles Dodgers to a fifth straight loss in a 9-2 decision in the opener of a three-game series.

The Giants blew a 5-0 lead and wasted a bases-loaded opportunity in the ninth before Quiroz hit an 0-2 pitch from Dodgers closer Brandon League into the left field stands.

San Francisco Giants catcher Guillermo Quiroz celebrates after hitting a walk-off home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th inning at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Saturday night.

Pinch hitter Guillermo Quiroz homered with one out in the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 10-9 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.

The former closer was sent to the minors late in spring training to become a long reliever and possible spot starter.

Tim Federowicz went 4 for 5 and finished a triple shy of the cycle, and is hitting .500 for the Isotopes Minor League Player of the Day Tim Federowicz - 4 for 5, 1 HR, 1 2B, 4 RBI's, 2 Runs .

Six days removed from an elbow operation that ended his season, Chad Billingsley said on Tuesday that he had no regrets about trying to pitch this year.

The Dodgers, who had too many starting pitchers a couple of weeks ago, are in such a bind that they signed free agent left-hander Aaron Laffey to a Minor League deal Tuesday.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez rounds third after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of their baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Los Angeles.

The starting second baseman pitched better than the starting pitcher, so you know the Dodgers have more problems than just Monday night's punishing 12-2 loss to the Rockies.

Wall in seven innings this season has allowed 14 runs, 17 hits and six walks, to go with seven strikeouts.

There has been much conversation about the Dodgers signing League to a three year extension after trading for him last summer as bullpen insurance, then putting him in the closer's role after Kenley Jansen was shut down with an irregular heartbeat.

The Dodgers shortstop, playing his second minor league rehab game on Sunday with Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, could return to the Dodgers as early as Monday night against the Rockies.