Dodgers relief pitcher Javy Guerra had surgery on Tuesday on his right knee to repair a small tear of his lateral meniscus. Team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache performed the surgery in Los Angeles. Guerra is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Longtime Dodgers manager and current special advisor to the chairman Tommy Lasorda has suffered a mild heart attack and has been hospitalized in New York, as reported by TMZ and confirmed by Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports. Lasorda, 84, is said to be resting comfortably and expects to be released by Wednesday.
Sunday's game in Colorado was the Dodgers' 54th game of the season, meaning the season is a third complete. Even with the last week filled with losses, the Dodgers have still had quite a start to their season. With 33 wins, they have their second-best 54-game of the last 30 years, behind only the 2009 team that ended up winning 95 games.
Matt Kemp leaves tonight's game after the first inning with an apparent injury.
With Nathan Eovaldi starting Tuesday, Game 49 is the latest into the season the Dodgers have used a sixth starter in 14 years. Not since Dave Mlicki started game number 61 in 1998 have the Dodgers gone this far into a season needing just five starters.
Is Nathan Eovaldi taking Ted Lilly's place in the rotation? A report indicates that this will happen Tuesday night.
Clayton Kershaw took the mound twice last week, starting Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks and Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals. He pitched 16 innings and didn't allow a single run, including his fourth career shutout against St. Louis, and for his efforts won the National League Player of the Week honors.
High up on the list, if not atop the list, of worst case scenarios for the Dodgers is the combination of the words "Matt Kemp" and "injury." On Sunday that happened, as Kemp was removed from the game after the third inning.
A look back at decisions by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly to bunt in both the seventh and eighth innings Tuesday night against the Giants, which an eye on run expectancy and whether or not Matt Kemp would have been pitched to
Tonight is the first game at Dodger Stadium under the new ownership group, and there is a palpable buzz around Dodger Stadium.
