The Dodgers returned to Earth this week, back to the land of the mortals. Some good games were mixed in with some bad games to start a long road trip, but even with an up and down week they widened their division lead from one game to 2.5 games.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Manny Ramirez, who was torrid until Saturday night in Colorado, and ended up hitting .333/.391/.619 or the week. Ramirez's performance at the plate was roughly the same as both Andre Ethier (.348/.464/.565) and James Loney (.375/.464/.583), but Manny got extra credit for hitting a ball out of Minute Maid Park on Wednesday.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Chad Billingsley had another superb outing against the Astros, but the award this week has to go to Ramon Troncoso, who was superb in his two outings. He faced 18 batters during the week, and allowed only a single hit, and on a night when most of the Dodger bullpen was unavailable Troncoso came through with a clutch four-inning save.
Week 3 Record: 3-3, 28 runs scored, 34 runs allowed (.404 pythagorean winning percentage)
Overall Seasonal Record: 13-6, 110 runs scored, 74 runs allowed (.688 pythagorean winning percentage)
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers end their nine-game road trip with three in San Francisco, then come home to play four against the Padres, so the whole week is against the two teams directly behind the Dodgers in the NL West.
Week 3 Stats
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Loney | 24 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .375/.464/.583 | 1.048 |
| Ethier | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .348/.464/.565 | 1.030 |
| Manny | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333/.391/.619 | 1.010 |
| Blake | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .235/.381/.471 | .852 |
| Hudson | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .280/.379/.360 | .739 |
| Kemp | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182/.308/.273 | .580 |
| Furcal | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .238/.333/.238 | .571 |
| Martin | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .227/.261/.273 | .534 |
| Ausmus | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400/.400/.600 | 1.000 |
| Loretta | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500/.500/.500 | 1.000 |
| Pierre | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286/.375/.286 | .661 |
| Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| DeWitt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Pitchers | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083/.313/.083 | .396 |
| Totals | 211 | 28 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 29 | .265/.362/.389 | .751 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP |
| Billingsley | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.682 |
| Wolf | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5.14 | 1.286 |
| Stults | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5.40 | 2.400 |
| McDonald | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.600 |
| Kershaw | 2 | 0-2 | -- | 9.0 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 15.00 | 2.444 |
| Troncoso | 2 | 0-0 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.176 |
| Broxton | 2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.750 |
| Ohman | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Mota | 2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 1.000 |
| Belisario | 3 | 0-1 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6.75 | 2.000 |
| Elbert | 1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.250 |
| Kuo | 1 | 1-0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2.000 |
| Totals | 6 | 3-3 | 3 | 51.0 | 51 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 33 | 6.00 | 1.451 |