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The Dodgers' pitching was magnificent with five wins in six games and just eight total runs allowed during the week. Orel Hershiser pitched a third straight shutout and his teammates followed his lead. But the story of the week came on Friday night in Cincinnati, when Tom Browning pitched the 14th perfect game in MLB history.
It was the first perfect game in the National League since Sandy Koufax in 1965, and the first no-hitter against the Dodgers since Nolan Ryan in 1981.
It was also the only loss of the week for the Dodgers in six games against the Braves and Reds, and Los Angeles ended the week with a nine-game lead over Houston and San Francisco in the National League West, with 15 games to play.
Dodger Batter of the Week: Mike Scioscia hit the team's only home run of the week and hit .333 (4-for-12) with three RBI.
Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Nine different pitchers pitched last week and Tim Leary was the only one to give up an earned run. Tim Belcher might have pitched the best game on Friday in Cincinnati with one unearned run in eight innings, but he had to go up against Browning. John Tudor takes the cake with 11 scoreless innings during the week and two wins.
Week 24 Record: 5-1
14 runs scored (2.33 per game)
8 runs allowed (1.33 per game)
.736 pythagorean winning percentage
Seasonal Record: 86-61
582 runs scored (3.93 per game)
502 runs allowed (3.39 per game)
.567 pythagorean winning percentage (84-63)
Transactions:
None this week
Game Results:
- Monday, Sept. 12: Dodgers 5, Braves 4
- Tuesday, Sept. 13: Dodgers 2, Braves 0
- Wednesday, Sept. 14: Dodgers 1, Braves 0
- Friday, Sept. 16: Reds 1, Dodgers 0
- Saturday, Sept. 17: Dodgers 4, Reds 3
- Sunday, Sept. 18: Dodgers 2, Reds 0
Upcoming Week: The Dodgers run the Ollie Brown gauntlet, with a weird travel week. They start with two games in Houston, come home for three games in two days against the Padres, then head back on the road for three games in San Francisco.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 19 at Hou 5:35pm |
20 at Hou 2pm |
21 vs. SD 5:05pm (2) |
22 vs. SD 7:35pm |
23 at SF 7:40pm |
24 at SF 1:05pm |
25 at SF 7:40pm |
| Hershiser v. Darwin (R) |
Belcher v. Forsch (R) |
Martinez/Brennan v. Rasmussen (L)/ Booker (R) |
Leary v. Show (R) |
Hershiser v. Hammaker (L) |
Tudor v. Wilson (L) |
Belcher v. Cook (L) |
Previous 1988 weeks in review: April 4-10 | April 11-17 | April 18-24 | April 25-May 1 | May 2-8 | May 9-15 | May 16-22 | May 23-29 | May 30-June 5 | June 6-12 | June 13-19 | June 20-26 | June 27-July 3 | July 4-10 | July 11-17 | July 18-24 | July 25-31 | Aug 1-7 | Aug 8-14 | Aug 15-21 | Aug 22-28 | Aug 29-Sept 4 | Sept 5-11
Week 24 Stats
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Scioscia | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | .333/.385/.750 | 1.135 |
| Hamilton | 21 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/1 | .316/.381/.421 | .802 |
| Gibson | 24 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0/0 | .286/.375/.286 | .661 |
| Shelby | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1/0 | .222/.333/.222 | .556 |
| Griffin | 24 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1/0 | .190/.292/.190 | .482 |
| Marshall | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | .111/.158/.167 | .325 |
| Hatcher | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | .111/.100/.111 | .211 |
| Sax | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | .105/.105/.105 | .211 |
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| Gwynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1.000/1.000/1.000 | 2.000 |
| Heep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | ----/1.000/---- | 1.000 |
| Stubbs | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | .222/.364/.333 | .697 |
| Dempsey | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .000/.143/.000 | .143 |
| Woodson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Anderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Sharperson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ----/----/---- | ---- |
| Devereaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | ----/----/---- | ---- |
| Reyes | Did not play | ----/----/---- | ---- | |||||||||
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| Pitchers | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Totals | 198 | 175 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 4/1 | .183/.254/.234 | .488 |
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Tudor | 2 | 2-0 | -- | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.909 | 2.25 |
| Hershiser | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.889 | 1.45 |
| Belcher | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 1.52 |
| Leary | 2 | 1-0 | -- | 10⅓ | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6.10 | 1.645 | 3.86 |
| Starters |
6 |
4-1 | -- | 38⅓ | 30 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 1.64 | 1.017 | 2.34 |
| Pena | 3 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 | 0.143 | 1.46 |
| Howell, J | 2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 2.22 |
| Martinez | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 4.89 |
| Horton | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1⅔ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.600 | 2.89 |
| Orosco | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.000 | 5.89 |
| Howell, K | Did not pitch | |||||||||||
| Crews | Did not pitch | |||||||||||
| Holton | Did not pitch | |||||||||||
| Relievers |
6 |
1-0 |
1 | 14⅔ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
0.00 |
0.409 | 2.55 |
| Totals |
6 |
5-1 | 1 | 53 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 1.19 | 0.849 | 2.40 |