Roy Oswalt won, he's 7-8. Eric Stults lost, he's 2-1. José Valverde picked up his 22nd save.
Stults had his worst start of the year, albeit, that is only out of three starts. He went just 5 and 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and three walks. Ramon Troncoso, Joe Beimel, and Cory Wade were scoreless in relief after Stults was removed from the game.As far as hitting for the Dodgers, they did get 11 hits on the day, but were only able to score one run, and that came on only one hit in the first inning. Andre Ethier doubled, Oswalt hit the next two batters, and James Loney hit a sac-fly to left to score the only run on the day for the Dodgers. In total, the Dodgers left 23 runners on base throughout the game.
The Dodgers didn't look too good tonight, but help might be on the way. Rafael Furcal, Nomar Garciaparra, and Andruw Jones were all on rehab assignments tonight at Las Vegas. If they can come back and play to their full abilities, things might get a little better on the Dodger front. The Dodgers will play game two of this four game series tomorrow at 5:05 L.A. time.
