Pierre actually had a solid game, but I refuse to renege on my hatred for him garnering playing time.
The bullpen is struggling, which is a bad sign, in my opinion. With a questionable fifth starter, a relative newcomer in Chad Billingsley, and Hiroki Kuroda still cutting his teeth in stateside, a dependable bullpen is necessary - the Dodgers don't have that right now.
The bats were fine, with the obvious exception of Andruw Jones - I'm hoping more than five of sixteen baserunners will score whenever the bats are that active, again.
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