the last time the dodgers won a workd series was 1988.
the last time the dodgers won a workd series was 1988.
when was the last time the dodgers won a workd series?
1988
the dodgers traveled to pittsburgh on september 1 to make up a game that had been rained out on may 12 against the pirates. dana eveland, who had spent the season in aaa with the albuquerque isotopes was called up to make the start, his first in the majors since june 2010. he allowed only one run on six hits in eight innings to collect the win. some shaky moments from the bullpen made it close in the end, but the dodgers prevailed 6-4. chad billingsley struggled in the opener of a three-game series with the atlanta braves and the dodgers fell behind 5-0. however, juan rivera and james loney each drove in three runs and dee gordon had three hits, scored three runs and stole two bases as the dodgers came from behind to win 8-6, for their 10th win in the last 11 games. the dodgers scored only two runs the following day but managed to win 2-1 in 10 innings as dee gordon hit a standup double to right-center, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly by juan rivera. the dodgers earlier run came on a solo homer by a. j. ellis in the second inning. with the win, the dodgers had their first six-game winning streak of the season. kershaw held the braves scoreless through 6 innings the next day, while striking out 10 and the dodgers built a 3-0 lead on a three-run homer by matt kemp. however, a costly error by aaron miles in the seventh allowed the braves to tie the game and the braves won a walk-off single by martín prado in the bottom of the ninth to avoid the sweep and snap the dodgers winning streak. hiroki kuroda gave up three homers in the first inning and four in the game (2 of them to mike morse) as the dodgers fell behind early and never recovered, losing to the washington nationals 7-2 on september 6. it was the first time the dodgers had allowed three homers in the first inning since fernando valenzuela did it on june 25, 1988 to the reds. the last dodger pitcher to allow four home runs in a game was d. j. houlton on august 29, 2005. the nationals young phenom stephen strasburg made his first appearance since undergoing tommy john surgery against the dodgers on september 6. strasburg pitched five scoreless innings and had a three-run lead when he left the game, however the dodgers tied the score with 3 runs in the sixth off the nationals bullpen. rod barajas hit a tie-breaking two-run double in the eighth and javy guerra worked out of trouble in the ninth to preserve the 7-3 win. dodger pitchers (lilly, guerrier, kuo, jansen and guerra) combined for 17 strikeouts in the game, a season high. the dodgers scheduled game on september 7 against the nationals was rained out and scheduled as a double header the next day. on their off day the dodgers learned that andre ethier would be shut down for the rest of the season while seeking treatment for his injured knee. juan rivera smacked two doubles and drove in four runs and tony gwynn, jr. hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the ninth as the dodgers won the first game of their scheduled double-header 7-4. the second game was canceled because of continuing rain. the dodgers traveled west for a series against their rivals, the san francisco giants. the first game was the third matchup of the season between kershaw and tim lincecum and like the others it was a great pitching matchup. linceum allowed only 1 run in his eight innings of work while kershaw also allowed 1 run (unearned) in eight innings, while striking out nine. the dodgers pushed across the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth to hand kershaw his 18th win of the season 2-1. the dodgers managed to get their record back to .500 for the first time since may 2 when they beat the giants 3-0 on september 10. dana eveland, in his second start of the season, limited the giants to just three hits in seven + innings. the dodgers long road trip ended on september 11 with an 8-1 loss to the giants. kuroda had his shortest outing of the season, lasting only 4 2/3 innings and then the giants blew the game open with a five run sixth inning against the dodger bullpen. kuroda became the first dodger pitcher to lose 16 games in a season since orel hershiser in 1987.
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drayson jack bowman (born march 8, 1989) is an american professional ice hockey center. he is currently an unrestricted free agent. he previously played for the montreal canadiens and carolina hurricanes of the national hockey league (nhl). bowman was selected 72nd overall by the hurricanes in the 2007 nhl entry draft.
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