Five In A Row

The Dodgers have surged to five wins in a row including a sweep of the New York Mets. In Sunday's finale against the Mets I thought the Dodgers bullpen (and James Loney's glove and hands) had blown another one when the Mets tied it at 3 in the bottom of the ninth. Don Mattingly pushed all of the right buttons in extra innings. Pinch hitters Matt Treanor and Adam Kennedy drove in two runs a piece in the top of the 12th and rookie Josh Wall got the win with a scoreless inning of relief in his major league debut. Wall has been appearing on the Dodgers top prospects list in Baseball America since 2006 and he has always been projected as a starter. This is his first year as a closer and he was leading Albuquerque in saves when he was called up. The Dodgers opened the series with the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-3 win as Chad Billingsley (5-9) came off the Disabled List and gave up one run in 6 innings for the win. Luis Cruz struck the big blow with a three-run homer in the 2nd inning and Mark Ellis drove in the other two.