The Dodgers ended a so-so first week with a win in Arizona, then carried that over to an impeccable second week. They beat the Mariners with two straight comeback walk-off wins then spend most of the rest of the week playing from ahead. But the result was always the same. Sweeps of the Mariners and Rockies at home gave the Dodgers a perfect week, and a seven-game winning streak.
"It's just a desire to win," Scott Van Slyke surmised. "When you win, all you are thinking is winning the next game.