LOS ANGELES -- Clint Hurdle sat in his office Tuesday afternoon, looking at the Dodgers' lineup card in his hand a day after they pounded out 17 runs on 21 hits against the Pirates. This is Hurdle's 44th season in professional baseball, and he figures this Dodgers lineup "probably swings the bat with the most ferocity of anybody that I've ever seen."
Tuesday night brought another round of ferocious swings and loud contact. The Dodgers bashed five homers against starter Ivan Nova -- the most ever allowed by a Pirates pitcher in one game -- and clubbed another off reliever Dovydas Neverauskas in an 8-3 win over the Bucs at Dodger Stadium.