{"id":4467,"date":"2026-03-11T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:40:09","slug":"chicago-breaks-6-game-losing-streak-downs-koufax-la-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4467","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Breaks 6-game Losing Streak, Downs Koufax, LA 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GoodenDwightNYM.jpg?resize=194%2C281\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GoodenDwightNYM.jpg?w=194&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GoodenDwightNYM.jpg?resize=88%2C128&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GoodenDwightNYM.jpg?resize=22%2C32&amp;ssl=1 22w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chicago Docs broke their 6-game losing streak, handing Sandy Koufax his 2nd straight loss as Dwight Gooden pitched a game for a 4-1 win. Gooden allowed just 5 hits, including a Todd Helton home run, while striking out 9 in his best start since he shut out Los Angeles on April 6th. Koufax came into the game with a 9-3 record and a sub-2.00 ERA, but left still waiting on win #10. Buster Posey hit a solo homer in the 2nd off Koufax, and scored on an RBI single from Willie Davis in the 6th. Posey singled with 2 outs in the 8th, and Barry Bonds followed with a 2-run shot off Koufax. Frank Robinson came in to pinch hit as the tying run, with runners on the corners and one out in the 9th, but grounded into a double-play to end the game. LA&#8217;s loss gives the Houston Hoots a 2 1\/2 game lead in the NL race. Posey finished 3 for 4, scoring 3 of Chicago&#8217;s runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/POPsS2\/Scoresheets\/05-22-2023_CHN_LAN.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Docs @ Dynamos - 5\/22\/23\">Docs @ Dynamos &#8211; 5\/22\/23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Docs broke their 6-game losing streak, handing Sandy Koufax his 2nd straight loss as Dwight Gooden pitched a game for a 4-1 win. Gooden allowed just 5 hits, including a Todd Helton home run, while striking out 9 in his best start since he shut out Los Angeles on April 6th. Koufax came [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pops-s2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4468,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4467\/revisions\/4468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}