What can the Cubs do to salvage this season?
”Get back to .500,” said Andre Dawson. ”Gain a little more respectability.
”We`ve dug too big a hole to catch three teams, so we`ll have to be a little more focused to take a step at a time and just play a little bit harder the second half as a ballclub.”
– When manager Don Zimmer moved to a four-man rotation Thursday, he also set Greg Maddux back a couple of days. ”It`ll give him a good rest,” Zimmer said. ”He may come back throwing the heck out of the ball.”
– Mitch Williams said he`s not sure how long he`ll have to wear the brace on his surgically repaired right knee. ”My right leg`s already stronger than my left leg,” said Williams, who gave up two hits Friday but survived physically. ”They tested it yesterday.”
– Rick Sutcliffe threw long Friday without discomfort. No change in his status.
– Despite 14 hits Friday, the Dodgers` team average has fallen from .265 on May 31 to .259. . . . L.A.`s bullpen has blown 11 of 24 save opportunities. . . . Cubs pitchers have 34 hits in 175 at-bats, a .196 average, best in the NL. . . . Doug Dascenzo has not committed an error in 110 outfield appearances for the Cubs, handling 218 chances.
