Lasorda went to his short bullpen for the left-handed Rick Horton, who struck out Keith Hernandez.

But Whitey also has two excellent left-handers in Dayley and Rick Horton.

The two hits pinned the loss on Rick Horton (6-3) and gave Cincinnati only its second victory in 11 games.

Rick Horton (2-0) picked up the victory with two and two-thirds scoreless innings of relief.

The Mets want Rick Horton, the left-handed relief pitcher, but the Dodgers have been cool to trading him.

In the second game, Sid Fernandez will pitch against Rick Horton, also a left-hander.

LaPoint (7-9) struck out three and walked two before he was relieved by Rick Horton to start the eighth.

Rick Horton pitched the final three innings for his sixth save.

Borders hit his second home run of the season in a three-run fifth inning after Gruber drew a walk from the loser Rick Horton (3-6).

Fred McGriff opened the ninth with a single against Rick Horton and advanced on a sacrifice.