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Kershaw goes for 2,000th strikeout today

It was just nine years ago that Clayton Kershaw was making his first start for the LAD, now he’s trying to notch his 2,000th strikeout.  Time flies when you are having fun. Kershaw already owns the most strikeouts for any Dodger by age 29, but if he can wrangle ten strikeouts today, he would hit …

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Dodgers versus Lackey – Lackey owns Dodgers

Line: LAD -120 O/U: 7.5 Runs Zero homer runs against and low OPS of .526 against. Most of the poor OPS comes from Gutierrez who won’t be playing today but Chase is also a big contributor. All that came against Lackey when he was mostly a front line pitcher, he’s now the weakest link in …

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Dodgers versus Arrieta

Only Grandal and Gonzalez have homered off of Arrieta.  Seager has had three singles in just six plate appearances. Name PA H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS Adrian Gonzalez 24 6 1 0 1 2 1 4 .726 Chase Utley 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Yasmani Grandal 8 1 …

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OTDIB – May 26th – Ken Brett outshines his brother

On this date in baseball – May 26th May 26th, 1976 – Ken Brett goes 10 ten innings to win 1 – 0 Ken Brett’s no-hit bid ends with two outs in the ninth, when White Sox third baseman Jorge Orta hopes Jerry Remy’s slow roller will go foul. The no-hitter is lost when the …

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Kershaw/Koufax share the K top

Kershaw and Koufax both struck out 14 Cubs at Dodger Stadium to share the top spot on the strikeout leaderboard. Pitchers on this list which includes every double digit strikeout game against the games that didn’t crack to top game score list (80 is the cut off point) are Kevin Gross, Burt Hooten,  and Ramon …

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Koufax perfect game rides on top

The highest game score by a LAD pitcher against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium is, of course, the perfect game by Sandy Koufax. I like this list because it has some names on it that had been missing in my other game score leaderboards.  Like Hiroki Kuroda, Bill Singer, Tim Belcher, Ricky Nolasco, Rick Honeycut, …

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What an unlikely quartet

Most total bases by a Dodger at Dodger Stadium against the Cubs involves four of the most unlikely players.  We had to drop down to nine total bases to even find four. Only one player has managed a double-digit total base game against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Player Date Rslt PA R H 2B HR TB …

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Kenta makes Roberts look good

Many questions, and many answers last night. We will start with the NL baseball decision.  Should you pinch hit for your starting pitchers as early as the 4th inning? Your pitcher struggled in the first inning putting the team in a hole by three runs, but has gotten his act together and kept the score …

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Can Kenta break the 4 game DL losing streak?

So far this year the Dodgers have lost the first game of every starter who has come back from the disabled list. They are 0 -4 in those games, with only one pitcher pitching notably well. The Games: 4/16/2017 – Rich Hill makes his first return from the DL and loses 3 – 1. Hill …

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The time was right for Joe Davis

Part of the reason I stopped being a Laker fan was because of the loss of Chick Hearn. I often wondered if the same would happen when Vin Scully was no longer calling Dodger games.  Those were the only voices I’d heard from age 12 on up. They were part of my Los Angeles DNA. …

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