Matt Kemp LAD Home Run leaderboard
If some fans are wondering why so many Dodger fan have embraced the return of Matt Kemp they may simply need to look toward the LAD Home Run Leaderboard. Matt Kemp has hit more home runs than any LAD outfielder in history. With his home run last night he homered for the first time at Dodger stadium since September of 2014. Andre Ethier was here for three extra years from 2014 – 2017 but only managed to hit seventeen home runs and thus remained behind Mondesi, Guerrero, and the leader Matt Kemp.
Player HR From To PA AB Matt Kemp 183 2006 2018 4525 4095 Pedro Guerrero 171 1978 1988 4089 3602 Raul Mondesi 163 1993 1999 3765 3487 Andre Ethier 162 2006 2017 5425 4800 Shawn Green 162 2000 2004 3462 3012 Willie Davis 154 1960 1973 8035 7495 Dusty Baker 144 1976 1983 4552 4073 Mike Marshall 137 1981 1989 3546 3249 Gary Sheffield 129 1998 2001 2276 1866 Frank Howard 123 1958 1964 2321 2108
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Matt Kemp has a shot at hitting 200 home runs as a LAD, only three players have ever accomplished that feat, Eric Karros (270), Ron Cey (228), and Steve Garvey (211).
Player HR From To PA AB Eric Karros 270 1991 2002 6624 6002 Ron Cey 228 1971 1982 6108 5216 Steve Garvey 211 1969 1982 7027 6543 Matt Kemp 183 2006 2018 4525 4095 Mike Piazza 177 1992 1998 3017 2707 Pedro Guerrero 171 1978 1988 4089 3602 Raul Mondesi 163 1993 1999 3765 3487 Andre Ethier 162 2006 2017 5425 4800 Shawn Green 162 2000 2004 3462 3012 Willie Davis 154 1960 1973 8035 7495
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Matt looks old, but it may just take a pennant race to re-invigorate his broken down body and give him one last hurrah at the stadium he once rocked with his incredible athletic prowness.
Whew!!!!!!!!!!!
Dodger fans leaned in with each pitch that Kenley Jansen threw yesterday and as the cutter velocity and break increased they let out a collective sigh. For one game, Kenley Jansen looked close enough to vintage Jansen that they could breathe again, and have hope that the 2018 season was about to turn around. The biggest fear I had was that Jansen was hiding an injury and I’m not over that fear yet, but at least for one game, he was able to look like he could be our Jansen.
That turnaround hope should be tempered because unless the bats get going it won’t matter how good the pitching is. Nine games into the season the Dodgers have yet to show anything with the bat. No power, no on-base skills, no baserunning skills. No nothing. Out of 15 teams, they are last in OB which has been their calling card during their unprecedented NL West Division championship run. They are 14th in home runs. In a league that includes the San Diego Padres. They have hit four home runs. Ohtani in part-time DH duty has hit three. They have only two players with at least two doubles. They have stolen all of three bases and two of them are by Chase Utley. They don’t have one home run by any outfielder. Not one.
Chase Utley leads the team in OPS at .891.
It is only nine games and it would only take a few good offensive games to change all of these numbers.
Is it even reasonable to be worried about the offense?
I think so given that Matt Kemp is in LF with Joc Pederson as his backup. Neither hit the ball from June until October. Chris Taylor came out of nowhere to be the biggest surprise in major league baseball in 2017. Cody Bellinger did things in 2017 that no one expected. Corey Seager has a bum elbow, is that 100% or is it giving him issues? That elbow started hurting late last year and we all know how he struggled in the postseason with the sore elbow. Logan Forsythe has yet to prove he’s a full-time player. Same with Hernandez. So yes, I think Dodger fans can be legitimately worried about the offense but I also think most of those questions will end up with positive results as the season progresses.
Given the Oakland pitching staff is coming into town, now would be a good time for the outfield to start contributing to the offense. Oh, and also the infield.
Name PA H HR BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Yasiel Puig 43 8 0 .205 .256 .256 .512 44 Chris Taylor 41 8 0 .205 .220 .282 .502 39 Corey Seager* 39 7 0 .206 .308 .206 .514 47 Cody Bellinger* 35 9 1 .273 .314 .394 .708 96 Logan Forsythe 35 5 1 .156 .229 .250 .479 34 Yasmani Grandal# 32 9 1 .321 .406 .464 .871 143 Enrique Hernandez 29 3 0 .130 .276 .217 .493 40 Matt Kemp 25 6 0 .273 .360 .318 .678 91 Chase Utley* 23 6 1 .300 .391 .500 .891 147 Joc Pederson* 17 2 0 .133 .235 .200 .435 23 Austin Barnes 14 3 0 .250 .357 .333 .690 94 Kyle Farmer 12 2 0 .182 .250 .273 .523 46 Rank in 15 NL teams 12 14 15 15 14 15 Non-Pitcher Totals 345 68 4 .221 .296 .305 .601 68
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The pitching has been great. It looks like JT Chargois is the newest find by the front office. The only blemish besides the bizarre start by Jansen has been Scott Alexander who looks nothing like the pitcher who was so good with the Royals last year. Five pitchers have yet to give up an earned run this year.
Pitching:
Name ERA G IP H BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Clayton Kershaw* 1.89 3 19.0 18 3 19 203 3.56 1.105 8.5 1.4 9.0 6.33 Alex Wood* 1.93 2 14.0 7 0 10 201 1.60 0.500 4.5 0.0 6.4 Rich Hill* 2.70 2 10.0 10 5 11 145 3.63 1.500 9.0 4.5 9.9 2.20 Ross Stripling 0.00 4 6.2 6 0 6 1.23 0.900 8.1 0.0 8.1 Kenta Maeda 0.00 2 6.0 7 1 12 -0.47 1.333 10.5 1.5 18.0 12.00 Wilmer Font 8.44 3 5.1 9 1 4 48 4.53 1.875 15.2 1.7 6.8 4.00 Josh Fields 0.00 5 5.0 2 0 5 1.03 0.400 3.6 0.0 9.0 Pedro Baez 2.08 4 4.1 3 2 3 198 3.03 1.154 6.2 4.2 6.2 1.50 Kenley Jansen 9.00 4 4.0 5 2 4 46 9.03 1.750 11.3 4.5 9.0 2.00 Hyun-Jin Ryu* 7.36 1 3.2 5 5 2 57 6.03 2.727 12.3 12.3 4.9 0.40 Tony Cingrani* 0.00 5 3.2 1 0 5 0.30 0.273 2.5 0.0 12.3 JT Chargois 0.00 4 3.1 2 1 3 2.13 0.900 5.4 2.7 8.1 3.00 Scott Alexander* 8.10 4 3.1 2 5 3 52 5.73 2.100 5.4 13.5 8.1 0.60 Team Totals 2.72 9 89.1 79 25 87 147 3.08 1.164 8.0 2.5 8.8 3.48 Rank in 15 NL teams 3 4 11 1 5
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Ty Blach continues to Jamie Moyer the Dodgers
It is not quite Larry Jaster, but the way in which Ty Blach dominates the Dodgers with a K rate bordering on non-existent is something else. When I started writing this I thought Ty Blach was much worse against everyone else than he actually is.
Since 2016, Ty Blach has made six starts against the Dodgers and has never given up more than two runs in any of those starts. He has also given up fewer than two runs in nine other starts against other teams so he’s not what I thought he was, a punching bag that only the Dodgers can’t punch. Ty has only started 29 major league games, and in fifteen of those starts he has given up two runs or less. He does this with a career K/9 rate of 4.1.
Date Rslt IP H ER BB SO GSc 2016-10-01 W 3-0 8.0 3 0 1 6 81 2017-05-16 W 2-1 7.0 5 1 2 4 65 2018-03-29 W 1-0 5.0 3 0 3 3 61 2018-04-08 L 1-2 6.0 4 1 3 1 58 2017-07-29 L 1-2 7.0 8 2 2 3 54 2017-04-25 L 1-2 5.0 4 2 1 2 52
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FFA – Week ending 4/8/18 – Angelo Mora and Brock Stewart
I had no idea who Angelo Mora was, but he was playing shortstop and batting fourth for the Tulsa Drillers, and by the end of the week he had sewn up the first Farm Factory Award of 2018 by going eight for twelve with five extra-base hits. Looking towards google we found a write up on him by Eric Stephen back in Dec when he was claimed in the minor league portion of the Rule Five draft.
Signed by the Phillies out of Loma de Cabrera in the Dominican Republic in February 2011, Mora has primarily played the middle infield in his minor league career. In 2017 Mora started 47 games at at second base, 24 games at shortstop, 21 games at third base, and one game each in left field and right field.
In 2017 Mora hit .303/.344/.496 as a right-handed batter and .287/.330/.409 as a lefty.
Mora won the Larry Rojas Award in 2016, given annually to the prospect who has “a love and respect for the game of baseball, an outstanding work ethic and pride in being a member of the Phillies organization.”
The pitcher of the week is a known commodity. Brock Stewart is a major league pitcher pitching in AAA until a spot opens up for him. Brock will be competing with Walker Buehler for that spot and while they both pitched well, it was Brock who had the best game this week. Brock got seventeen outs, gave up only two hits, zero runs, two walks, and struck out six.
Other Notables:
- DJ Peters slugged two solo home runs on Sunday
- Walker Buehler got twelve outs, gave up three hits, one run, one walk, and struck out five.
- The Dodgers are alternating Keibert Ruiz and Will Smith between catching and designated hitter. The 19-year-old Ruiz didn’t find AA pitching any problem in his first week collecting five hits in just thirteen at-bats.
- Dennis Santana got fourteen outs, gave up just four hits, one earned run, walked zero, and struck out seven. If not for Broc Stewart, Dennis Santana would have gotten FFA pitcher of the week. Dennis became one of my favorite prospects last year and looks primed to have another great season.
- Brian Moran pitching in relief in AAA has struck out four of the five batters he has faced so far.
- One prospect I liked but no one else seemed to was Omar Estevez. Omar is repeating A+ ball this year but is still just twenty. He has gotten off to a hot start with seven hits in seventeen at-bats including three doubles.
- Cristian Santana had exactly the same numbers as Omar Estevez playing for the same team. The only difference was that Cristian only had one double instead of three.
- Connor Wong has blasted off with Rancho, hitting two doubles and two home runs in his first twelve at-bats, on his way to a robust 1.700 OPS.
- Aneurys Zabala pitching in relief for the Great Lake Loons struck out six of the seven batters he faced on April 5th.
Dodgers have plenty to worry about
It is only five games but here are some concerns.
Kenley Jansen – not only has Kenley been ineffective, his skills don’t look good, and possibly worst of all, no one wants to see a pitcher rubbing their pitching shoulder for as long as Kenley was doing the other night. The velocity is down, that can tick back up. The cutter, however, isn’t doing much. Mechanics? Our Kenley strikes our everyone and walks no one. This Kenley is walking everyone and striking out no one. Kenley went at his own pace this spring and hopefully, he just did a terrible job in getting himself ready and none of this has to do with a sore shoulder. This one would worry more if I didn’t remember that Jansen hasn’t been the best in April for just about all of his career. The baseball-reference split tool bears this out showing his April OPS being the highest of any month over his career. As long as he’s not hurt, I’m not worried. But damn man, stop rubbing your shoulder.
Split PA H HR BB SO SO/W OPS April/March 322 61 10 26 116 4.46 .632 May 255 42 6 17 98 5.76 .557 June 294 45 4 12 119 9.92 .452 July 322 47 8 22 120 5.45 .482 August 310 44 4 23 144 6.26 .453 Sept/Oct 355 53 5 28 144 5.14 .482
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Clayton Kershaw – Clayton has been brilliant when he hasn’t faced lousy hitting left hand hitters. We have seen this before where Clayton gets taken deep by the dregs of baseball but those folk were normally right-handed dregs. If the Dodgers had scored a few runs in his starts this would just be a funny tagline, but they didn’t and those dregs put two losses on the Dodgers. This one does not worry me, though I do think this is the year that Clayton stops getting better every year.
The Dodger Offense – other than Yaz the man Grandal and Austin Barnes the offense has been basically non-existent. Seager can’t hit. Bellinger can’t hit. Forsythe can’t hit. Can we blame all this on Justin Turner? Sure, go ahead. This does not worry me. Really.
I can be positive. Two one-run losses on explicable home runs. Well, I guess the second home run was not that inexplicable given what we saw Jansen throwing Monday night. Which brings us to the other loss, blowing a 3-run lead in the 9th. Right now that looks like a 4 – 3 record.
But, the real record is what counts and this Diamondback team looks very good. We finally might have a horse race this September.
That would be cool.
As Dodgers regroup Walker Buehler makes his 2018 minor league debut
While the Dodgers get a travel day to figure out their offense and why they can’t win when the two best pitchers pitch, the minor league schedule opens with Walker Buehler highlighting the schedule.
Buehler is the odds-on favorite to get the first call when the Dodgers need a starter. Heck if Kenley Jansen has to hit the DL, they might even consider using him in the bullpen. If it was something they seriously thought about last Sept for October, I’m not sure why you wouldn’t consider it if they were to lose their best arm in the bullpen.
AAA Opening Day Notes:
Helping out Buehler in AAA will be Andrew Toles and Alex Verdugo as they jockey to be the first outfielder recalled if/when the Dodgers give up or an injury hits Matt Kemp. Following Buehler in the rotation will be Manny Banuelos and Brock Stewart. You would expect Buehler to be second on the depth chart behind Buehler. In the bullpen, Pat Venditte, Adam Liberatore, and Edwardo Paredes will all be trying to impress enough to get back to the major leagues. The dual throwing Venditte was fantastic this spring but has had only moderate major league success. Back in 2016, Adam Liberatore was one of the best left-handed relief pitchers in the National League but injuries set him back in 2017. Edwardo Paredes gave the team a big lift in 2017 but was unable to crack the major league roster this spring.
1st/3rd baseman Edwin Rios who tore up spring training is not in the starting lineup nor is he listed on the roster. They say he is in extended spring training which I don’t quite understand given he played all spring. Matt Beaty is also not on the roster so I guess he’s also in extended spring training.
With both Will Smith and Keibert Ruiz in AA, the catching depth in AAA consists of Rocky Gale. Hopefully, he’ll never be needed. Jake Peter, Tim Locastro, and Rob Segedin all have the talent to be fringe major league utility players and provide the Dodgers some depth in case of short-term injuries.
| # | Name | Pos | MLB 40-man | DOB |
| 4 | Walker Buehler | P | Yes | 07-28-1994 |
| Jesen Therrien | P | No | 03-18-1993 | |
| 23 | Brock Stewart | P | Yes | 10-03-1991 |
| 20 | Manny Banuelos | P | No | 03-13-1991 |
| 30 | Joe Broussard | P | No | 01-28-1991 |
| 22 | Daniel Corcino | P | No | 08-26-1990 |
| 25 | Brian Moran | P | No | 09-30-1988 |
| 36 | Adam Liberatore | P | Yes | 05-12-1987 |
| 12 | C.C. Lee | P | No | 10-21-1986 |
| 14 | Edward Paredes | P | Yes | 09-30-1986 |
| 47 | Brian Schlitter | P | No | 12-21-1985 |
| 5 | Pat Venditte | P | No | 06-30-1985 |
| 55 | Guillermo Moscoso | P | No | 11-14-1983 |
| Position Players | ||||
| # | Name | Pos | MLB 40-man | DOB |
| 16 | Cael Brockmeyer | C | No | 10-08-1991 |
| 10 | Alex Burg | C | No | 08-09-1987 |
| 7 | Rocky Gale | C | No | 02-22-1988 |
| # | Name | Pos | MLB 40-man | DOB |
| 3 | Jake Peter | 2B | No | 04-05-1993 |
| 8 | Tim Locastro | 2B | Yes | 07-14-1992 |
| 2 | Breyvic Valera | 2B | Yes | 01-08-1992 |
| 13 | Max Muncy | 3B | No | 08-25-1990 |
| 26 | Rob Segedin | 3B | Yes | 11-10-1988 |
| 11 | Donovan Solano | 2B | No | 12-17-1987 |
| # | Name | Pos | MLB 40-man | DOB |
| 27 | Alex Verdugo | CF | Yes | 05-15-1996 |
| 6 | Andrew Toles | LF | Yes | 05-24-1992 |
| 17 | Henry Ramos | RF | No | 04-15-1992 |
| 18 | Travis Taijeron | RF | No | 01-20-1989 |
Fontastic
Wilmer Font couldn’t keep the Dodgers from losing last night but he gave it his best effort. The 27-year-old is mostly looked upon by Dodger fans as simply keeping the spot warm until Kimi Garcia or Tom Koehler are ready and they may be right, but for one night the big hard-throwing righty showed why he deserves a spot on the Dodger 25-man roster.
Facing down Goldschmidt/Pollock twice through the order would be impressive for a starter, for someone like Font it was fontastic.
The Dodgers have had 38 relief pitchers this century get at least thirteen outs but few of them were required to throw over 70 pitches to do it.
The list below is like a journey down memory lane.
If you blinked in 2006 you would have missed Jae Weong Seo.
I don’t remember Rodney Myers, do you?
Player Date Tm Rslt IP H ER BB SO Pit Wilmer Font 2018-04-02 LAD L 7-8 4.1 5 2 1 4 74 Kenta Maeda 2017-06-09 LAD W 7-2 4.0 3 1 0 6 60 Hyun-Jin Ryu 2017-05-25 LAD W 7-3 4.0 2 0 1 2 51 Ross Stripling 2016-09-18 LAD L 9-10 4.0 4 1 3 4 64 Carlos Frias 2016-07-07 LAD L 0-6 4.0 2 0 1 3 52 Carlos Frias 2014-08-17 LAD L 2-7 4.0 1 1 0 2 41 Travis Schlichting 2010-06-02 LAD W 1-0 4.0 3 0 1 1 60 Ramon Ortiz 2010-05-08 LAD L 0-8 5.0 6 2 2 4 82 Charlie Haeger 2010-05-04 LAD L 6-11 4.0 5 1 1 3 67 Jeff Weaver 2009-07-17 LAD L 1-8 4.1 4 2 1 2 58 Jeff Weaver 2009-04-30 LAD W 8-5 4.0 4 0 1 4 59 Ramon Troncoso 2009-04-25 LAD W 6-5 4.0 1 0 0 1 45 Jason Johnson 2008-07-22 LAD L 1-10 4.0 2 1 2 2 47 Hung-Chih Kuo 2008-06-01 LAD L 1-6 4.1 3 0 1 2 63 Hung-Chih Kuo 2008-05-17 LAD W 6-3 4.0 3 0 0 4 53 Esteban Loaiza 2008-04-15 LAD W 11-2 5.0 3 1 0 2 55 Mark Hendrickson 2007-09-29 LAD W 6-5 4.2 2 1 0 1 49 Mark Hendrickson 2007-04-14 LAD L 2-7 5.0 2 1 1 4 58 Mark Hendrickson 2006-09-16 LAD L 2-11 4.0 1 0 0 8 55 Jae Weong Seo 2006-06-23 LAD W 10-4 4.0 5 4 0 4 60 Odalis Perez 2006-06-18 LAD L 2-5 4.0 5 0 0 4 58 D.J. Houlton 2005-07-14 LAD L 3-4 4.0 6 1 1 0 59 Wilson Alvarez 2005-05-20 LAD L 0-9 4.1 1 0 0 2 48 Giovanni Carrara 2004-08-08 LAD L 1-4 4.1 1 0 1 4 67 Brian Falkenborg 2004-05-28 LAD L 3-6 4.0 4 3 1 5 72 Jose Lima 2004-05-13 LAD L 3-7 5.2 7 0 1 3 75 Rodney Myers 2003-09-26 LAD L 1-10 4.0 5 2 0 2 63 Wilson Alvarez 2003-06-14 LAD W 5-2 4.0 1 0 2 6 61 Wilson Alvarez 2003-06-07 LAD L 1-4 5.0 6 2 0 5 74 Kevin Brown 2002-08-25 LAD L 5-7 4.0 4 2 2 9 84 Giovanni Carrara 2002-05-07 LAD W 6-5 5.0 2 0 1 2 52 Matt Herges 2000-09-10 LAD W 12-1 4.0 3 0 0 0 47 Matt Herges 2000-08-31 LAD L 2-8 4.0 4 1 0 3 53 Carlos Perez 2000-08-06 LAD L 6-9 5.2 3 0 1 3 77 Jamie Arnold 2000-07-08 LAD L 0-11 4.2 3 3 5 2 75 Carlos Perez 2000-06-26 LAD L 5-9 4.1 2 0 1 0 39 Carlos Perez 2000-06-24 LAD L 1-6 4.1 2 1 0 2 51 Alan Mills 2000-04-22 LAD W 16-2 4.0 4 1 1 1 52
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As losses go this one was fabulous
Much like game five of the World Series, the Dodgers blew two huge leads but this time the leads were only six runs combined instead of seven, and they didn’t have the best pitcher in baseball on the mound, only the best closer.
The Dodgers staked Ryu to a three-run lead but even with the humidor that lead seemed tenuous and it didn’t take long before the Dbacks tied up the game with single runs in the first, third, and fourth.
The Dodger bullpen entered in the bottom of the 4th and shut the door while the team built back up a three-run lead. Leading 6 – 3, hand the ball to Kenley Jansen and get ready for game two with a nice three game winning streak.
Didn’t happen.
Everyone was watching Kenley’s velocity and while it did seem to tick up, his impeccable command was gone. He got two outs but walked the next two hitters and threw a cookie to Owens who tied the game with a dramatic three-run home run on as straight a pitch as you’ve ever seen Kenley throw.
When Kenley is right he is the best closer in baseball but right now he is not right. The velocity is off, the command is off, and he is looking more like Fernando Rodney. When a three-run lead isn’t safe, you have closer issues.
The rest of the bullpen has been fantastic. Until Wilmer Font gave up a run in the 15th inning the bullpen sans Jansen had yet to give up a run in twenty innings.
Wilmer Font saved the team for as long as he could but in the end, not even Wilmer Font could keep the Dodgers from losing this game.
Roberts blew through his relief pitchers so fast he made Gabe Kapler look like the white boy in a 100-yard dash set in Jamaica. Roberts has an eight-man bullpen to work with and by the 10th inning he had already used seven of them leaving Font to carry the load for as long as he could. Of course, when you have a lead and Jansen you feel comfortable using everyone to protect the lead until you hand the ball to Jansen. With Jansen not being able to secure those leads, that thinking may need to be re-visited.
If Font had options left he’d be sent down to AAA for a fresh arm but they Dodgers don’t have that luxury.
Even though we lost, I loved the game.
Puig showed why I think he is our Roberto Clemente
Puiggy pic.twitter.com/8gLdaKUniN
— Phil Gurnee (@meercatjohn) April 3, 2018
Matt Kemp made a fantastic catch
Great catch by Matt Kemp pic.twitter.com/Iz9UrtNlRW
— Joseph Kim (@blackwings2011) April 3, 2018
Grandal got on base the first five times he was up. Where was this guy last October. What a difference maker that would have been. Joc Pederson showed up and played a nice CF while getting the offense off to a nice start Chase Utley had the big go-ahead hit, for half an inning scoring Cody Bellinger who needed every bit of his speed to score that run. Don’t normally like a headfirst slide into home but this time I jumped up and down when his hands hit the plate.
Chase pic.twitter.com/xHrjRpXZwX
— Phil Gurnee (@meercatjohn) April 3, 2018
J.T Chargois looks like a steal.
And finally Wilmer Font. What a performance, spitting right in the face of his roomful of detractors who felt he had no business being on the 25-man roster. I’ll have more on that later.
The GB&U Game Four
Dodgers win 9 – 0. Record now 2 – 2.
The Dodger offense came alive on Sunday Night while the pitching continued to throw up zeroes. With two games in the book, the talk was all about the Dodgers inability to score any runs but two games later the story is all about the incredible pitching and or the anemic Giant offense. The question today is “Is the Dodger pitching that good or are the Giants that bad?”. As always the answer probably lies in somewhere in the middle. The Dodgers are going to have great pitching but not that great, and the Giants may struggle to score runs but not that bad.
How many times outside of October has Clayton Kershaw had the worst game score of any four Dodger starts?
Player Date IP H ER BB SO GSc Alex Wood 2018-03-30 8.0 1 0 0 5 85 Kenta Maeda 2018-03-31 5.0 5 0 1 10 66 Rich Hill 2018-04-01 6.0 5 0 3 5 64 Clayton Kershaw 2018-03-29 6.0 8 1 2 7 57
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The Good:
Rich Hill continues to baffle major league hitters holding the Giants scoreless for his six innings.
Every hitter except Seager from 1 – 6 collected at least two hits with Puig picking up three.
Puig was speeding with his hits ranging from 108 – 111 MPH
Cody Bellinger hit his first home run of the season, a real wall scraper to left field.
Dodger bullpen threw three more scoreless innings from three different pitchers. One of those was Wilmer Font who made his 2018 debut. It took a 9 – 0 lead to get Font into the game. Font got help with when Kiké made an outstanding catch in CF to take an extra base hit away from Brandon Belt. Over the four game series, the bullpen outside of Jansen pitched ten scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Have to reach here because it was mostly all good. Only negative was Joc Pederson who drew the collar.
The Ugly:
The Giant offense which only scored two runs in four games and both came on solo home runs by Joe Panik. Longoria went four games without a hit.
The GB&U Game Three
Dodgers score some runs, the pitching continues to keep all Panikless Giants off the board and the Dodgers get their first win 5 – 0 moving their record to 1 – 2.
The Good:
Kenta Maeda was dominant for five innings. That might be all they get from him this year but if he can continue to pitch like that for five innings, we will take it. Kenta struck out ten and gave up a few soft hits.
Kyle Farmer made his first start of the year at 3rd base and on his first play made a web gem to take a hit away from Evan Longoria. Farmer dove to his right caught the ball on one hop and threw a strike to Bellinger.
In the 7th, Logan Forsythe ranged past second base and pegged a strike to take a hit away from Cutch.
Chris Taylor got the offense going with a walk and triple scoring two runs.
The bullpen was once again flawless with Ross Stripling / Pedro Baez / Scott Alexander putting up zeroes. The only relief pitcher to give up a run this year has been Kenley Jansen. Go figure..
The Bad:
Puig/Bellinger/Forsythe still without a hit in 2018.
The Ugly:
Having a ring ceremony for a National League Pennant.
The Ryan Braun / Matt Kemp rumors just before game time.
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 