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Dodgers hitters roll through Ohio
Overall Record – 44/26 June Record – 11/5 Position – 1 game back of Rockies Highlights of June so far: The Dodgers swept the Reds at Dodger Stadium and on the road in a span of ten days, and they did it without Clayton Kershaw pitching in any of the six games. They have won …
Puig – Nobody – Pederson – Seager – Bellinger
Home runs are up all over baseball and nowhere is that more apparent than at Dodger Stadium where rookie after rookie keep launching home runs. Prior to 2014, the most LAD rookie home runs was the magic 35 by Mike Piazza in 1993. The 2nd most was 23 by Frank Howard back in 1960 before …
No June Gloom for Dodgers
June Record 6 – 4 Overall Record 39 – 25 Position – 1 1/2 games back of the Rockies By sweeping the potent Reds the Dodgers moved over .500 for June and kept the Rockies in their sights. The Rockies won seven in a row until yesterday, so it was imperative the Dodgers make hey …
Usual suspects?
In this order of importance the usual suspects Clayton Kershaw, Cory Seager, Grandal, Puig, and Jansen kept the Dodgers from getting swept at home by the league-leading Washington Nationals. Through six innings, Kershaw had only given up a home run to Babe Zimmerman but otherwise kept the Nationals off the board. With Strasburg dealing it …
LAD May Double Leaderboard – Grandal sneaks in
Nomar Garciaparra had fourteen doubles in May and no one else is close but Grandal did manage to sneak onto the leaderboard with his ten doubles in May. Puig seems to be on every May leaderboard based on what he did in 2014. Player Split Year 2B PA RBI BA OBP SLG OPS TB Nomar …
LAD May Home run Leaderboard
Cody Bellinger blasted nine home runs in May. How does that stack up historically? Pretty good. Only two players have hit ten home runs in the month of May. Mondesi did it twice, and Shawn Green when he destroyed the Brewers in 2002. Bellinger joins a select group of eight players who have hit nine …
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 …
Forsythe has a triumphant return
For the first nine innings of last nights ballgame it looked like the Dodgers might have activated Logan Forsythe before he was ready. Logan struck out four times in his first four at-bats out of the lead off spot, but when it really counted he struck for gold connecting on a double to drive in …
Dodgers enjoying home cooking
With eight games left on this ten game home trip the Dodgers boast the best winning percentage at home in baseball which is keeping them in the NL West race. MLB Best winning pct. at home, NL – 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers 15-6 .714 Arizona Diamondbacks 18-8 .692 Washington Nationals 12-7 .632 Even with that …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 