SEATTLE MARINERS (3-3) vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3-3) LHP James Paxton (0-1, 3.00) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (1-0, 7.20) Monday, April 13, 2015 | 7:10 p.m. | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Game 7 | Home Game 4 (2-1) | Night Game 5 (1-3) TV: SportsNet LA | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.); KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) HOME SWEET HOME: After dropping two of three in Arizona over MATCHUP vs. MARINERS the weekend, the Dodgers return home to open Interleague play with a Dodgers: 4th, NL West (1.0 GB) Mariners: T-1st, AL West three-game series against the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners are making All-Time: LA trails series, 12-13 (7-7 at Dodger Stadium) their first visit to Dodger Stadium since 2009, with the clubs meeting for Last Meeting: 2012 @ SEA: LA won series, 2-1 the first time since 2012, when the Dodgers took two of three games at Safeco Field. Following the Seattle series, the Dodger players will attend GOING GONZO: Congratulations to Adrian Gonzalez on being named the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation’s Blue Diamond Gala on Thursday the National League’s Player of the Week, his eighth career Player of the before finishing the six-game homestand with a visit from the Colorado Week Award and first as a Dodger! It marks the third time in the last four Rockies this weekend. years that a Dodger has won NL Player of the Week during the season’s Left-handed pitcher David Huff will start tomorrow’s game first week (Matt Kemp, April 4-8, 2012 and Clayton Kershaw, April 1-7, against the Mariners. Huff went 2-0 with a 1.32 ERA in six 2013). Gonzalez became the first Major Leaguer ever to hit five home Spring Training games (three starts) with the Dodgers and runs through his team’s first three games of the season and finished the opened the regular season with Triple-A Oklahoma City, where week leading the big leagues in batting average (.609), hits (14), home he allowed one run on three hits in 3.0 innings of relief last runs (5), on-base percentage (.667) and slugging percentage (1.391) in six Thursday in his only appearance. An official roster move will be games. He also leads the NL with eight runs scored and is tied for sixth in announced tomorrow to add Huff to the active roster. the Majors with seven RBI. Gonzalez’s 14 hits are tied for the most by a Dodger since 1914 through the team’s first six games: Today, the Dodgers released right-hander Ryan Webb. Most Hits by a Dodger in First 6 Team Games of Season Tonight marks the first installment of the Cy Young Collectors’ Since 1914 Pin Series with the first 40,000 fans in attendance receiving a Don Newcombe pin presented by 76. The April promotional 1t. Adrian Gonzalez (2015) 14 schedule also includes a Don Drysdale pin (April 27), an adult 1t. Johnny Frederick (1930) 14 Jackie Robinson replica jersey (April 15, Jackie Robinson 3t. Eric Karros (1995) 13 Day/Civil Rights Game) and a fleece blanket giveaway April 29. 3t. Reggie Smith (1980) 13 3t. Zack Wheat (1923) 13 The Dodgers have won five consecutive home series, tied with 3t. Tommy Griffith (1919) 13 Pittsburgh for the longest active streak in the Majors (Source: Source: Stats, LLC Stats, LLC). INTERLEAGUE INTRIGUE: This is the earliest in a season by game Wheat (1923), Smith (1980) and Frederick (1930) all had 15 hits through seven team games. number that the Dodgers have opened Interleague play, doing so in their seventh game of the season. By calendar date, this marks the second Gonzalez enters today’s game with an active eight-game hitting earliest that the Dodgers have played an Interleague game, behind only streak dating to Sept. 27, 2014, batting .654 (17-for-26) with 2014, when they played a two-game set against the Tigers (April 8-9) in four doubles, seven homers and 11 RBI in that span. the ninth and 10th games of the campaign. Gonzalez has reached base at least twice in each of his first six The Dodgers have gone 138-156 all-time in Interleague play and games. He opened the season by reaching base three or more have posted winning records against the AL in consecutive times in five consecutive games, becoming just the seventh all- seasons, going 12-8 in 2013 and 11-9 last year. time player to start a season in such fashion (last: Chris Shelton, Detroit, 2006). After spending nine years in the AL with the Angels, Howie Kendrick will face a familiar foe in the Mariners, against whom Gonzalez has gone deep in five consecutive regular-season rd he ranks among the active leaders in games (132, 3 ), hits (127, home games (two in 2014), tied with Gary Sheffield (Sept. 25, th rd th 4 ), doubles (34, 3 ) and RBI (62, 5 ). 1999-April 16, 2000) for most by a Los Angeles Dodger all- Kendrick has a .307 batting average (141-for-459) in 116 career time, two behind Roy Campanella (May 20-June 1, 1955) for Interleague games and joins Yasiel Puig (.319, 38-for-119), the franchise record for most consecutive home games with at least one home run (Source: Stats, LLC). Carl Crawford (.300, 193-for-644) and Adrian Gonzalez (176-for-595) in hitting well against the opposite league. Prior to today’s game, Wilson will present Gonzalez and Juan Scott Van Slyke is likely to see action tonight against a left- Uribe with their 2014 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year handed pitcher and face off against his dad, former big leaguer Awards. Founded in 2012, the Wilson Defensive Player of the Andy Van Slyke, who is in his second season on the Mariners’ Year Award winners are determined using a formula that combines traditional defensive stats with advanced metrics. coaching staff. Gonzalez was also recognized last year with a Gold Glove Brandon McCarthy has posted a 2.06 ERA (10 ER/43.2 IP) in Award. his last six starts against the Mariners since 2011, despite a 1-4 record against the club in that span. McCarthy picked up the win #42: Major League Baseball has announced a number of events being held and struck out nine in his Dodger debut last Wednesday against in Los Angeles in conjunction with Wednesday’s Civil Rights Game and Jackie Robinson Day celebrations: the Padres and has gone 10-5 with a 3.00 ERA (36 ER/108.0 IP) in his last 17 regular-season starts since June 27. Tomorrow at 5:00 p.m., MLB will host a youth baseball clinic at GOING DEEP: Congratulations to Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero on Rancho Cienega Sports Complex with approximately 200 members of the Dodgers RBI program. hitting their first big league home runs yesterday, while both knocked a career-high three hits in the Dodgers’ 7-4 win over Arizona! On Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Millennium Biltmore, there Guerrero also chipped in four RBI in his first career start, a will be a panel discussion on the pivotal role baseball played in game which featured a Dodger record three Cuban-born players the civil rights movement, the game’s continued presence as a in the starting lineup. Fellow Cubans Yasiel Puig (solo home social institution in American society and present-day social issues affecting the country and the world. run) and Yasmani Grandal (2-for-5, 2 R) also played major roles in yesterday’s victory. Also on Wednesday, a pre-game press conference before the With home runs by Pederson, Guerrero and Puig yesterday, the Civil Rights Game will be held at 6:15 p.m. in the Dodgers’ Dodgers now lead the National League with 10 home runs, one Interview Room with MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, behind Baltimore for most in the Majors. Jr., Rachel Robinson and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Tues. April 14, 7:10 pm vs. SEA RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (0-1, 6.00) vs. LHP David Huff (2015 debut) SNLA/AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) Weds, April 15, 7:10 pm vs. SEA RHP Taijuan Walker (0-1, 24.30) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (0-0, 4.50) SNLA, ESPN2/AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) Tonight’s starter vs. Seattle: RHP Brandon McCarthy (1-0, 7.20) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2005 CHICAGO (AL) 3-2 4.03 12 10 0 0 67.0 62 30 30 13 17 48 2006 CHICAGO (AL) 4-7 4.68 53 2 0 0 84.2 77 44 44 17 33 69 2007 TEXAS 5-10 4.87 23 22 0 0 101.2 111 62 55 9 48 59 2008 TEXAS 1-1 4.09 5 5 0 0 22.0 20 11 10 3 8 10 2009 TEXAS 7-4 4.62 17 17 1 1 97.1 96 55 50 13 36 65 2011 OAKLAND 9-9 3.32 25 25 5 1 170.2 168 73 63 11 25 123 2012 OAKLAND 8-6 3.24 18 18 0 0 111.0 115 44 40 10 24 73 2013 ARIZONA 5-11 4.53 22 22 2 1 135.0 161 71 68 13 21 76 2014 ARIZONA 3-10 5.01 18 18 0 0 109.2 131 65 61 15 20 93 NEW YORK (AL) 7-5 2.89 14 14 1 1 90.1 91 35 29 10 13 82 2015 LOS ANGELES 1-0 7.20 1 1 0 0 5.0 9 4 4 2 1 9 Totals (10 Years) 53-65 4.11 208 154 9 4 994.1 1041 494 454 116 246 707 NOTES: Made his Dodger debut last Wednesday against MCCARTHY’S 2015 STARTS the Padres, allowing four runs on nine hits in Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Removal 5.0 innings, recording his first win as a Dodger 4/8 SD W, 7-4 W 5.0 9 4/4 1 9 97 6-4 in a 7-4 victory…struck out nine and issued MCCARTHY vs.