San Diego Padres (0-1) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (1-0) LHP Clayton Richard (3-4, 3.33 in ‘16) at RHP Kenta Maeda (16-11, 3.48 in ‘16) Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | 7:10 p.m. | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Game 2 | Home Game 2 | Night Game 1 TV: SportsNet LA | Radio: AM 570 (English); KTNQ 1020 AM SETTLE IN: The Dodgers take on the Padres tonight in the second MATCHUP vs. PADRES contest of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium, following Dodgers: T-1st, NL West (1.0 GA) Padres: T-4th, NL West (1.0 GB) yesterday’s 14-3 blowout victory to kick off the season. The Dodgers All-Time: LA leads series, 438-382-1 (233-180 at Dodger Stadium) and Baltimore Orioles are tied for the longest active Opening Day 2017: LA leads series, 1-0 (1-0 at Dodger Stadium) April 3 @LA: W, 14-3 W: Kershaw L: Chacin winning streaks, having each won seven consecutive lid-lifters. A LOOK BACK: The Dodgers posted a 91-71 record in 2016, en According to Elias it’s the Dodgers’ longest opening day winning route to their fourth consecutive division title and a trip to the NLCS, streak since they won eight straight from 1919 to 1927 in Brooklyn. their fourth appearance in the LCS in the last nine years since 2008. The Dodgers scored 14 runs in the opener, a worthy encore It marked the first time in franchise history that the Dodgers reached to their 15-run outburst on Opening Day 2016. According postseason play in four straight seasons, and they became the first to Elias, only one other team in history scored 14 or more club in NL West history to win the division four years in a row. runs in back-to-back season openers: the Chicago Cubs in Los Angeles won 90+ games for the fourth consecutive 2005 (beat the Diamondbacks, 16-6) and 2006 (beat the season, a feat that had only previously been accomplished Reds,16-7). once in team history, 1951-56 (6). The Dodgers went 11-8 against the Padres last season and THE ROSTER: Two Dodgers are due congratulations for making have not lost the season series to San Diego since going 8- their first active Opening Day rosters, as Grant Dayton and Andrew 10 in 2010. Since the start of the 2011 campaign, Los Toles took part in their very first Opening Day yesterday. Angeles is 73-40 (.646) against the Padres, including a 38- 19 (.667) mark at Dodger Stadium. Of the 25 active players who appear on the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster, 17 were also members of the club’s POWER SURGE: The Dodgers hit an Opening Day franchise- 2016 NLCS roster against the Cubs. record four home runs yesterday, including their first grand slam on Opening Day since 2000. Dodger catcher Yasmani Grandal hit two Sunday, the Dodgers placed five players on the 10-day DL, homers, one from each side of the plate, becoming just the third retroactive to March 30 (Pedro Báez, Andre Ethier, Scott player in big league history to accomplish the feat on Opening Day Kazmir, Josh Ravin and Brock Stewart), who join Yimi (SOURCE: Elias Sports Bureau.) The others (Arizona’s Tony Clark Garcia (60-day DL) in comprising the club’s six-man DL. and Felipe Lopez) both did it on the same day: April 6, 2009. Grandal Of the 25 players on the Dodger roster, nine countries are was the first Dodger to hit two homers in a game on Opening Day represented (Cuba, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, since Raul Mondesi did so on April 5, 1999 vs. Arizona. Japan, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States and MAEDA-SAN: Dodger right-hander Kenta Maeda makes his first Venezuela). start of 2017 this evening as he enters his second Major League THE DOC IS IN: Dodger skipper Dave Roberts is at the beginning season, following a year in which he finished third in the NL Rookie of his second season as the Dodger manager, following a 2016 of the Year balloting. Maeda went 16-11 with a 3.48 ERA in 32 starts campaign in which he was named National League Manager of the in 2016, including a memorable Major League debut (April 6, 2016) Year for his work in guiding Los Angeles to its’ fourth-consecutive in San Diego, where he fired 6.0 scoreless innings and belted a solo NL West Division title, despite having 28 different players spend home run in his second at-bat. time on the disabled list. That was the most for any team in the last Maeda’s 16 wins last year were the second-most wins ever 30 years since at least 1987. by a Los Angeles rookie behind only Rick Sutcliffe (17-10, Roberts became just the second rookie manger ever to lead 1979) and tied for the second most ever in a single-season Los Angeles to a Division title, joining Tommy Lasorda by a Japanese pitcher. He capped off his rookie season by (1977). He also joins Lasorda (1983, ’88) as the only Dodger leading qualifying MLB rookie starting pitchers in starts skippers to ever win the Manager of the Year Award since (32), wins (16), opponents’ batting average (.299), WHIP its inception in 1983. The rest of the Dodger coaching staff (1.14) and innings pitched (175.2) remains intact from last season: pitching coach Rick TAKE A BOW, KERSH: Dodger ace Clayton Kershaw ran his Honeycutt (12th season); bench coach Bob Geren (2nd Opening Day record to 5-0 yesterday, and according to Elias, season); hitting coach Turner Ward (2nd season); first base becomes just the ninth pitcher in Major League history to start at coach George Lombard (2nd season); third base coach least 5-0 in openers. Of the others, three are enshrined in Chris Woodward (2nd season); bullpen coach Josh Bard Cooperstown: Greg Maddux (6-0), Tom Seaver (6-0) and Randy (2nd season); assistant hitting coach Tim Hyers (2nd season); Johnson (5-0). Kershaw also tied Hall of Famer Don Drysdale for quality assurance coach Juan Castro (2nd season); and the most Opening Day victories in franchise history. catching instructor Steve Yeager (6th season). THE CLOSER: Last year, Dodger closer Kenley Jansen became WHAT A SPRING: The Dodgers set a Camelback Ranch-Glendale just the third NL pitcher all-time (since saves became an official record this spring for total attendance for the third consecutive year statistic in 1969) to record at least 45 saves and 100 strikeouts in the (165,911 in 17 home dates), besting last year’s mark of 155,841. same season: HEY SLUGGER: Prior to the game tonight, Dodger Rookie of NL, Pitchers: 45+ Saves & 100+ Strikeouts in Season – All-Time the Year Corey Seager will receive his 2016 Louisville Silver Season Pitcher, Team Saves Strikeouts Slugger Award. Seager was voted the top offensive shortstop by 2002 Eric Gagné, LAD 52 114 the coaches and managers last season after hitting .308 with 26 2003 Eric Gagné, LAD^ 55 137 homers, 72 RBI and an OPS of .877. 2004 Eric Gagné, LAD 45 114 2011 Craig Kimbrel, Atl 46 127 BIG WINNERS: Yesterday, The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation 2016 Kenley Jansen, LAD^^ 47 104 set a Dodger Stadium record with a $76,895 jackpot for the 50/50 raffle on Opening Day, beating the previous record of $72,855 from ^ Won NL Cy Young Award Game 4 of the NLCS last year. The 50/50 Raffle takes place at every ^^ Won Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award Dodger home game throughout the season and all net proceeds SOURCE: STATS, LLC benefits the LA Dodgers Foundation UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Weds., April 5, 7:10 p.m. vs. SD RHP Trevor Cahill vs. LHP Rich Hill TV: SNLA Radio: AM 570, KTNQ 1020 AM Thurs., April 6, 12:10 p.m. vs. SD RHP Jered Weaver vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy TV: SNLA Radio: AM 570, KTNQ 1020 AM TONIGHT’S STARTER VS. SAN DIEGO: RHP KENTA MAEDA (16-9, 3.20 ERA in 2016) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2008 Hiroshima 9-2 3.20 19 18 1 1 109.2 103 43 39 10 35 55 2009 Hiroshima 8-14 3.36 29 29 3 1 193.0 194 82 72 22 29 147 2010 Hiroshima 15-8 2.21 28 28 6 2 215.2 166 55 53 15 46 174 2011 Hiroshima 10-12 2.46 31 31 4 2 216.0 178 61 59 14 43 192 2012 Hiroshima 14-7 1.53 29 29 5 2 206.1 161 46 35 6 44 171 2013 Hiroshima 15-7 2.10 26 26 3 1 175.2 129 46 41 13 40 158 2014 Hiroshima 11-9 2.60 27 27 1 1 187.0 164 61 54 12 41 161 2015 Hiroshima 15-8 2.09 29 29 5 0 206.1 168 49 48 5 41 175 2016 LOS ANGELES 16-11 3.48 32 32 0 0 175.2 150 72 68 20 50 179 MLB Totals (1 Year) 16-11 3.48 32 32 0 0 175.2 150 72 68 20 50 179 Japan Totals (8 Years) 97-67 2.39 218 217 28 10 1509.2 1263 443 401 97 319 1233 NOTES MAEDA’S 2017 SPRING TRAINING STARTS Last start: Made his final Spring Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Training start on March 30 agaisnt the 2/27 VS.