HIT the ROAD: the Dodgers, Winners of Five of Their Last 2017 Dodger Spring Training Schedule Six, Travel to Peoria to Take on the Mariners in the Second of Date Opp
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (11-8) vs. Seattle Mariners (11-7) Wednesday, March 15, 2017 – 1:10 p.m. | Peoria Sports Complex RHP Brandon McCarthy (1-1, 3.60) vs. RHP Chris Heston (1-0, 0.00) Spring Game 20/Road Game 10 TV: None Radio: None HIT THE ROAD: The Dodgers, winners of five of their last 2017 Dodger Spring Training Schedule six, travel to Peoria to take on the Mariners in the second of Date Opp. Result Rec. Winner Loser Attend. 2/25 CWS W, 5-3 1-0 Castillo Soto 8,474 their three Cactus League meetings following a 7-3 win on 2/26 at MIL W, 10-8 2-0 Oaks Barbosa 4,528 March 5 in Glendale. The clubs will meet for a final time this 2/27 COL L, 1-7 2-1 Gray Maeda 4,294 2/28 at COL W, 14-3 3-1 Urías Freeland 4,255 Friday night at Camelback Ranch. Los Angeles has won its 3/1 at SF W, 7-6 4-1 Younginer Kontos 9,279 last five regular-season games against the Mariners, including 3/2 CLE W, 4-2 5-1 Hatcher Morimando 5,693 3/3 KC (SS) L, 2-7 5-2 Kennedy Hill 6,536 a three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium in 2015, and is 15-13 at ARI (SS) L, 3-15 5-3 Greinke McCarthy 11,079 all-time against Seattle. 3/4 at CHI L, 3-9 5-4 Anderson Stewart 15,438 3/5 SEA (SS) W, 7-3 6-4 Ravin Owings 8,240 3/6 at COL L, 9-10 6-5 Chatwood Cash 7,427 A week from today, Dodger Stadium will host the 3/7 SF L, 2-4 6-6 Beede Avilan 10,777 championship of the World Baseball Classic, and 3/8 at MIL (SS) L, 2-7 6-7 Guerra Hill 3,689 3/9 Off Day game tickets are still available at 3/10 TEX W, 12-2 7-7 McCarthy Hamels 13,077 Dodgers.com/WBC. The semi-final games will take 3/11 LAA W, 8-2 8-7 Avilan Norris 13,212 3/12 at KC (SS) W, 5-4 9-7 Kershaw Karns 9,197 place on March 20 and 21. Los Angeles also hosted CWS (SS) L, 5-15 9-8 Kahnle Istler 8,544 the championship round in 2009, when Team Japan 3/13 at LAA W, 3-1 10-8 Maeda Nolasco 9,111 3/14 CIN W, 6-5 11-8 Avilan Adleman 6,624 won the title. 3/15 at SEA 1:10 PM 3/16 CHI 1:05 PM JUST WIN BABY: The Dodgers rallied for six runs in the 3/17 at SD (SS) 7:05 PM fourth inning yesterday and held on to beat the Reds, 6-5, at 3/17 SEA (SS) 7:05 PM 3/18 at CWS 1:05 PM Camelback Ranch. Yasmani Grandal, who is tied for third 3/19 Asia 2 1:05 PM in the NL with 13 hits this spring, blasted his first homer, a 3/20 at CLE 1:05 PM 3/21 MIL 1:05 PM two-run shot, and finished the day 2-for-3. Franklin 3/22 Off Day Gutierrez (2-for-3, R) and Chris Taylor (2-for-2, R) also 3/23 at TEX 4:05 PM 3/24 ARI 1:05 PM registered multi-hit games, while Logan Forsythe hit safely 3/25 OAK (SS) 1:05 PM for the seventh time in eight Spring Training games with a 3/26 at TEX 1:05 PM 3/27 CWS 1:05 PM two-run double in the fourth inning. 3/28 SD (SS) 1:05 PM at CIN (SS) 1:05 PM Rich Hill allowed just one hit and only an unearned 3/29 at SEA 1:10 PM 3/30 at LAA 7:07 PM run in 3.2 strong innings yesterday, while Luis 3/31 at LAA 7:07 PM Avilan (2-1) struck out the only batter he faced to 4/1 LAA 6:10 PM pick up his second win of the spring. OH HAPPY DAY: The Dodgers would like to wish a very happy birthday to Trayce Thompson, who turns 26 today! Forsythe and Taylor have both gone 11-for-22 (.500) Thompson, who was acquired by the Dodgers as part of a this spring to lead Dodger regulars in batting three-team deal on Dec. 16, 2015, batted .225 with 13 homers average. and 32 RBI in 80 games last year, when he was limited by a ON THE HILL: Brandon McCarthy will make his third back injury. start of the spring today after allowing just one hit and Former Dodger and 1988 World Champion Mickey striking out three in 3.0 scoreless innings in his last outing, a Hatcher is also celebrating his 62nd birthday today. win over the Rangers on Friday. McCarthy, 33, went 2-3 with a 4.95 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) for the Dodgers in 2016 FINAL FOUR: Last night, two teams punched their tickets in an injury-shortened campaign. to World Baseball Classic semi-finals at Dodger Stadium, with Team Japan and Team Netherlands advancing out of the Julio Urías will make his fourth appearance of the Tokyo regional. Team Japan will work out at Camelback spring today after striking out three in 2.0 scoreless Ranch on Friday and will play the Dodgers in an exhibition innings of relief on March 10 against the Rangers. game at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. Four teams are still in BRACKET CHALLENGE: The NCAA men’s basketball contention in round robin play in San Diego: Puerto Rico, field has been announced, and many Dodger players have a USA, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. rooting interest with their schools in the field. Rich Hill’s This morning, Dodger closer Kenley Jansen Michigan Wolverines are the seventh seed in the Midwest, announced that he’ll join Team Netherlands for the Dave Roberts and Chase Utley’s UCLA Bruins are the third championship round at Dodger Stadium. Jansen is seed in the South, Logan Forsythe’s Arkansas Razorbacks expected to depart from Glendale on Sunday for the are the eighth seed in the South and Yasmani Grandal’s Netherlands’ semi-final game Monday night. Miami Hurricanes are eighth seed in the Midwest, while Chris Hatcher’s UNC Wilmington Seahawks (12th seed) will Kiké Hernández and Team Puerto Rico knocked off face Chris Taylor’s Virginia Cavaliers (5th seed) in the first the Dominican Republic, 3-1, last night to improve round in the East region. to 1-0 in second round action in San Diego. Puerto Rico has a few days off before taking on the United A LOOK BACK: The Dodgers posted a 91-71 record in States Friday night at 7:00 p.m. PT. 2016, en route to their fourth consecutive division title and a trip to the National League Championship Series, their fourth Adrián González, Sergio Romo and Alex Verdugo appearance in the LCS in the last nine years since 2008. It returned to Dodger camp this morning following marked the first time in franchise history that the Dodgers Team Mexico’s elimination from the tournament. reached postseason play in four straight seasons, and they Ike Davis (Israel) and Rob Segedin (Italy) are became the first club in NL West history to win the division expected back in Glendale in the next few days. four years in a row. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time (Local) Opp. Location Probables TV/RADIO March 16/1:10 pm CHC Glendale RHP Eddie Butler (3-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-0, 0.00) SNLA/KLAC CLUBHOUSE OPEN TOMORROW: 8:00 am-8:45 am TEAM MEETING: 8:45 am-9:15 am TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHERS RHP Brandon McCarthy is expected to make his third start of the spring after picking up the win on March 10 against the Rangers. In that game he went 3.0 innings, gave up one hit and struck out three. After starting last year 2-0 with a 1.61 ERA (4 ER/22.1 IP) through four starts, McCarthy struggled down the stretch, going 0-3 with a 9.17 ERA (18 ER/17.2 IP) in his final six games (five starts). The 33-year-old spent two seasons with Arizona in 2013-14, going 8-21 with a 4.75 ERA in 40 starts. LHP Julio Urías will make his fourth appearance of the spring and hopes to keep the form of his last two games. Last appeared on March 10 when he went 2.0 innings, walked one and struck out three. The lefty saw his first Major League action last year and enters his fifth professional season with the Dodgers. In his debut season the 20-year-old phenom went 5- 2 with a 3.39 ERA in 18 games (15 starts). He was the 34th Dodger to make his MLB debut as a teenager since the club joined the National League in 1890 and first since Adrian Beltre; in addition to becoming the youngest Major Leaguer to make their debut since Texas’ Jurickson Profar (19 years 195 days on Sept. 2, 2012). In the spirit of breaking age barriers, Urías became the youngest Dodger pitcher ever to appear in a postseason game at 20 years, 62 days in 2016 NLDS Game 5. LHP Adam Liberatore last appeared on March 12 against the White Sox and pitched 1.0 inning, giving up one hit and striking out two.