UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Mon., May 11, 7:10 P.M
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (19-10) vs. Colorado Rockies (11-16) 1. LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-2, 3.72) vs. LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-2, 9.00) May 10, 2015 | 2:10 p.m. MT | Coors Field | Denver, CO Game 30 | Road Game 15 (6-8) | Day Game 8 (5-2) TV: SportsNet LA | Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM 2. SNOWBALL FIGHT!: The Dodgers and Rockies play the finale of MATCHUP vs. ROCKIES their series today at Coors Field after Los Angeles won a 2-1, rain- Dodgers: 1st, NL West (3.5 GA) Rockies: 5th, NL West (7.0 GB) shortened game on Friday and a rainout yesterday (a date has not yet All-Time: LA leads series, 210-153 (90-80 at Coors Field) been announced for a makeup game). Los Angeles opened its road trip 2015: LA leads series, 4-0 (1-0 at Coors Field) (3-2) by splitting a four-game series in Milwaukee and returns home April 17 @ LA: W, 7-3 W: Kershaw L: Kendrick April 18 @ LA: W, 6-3 W: Greinke L: Lyles S: Peralta tonight to open a seven-game homestand against the Marlins April 19 @ LA: W, 7-0 W: McCarthy L: Butler (Monday-Wednesday) and Rockies (Thursday-Sunday). May 8 @ COL: W, 2-1 (6) W: Anderson L: Butler The Dodgers have the Majors’ second-best winning percentage at .655 (19-10), behind only St. Louis (.733, 22- YAZ HANDS: Yasmani Grandal continued his RBI tear Friday 8), and are a season-high nine games above .500. night with a first-inning sacrifice fly and went 1-for-2 to extend his Following yesterday’s rainout, Clayton Kershaw will make hitting streak to six in a row. Grandal is batting .684 (13-for-19) with the start today at Colorado, with Zack Greinke’s start being three doubles, three homers and 11 RBI during the run, which began pushed back to tomorrow night against the Marlins. The on May 2. Prior to the hot streak, he was batting .179 and had been Dodger starters for the two other games against Miami have held hitless in his previous 13 at-bats. yet to be determined. THE RUN PREVENTERS: Los Angeles relievers have combined to WE WILL ROCK YOU: The Dodgers have won seven in a row over post a 1.92 ERA (19 ER/89.0 IP), the second-lowest mark in the NL the Rockies dating to Sept. 26, 2014, which is the second-longest (St. Louis, 1.57). The Dodger relief corps also ranks among the Dodger winning streak over Colorado in the history of the series, league’s best in opponents’ batting average (.186, 2nd), strikeouts (103, behind only a nine-game run, July 24, 2003-April 10, 2004. A Los 1st) and WHIP (1.03, 2nd). Angeles win today would give the club three consecutive series sweeps over the Rockies for the first time in club history. Adam Liberatore has started his Major League career by retiring 22 of 23 batters faced in 7.2 scoreless innings in Los Angeles has won 15 of its past 18 games against seven appearances. Colorado since June 8, 2014, doing so in convincing fashion: Yimi Garcia has fired 11.2 consecutive scoreless innings in Dodgers Rockies his last 11 appearances since April 10. Overall, he ranks Runs per Game 6.3 (113 R) 3.7 (66 R) rd Starter ERA 3.30 (37 ER/101.0 IP) 7.12 (73 ER/92.1 IP) among NL relievers in ERA (0.66, T-3 ), strikeouts (21, T- 3rd), opponents’ batting average (.087, 2nd) and WHIP (0.59, Team BA .324 (199/615) .239 (139/582) nd 2 ) in 13 games. Source: Stats, LLC Former Rockie Juan Nicasio, who was acquired by the Dodgers STANDING UP: This afternoon, in addition to other pink Mother’s in exchange for minor league outfielder Noel Cuevas on Nov. Day accessories, many of the Dodger players and coaches will be 24, 2014, has tossed scoreless relief in eight of 10 relief wearing pink wrist bands in a show of support for Sherri Patton, the appearances this year, going 1-1 with a 1.26 ERA. wife of Dodger owner Bobby Patton, who is battling breast cancer. HOMER HAPPY: Despite being held homerless Friday, the Dodgers Since 2000, the Dodgers have gone 10-5 on Mother’s Day, continue to lead the Majors with 47 home runs, the most by the team including wins in four of the past five years. through the first 29 games of a season in franchise history. THE CENTURY MARK: Clayton Kershaw has a 99-51 career Dodgers, Most HR thru First 29 Games – all-time record in 217 games (215 starts) and is making his fourth attempt to 2015 47 reach the 100-win milestone today. If he can attain the mark today at 2000 46 (49 after 30th game) 27 years, 52 days, he would become the second youngest active 1955 44 (45 after 30th game) pitcher to do so, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: th 1961 41 (46 after 30 game) th Youngest ACTIVE pitchers at the time of their 100 career win: Adrian Gonzalez and Joc Pederson are tied for third in the th Player Age at 100 win Date NL with nine home runs apiece and also rank first (.727) and Felix Hernandez 27 years, 14 days 4/22/13 fourth (.632), respectively, in the league in slugging CC Sabathia 27 years, 69 days 9/28/07 percentage. Mark Buehrle 28, years, 79 days 6/10/07 Pederson’s nine home runs through the first 47 games of his Kershaw ranks second in the Majors with 51 strikeouts in career tie for the third most in Dodger franchise history with 38.2 innings this season and is four Ks shy of 1,500 for his Yasiel Puig (2013), behind only David Ross (11, 2002-03) career (1,496). and Del Bissonette (10, 1928). Kershaw has won his last six starts against the Rockies Alex Guerrero’s six home runs through 30 career games tie dating to Sept. 2, 2013, going 6-0 with a 1.62 ERA (7 for the third-most in Dodger history along with Ross and ER/39.0 IP) in that span. Going further back, Kershaw has Bissonette, behind only Puig (8) and Matt Kemp (7, 2006). won nine of his last 10 decisions against the Rockies, posting a 9-1 record with a 2.14 ERA (20 ER/84.0 IP) in 12 starts GOING GONZO: Adrian Gonzalez stroked an RBI double in the first inning on Friday as he continued to close in on 1,000 RBI for his since July 26, 2011. th th career (991). Gonzalez (12 ) joins teammate Jimmy Rollins (19 ) Kershaw has won his last four starts at Coors Field, going 4- among the active RBI leaders, with Rollins just two RBI shy of 900 0 with a 2.00 ERA (6 ER/27.0 IP) in four starts since July 2, (898). 2013, and has a 7-3 career record with a 4.58 ERA (46 Gonzalez ranks among the active leaders in hits (149, 2nd ER/90.1 IP) in 15 starts in Denver. rd behind Matt Kemp’s 150), home runs (25, 3 ) and RBI (108, WORKING BACK: Kenley Jansen made his fourth rehab 2nd behind Kemp’s 109) in 135 career games against the appearance last night for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga at High Desert, Rockies. striking out one and needing only 12 pitches to retire the side in a scoreless first inning. Jansen is expected to pitch again today for the Gonzalez has a .349 career batting average (15-for-43) with Quakes. four doubles, three homers and 11 RBI against today’s Rockies starter, Jorge De La Rosa. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Mon., May 11, 7:10 p.m. vs. MIA RHP Tom Koehler (2-3, 5.18) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (5-0, 1.56 SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Tues., May 12, 7:10 p.m. vs. MIA RHP Dan Haren (4-1, 2.68) vs. TBD SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Weds., May 13, 4:50 p.m. vs. MIA RHP Jarred Cosart (1-3, 3.67) vs. TBD SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Today’s starter at Colorado: LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-2, 3.72 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2008 LOS ANGELES 5-5 4.26 22 21 0 0 107.2 109 51 51 11 52 100 2009 LOS ANGELES 8-8 2.79 31 30 0 0 171.0 119 55 53 7 91 185 2010 LOS ANGELES 13-10 2.91 32 32 1 1 204.1 160 73 66 13 81 212 2011 LOS ANGELES 21-5 2.28 33 33 5 2 233.1 174 66 59 15 54 248 2012 LOS ANGELES 14-9 2.53 33 33 2 2 227.2 170 70 64 16 63 229 2013 LOS ANGELES 16-9 1.83 33 33 3 2 236.0 164 55 48 11 52 232 2014 LOS ANGELES 21-3 1.77 27 27 6 2 198.1 139 42 39 9 31 239 2015 LOS ANGELES 1-2 3.72 6 6 0 0 38.2 37 19 16 5 7 51 Totals (8 Years) 99-51 2.52 217 215 17 9 1417.0 1072 431 396 87 431 1496 NOTES: KERSHAW’S 2015 STARTS Last pitched on Monday against Milwaukee, allowing three runs on five hits in 7.1 innings, Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ not factoring in the decision in the Dodgers’ 3- Removal 4 defeat…struck out eight and did not allow a 4/6 SD W, 6-3 ND 6.0 6 3/3 2 9 99 3-2 walk on 91 pitches 4/11 @ ARI L, 0-6 L 6.1 10 6/5 3 5 99 0-6 th Seeking his 100 career victory today…at 4/17 COL W, 7-3 W 6.0 6 3/1 1 12 104 6-3 27 years, 52 days, would become the second- youngest active pitcher to reach 100 4/22 @SF L, 2-3 ND 6.0 3 2/2 1 9 93 0-2 victories (Felix Hernandez, 27 years, 14 days 4/28 SF L, 1-2 L 7.0 7 2/2 0 8 92 1-2 on April 22, 2013)…were he to pick up the 5/4 @MIL L, 3-4 ND 7.1 5 3/3 0 8 91 3-2 win tonight, it would be in the seventh KERSHAW vs.