Sunday, March 25, 2018 – 6:07 Pm PT | Angels Stadium Spring Game 31
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (15-14-1) at Los Angeles Angels (12-18) Sunday, March 25, 2018 – 6:07 p.m. PT | Angels Stadium RHP Parker Bridwell (0-1, 7.91) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (2-0, 2.19) Spring Game 31/Road Game 17 TV: SportsNet LA Radio: AM 570 (English) AM 1020 (Spanish) GOING BACK TO CALI: The Dodgers are back in California tonight to face their cross-city rivals, the Los Angeles Angels, for the first of 2018 Dodger Spring Training Schedule three Freeway Series games. The Dodgers won both Cactus League Date Opp. Time Rec. Winner Loser Attend. 2/23 CWS W, 13-5 1-0 Lee Danish 6,813 matchups against the Halos, first on March 11 by a score of 4-2 and under 2/24 SF L, 3-9 1-1 Okert Bañuelos 13,141 the lights on March 22, 4-3. The Boys in Blue will head home after at KC L, 4-8 1-2 Smith Broussard 5,020 today’s game to finish the Freeway Series at Dodger Stadium on Monday 2/25 at SEA L, 0-2 1-3 Nicasio Alexander 7,504 and Tuesday. The clubs will faceoff six times during the regular season 2/26 at TEX W, 9-6 2-3 Wood Minor 3,109 starting July 6-8 in Anaheim and July 13-15 at Dodger Stadium. 2/27 TEX T, 4-4 2-3-1 4,598 2/28 at SD L, 5-10 2-4-1 Wieck Lowe 2,781 Counting today’s contest, Los Angeles has three more 3/1 CLE L, 7-8 2-5-1 Marshall Moseley 5,725 exhibition games this spring. After the Freeway Series against 3/2 at CWS W, 7-6 3-5-1 Chopping Walsh 7,423 the Angels, the Dodgers will open the 2018 season on March 3/3 ARI W, 14-6 4-5-1 Wood Ray 13,186 29 against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, which 3/4 at SF W, 9-3 5-5-1 Maeda Samardzija 12,141 3/5 CLE W, 8-1 6-5-1 Copping Merritt 6,889 will be nationally broadcasted on ESPN. 3/6 at CHI L, 9-5 6-6-1 Darvish Font 14, 479 3/7 at LAA W, 4-2 7-6-1 Stewart Lamb 5,650 GOODBYE CBR: The Dodgers played their last game at Camelback 3/8 at CLE L, 1-4 7-7-1 Torres Alexander 8,002 Ranch yesterday, where they fell 7-3 to the White Sox. Austin Barnes 3/9 KC W, 6-4 8-7-1 Cingrani Machado 10,594 put the Dodgers on the board in the first inning with a three-run home 3/10 CHI W, 6-5 9-7-1 Buehler Mills 13,226 run, his first of the spring. On the mound, Alex Wood went five innings, 3/11 at COL W, 13-7 10-7-1 Ryu Marquez 12,640 giving up three earned runs on five hits with six strikeouts. Pat Venditte 3/12 MIL L, 6-7 10-8-1 Drake Culver 9,164 3/13 Off Day provided a scoreless inning of relief with a strikeout, bringing his ERA 3/14 COL W, 11-6 11-8-1 Baez Musgrave 11,498 down to 1.59 in 11.1 innings this spring. 3/15 KC L, 14-8 11-9-1 Hammel Hill 10,917 3/16 at ARI L, 1-4 11-10-1 Koch Font 13,796 The Dodgers’ 69 doubles this spring are the most in the Cactus 3/17 at CWS L, 2-5 11-11-1 Gonzalez Ryu 13,199 League. The team also ranks among the top of the big leagues 3/18 at MIL L, 3-7 11-12-1 Anderson Bañuelos 7,178 in slugging percentage (.500, 5th), OPS (.837, 6th), home runs SD L, 1-2 11-13-1 Yates Jankowski 11,654 (52, 3rd), RBI (172, 4th), runs scored (178, 4th) and batting 3/19 OAK W, 3-1 12-13-1 Chargois Pagan 8,535 3/20 at OAK W, 8-2 13-13-1 Maeda Blackburn 7,227 average (.271, T-10th). 3/21 Off Day 3/22 LAA W, 4-3 14-13-1 Ryu Barria 13,205 KENTA DAY: Dodger right-hander Kenta Maeda will take the mound 3/23 at KC W, 10-0 15-13-1 Kershaw Nolasco 9,528 for his fifth Spring Training outing. In four Cactus League starts, the 3/24 CWS L, 7-3 15-14-1 Santiago Wood 13,160 righty has gone 2-0 while allowing three runs in 12.1 innings (2.19 3/25 at LAA 6:07 PM ERA), striking out 11 batters against only two walks. He last pitched on 3/26 LAA 7:10 PM 3/27 LAA 7:10 PM March 20 against the Athletics at Hohokam Stadium where he allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts in 5.0 innings. HAPPY HAPPY: The Dodgers would like to wish a very happy 31st birthday to Hyun-Jin Ryu. The Korean left-hander is entering his sixth big league season with the Dodgers after signing with the team on Last season, Maeda went 13-6 with one save and posted a December 12, 2012. He has an overall record of 33-25 with an ERA of 4.22 ERA in 29 games (25 starts). He struck out 140 batters 3.51 in 82 career Major League games (81 starts). against just 34 walks in 134.1 innings last year, while holding hitters to a .238 average. Over two big league COUNTDOWN TO OPENING DAY: After today, the Dodgers have seasons, he has gone 29-17 with a 3.80 ERA and has posted just four days until Opening Day, presented by Bank of America, against a 1.15 WHIP in 61 games (57 starts). the Giants on March 29. The last time the two teams faced off at Dodger Stadium Opening Day was in 2014, where the Dodgers lost 8-4. A LOOK BACK: The Dodgers posted a 104-58 record in 2017, Opening Day ceremonies will celebrate the Dodgers’ 60 years in becoming the first team in NL West history to win the division in five Los Angeles, including a salute to the 30th anniversary of the 1988 consecutive seasons. The team earned a World Series berth after World Champions and a ceremonial first pitch by Kirk Gibson on defeating the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS, 4 games to 1, and finished the March 29. The team will also partner with the Kirk Gibson season with their first NL Pennant since 1988. Foundation (more information: kirkgibsonfoundation.org) to raise awareness and support for Parkinson’s Disease research. The Dodgers posted the seventh 100-win season in franchise history (third in Los Angeles history) and first since 1974 (102- The first 40,000 ticketed fans in attendance on March 30 will 60). The Dodgers won 90+ games for the fifth consecutive season, receive a special edition Kirk Gibson bobblehead presented by a feat that had only previously been accomplished once in Bank of America and fans can also enjoy the season’s first Friday franchise history, 1951-56 (6). Night Fireworks presented by Denny’s. The Dodgers’ game-worn jerseys from Friday’s game along with 88 limited-edition L.A. finished with the best record in the Majors for the first time autographed bobbleheads will be auctioned off by LADF online since 1974 and the NL ‘s best record for the first time since 2009. from April 9-30 with proceeds going to the Kirk Gibson The Dodgers set an L.A. record for victories with 104 (104-58), Foundation. tying for the second most in franchise history (also: 1942, 104-50) The Dodgers will honor the 2017 pennant-winning team with a and finishing one shy of the club record of 105 (105-49), set in special pregame video tribute and a NL championship ring 1953. presentation ceremony on Saturday, March 31. THANK YOU FANS: On Saturday, 13,160 fans said goodbye to their PIECE OF HISTORY: As the team continues its celebration of 60 seasons in Los Angeles, the Dodgers will pay tribute to one of the most Dodgers during the final game of the Cactus League against the White dramatic moments in baseball history by permanently marking the seat Sox at Camelback Ranch. The sold-out crowd brought the home in the Right Field Pavilion where Kirk Gibson’s historic walk-off home attendance total to 152,305 for the spring, for an average of 10,154. run landed in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. The seat is the first at Dodger Stadium to be marked for a historical event. Section 302, Row D, SOMETHING SPECIAL: The Dodgers announced that the club will Seat 1 in the Right Field Pavilion will be painted blue and adorned with offer more than 24 unique ticket packages this season as part of its 2018 Gibson’s signature as well as a historical marker. The Kirk Gibson seat Special Events Calendar. Each special event date will include a ticket to must be purchased as a pair with the seat next to it, and will cost $300 for the game and feature unique pregame ceremonies plus an exclusive the two seats, which includes a commemorative t-shirt and a $200 promotional item. The team will celebrate Los Angeles’ rich diversity by donation to the Kirk Gibson Foundation, raising money and awareness honoring different communities including Mexico (May 10), LGBT for Parkinson’s Research.