LOS ANGELES DODGERS (91-71) at Washington Nationals (95-67) National League Division Series – Game 5 (Series Tied, 2-2) LHP Rich Hill (0-1, 8.31) Vs
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (91-71) at Washington Nationals (95-67) National League Division Series – Game 5 (Series tied, 2-2) LHP Rich Hill (0-1, 8.31) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (0-1, 6.00) Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 | 8:08 p.m. ET | Nationals Park | Washington, DC TV: FS1 | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.)/KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)/AM 1540 (Kor.)/ESPN Radio #LALOVESOCTOBER: The Dodgers, champions of the National League MATCHUP vs. NATIONALS West, face the East Division-champion Washington Nationals in a All-Time vs. MON/WAS: LA leads series, 271-194 (14-13 at Nationals Park) decisive Game 5 of their Division Series for the right to face the Cubs All-Time Postseason vs. MON/WAS: 5-4 overall; LA won 1981 NLCS, 3-2 in the NLCS, which opens Saturday in Chicago. 2016: LA won series, 5-1 (2-1 at Nationals Park) The only previous postseason meeting between the Dodgers June 20 @LA: W, 4-1 W: Kershaw L: Petit S: Jansen and the Washington/Montreal franchise ended in a winner- June 21 @LA: W, 3-2 W: Coleman L: Roark S: Jansen take-all Game 5 in the 1981 NLCS, won by Los Angeles, 2-1, June 22 @LA: W, 4-3 W: Hatcher L: Kelley on a ninth-inning home run by Rick Monday. The Dodgers July 19 @WAS: W, 8-4 W: Kazmir L: Lopez lost NLDS Game 5 to the Mets, 3-2, last year at Dodger July 20 @WAS: L, 1-8 W: Gonzalez L: Norris Stadium, but are 4-1 in winner-take-all postseason games July 21 @WAS: W, 6-3 W: Liberatore L: Strasburg S: Jansen since moving to Los Angeles in 1958 (5-4 overall in franchise NLDS G1, Oct. 7 @WAS: W, 4-3 W: Kershaw L: Scherzer S: Jansen history): NLDS G2, Oct. 9 @WAS: L, 2-5 W: Treinen L: Hill S: Melancon NLDS G3, Oct. 10 @LA: L, 3-8 W: Solis L: Maeda Winner-Take-All Games, Los Angeles Dodgers NLDS G4, Oct. 11 @LA: W, 6-5 W: Blanton L; Treinen S: Jansen Game 7-1965 World Series at Minnesota: W, 2-0 W: Koufax L: Kaat YOUNG BUCK: 20-year-old rookie Julio Urías is also expected to pitch Game 5-1981 NLDS vs. Houston: W, 4-0 W: Reuss L: Ryan in today’s game for his first-career postseason action. According to Game 5-1981 NLCS at Montreal: W, 2-1 W: Valenzuela L: Rogers the Elias Sports Bureau, at 20 years, 62 days, Urías would become the Game 7-1988 NLCS vs. New York-NL: W, 6-0 W: Hershiser L: Darling youngest ever Dodger pitcher to appear in a postseason game and the Game 5-2015 NLDS vs. New York-NL: L, 2-3 W: deGrom L: Greinke youngest big league hurler to pitch in the playoffs since 1970, when both Don Gullett of the Reds and Bert Blyleven of the Twins did so at Los Angeles took the season series, 5-1, over Washington, 19 years old. Don Drysdale currently holds the distinction as the club’s including a 2-1 series win at Nationals Park. youngest postseason pitcher and was 20 years, 76 days old when he pitched in the 1956 World Series. A LOOK BACK: The Dodgers kept their season alive with a 6-5 win in Game 4 on Tuesday, as Chase Utley drove in the game-winner with a Urías made two regular-season starts against the Nationals, two-out, RBI single in the eighth inning. Utley became the fourth allowing two runs in 5.0 innings on June 22 at Dodger player in Dodger history to produce a hit that scored the game-winner Stadium and giving up one run in 4.0 innings on July 21 in in the eighth inning or later of a possible postseason elimination Washington in no-decisions. Urías has been dominant since game, joining Jackie Robinson (1956 WS G6 vs. NYY), Steve Garvey the All-Star break, going 4-0 with a 1.99 ERA (9 ER/40.2 IP) in (1981 NLCS G4 vs. MON) and Rick Monday (1981 NLCS G5 vs. MON) – 10 games (seven starts). Source: Elias Sports Bureau. TURNED UP FOR OCTOBER: Justin Turner has hit safely in eight of his According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Dodgers’ four nine career postseason starts, posting a .500/.595/.800 slashline and offensive hit by pitches Tuesday were the most ever in a going 15-for-30 with seven runs, six doubles, a homer and seven RBI. postseason game. With both teams scoring runs on bases- Turner has scored in all four games this series and his five runs tie for loaded hit by pitches, it marked the first time in MLB history the second most ever for a Dodger in a Division Series, with Andre that multiple runs were scored on hit by pitches in a single Ethier (2009), Yasiel Puig (2013) and Manny Ramirez (2008), behind postseason games (Source: Elias). only Carl Crawford’s six in the 2013 NLDS vs. Atlanta. The Dodgers have scored five first-inning runs in the series HILLTOPPERS: Dodger pitchers combined to set a single-season MLB and also led after the first inning in each game of the series. record with 1,510 strikeouts during the regular season, shattering the According to Elias, only three other teams in MLB history previous mark of 1,450 Ks by the 2014 Indians. In addition to have previously had a lead after one inning in four straight strikeouts, Los Angeles pitchers ranked among the MLB leaders in ERA games in a single playoff series: the 1998 Yankees in the (3.70, 5th), WHIP (1.19, 2nd) and opponents’ batting average (.233, 2nd). ALCS vs. Cleveland, the 2003 Cubs in the NLCS vs. the Marlins THE ‘PEN: The Dodger bullpen has combined to post a 2.81 ERA (5 and the 2004 Red Sox in the World Series vs. St. Louis. ER/16.0 IP) this series, while limiting Nationals hitters to a .167 batting Adrián González’s Game 4 home run was his sixth in 23 average (9-for-54) with 22 strikeouts. During the regular season, the postseason games with the Dodgers, which tie for the third- Dodger bullpen combined to set a franchise record with 590.2 innings most postseason homers in franchise history with Ron Cey pitched and 607 total appearances, both of which led the Majors. The and Davey Lopes, behind only Duke Snider (11) and Steve ‘pen ranked among the MLB leaders in ERA (3.35, 2nd), opponents’ Garvey (10). batting average (.221, 2nd), strikeouts (633, 1st) and WHIP (1.16, 2nd). KING OF THE HILL: Rich Hill will make his third-career postseason start Kenley Jansen reached 100+ strikeouts (104) for the third and second start of the series, doing so on three days rest, after time in his career, while the team had three relievers with allowing four runs on six hits with seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings in 80 or more Ks for the first time ever (also: Pedro Baez, 83 Saturday’s Game 2 loss. Hill has made just one start on short rest and Joe Blanton, 80). during the course of his career, allowing five runs on three hits in 3.0 DIGGING THE LONGBALL: Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner tied for innings (82 pitches) on July 21, 2009 at New York-AL, three days after the team lead with 27 home runs, a career-best mark for both, while a 20-pitch relief appearance (0.1 IP) on July 19, 2009 at Chicago-AL. Corey Seager (26) and Joc Pederson (25) made the 2016 Dodgers just After making his Dodger debut on Aug. 24, Hill went 3-2 with the fourth team in franchise history to have four players with 25+ home runs: a 1.83 ERA (7 ER/34.1 IP), a .182 opponents’ batting average and a 0.79 WHIP in six regular-season starts with Los 1955: Roy Campanella / Carl Furillo / Gil Hodges / Duke Snider Angeles, while posting a 12-5 overall record and a 2.12 ERA 1977: Dusty Baker / Ron Cey / Steve Garvey / Reggie Smith overall in 20 starts with Los Angeles and Oakland. Overall, 1997: Eric Karros / Raul Mondesi / Mike Piazza / Todd Zeile among pitchers with 20 or more starts, Hill ranked second in 2016: Yasmani Grandal / Corey Seager / Justin Turner/ Joc Pederson ERA, behind only Kershaw, third in opponents’ batting The Dodgers combined to hit 189 home runs, their most average (.195) and fourth in WHIP (1.00). since 2004 (203 HR), including seven grand slams - the third most in Los Angeles history, behind 2004 (10) and 2000 (9). NEXT MAN UP: The Dodgers used a franchise record-tying 55 total THE FINISHING TOUCH: Kenley Jansen, who earned the first All-Star players and 31 different pitchers (both records originally set last year) selection of his career in 2016, notched a career-high 47 saves (T-2nd, on a club that saw 28 different players spend time on the DL, the most MLB), while ranking among the NL relief leaders in ERA (1.83, 2nd), for any team in the last 30 years since at least 1987. opponents’ batting average (.150, 1st MLB), WHIP (0.67, 1st MLB), strikeouts (104, 5th) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.45, 1st). IN THE FIELD: The Dodgers ranked third in the National League with a .986 fielding percentage, behind the Giants (.988) and Nationals During the campaign, Jansen also established new Dodger (.988), while committing the third-fewest errors (80).