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Los Angeles Dodgers (23-22) at New York Mets (20-23) RHP Josh Beckett (1-1, 2.38) vs. RHP Rafael Montero (0-1, 4.50) Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 7:10 p.m. ET | Citi Field, Flushing, NY Game 46| Road Game 24 (14-9) | Night Game 32 (16-15) TV: SNLA RADIO: AM 570 KLAC (ENG), KTNQ 1020 AM (SPAN) MARCH ON THE BIG APPLE: The Dodgers continue their nine- MATCHUP game road trip (1-2) tonight with the first of three in New York City. Dodgers: 3rd, NL West (5.0 GB) Mets: T-4th, NL East (4.0 GB) Los Angeles is 9-1 against the Mets, dating to July 1, 2012. The club All-Time: LA leads series, 319-259 (8-7 at Citi Field) is 14-9 away from home this season. Following the series, the 2013: LA won series, 5-1 (2-1 at Citi Field) Dodgers head to Philadelphia by train and take on the Phillies this UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wednesday, May 21 at NYM – 4:10 p.m. PT weekend before returning to Dodger Stadium for a season-high tying LHP Hyun Jin-Ryu (3-2, 3.00) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (0-1, 1.29) 10-game homestand. TV: SNLA/ESPN RADIO: AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) The Dodgers are hitting .275 vs. right-handers, which ranks Thursday, May 22 at NYM – 4:10 p.m. PT RHP Zack Greinke (7-1, 2.03) vs. LHP Jonathon Niese (2-3, 2.54) third in the Major Leagues. TV: SNLA RADIO: AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) THE PRODUCERS: Dodger outfielders have combined as a unit to A GOOD RUN: The Dodgers have won nine of their last 10 games rank among the Majors’ best in batting average (.288, 2nd), home runs vs. the Mets going back to July 1, 2012: (23, 4th), RBI (80, 3rd), on-base percentage (.357, T-1st) and slugging nd Dodgers vs. Mets, Last 10 Games percentage (.489, 2 ). In the month of May, Carl Crawford, Andre Dodgers Mets Ethier, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig and Scott Van Slyke have all been Wins 9 1 on a roll, posting a .348 combined batting average (85-for-244) with Runs/Game 5.7 (57/10) 3.6 (36/10) 12 home runs and 42 RBI in the club’s 18 games. Batting Avg .260 (92/354) .252 (92/365) Crawford has hit safely in 11 of 12 games, batting .450 (18- -- w/RISP .305 (25/82) .220 (20/91) for-40) with a double, three homers and seven RBI since ERA 2.99 (32/96.1) 4.82 (50/93.1) May 3. Crawford has raised his overall batting average from Pitcher Strikeouts 99 66 .185 to .273 during that span. SOURCE: STATS, LLC Ethier is hitting .333 (15-for-43) with five doubles and six CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN: The Dodgers are currently 23-22 and RBI in 15 games this month. He has posted a .358/.424/.472 have been above .500 every day since entering last year’s All-Star slashline in his last 18 games since April 26. break at 47-47. Only the Tigers have a longer active streak: Kemp has hit .365 (19-for-52) with seven multi-hit contests Most Consecutive Days w/Winning Record – Active Streaks since May 3, raising his overall batting average from .205 to (counts days during regular season) .267 in that span. Currently Last Time .500 or Worse Puig was selected as NL Co-Player of the Week last week Tigers 209 27-13 10-10 thru 4/25/2013 along with Arizona outfielder A.J. Pollock, posting a .348 Dodgers 134 23-22 47-47 thru 7/14/2013 batting average (8-for-23) in six contests while collecting a Nationals 86 23-21 65-65 thru 8/25/2013 league-leading 10 RBI and tying for the league lead with SOURCE: STATS, LLC three home runs. Overall, he ranks among the NL leaders in th th LEAGUE OF HIS OWN: Brandon League tossed 2.0 scoreless batting average (.322, 7 ), home runs (9, T-6 ), RBI (35, T- nd th innings on Sunday and has now not given up an earned run in 20.1 IP 2 ), on-base percentage (.411, 4 ) and slugging percentage th in 13 appearances since April 16. During the run, League has allowed (.586, 4 ). only an unearned run, posted a 0.79 WHIP, limited opponents to a CONGRATS ARE IN ORDER: Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts .191 batting average (13-for-68) and allowed only one of eight outfielder Jeremy Hazelbaker and Single-A Advanced Rancho inherited runners to score. On the season, League owns a 1.40 ERA Cucamonga Quakes infielder Chris Jacobs were named Player of the (T-11th) and has induced groundballs 76.1% of the time, which ranks Week in their respective leagues: second in the NL among all relievers (Jeremy Affeldt, 76.3%). Last week, Hazelbaker led the Southern League in total GOT SPEED?: Dee Gordon continues to lead the Majors with 25 bases (18), while posting a .455 batting average (10-for-22) stolen bases, nine more than any other big league player (Billy with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI. On the Hamilton, CIN, 16). Gordon also ranks among the NL leaders in hits season, he ranks 10th in the Southern League with his team- (52, T-6th) while hitting .317 with runners on base (19-for-60). leading .298 batting average, while also ranking among the st th The Dodgers lead the Majors with 50 steals in 65 attempts league’s best in triples (7, 1 ), stolen bases (10, T-6 ) and (76.9 %), 13 more than any other MLB team (Tigers and slugging percentage (.504, 7th). Reds are tied for second with 37 stolen bases). Jacobs knocked in at least one run in each game for a team- BREAKING THROUGH: Josh Beckett will make his eighth start high nine RBI last week, while hitting .458 (11-for-24) with of the season tonight and first career start at Citi Field, marking the four homers in six contests from May 12-18. He leads the 36th stadium in which he has made a start. Beckett snapped a 14-start California League in total bases (96) and ranks among the th winless streak in his last outing, as he picked up the win on May 13 league leaders in batting average (.325, 7 ), on-base nd nd with only an unearned run allowed in 6.1 innings in the Dodgers’ 7-1 percentage (.439, 2 ) and home runs (10, T-2 ). win over the Marlins, and has allowed two or fewer runs in five of his RUNNING WILD: The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) seven starts this season. Among NL pitchers with 40.0 or more will hold its first annual 5K Run and Kids Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. on innings pitched, he ranks 10th in ERA (2.38), fifth in opponents’ Sept. 21 at Dodger Stadium. Registration for the LADF 5K Run and batting average (.199) and ninth in WHIP (1.06). Kids Fun Run is now open online at www.dodgers.com/5K. Awards Beckett has not faced New York since 2009, but has gone 6- will be given to top participants in male and female categories and the 2 with a 2.27 ERA (22 ER/87.1 IP) in 14 career starts Kids Fun Run will take place at 10:00 a.m. on the Dodger Stadium against the Mets warning track. Registration runs from now until June 30 and the first 1,000 5K registrants will receive a Dodger ticket voucher redeemable On Sunday, Don Mattingly announced that LHP Hyun-Jin for one Reserve level ticket for one game this season. Ryu (left shoulder inflammation) would come off the disabled list and start tomorrow’s game. LOS ANGELES DODGERS PUBLIC RELATIONS • 1000 ELYSIAN PARK AVENUE • LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 PHONE: 323-224-1301 • FAX: 323-224-1459 • DODGERS.COM • @DODGERS • FACEBOOK.COM/DODGERS Today’s starter at New York-NL: RHP Josh Beckett (1-1, 2.38) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2001 FLORIDA 2-2 1.50 4 4 0 0 24.0 14 9 4 3 11 24 2002 FLORIDA 6-7 4.10 23 21 0 0 107.2 93 56 49 13 44 113 2003 FLORIDA 9-8 3.04 24 23 0 0 142.0 132 54 48 9 56 152 2004 FLORIDA 9-9 3.79 26 26 1 1 156.2 137 72 66 16 54 152 2005 FLORIDA 15-8 3.38 29 29 2 1 178.2 153 75 67 14 58 166 2006 BOSTON 16-11 5.01 33 33 0 0 204.2 191 120 114 36 74 158 2007 BOSTON 20-7 3.27 30 30 1 0 200.2 189 76 73 17 40 194 2008 BOSTON 12-10 4.03 27 27 1 0 174.1 173 80 78 18 34 172 2009 BOSTON 17-6 3.86 32 32 4 2 212.1 198 99 91 25 55 199 2010 BOSTON 6-6 5.78 21 21 0 0 127.2 151 89 82 20 45 116 2011 BOSTON 13-7 2.89 30 30 1 1 193.0 146 65 62 21 52 175 2012 BOSTON 5-11 5.23 21 21 0 0 127.1 131 75 74 16 38 94 LOS ANGELES 2-3 2.93 7 7 0 0 43.0 43 16 14 5 14 38 2013 LOS ANGELES 0-5 5.19 8 8 1 0 43.1 50 30 25 8 15 41 2014 LOS ANGELES 1-1 2.38 7 7 0 0 41.2 29 13 11 5 15 40 Totals (14 Years) 133-101 3.91 322 319 11 5 1977.0 1830 929 858 226 605 1834 SEASON NOTES: BECKETT’S 2014 STARTS Will make his eighth start of the season after Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ picking up his first win since Sept.