LOS ANGELES DODGERS (5-1) at Oakland Athletics (0-6) RHP Trevor Bauer (1-0, 5.68) Vs
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LOS ANGELES DODGERS (5-1) at Oakland Athletics (0-6) RHP Trevor Bauer (1-0, 5.68) vs. LHP Jesús Luzardo (0-1, 9.00) Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 12:37 p.m. PT | Oakland Coliseum | Oakland, CA Game 7 | Road Game 7 | Day Game 3 TV: SNLA/MLBN | Radio: AM 570, KTNQ 1020 AM ROAD TRIP FINALE: The Dodgers notched three homers en route to their fifth straight win and second straight over the Oakland Athletics as MATCHUP vs. A’s they won 5-1 on Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum. Los Angeles Dodgers: 1st, NL West (1.0 GA) A’s: 5th, AL West (5.0 GB) seeks the sweep as they will conclude their first road trip (5-1) of the All-Time: LA trails series, 16-22 (11-7 at Dodger Stadium, 5-15 at O.CO) 2018: LA split series, 2-2 (1-1 at Dodger Stadium) season with a winning mark and two series wins. After an off day on 2020: L.A won series, 2-1 (1-1 at Dodger Stadium) Thursday, the Dodgers return home to receive their World 2021: L.A. leads series, 2-0 (2-0 at O.CO) Championship rings and begin their 60th season of Dodger Baseball at April 5, 2021 at OAK: W, 10-3 W: May L: Montas Dodger Stadium at 1:10 p.m. against the Washington Nationals. April 6, 2021 at OAK: W, 5-1 W: Kershaw L: Bassitt SIMPLY THE BEST: The Dodgers won the seventh World Series in Through six games, the Dodger have recorded five double digit franchise history last year, going 43-17 during the 60-game season and hit outputs and are batting .327 (72-for-220) with 27 extra-base then dispatching the Brewers (2-0), Padres (3-0), Braves (4-3) and Rays hits and 33 walks on the season. The club leads the National (4-2) in the Postseason to claim the crown. The club also won the NL League in BA, OBP (.420) and is second in OPS (.947) and pennant for the third time in four years. slugging (.532). With a franchise-best .717 winning percentage (43-17), the Clayton Kershaw was brilliant last night, firing 7.0 innings, Dodgers posted the first .700+ win percentage season by an allowing one run on four hits with eight strikeouts. After NL team since the 1909 Pirates (110-42, .724). allowing two of the first three batters to reach base, he retired 20 of the next 22 batters he faced with eight coming via the The Dodgers won a division title for the eighth consecutive strikeout. He recorded his first career win against the A’s last year, something just two other teams have accomplished: night and now has a win against 24 of the 29 MLB clubs. MLB All-Time – Most Consecutive Division Titles Braves, 1991-2005 14 Offensively, Max Muncy continued to haunt his former mates, Yankees, 1998-2006 9 Dodgers, 2013-2020 8 (active streak) clubbing a two-run homer in the top of third inning to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. Edwin Ríos and Mookie Betts added solo MAGICAL MOOKIE: Dodger right-fielder Mookie Betts clubbed his homers to push the lead to the final tally of 5-1. After leading first homer of the season and went 2-for-5, recording his sixth run of the the Majors in homers in 2020 with 118, the Dodgers now have season and he has hit safely in all five games he has played this year. Dating six players with a homer this season. back to last season, the outfielder has hit safely in seven straight games, batting .313 (10-for-32) with a run scored in eight straight games., In his first INTERLEAGUE SHOWDOWN: The Dodgers improved to 4-1 in campaign with the Boys in Blue, he slashed .302/.383/.570 and ranked their last five games against the Athletics and are now 8-1 in their last among the NL leaders in hits (64, T-10th), runs (47, 4th), batting average nine interleague games. Last season, the Boys in Blue went 16-4 in (.292, 16th), OBP (.366, 17th), SLG (.562, 13th), steals (10, T-5th) and homers interleague play, which is tied for their best interleague mark in franchise (16, T-3rd). Betts went 18-for-41 (.439) with runners in scoring position, the history with the 2017 Dodgers, who also went 16-4 in interleague play. third best mark in the Majors, and was at his best late in games, posting a Since 2017, the Dodgers are 56-26 in interleague play and have not had .343 (24-for-70)/.370/.643 slashline from the seventh inning and later. a losing record in interleague play since 2012 when they went 6-9 in 2012. According to SportRadar, the Dodgers 16-4 mark was amongst The Dodgers are 37-10 when Betts hits leadoff and 35-6 when he the best all-time against a single division in the division era: scores a run. In interleague play, he is a .308 (146-for-474) hitter with 88 runs, 22 homers, 84 RBI and 23 stolen bases. He is one of Season Team Opp. Record Winning % three players in the Major Leagues with a .300 batting average, 1994 Braves NL West 25-4 .862 20+ homers and 20+ steals along with Mike Trout and Starling 2015 Pirates NL West 27-6 .818 Marte. 2002 Yankees AL Central 29-7 .806 BLAZING BAUER: 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer will 2020 Dodgers NL West 16-4 .800 get the ball for his second start of the season after carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his last start on Friday at Coors Field. The righty would SEAGER SURGE: Dodger shortstop Corey Seager was stellar last end up giving up four runs on three hits in 6.1 innings to record his first win year, slashing .307/.358/585 while hitting 15 homers and driving in 41 as a Dodger. The big off-season acquisition went 5-4 with a 1.73 ERA (14 in 52 games. For his efforts, Seager finished ninth in the NL MVP vote, ER/73.0 IP) and 100 strikeouts in 11 starts, finishing 10th in the NL MVP but he saved his best for last, becoming the second Dodger in franchise voting after leading the NL in ERA, complete games (2), shutouts (2), ERA+ history (Orel Hershiser) to win both the NLCS and World Series (276), WHIP (0.795) and hits per nine innings (5.1) with the Reds. Bauer, MVPs. In 18 Postseason games, Seager hit .328/.425/.746 and had the who attended Hart High School in Santa Clarita, was originally drafted by second-most home runs (eight), second-most runs scored (20), and the Arizona Diamondbacks with the third overall selection in the 2011 First- second-most RBI (20) of any postseason in MLB history. In the World Year Player Draft out of UCLA. He is the only Bruin in school history to Series, Seager batted .400 (8-for-20) with two homers, five RBI and win the Cy Young Award and is one of three players to win the Cy Young seven runs scored. and the Golden Spikes Award (David Price and Tim Lincecum). Bauer will make be making his ninth career start against the Athletics and is 1-4 with a Seager picked up right where he left off in October this spring, 3.72 ERA (19 ER/46.0 IP) and 52 strikeouts against 20 walks. He will look batting .346 (18-for-52) with a Major League-high tying eight for his first win of his career at the Oakland Coliseum as he is 0-3 with a home runs and 16 RBI in 22 exhibition games. 3.25 ERA (10 ER/27.2 IP) and 29 strikeouts in five career starts in Oakland. The North Carolina native failed to reach base for the first time On Friday, Bauer announced a season-long giveback initiative – all season, but has reached base in 14 of his 27 plate Ks for a Cause – to support local nonprofit organizations focused appearances over the first five games, going 9-for-22 with five on STEM and/or youth programming in the greater Los Angeles walks, six RBI, three doubles and four runs scored. area. Bauer will donate $1,000 per strikeout throughout the regular In his career, Seager is 9-for-28 against Oakland, recording season and each month, a different nonprofit organization will be three homers and nine RBI in seven games against the designated. Bauer will fully fund the initiative through grants via defending AL West Champions. He has hit safely in six of the the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) and will also seven contests against the A’s and has recorded an RBI in four partner with LADF to evaluate potential partner organizations and of the seven matchups. He ranks second in franchise history to work with receiving organizations. Bauer will also highlight with three homers against the A’s, trailing only Eric Karros (5). these organizations through a new, dedicated content series on his YouTube Channel and with Ks for a Cause merchandise on his HOT TICKET: Dodger single-game tickets for the month of April website. For the month of April, Bauer will support Think (excluding Opening Day) went on sale Friday and several games have Together. Founded in 1997, Think Together partners with schools already sold out including the entire Washington and San Diego series.