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St. Louis Cardinals (19-18) vs. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (20-17) RHP Mike Leake (1-3, 5.10) vs. LHP Alex Wood (1-3, 4.58) Sunday, May 15, 2016 | 5:07 p.m. PT | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, CA Game 38 | Home Game 20 (9-10) | Night Game 28 (13-14) TV: ESPN | Radio: ESPN Radio/AM 570 (English)/KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)/AM 1540 (Korean) MATCHUP vs. CARDINALS PRIME TIME BABY!: The Dodgers continue their nine-game Dodgers: T-1st, NL West Cardinals: T-2nd, NL Central (9.0 GB) homestand (4-2) tonight, playing the finale of a three-game series All-Time: LA leads, 1,020-1,017-16 (153-144 at Dodger Stadium) with the St. Louis Cardinals and looking to sweep the Redbirds for 2016: LA leads series, 2-0 (2-0 at Dodger Stadium) the first time since May 18-20, 2012. In that May 20, 2012 contest, May 13 @LA: W, 8-4 W: Stripling L: Wacha S: Jansen which was also on Sunday Night Baseball, Scott Van Slyke hit his May 14 @LA: W, 5-3 W: Kazmir L: Martinez S: Jansen first Major League home run. Tomorrow night, the Dodgers begin a home-and-home against the Angels, with contests at Dodger Stadium WHERE WE BELONG: After winning three consecutive games Monday and Tuesday, before heading down the I-5 for Wednesday and six of their last eight contests, the Dodgers remain at the top of and Thursday night games in Anaheim. the National League West standings, a place very familiar to them: MLB, Most Days Spent in First Place of Division – Since 2013 Friday night marked the Dodgers’ first game of 2016 against the National League Central, a division they went Los Angeles Dodgers 375 17-17 (9-8 at home) against when facing in 2015. St. Louis Cardinals 341 Detroit Tigers 334 Los Angeles improved to 9-10 at home with last night’s SOURCE: STATS, LLC victory and is up to averaging 3.21 runs per game at Dodger ELECTION YEAR: All-Star balloting is underway online at Stadium this year – the fourth-lowest home mark in the NL. Dodgers.com/vote, where fans can cast their votes for starters a total On the road, Los Angeles is averaging 5.44 runs per game, of 35 times with the 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot, which is the third-best in baseball. including a maximum of five valid ballots cast in any 24-hour period. The Dodgers have won three games in a row for the third Get clicking, because voting ends Thursday, June 30 at 8:59 p.m. PT. time this season and are seeking their first four-game The 2016 All-Star Game will be Tuesday, July 12 in San Diego. winning streak since taking the last four contests of 2015 Dodger infielder Chase Utley is quietly putting together a (Oct. 1-4). Last season, the Dodgers went on winning stellar first half of the season, leading the Dodgers in streaks of four or more eight times, with the longest being a average (.291), on-base percentage (.395) and OPS (.841). seven-game run April 12-19. In addition to Utley, Adrian González and Corey Seager The first 15,000 ticketed kids 14 and under tonight received are heating up, as each player is coming into tonight’s game a pair of kids’ batting gloves, presented by Kellogg’s Rice with a five-game hitting streak. González is hitting .400 (8- Krispies Treats. for-20) during the streak and has reached base in 11 BIG RED: In his career, Dodger third baseman Justin Turner is consecutive contests since May 3. Seager is hitting .385 hitting .500 (6-for-12, all singles) against Cardinals’ starter Mike (15-for-39) with four doubles, two homers and six RBI in Leake while Chase Utley is the only active Dodger to have taken his last 11 games since May 3. him deep (2 HR), despite a .143 mark (3-for-21). SPOTLIGHT ON ALEX: Dodger starter Alex Wood will make his WHERE RYU BEEN?: Dodger left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will eighth start of the season tonight and his fourth at Dodger Stadium, make an important step today on his road back from May 2015 where he has been dominant. Wood’s 1.33 home ERA (3 ER/20.1 shoulder surgery that has kept him out since September 2014. Ryu is IP) ranks third in the National League while his .200 opponents’ scheduled to start and throw 2.0 innings for Single-A Rancho home batting average ranks ninth. Overall, Wood has a ground-ball Cucamonga at Inland Empire this afternoon at 2:05 p.m. percentage of 56.1, which ranks fifth in the NL. PLAY BALL WEEKEND: Yesterday, as part of MLB and the Los Surprisingly, Wood has never made a start against the Angeles Dodgers Foundation’s inaugural “PLAY BALL Cardinals, his only appearance against St. Louis came in a WEEKEND,’ Yasiel Puig and Justin Turner surprised local relief role on May 18, 2014 at Busch Stadium. youngsters from the Venice Boys and Girls Club by joining their THE MEN IN THE ‘PEN: The Dodger bullpen recorded the final game of wiffle ball on Venice Beach! ‘PLAY BALL WEEKEND,’ out last night and has not allowed an earned run (one unearned run) is a league-wide effort by MLB and all 30 Clubs to engage young in its last seven games since May 7, striking out 25 in 19.1 innings baseball fans and celebrate the continued support of youth in that span. During the run, the ‘pen has limited opponents to a .164 participation in baseball and softball. batting average (11-for-67) and stranded all 12 inherited runners. Additionally, Major League players, coaches and managers Overall, the Los Angeles bullpen ranks fourth in the NL with a 3.45 are wearing specially made PLAY BALL T-shirts during combined ERA (39 ER/101.2 IP), while limiting opposing hitters to batting practice and PLAY BALL patches on their uniforms a .207 average (2nd, NL). during this weekend’s games. Louis Coleman retired the only two batters he faced Friday This afternoon, the Manhattan Beach Little League was the night, marking his 10th consecutive scoreless appearance featured Little League team as part of ESPN Sunday Night (9.0 IP) since April 25. Coleman has stranded nine of 10 Baseball and was hosted by Adrian González, who gave inherited runners this year and has allowed just 28 of 115 the kids a tutorial on how to play first base. inherited runners to score in his career (24.3%). During pregame ceremonies tonight, Dodgers RBI players Kenley Jansen retired the final batter last night and now will officially begin the game with “It’s time for Dodger ranks second in the Majors with 13 saves in as many baseball!” A Dodgers RBI player will also participate in the opportunities this season (Jeanmar Gomez, 14). Jansen has managers’ lineup exchange. allowed just one run in 16 appearances (15.2 IP) this year, good for a 0.59 ERA. Dating to Aug. 26, 2015, he has been As a part of Kids 4 Dodger Baseball, more than 1,000 successful in 25 consecutive save opportunities and, with students will receive a Dodger game experience during 155 career saves, Jansen is just six saves shy of Eric PLAY BALL WEEKEND. Kids 4 Dodgers Baseball Gagné’s club record. provides L.A. area underserved youth with a Dodger game experience courtesy of the Dodgers. Transportation, tickets, Three current Dodgers have active scoreless innings streaks a voucher for a Dodger Dog and beverage and a Kids 4 longer than 7.0 innings: Clayton Kershaw (11.0), Louis Dodgers Baseball T-shirt are included. Coleman (9.0 IP) and Adam Liberatore (8.1 IP). UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time (PT)/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Mon., May 16/7:10 p.m. vs. LAA RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-5, 9.12) vs. RHP Kenta Maeda (3-2, 2.30) TV: SNLA Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020 KMPC 1540 Tues., May 17/7:10 p.m. vs. LAA RHP Jered Weaver (3-2, 6.10) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-1, 1.74) TV: SNLA Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020 KMPC 1540 Tonight’s starter vs. St. Louis: LHP Alex Wood (1-3, 4.58 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2012 Rome 4-3 2.22 13 13 0 0 52.2 39 18 13 1 14 52 2013 ATLANTA 3-3 3.13 31 11 0 0 77.2 76 29 27 3 27 77 Gwinnett Braves 1-0 1.80 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 2 5 Mississippi Braves 4-2 1.26 10 10 0 0 57.0 41 10 8 1 15 57 2014 ATLANTA 11-11 2.78 35 24 1 0 171.2 151 58 53 16 45 170 Gwinnett 0-0 1.04 2 2 0 0 8.2 7 1 1 0 4 8 2015 ATLANTA 7-6 3.54 20 20 0 0 119.1 132 50 47 8 36 90 LOS ANGELES 5-6 4.35 12 12 0 0 70.1 66 36 34 7 23 49 2016 LOS ANGELES 1-3 4.58 7 7 0 0 39.1 41 25 20 4 14 37 Major League Totals (4 Years) 27-29 3.43 104 73 1 0 478.1 466 198 181 38 145 423 Minor League Totals (3 Years) 9-5 1.68 26 26 0 0 123.1 90 30 23 2 35 122 WOOD’S 2016 STARTS 2016 NOTES: Last pitched Tuesday against the Mets, Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Removal allowing two runs (one earned) on 4/7 @SF L, 6-12 L 5.0 8 5/5 2 3 85 4-3 four hits in 6.1 innings, not factoring 4/13 ARI W, 3-1 W 7.0 5 1/1 3 3 105 3-1 in the decision in the Dodgers’ 3-2 4/19 @ATL L, 1-8 L 4.0 7 6/3 3 1 88 0-6 walk-off victory… struck out nine 4/24 @COL W, 12-10 ND 5.0 6 5/5 3 5 96 7-4 batters and issued two walks on 102 4/29 SD L, 1-5 ND 7.0 5 1/1 1 9 100 1-1 pitches 5/4 @TB L, 5-8 L 5.0 6 5/4 0 7 78 2-5 Since joining the Dodgers, he has gone 4-2 in eight starts at Dodger Staidum WOOD vs.