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Los Angeles Dodgers (51-40) at Detroit Tigers (48-37) LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-4, 3.08) vs. RHP Justin Verlander (7-7, 4.71) Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 7:08 p.m. ET | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Game 92 | Road Game 47 (29-17) | Night Game 65 (37-27) TV: SportsNet LA, MLB Network RADIO: AM 570 KLAC (ENG), KTNQ 1020 AM (SPAN) MOTOR CITY MATCHUP: The Dodgers and Tigers meet for a MATCHUP two-game series at Comerica Park after splitting a two-game set in Dodgers: 1st, NL West (1.0 GA) Tigers: 1st, AL Central (3.5 GA) Los Angeles in early April. Los Angeles opened the six-game road All-Time Interleague: 135-153 (8-6 in 2014) trip by taking three of four games from the Rockies at Coors Field and All-Time vs DET: LA leads series, 10-7 (3-3 at Comerica Park) 2014 vs. DET: Series tied, 1-1 (0-0 at Comerica Park) with a win tonight will move to a season-high 12 games above the April 8 at LA: W, 3-2 W: Howell L: Chamberlain .500 mark. Following tomorrow’s matinee, the club will return to Los April 9 at LA: L, 6-7 (10) W: Nathan L: Jansen S: Albuquerque Angeles for its final series before the All-Star break, a four-game UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Times Local) series against the Padres Thursday-Sunday. Wednesday, July 9 at DET – 1:08 p.m. ET RHP Zack Greinke (11-4, 2.66) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (10-3, 3.47) The Dodgers have gone 16-7 in their last 23 games (.696), TV: SNLA RADIO: AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.) tied with the Angels and Athletics for the best record in the Majors since June 13. IN THE CLUTCH: Since June 1, the Dodgers have batted .323 (94- Los Angeles has the Major’s best road record at 29-17 (.630) for-291) with runners in scoring position and now lead the Majors and is unbeaten in its last seven road series (6-0-1), last with a .279 mark with RISP: losing a series on the road at Arizona, May 16-18. 2014 MLB Leaders w/ RISP Los Angeles has gone 8-6 in Interleague Play this season 1. Los Angeles Dodgers .279 and is 3-3 in six all-time games at Comerica Park after 2. Colorado Rockies .277 sweeping a three-game series in 2003 and being swept in 3. Detroit Tigers .272 2008. The Dodgers have not led the Majors in batting average with ROSTER UPDATE: Today the Dodgers placed right-handed pitcher RISP since 1974, but have topped the NL twice in that Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list (left hip impingement) and period: 1988 (.263) and 2006 (.286). Source: Stats, LLC. recalled right-handed reliever Pedro Baez from Triple-A Los Angeles has four qualifiers hitting over .300 with RISP, Albuquerque. Beckett tossed 5.0 scoreless innings and picked up the including Dee Gordon (.373, 28-for-75, 2nd), Yasiel Puig win on Sunday at Colorado, but was removed after just 82 pitches. (.343, 35-for-102, 7th), Juan Uribe (.302, 16-for-53, 22nd) Beckett opened the season on the DL with a right thumb contusion, and Hanley Ramirez (.301, 25-for-83, 23rd). but has made each of his 17 starts since then, going 6-5 with a 2.26 ERA. HILLTOPPERS: Hyun-Jin Ryu enters tonight’s start in search of his 10th win of the season and has gone 6-1 in eight road starts, with Baez was recalled for one game earlier this year, May 5 at one of the Majors’ lowest ERAs on the road: Washington, and allowed two runs on two hits in 1.0 inning Lowest Road ERA, MLB Starters of relief in his Major League debut. The converted infielder opened the year at Double-A Chattanooga and went 2-1 with 1. Madison Bumgarner, SF 1.32 six saves and a 2.79 ERA (6 ER/19.1 IP) in 17 games to earn 2. Adam Wainwright, STL 1.32 a May 25 promotion to Albuquerque. The 26-year-old last 3. Jason Vargas, KC 1.52 pitched on Saturday, allowing three runs on two hits in 1.0 4. Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD 1.62 (9 ER/50.0 IP) inning vs. Las Vegas, and has posted a 4.50 ERA (8 ER/16.0 5. Cole Hamels, PHI 2.01 IP) in 17 appearances with the Isotopes. From 2004-13, the Dodgers had only three seasons with a HEY NOW: On Sunday, the Dodgers today had four players selected pitcher with double-digit wins at the All-Star break (Ishii, to the NL All-Star team: second baseman Dee Gordon, right-handed 2004; Penny, 2006 & 2007) and this year’s club could match pitcher Zack Greinke, left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw and that total in a single season with Ryu (9-4), Zack Greinke outfielder Yasiel Puig. Puig was a fan-elected starter, Gordon and (11-4) and Clayton Kershaw (10-2). According to the Elias Kershaw were selected to the team as a result of player balloting, Sports Bureau, the last MLB team with three or more 10+- while Greinke was chosen by NL manager Mike Matheny. Los game winners at the All-Star break was the 2010 Yankees Angeles’ four All-Stars are its most since 2010, when the club also (Hughes-11, Pettitte-11, Sabathia-12) and the last Dodger had four players selected to the Midsummer Classic (Ethier, Broxton, team was the 1977 club with four; Tommy John (10), Doug Furcal and Kuo). The four All-Stars tie for the most among NL clubs Rau (11), Rick Rhoden (10) and Don Sutton (10). along with the Brewers, Cardinals and Reds. Los Angeles starters have combined to post a Major League- Puig was selected to his first-career All-Star team in his first leading 3.03 ERA (187 ER/556.0 IP), while overall the club full Major League season and earned a place in the NL’s ranks among the NL leaders in ERA (3.23, 4th) and starting lineup with 4,059,746 fan votes. The Dodgers have strikeouts (770, 1st). had a fan-elected outfielder in four of the last five All-Star Josh Beckett issued three walks on Sunday, snapping the Games, with Ethier (2010), Kemp (2011, 2012) and now Dodgers’ streak of 39 consecutive games with the team’s Puig. He became just the fifth Cuban player to win a fan starter walking two or fewer batters. It was the longest such election, joining Tony Perez (1970), Tony Oliva (1971), streak in the modern era (since 1900, source: Elias). Bert Campaneris (1973-75) and Jose Canseco (1988-90, WORKING BACK: Carl Crawford went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, 1992, 1999). two runs scored, a triple and an RBI, while playing all nine innings in Among position players, at 23 years, 220 days, Puig is the left field last night in a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque vs. El fourth-youngest first-time All-Star in Dodger franchise Paso. Crawford has gone 3-for-9 (.333) in three rehab games for the history behind Pete Reiser in 1941 (22 years, 113 days), Isotopes as he works his way back from a left ankle sprain, suffered Steve Sax in 1982 (22 years, 165 days) and Tommy Davis on May 27. in 1962 (23 years, 111 days). st A LOOK BACK: On this date in 1980, the 51 All-Star Game took Kershaw is the first Dodger to be selected to four or more place at Dodger Stadium before 56,088 fans. Jerry Reuss picked up consecutive All-Star teams since Mike Piazza, who earned the win in a 4-2 National League victory. five consecutive All-Star selections from 1993-97. 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 Detroit: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-4, 3.08 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2006 Hanwha 18-6 2.23 30 28 6 1 201.2 159 57 50 11 52 204 2007 Hanwha 17-7 2.94 30 30 6 1 211.0 195 74 69 15 68 178 2008 Hanwha 14-7 3.31 26 26 2 1 165.2 144 66 61 12 67 143 2009 Hanwha 13-12 3.57 28 27 4 2 189.1 180 80 75 19 67 188 2010 Hanwha 16-4 1.82 25 25 5 3 192.2 149 42 39 11 45 187 2011 Hanwha 11-7 3.36 24 18 3 0 126.0 101 54 47 12 38 128 2012 Hanwha 9-9 2.66 27 27 1 0 182.2 153 58 54 12 46 210 2013 LOS ANGELES 14-8 3.00 30 30 2 1 192.0 182 67 64 15 49 154 2014 LOS ANGELES 9-4 3.08 16 16 0 0 96.1 96 36 33 7 19 81 MLB Totals (2 Years) 23-12 3.03 46 46 2 1 288.1 278 103 97 22 68 235 KBO Totals (7 Years) 98-52 2.80 190 181 27 8 1269.0 1081 431 395 92 383 1238 NOTES: RYU’S 2014 STARTS Last pitched on Wednesday against the Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Indians…left the game with the lead, but did Removal not factor in the decision in the Dodgers’ 5-4 3/23 @ARI W, 7-5 W 5.0 2 0/0 1 5 87 6-0 loss after allowing two runs on seven hits in 3/ 3/30 @SD L, 1-3 ND 7.0 3 0/0 3 7 88 1-0 7.0 innings…struck out eight and threw 101 pitches 4/4 SF L, 4-8 L 2.0 8 8/6 3 2 69 0-8 Has gone 6-1 with a 1.62 ERA (9 ER/50.0 IP) 4/11 @ARI W, 6-0 W 7.0 2 0/0 1 8 99 4-0 in eight road starts, and his road ERA is the 4/17 @SF W, 2-1 W 7.0 4 0/0 1 3 112 2-0 fourth lowest among starting pitchers in the Majors…has held opponents to a slash line of 4/22 PHI L, 2-3 ND 6.0 9 2/2 2 3 106 1-2 .210/.259/.298 on the road 4/27 COL L, 1-6 L 5.0 9 6/5 0 3 89 1-3 Has made eight consecutive quality starts, going 6-2 with a 3.22 ERA (18 ER/50.1 IP) 5/21 @NYM W, 4-3 W 6.0 9 2/2 1 9 89 3-2 since May 21 5/26 CIN W, 4-3 W 7.1 3 3/3 0 7 95 4-3 CAREER NOTES: 5/31 PIT W, 12-1 W 6.0 10 2/2 0 4 109 12-2 Is in his second MLB season after going 14-8 6/6 @COL W, 7-2 W 6.0 8 2/2 2 2 100 6-2 in 2013…ranked among the Dodger leaders in wins (3rd), complete games (2, 2nd), innings 6/11 @CIN L, 5-0 L 6.0 6 4/4 2 5 104 0-4 nd nd (192, 2 ) strikeouts (154, 2 ) and starts (30, 6/16 COL W, 6-1 W 6.0 3 1/1 1 6 105 3-1 2nd) …in his MLB career, has pitched 6.0 or more innings in 28 of his 36 starts, including 6/22 @SD W, 2-1 W 6.0 4 1/1 1 2 94 2-1 26 quality starts and two complete games 6/27 STL L, 3-1 L 7.0 9 3/3 1 7 101 1-3 Last year, his 14 wins tied for the second-most victories by a Los Angeles Dodger rookie 7/02 CLE L, 5-4 ND 7.0 7 2/2 0 8 101 3-2 along with Kazuhisa Ishii (14-10, 2002) RYU vs.