LOS ANGELES DODGERS (55-44) at St. Louis Cardinals (52-45) LHP Scott Kazmir (8-3, 4.30) vs. RHP Mike Mayers (MLB Debut) Sunday, July 24, 2016 | 7:05 p.m. CT | Busch Stadium | St. Louis, MO Game 100 | Road Game 52 (25-26) | Night Game 75 (38-36) TV: ESPN | Radio: AM 570 (Eng.)/KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)/AM 1540 (Kor.) th CENTURY MARK: The Dodgers play their 100 game of the season MATCHUP vs. CARDINALS and conclude their 10-day, nine-game road trip (4-4) with the rubber Dodgers: 2nd, NL West (4.0 GB) Cardinals: 2nd, NL Central (6.5 GB) match of their three-game series against the Cardinals following last All-Time: LA leads, 1,021-1,019 (13-24 at Busch Stadium) night’s 7-2 victory. The Dodgers, who began the trip by losing two of 2016: LA leads, 3-2 (1-1 at Busch Stadium) three to the D-backs before winning their three-game set in May 13 @LA: W, 8-4 W: Stripling L: Wacha S: Jansen Washington, have an off-day tomorrow before opening a five-game May 14 @LA: W, 5-3 W: Kazmir L: Martinez S: Jansen homestand against the Rays (two games) and D-backs (three games). May 15 @LA: L, 2-5 W: Leake L: Howell S: Rosenthal July 22 @STL: L, 3-4 (16) W: Maness L: Norris The Dodgers are 4.0 games behind the Giants in the NL July 23 @STL: W, 7-2 W: Maeda L: Leake West, and lead the NL Wild Card race, 1.0 game ahead of the RED HOT: Justin Turner has five home runs in eight games since Marlins. the All-Star break, batting .378 (14-for-37) with 14 RBI in the season’s Los Angeles holds a slim 1,021-1,019 all-time advantage over second half. Since June 10, Turner is hitting .333 (49-for-147) with 25 the Cardinals in the regular season, including a 26-25 mark runs scored, 10 doubles, 14 homers and 38 RBI in his last 37 games, since the start of the 2010 season. ranking among the NL leaders in most major categories in that span: The Dodgers will be making their sixth appearance of the Justin Turner, NL Ranks Since June 10 (w/NL Ranks) season on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball (2-3). Home Runs 14 (1st) RBI 38 (1st) Los Angeles has gone 9-4 in series rubber matches. nd Hits 49 (T-2 ) The Dodgers were 56-44 through 100 games last year and had Batting Avg. .333 (T-8th) a 55-45 record in 2014. Slugging Pct. .687 (3rd) Runs 25 (T-6th) GETTING OFFENSIVE: The Dodgers pounded out 13 hits last Source: Stats, LLC night, continuing their offensive surge this month. In 18 July games (11-7), Los Angeles leads the NL in hits (183), doubles (42) and on- Turner’s 18 home runs are a career high, surpassing the 16 he base percentage (.348), while ranking among the league’s best in hit in 126 games last year. batting average (.277, 2nd) and runs (88, T-2nd). Overall, Turner is batting a team-best .333 with runners in scoring position (25-for-75). Howie Kendrick went 1-for-4 last night to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, batting .393 (24-for-61) with six doubles, START ME UP: Scott Kazmir will be facing St. Louis for the second two homers and seven RBI since July 4. Kendrick has posted time this season after making arguably his best start of the campaign on a .375/.451/.569 slashline this month and is one of many May 14 against the Cards, when he allowed three runs (two earned) on Dodgers to rank among the NL’s July batting leaders: five hits in 8.2 innings in the Dodgers’ 5-3 win. That outing vs. St. NL Batting Leaders, July Louis started Kazmir’s 12-start unbeaten streak, with the left-hander going 6-0 with a 3.61 ERA (27 ER/67.1 IP) since May 14. During 1. Joey Votto, CIN .412 Kazmir’s six-game winning streak, which ties for the longest run of his 2. Tommy Joseph, PHI .386 career, he’s limited opposing hitters to a .213 batting average (53-for- 3. Christian Yelich, MIA .377 249) with 78 strikeouts in 67.1 innings. 4. Howie Kendrick, LAD .375 (27-for-72) 5. Yoenis Cespedes, NYM .364 Kazmir has not lost a start in the month of July since 2010, 6. Jedd Gyorko, STL .362 going 9-0 with a 1.61 ERA (20 ER/112.0 IP) and a .185 7. Daniel Murphy, MIA .339 opponents’ batting average in 18 starts. 8t. J.T. Realmuto, MIA .333 THE PEN IS MIGHTY: The Dodgers rank second in the Major 8t. Corey Seager, LAD .333 (23-for-69) Leagues with a 2.94 bullpen ERA (109 ER/334.0 IP), behind only 12. Yasmani Grandal, LAD .327 (16-for-49) Washington’s 2.82 mark. Los Angeles’ relief corps tops the big leagues 14. Justin Turner, LAD .324 (24-for-74) in opponents’ batting average (.198) and WHIP (1.04). Though not appearing among the July NL leaders, Andrew Adam Liberatore has made a Dodger-record 28 consecutive Toles, who had three hits last night, is hitting .391 (9-for-23), scoreless appearances since May 20, tossing 22.1 scoreless Adrian Gonzalez is batting .304 (21-for-69) and Scott Van th innings and limiting opposing hitters to a .123 batting average Slyke - who is celebrating his 30 birthday today - has a .306 (9-for-73) with 28 strikeouts during the run. Overall, batting average (11-for-36) this month. Liberatore leads MLB relievers with a 0.55 ERA. Yasiel Puig, who was held out of the starting lineup for the BANGED UP: The Dodgers have had 22 players spend time on the past two games due to a tight right hamstring, has batted .294 disabled list this year, tied for the most by a National League club (24-for-85) with a .384 on-base percentage, four doubles, two (also: 2015 Mets) and for the second most by any team in the last 30 homers and 12 RBI since coming off the DL on June 21. years since 1987, behind only the 2012 Red Sox (27). HIS FRIENDS CALL HIM ROY: Despite being slowed by a Kiké Hernández (left ribcage inflammation) has begun a stomach bug which caused him to miss the Washington series, Corey rehab assignment with the Rookie-level AZL Dodgers, Seager has hit safely in seven consecutive games (.400, 14-for-35) and playing two games at DH and second base. in 26 of his last 28 games (with an at-bat), batting .369 (45-for-118) with 22 runs, 15 doubles, two homers and nine RBI since June 16. Yimi Garcia (right biceps soreness) has made three rehab appearances so far for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, Overall, Seager ranks among the National League leaders in rd nd th allowing two runs in 3.0 innings. hits (116, T-3 ), doubles (27, T-2 ), home runs (17, T-19 ), batting average (.305, 12th) and slugging percentage (.526, PIAZZA PARTY: The Dodger organization would like to 12th) in 95 games. congratulate Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr., who were formally inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame during enshrinement Seager is already tied with Raul Mondesi for the second- ceremonies today in Cooperstown, NY. Piazza is the 48th player in most doubles by a Los Angeles rookie (27), behind only Eric franchise history to be enshrined in Cooperstown and the first since Karros’ 30 doubles in 1992. Pedro Martinez last year. In seven years with the Dodgers from 1992- 98, Piazza batted .331 with 177 home runs and 563 RBI in 726 games Through just 99 team games, with 17 home runs, Seager trails and ranks among the all-time Los Angeles leaders (min. 3000 PA) in only Hanley Ramirez by two (19, 2013) for the Los Angeles batting average (1st), on-base percentage (.394, 1st), slugging single-season home run record by a shortstop. percentage (.572, 1st), home runs (177, 5th) and RBI (563, 10th). UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time (PT)/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Tues., July 26, 7:10 pm vs. TB RHP Chris Archer (5-13, 4.60) vs. RHP Bud Norris (5-9, 4.56) TV: SNLA/SNLA Spanish Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020/KMPC 1540 Weds., July 27, 12:10 pm vs. TB LHP Matt Moore (6-7, 4.31) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 1.61) TV: SNLA/SNLA Spanish Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020/KMPC 1540 Tonight’s starter at St. Louis: LHP Scott Kazmir (8-3, 4.30 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2004 TAMPA BAY 2-3 5.67 8 7 0 0 33.1 33 22 21 4 21 41 2005 TAMPA BAY 10-9 3.77 32 32 0 0 186.0 172 90 78 12 100 174 2006 TAMPA BAY 10-8 3.24 24 24 1 1 144.2 132 59 52 15 52 163 2007 TAMPA BAY 13-9 3.48 34 34 0 0 206.2 196 91 80 18 89 239 2008 TAMPA BAY 12-8 3.49 27 27 0 0 152.1 123 61 59 23 70 166 2009 TAMPA BAY 8-7 5.92 20 20 0 0 111.0 121 77 73 15 50 91 LOS ANGELES - AL 2-2 1.73 6 6 0 0 36.1 28 8 7 1 10 26 2010 LOS ANGELES - AL 9-15 5.94 28 28 0 0 150.0 158 103 99 25 79 93 2011 LOS ANGELES - AL 0-0 27.00 1 1 0 0 1.2 5 5 5 1 2 0 2013 CLEVELAND 10-9 4.04 29 29 0 0 158.0 162 76 71 19 47 162 2014 OAKLAND 15-9 3.55 32 32 2 0 190.1 171 81 75 16 50 164 2015 OAKLAND 5-5 2.38 18 18 0 0 109.2 84 35 29 7 35 101 HOUSTON 2-6 4.17 13 13 0 0 73.1 78 42 34 13 24 54 2016 LOS ANGELES 8-3 4.30 19 19 0 0 104.2 94 52 50 16 39 114 Totals (12 Years) 106-93 3.98 291 290 3 1 1658.0 1557 802 733 185 668 1588 2016 NOTES: KAZMIR’S 2016 STARTS Last pitched July 19 at Washington, allowing one run on four hits in 7.0 innings, recording Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Removal the win in the Dodgers’ 8-4 victory…struck 4/5 @SD W, 3-0 W 6.0 1 0/0 0 5 75 3-0 out eight and did not issue a walk on 88 4/10 @SF L, 9-6 ND 4.0 7 6/6 1 4 81 6-6 pitches 4/16 SF L, 4-3 L 4.0 7 4/4 4 3 93 0-3 Is unbeaten in his last 12 starts, going 6-0 with a 3.61 ERA (27 ER/67.1 IP) and has 4/22 @COL L, 7-5 ND 5.0 6 4/4 1 3 88 5-4 limited batters to a .213 average since 4/27 MIA L, 2-0 L 6.0 7 2/2 1 6 113 0-2 May 14… posting a 10.43 strikeout per 5/3 @TB W, 10-5 W 6.2 7 4/4 1 9 111 7-4 nine, striking out 78 against 27 walks in 5/9 NYM L, 4-2 L 5.2 6 4/3 4 6 101 2-4 67.1 innings 5/14 STL W, 5-3 W 8.2 5 3/2 1 7 120 5-3 In nine road starts this season, he has 5/20 @SD L, 6-7 ND 5.2 3 5/5 7 5 106 4-4 gone 4-0 with a 4.83 ERA and has limited 5/25 CIN W, 3-1 W 6.0 4 1/1 2 12 91 3-1 batters to a .198 average 5/31 @CHI W, 5-0 ND 6.0 1 0/0 1 7 90 0-0 In three starts during the month of July, 6/5 ATL W, 12-6 W 5.0 7 3/3 1 5 85 9-3 he has gone 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA (4 ER/16.0 IP) and has limited the opposition 6/11 @SF L, 4-5 ND 5.0 3 3/3 5 3 90 2-2 to a .213 average…has struck out 23 6/16 MIL L, 8-6 ND 4.0 5 3/3 2 8 93 3-3 against just three walks 6/21 WSH W, 3-2 ND 6.0 8 2/2 1 4 97 0-2 Fired a season high 8.2 innings on May 14 6/27 @PIT W, 5-4 W 5.0 4 4/4 4 4 97 5-4 against St.