PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (28-56) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (46-37) 1. RHP Sean O’Sullivan (1-6, 5.76) vs. RHP Yimi Garcia (3-2, 3.82) Monday, July 6, 2015 | 7:10 p.m. PT | Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles, CA 2. Game 84 | Home Game 44 (28-15) | Night Game 63 (35-27) TV: SNLA | Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM BOUNCE BACK: The Dodgers continue their 10-game homestand MATCHUP vs. PHILLIES tonight (1-2) with the first of four games against the Philadelphia Dodgers: 1st, NL West (4.0 GA) Phillies: 5th, NL East (19.0 GB) Phillies. Los Angeles opened the homestand by dropping two of three All-Time: LA leads series, 1,153-907-15 (162-136 at Dodger Stadium) games to the New York Mets and will close out first half of the 2015 2014: LA lost series, 3-4 (1-3 at Dodger Stadium) season with three games against the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend. MOMENT OF TRUTH: The Dodgers will not have a fan-elected starting position player at this year’s All-Star Game, July 14 in Los Angeles’ next two opponents have had more success at Cincinnati, but today at 4:00 p.m. PT, MLB will announce the All-Star Dodger Stadium than any other NL club since 2010, with the pitchers and reserves during a selection show on ESPN. While Zack Brewers going 11-4 (.733) and the Phillies holding an 11-6 Greinke is considered a lock to make the club and a strong contender record (.647) during that span. to start the game for the NL squad, several other Dodgers have merited Tonight, the Dodgers will honor Maury Wills, with the 1962 consideration for selection to the Midsummer Classic: NL MVP throwing a ceremonial first pitch and the first Adrian Gonzalez is making a bid for his fifth All-Star 40,000 fans in attendance receiving a Wills bobblehead, selection (also: 2008, ’09, ’10, ’11) with a .291 batting presented by New Balance. th th average, 15 homers (T-7 , NL) and 50 RBI (10 , NL) in 82 ON THE HILL: Earlier today, the Dodgers selected the contract of games. Gonzalez also ranks third in the NL with 23 doubles left-handed pitcher Eric Surkamp (#59) from Triple-A Oklahoma and places eighth with a .518 slugging percentage. City and optioned left-hander Daniel Coulombe to OKC. To make Yasmani Grandal is seeking his first-career All-Star room on the 40-man roster, Los Angeles transferred left-handed selection, batting .271 and ranking among NL catchers in on- pitcher Paco Rodriguez (left elbow surgery) to the 60-day DL. st nd base percentage (.384, 1 ), slugging percentage (.497, 2 ), nd st Surkamp will be making his Dodger debut tonight after home runs (12, 2 ) and walks (37, 1 ) in 64 games. being acquired from the Chicago White Sox on May 22 in Greinke is expected to be named to his third All-Star team exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Blake Smith. (also: 2009, ’14) and could be the first Dodger pitcher to start He enters tonight’s contest having won his last four decisions an All-Star Game since Brad Penny in 2006. He has fired with Oklahoma City, going 4-0 with a 2.89 ERA (9 ER/28.0 27.2 scoreless innings in his last four starts and leads the IP) in his last five games (four starts) since June 8, and has Majors with a 1.48 ERA, while going 7-2 in 17 starts. combined to go 7-2 with one save and a 3.77 ERA in 18 games (seven starts) with Triple-A Charlotte (White Sox) Clayton Kershaw has been selected to four consecutive All- and OKC this year, last pitching on Tuesday at Memphis and Star Games (2011-14) and leads the Majors with 147 allowing one run on five hits in 6.0 innings (82 pitches). strikeouts. Though his record sits below .500 overall, Kershaw has posted a 1.78 ERA (11 ER/55.2 IP) in his last Surkamp, 27, has appeared in 42 games (seven starts) in eight starts since May 26. three big league seasons with the Giants (2011, 2013) and White Sox (2014), going 4-3 with a 6.20 ERA. He was Rookie Joc Pederson could become the first Dodger rookie originally selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the All-Star since Hideo Nomo in 1995 and the first rookie 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of North Carolina State position player to earn a selection since Mike Piazza in 1993. University. Pederson’s 20 home runs are the second most ever for an NL rookie before the All-Star break, behind only the 21 hit by COVERING ALL THE BASES: The Dodgers continue to lead the Dave Kingman (1972, SF) and Albert Pujols (2001, STL), National League with 104 home runs, 299 walks, a .427 slugging and are tied for the fifth most in the NL this year. Pederson percentage and a .330 on-base percentage. According to Stats, LLC, also ranks among the NL leaders in walks (56, 3rd), on-base Los Angeles has scored 46.7% of its runs via home run (161/345), the percentage (.372, 12th) and slugging percentage (.504, 10th) second-highest percentage in the big leagues, behind only the Yankees in 82 games. (47.5%). The Dodgers last led the National League in homers in 1983, when they cracked 146. Justin Turner has made a compelling case for his first- career All-Star selection, ranking among the NL leaders The Dodgers continue to lead the Majors with a .989 fielding (min. 200 PA) in batting average (.312, 8th), on-base percentage, just ahead of the Marlins (.989), and remain on percentage (.386, 8th) and slugging percentage (.558, 6th), pace to set the top mark in franchise history (.988, 2004). while already setting a career high with 11 homers in 72 Los Angeles and Miami are tied for the fewest errors games. Turner has 37 RBI, batting .367 with runners on base committed by any big league team with 33. (33-for-90) and hitting .320 with RISP (16-for-50). Dodger pitchers rank third in the Majors with a 3.30 ERA, Howie Kendrick leads NL second basemen with 36 RBI in while leading the NL in strikeouts (720). 76 games, batting .292 with 15 doubles and seven home th FRE-ENEMIES: Jimmy Rollins will face the Phillies for the first runs. He leads the Dodgers with 27 multi-hit games (T-5 , time today after spending 15 big league seasons with the franchise NL) and a .369 batting average with runners in scoring th from 2000-14. Rollins, who was selected by Philadelphia in the position (13 , NL, 24-for-65). Kendrick has posted a second round of the 1996 draft, leads the modern franchise (since .390/.435/.512 slashline in his last 10 games, going 16-for-41 1900) in hits (2,306), doubles (479) and stolen bases (453) and also with two doubles, a homer and eight RBI since June 25. nd ranks among the franchise leaders in runs (1,325, 2 ), triples (111, Kenley Jansen (2-1, 13 saves, 1.93 ERA in 19 games) and 2nd) home runs (216, 9th), RBI (887, 6th) and games played (2,090, 2nd). J.P. Howell (3-1, 1 save, 0.37 ERA in 32 games) both could The Dodgers would like to welcome Chad Billingsley back be selected to their first All-Star teams. Howell leads NL to Los Angeles. Billingsley, who will start tomorrow night’s relievers (min. 20.0 IP) with a 0.37 ERA, allowing just one game for the Phillies, was selected by the Dodgers in the first earned run in 24.1 innings this year. round of the 2003 draft and spent eight years in Los Angeles A LOOK BACK: On this date in Dodger history, the cornerstone for from 2006-13, going 81-61 in 219 games (190 starts). Ebbets Field was set in 1912, Leo Durocher became the first Dodger to manage in the All-Star Game in 1942, Sandy Koufax made his first big league start in 1955 and Duke Snider had his uniform No. 4 retired in pre-game ceremonies in 1980. UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All Times PT) Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Tues., July 7, 7:10 p.m. vs. PHI RHP Chad Billingsley (0-2, 7.71) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (5-4, 3.00) SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Wed., July 8, 7:10 p.m. vs. PHI LHP Adam Morgan (1-1, 2.13) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-6, 3.08) SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Thurs., July 9, 7:10 p.m. vs. PHI RHP Kevin Correia (0-3, 6.56) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (7-2, 1.48) SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM BULLPEN The Dodgers have a 3.30 team ERA (3rd, MLB), including a 3.21 mark by the starters (180 ER/504.1 IP -5th, MLB) and a 3.51 ERA by the relievers (90 ER/231.0 IP – 7th, NL) Los Angeles is tied for second in the Majors with 11 shutouts (Giants, 12) Under Rick Honeycutt since 2006, the Dodgers lead the Majors in ERA (3.65), opponents’ batting average (.247, T-1st) and strikeouts (11,929)…Honeycutt is in his 10th season as the Dodgers’ pitching coach, which ties him with Atlanta’s Roger McDowell for the fourth longest tenure in baseball, trailing San Francisco’s Dave Righetti (2000), the White Sox’ Don Cooper (2002) and San Diego’s Darren Balsley (2003) 52 RHP PEDRO BAEZ: 1-1, 3.54 ERA – 20 G Longest App: 1.2 IP (3x, last: 5/7 at MIL) WHIP: 1.08 Last Game: Sat.