LOS ANGELES DODGERS (25-24) vs. New York Mets (28-19) RHP Kenta Maeda (3-3, 3.29) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-2, 1.94) Saturday, May 28, 2016 | 7:15 p.m. ET | Citi Field | Queens, NY Game 50 | Road Game 25 (12-12) | Night Game 39 (17-21) TV: FOX | Radio: AM 570 (English)/KTNQ 1020 AM (Spanish)/AM 1540 (Korean) TIME FOR A NEW ONE: The Dodgers tonight continue their MATCHUP vs. METS seven-game road trip (0-1) with the middle contest of a three-game Dodgers: 2nd, NL West (4.5 GB) Mets: T-1st, NL East (2.5 series against the National League champion New York Mets, GA) televised nationally on FOX. Last night, Julio Urias made his All-Time: LA leads series, 328-268-1 (12-11 at Citi Field) Major League debut, but the Dodgers fell, 6-5, on a walk-off home 2016: Dodgers trail series, 2-3 (0-1 at Citi Field) run, snapping their four-game winning streak. Following Sunday 5/9 at LA: L, 2-4 W: Matz L: Kazmir S: Familia night’s game on ESPN, the Dodgers fly to Chicago and will play 5/10 at LA: W, 3-2 W: Jansen L: Robles four games against the first-place Cubs Monday through Thursday. 5/11 at LA: L, 3-4 W: Syndergaard L: Maeda S: Familia The Dodgers are 12-12 on the road this season, after 5/12 at LA: W, 5-0 W: KERSHAW L: Colon finishing with a 37-44 mark away from home in 2015. Los 5/27 at NYM: L, 5-6 W: Familia L: Baez th Angeles is 12-11 all-time at Citi Field and 9-5 since 2012: MAEDA IN NEW YORK: Tonight will be Kenta Maeda’s 10 start of the season and his Major League career. Maeda has posted a NL Teams, Best Record At Citi Field — 2012 & Since th 3.29 ERA and his 1.08 WHIP ranks 14 in the National League. He Nationals 31-11 (.738) also ranks among the league leaders in opponents’ batting average th th Cubs 9- 4 (.692) (.214, 9 ) and opponents’ OPS (.609, 12 ). Giants 11- 6 (.647) Dodger starters have posted a 3.57 ERA (176 ER/443.2 Dodgers 9-5 (.643) IP), which ranks fourth in the National League. The Pirates 8- 6 (.571) starters also rank second in batting average against (.218), SOURCE: STATS, LLC strikeouts (441) and WHIP (1.11). MEN IN THE PEN: The Dodger bullpen has now allowed just five runs in its last 28.1 innings of work (1.59 ERA). The Dodgers’ Prior to the game today, Dodger starter Julio Urias was 3.58 bullpen ERA ranks sixth in the National League while its .206 optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. The full transaction opponents average ranks second, trailing only the Cubs (.200). will be announced later. Following a perfect inning last night, Dodger lefty J.P. THE COREY STORY: Rookie shortstop Corey Seager went 2- Howell has tossed 6.1 scoreless innings in his last four for-5 last night and has posted a .284/.340/.505 slashline in the outings while allowing only one hit. month of May. Seager has hit six doubles, five homers and 11 RBI in 24 games this month and ranks among the NL May leaders in ELECTION YEAR: All-Star balloting is underway at hits (27, T-13th) and homers (T-11th). Seager leads the Dodgers with Dodgers.com/vote, where fans can vote for starters a total of 35 51 hits, 12 doubles, 28 runs scored and 20 extra-base hits. times with the 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot, including a maximum of five valid ballots cast in any 24-hour JUST A HALF DOZEN?: On this date in 2001, catcher Paul Lo period. Voting ends Thursday, June 30 at 8:59 p.m. PT. Duca tied a Dodger record by collecting six hits against Colorado in an 11-inning victory. Lo Duca tied George Cutshaw (1915), BITING THE BIG APPLE: Adrián González went 2-for-4 last Jack Fournier (1923), John DeBerry (1929), Walter Gilbert night and has always hit well against the Mets: (1931), Cookie Lavagetto (1939) and Willie Davis (1973). Shawn Current NL Players, Highest Career BA vs. Mets Green would also tie the record in 2002. Among current Dodgers, (minimum 150 PA; current team listed) only Adrián González has a six-hit game, doing so for the Padres Andrew McCutchen, Pit .324 on Aug. 11, 2009 in a 13-6 victory over the Brewers in Milwaukee (6-for-6). Adrián González, LAD .322 (68/211) Matt Kemp, SD .319 TRAYCE ON THE CASE: Dodger rookie outfielder Trayce Joey Votto, Cin .313 Thompson is building a solid resume for NL Rookie of the Month: Brandon Phillips, Cin .309 NL, Highest OPS in May — 2016 SOURCE: STATS, LLC (minimum 60 PA) LEAVING HIS MARK: Dodger third baseman Justin Turner Marcell Ozuna, Mia 1.211 was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning last night, the seventh time he Chris Herrmann, ARI 1.179 has been plunked this season. Turner is tied with Derek Dietrich Ben Zobrist, ChC 1.171 and Danny Espinosa for second in the National League in that Matt Adams, StL 1.106 category, trailing only Starling Marte (8). Turner is on pace to Jung Ho Kang, PIT 1.097 easily match his career high of 13 hit by pitches, established last Aaron Hill, MIL 1.062 year. In case you were wondering, the Los Angeles Dodger record Daniel Murphy, Was 1.061 for HBPs was set by Alex Cora, who was drilled 18 times in 2004. Ryan Braun, MIL 1.042 Trayce Thompson, LAD 1.024 (.369 OBP + .655 SLG) WORTH NOTING: By defensive efficiency, which measures SOURCE: STATS, LLC turning balls in play into outs, the Dodgers are the second-best NL Thompson’s six homers this month are tied for sixth in the team, trailing only the Cubs, with a 72.1% efficiency rating National League and he also ranks among the NL leaders according to Baseball-Reference.com. with a .655 slugging percentage (6th). Thompson belted The Dodgers have used 241 defensive shifts this year, the two of those home runs against the Mets a few weeks ago, fifth-fewest among NL teams according to FanGraphs. going deep off Steven Matz and Hansel Robles. JOCULAR: Dodger outfielder Joc Pederson has driven in eight According to Stats, LLC, Thompson and Corey Seager runs in his last nine games since May 17. Slots are still available for are the first pair of Dodger rookies ever to hit five or more Pederson’s baseball camp, which will take place Aug. 11. For home runs each in the same month. details and registration, go to jocpedersoncamp.com. SHUT THE DOOR: Kenley Jansen is tied for fifth in the Majors THE TOP SPOT: Dodger infielder Chase Utley last night had his with 14 saves, while allowing three runs in 20 appearances (1.42 first four-RBI game since July 29, 2014, a game that was also ERA, 3 ER/19.0 IP) and limiting opponents to a .156 batting against the Mets at Citi Field. Utley’s .398 on-base percentage this average (10-for-64) with 20 strikeouts against just one walk. th month leads the team and his .385 overall OBP ranks 14 in the With 156 career saves, Jansen is just five saves shy of Eric National League. Gagné’s club record. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Date/Time (PT)/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Sun., May 29/5:05 p.m. at NYM LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-1, 1.48) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (4-3, 3.44) TV: ESPN Radio: AM 570/ESPN Radio/KTNQ 1020/KMPC 1540 Tonight’s starter at New York-NL: RHP Kenta Maeda (3-3, 3.29 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2008 Hiroshima 9-2 3.20 19 18 1 1 109.2 103 43 39 10 35 55 2009 Hiroshima 8-14 3.36 29 29 3 1 193.0 194 82 72 22 29 147 2010 Hiroshima 15-8 2.21 28 28 6 2 215.2 166 55 53 15 46 174 2011 Hiroshima 10-12 2.46 31 31 4 2 216.0 178 61 59 14 43 192 2012 Hiroshima 14-7 1.53 29 29 5 2 206.1 161 46 35 6 44 171 2013 Hiroshima 15-7 2.10 26 26 3 1 175.2 129 46 41 13 40 158 2014 Hiroshima 11-9 2.60 27 27 1 1 187.0 164 61 54 12 41 161 2015 Hiroshima 15-8 2.09 29 29 5 0 206.1 168 49 48 5 41 175 2016 LOS ANGELES 3-3 3.29 9 9 0 0 52.0 41 19 19 5 15 48 MLB Totals (1 Year) 3-3 3.29 9 9 0 0 52.0 41 19 19 5 15 48 Japan Totals (8 Years) 97-67 2.39 218 217 28 10 1509.2 1263 443 401 97 319 1233 SEASON NOTES: Last pitched on May 22 against the Padres, allowing four runs on four hits MAEDA’S STARTS in 5.0 innings, not factoring in the Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Removal decision in the Dodgers’ 9-5 4/6 @SD W, 7-0 W 6.0 5 0/0 0 4 84 5-0 victory…struck out five and issued 4/12 ARI L, 2-4 ND 6.0 5 0/0 1 4 95 1-0 one walk on 84 pitches 4/17 SF W, 3-1 W 7.0 4 1/1 3 7 98 3-1 4/23 @COL W, 4-1 W 6.1 3 0/0 1 8 94 4-0 Ranks among the NL leaders in 4/28 MIA L, 3-5 L 6.2 7 4/4 1 5 101 2-2 WHIP (1.08, 14th) and opponent 5/6 @TOR L, 2-5 ND 6.0 2 2/2 4 7 102 2-2 batting average (.214, 9th) this 5/11 NYM L, 3-4 L 5.0 6 4/4 2 3 94 2-4 5/16 LAA L, 6-7 L 4.0 5 4/4 2 5 73 3-4 season 5/22 @SD W, 9-5 ND 5.0 4 4/4 1 5 84 0-4 In four road starts this season, has MAEDA vs.