LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers introduced their A recreation this week, with their solely loss coming in a bye recreation. They received 5 of six video games for the second straight week, taking two of three in opposition to the D-backs in Phoenix earlier than returning house to brush a collection showdown with the Braves in Los Angeles.
The Dodgers have glorious pitching and a productive offense, together with discovering energy hitting over the weekend at house. These previous two weeks have executed a lot to erase reminiscences of dropping three in a row of their final time at Dodger Stadium, with the Dodgers successful 11 of their final 13 video games since.
“Wanting again on the final house recreation, it wasn't adequate, and our guys made it occur. We received the final recreation and from there we simply went by way of the street journey, and it introduced them into this house recreation.” ,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated Saturday. “It's enjoyable to look at, it truly is. You see the vitality on the bench, you see the depth on the sector and within the batter's field, you see the hearth. Put all that along with a variety of expertise, it's successful baseball” .
Cake of the week
Shohei Ohtani broke Dave Roberts' group report for house runs by a participant born in Japan, and acquired him a Porsche to take action, with a twist. So Ohtani saved hitting, and tied profession highs with 4 hits and two house runs on Sunday.
For the week Ohtani had 11 hits in 21 at-bats, hitting .524/.583/.952 with seven RBI and 6 runs scored.
Honorable point out goes to Max Muncy, who had a four-hit recreation Saturday, together with three house runs in a recreation for the primary time in his profession.
Pitcher of the week
Selecting between the one-twos within the beginning rotation right here actually has no fallacious solutions, however let's go along with it Yoshinobu Yamamoto to place extra zeros. He pitched six scoreless innings Wednesday at Chase Subject, and has an energetic scoreless streak of 15 consecutive innings.
There are solely 10 main league pitchers with not less than a 30 % strikeout price in not less than 30 innings this season — Tyler Glasnow (32.3 %), who struck out 10 Braves in seven innings Saturday, and Yamamoto (30 for 100).
Week 7 outcomes
5-1 report
39 runs scored (6.50 per recreation)
14 runs allowed (2.33 per recreation)
.867 pythagorean win share
12 months so far
23-13 report
197 runs scored (5.47 per recreation)
134 runs allowed (3.72 per recreation)
.669 Pythagorean successful share (24-12)
Miscellaneous
And 0K wins: The Dodgers received the collection opener Monday at Arizona, and did so and not using a hit within the recreation, their first hitless contest since Aug. 28, 2006 at house in opposition to to the Reds. The Dodgers' 44 plate appearances on Monday have been tied for his or her most PA in a recreation with out strikeouts since transferring to Los Angeles, together with an 11-inning loss at San Francisco on June 23, 2003.
The bee recreation: After 4 totally different rain-delayed video games in 2024, the Dodgers had their strangest delay so far Tuesday in Phoenix, when a colony of bees gathered across the internet behind the house plate, inflicting the common recreation in opposition to the D-backs to begin one. now, 55 minutes late. Due to that delay, we obtained to be taught the title Matt Hilton of Blue Sky Pest Management, who obtained a hero's welcome at Chase Subject. “It was a bit nerve-wracking, I'm not going to lie,” Hilton advised MLB.com.
An incredible gesture: Chris Taylor began in left discipline Wednesday at Chase Subject, taking part in in his 1,000th profession main league recreation. Coincidentally, D-backs second baseman Ketel Marte additionally performed in his 1,000th recreation in the identical contest. Taylor and Marte have been added to a gaggle of now 1,669 gamers to play in a thousand video games, together with solely a choose few of the 7.2 % of all those that have performed in any respect within the majors. As identified by the good Mike Petriello of MLB.com, Taylor and Marte have been teammates and shared time within the center infield for the 2012 Everett AquaSox, a Class-A affiliate of the Mariners.
Designated laborer: Shohei Ohtani stole two bases in opposition to Atlanta, the second approaching a pickoff try throughout which he beat out an errant throw to second base by Matt Olson. Ohtani had the second two-steal recreation by a Dodgers designated hitter, together with Eric Younger Sr. on June 23, 1998 in Anaheim. Ohtani on the season has seven stolen bases with out even being hit, and the Dodgers have performed 36 video games. Earlier than 2024, the Dodgers had performed 594 video games with a delegated hitter of their historical past and had 14 stolen bases out of the DH spot.
Transactions
Monday: Ryan Brasier sprained his calf whereas working earlier than the collection opener at Chase Subject, and landed on the injured checklist for an prolonged stint. Gus Varland was activated after spending just a few days in limbo on the taxi group.
Wednesday: Landon Knack was despatched all the way down to Triple-A the day after his begin, opening up a doable rotation slot for the return of Walker Buehler. In between reliever JP Feyereisen was recalled from Triple-A.
Sunday: Reliever Blake Treinen returned from the injured checklist, his first time on the energetic roster for the reason that 2022 NLDS. This was considerably tempered with the information of Evan Phillips straining his hamstring and touchdown on the IL.
The outcomes of the sport
Week 7 batting
| Participant | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | I AM | P.A | B.A | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participant | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | I AM | P.A | B.A | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Ohtani | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0.524 | 0.583 | 0.952 | 1,536 |
| Muncy | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 0.286 | 0.444 | 0.929 | 1,373 |
| Pages | 26 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0.346 | 0.357 | 0.615 | 0.973 |
| Smith | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 0.250 | 0.360 | 0.600 | 0.960 |
| Barnes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.200 | 0.429 | 0.400 | 0.829 |
| T. Hernandez | 26 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 0.231 | 0.310 | 0.500 | 0.810 |
| Rojas | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.231 | 0.375 | 0.385 | 0.760 |
| Freeman | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 0.240 | 0.345 | 0.400 | 0.745 |
| Ok. Hernández | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 0.188 | 0.350 | 0.250 | 0.600 |
| Taylor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.167 | 0.375 | 0.167 | 0.542 |
| Beds | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 0.174 | 0.345 | 0.174 | 0.519 |
| Lux | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Outman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.000 | 0.429 | 0.000 | 0.429 |
| Offense | 207 | 39 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 248 | 0.266 | 0.379 | 0.493 | 0.872 |
Week 7 pitching
| Pitcher | G | Document | IP | H | R | IS | BB | I AM | WAS | FRUIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | G | Document | IP | H | R | IS | BB | I AM | WAS | FRUIT |
| Yamamoto | 1 | 1-0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.00 | 1,167 |
| stone | 1 | 0-0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.50 | 1,000 |
| Pull out | 1 | 0-0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.80 | 1,000 |
| Glasnow | 1 | 1-0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2.57 | 0.857 |
| Paxton | 2 | 2-0 | 11.7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3.86 | 1,543 |
| Newbies | 6 | 4-0 | 35.7 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 2.27 | 1,178 |
| Kelly | 4 | 0-0 | 3.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.600 |
| Grove | 3 | 1-0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.667 |
| Spring breakers | 2 | 0-0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.750 |
| Varland | 2 | 0-0 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00 | 2.143 |
| see | 2 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.500 |
| Phillips | 2 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| The trains | 1 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Hudson | 3 | 0-0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1,333 |
| Christmas | 1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1,000 |
| Bullpen | 20 | 1-1 | 20.3 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1.33 | 0.836 |
| Totals | 26 | 5 | 56.0 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 1.93 | 1,054 |
Earlier critiques: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6
Subsequent
The Dodgers run the Quilvio Veras gauntlet, internet hosting the Marlins for 3 house video games, together with a midweek opener, earlier than occurring the street to battle the Padres. Walker Buehler's first main league begin in 696 days begins the week on Monday.
Roberts stated Sunday that Max Muncy will begin the collection finale in opposition to Miami left-hander Ryan Weathers on Wednesday. The Padres' rotation for subsequent weekend is only a guess.
Week 8 plan
| Monday, Might 6 | Tuesday, Might 7 | Wednesday, Might 8 | Thursday, Might 9 | Fri, Might 10 | Saturday, Might 11 | Solar, Might 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Might 6 | Tuesday, Might 7 | Wednesday, Might 8 | Thursday, Might 9 | Fri, Might 10 | Saturday, Might 11 | Solar, Might 12 |
| vs. Marlins | vs. Marlins | vs. Marlins | OFF | to the Padres | to the Padres | to the Padres |
| 7:10 p.m | 7:10 p.m | 12:10 p.m | 6:40 p.m | 5:40 p.m | 1:10 p.m | |
| Buehler v. | Yamamoto v. | Stone v. | Glasnow v. | Paxton v. | Buehler v. | |
| Muñoz | Cabrera | Time (L) | Re | Darvish | Musgrove | |
| SNLA/MLBN* | SNLA/MLBN* | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA |