The primary two-thirds of the Dodgers' highway journey has been a smashing success, profitable 5 of six video games in opposition to the Nationals and Blue Jays, extending a six-game profitable streak within the course of.
Dodgers pitchers haven't allowed greater than two runs in any sport through the streak, and even Sunday's loss in Toronto that snapped the streak was a strong bullpen sport wherein Los Angeles gave up simply three runs.
Nearly all the things was working for the Dodgers throughout their profitable streak. However notably through the week was comparatively sturdy manufacturing from the underside of the lineup, with 7-8-9 hitters driving in runs in 4 of the six video games this week on the highway journey. The underside third of the lineup hit .268/.284/.366 with 9 RBI this week, and whereas that doesn't look like something to jot down residence about, it is a group that was among the many worst in baseball getting into the week. hitting .168/.238/.248.
That many of the streak has include the Dodgers on the highway, after a uncommon lengthy dropping streak throughout which the crew dropped six of the primary eight video games, will not be misplaced on Evan Phillips, who saved three wins this week.
“I believe we simply wanted a highway journey, and to get out of LA for somewhat bit. The juju wasn't proper for us in that home,” Phillips told Kirsten Watson on SportsNet LA after Thursday's win in Washington DC “It's a protracted season, and all our inner mindset is simply to maintain following every day.”
Cake of the week
Mookie Betts has been sizzling because the starting of the season, however throughout this week he was particularly productive, hitting .500, and completed the week with an energetic streak of eight video games. Over the past 5 of these video games, Betts had an extra-base hit, one shy of his career-long feat in Might 2022 with the Dodgers.
He additionally reached base a minimum of 3 times for 4 video games in a row from Wednesday to Saturday, and on the season Betts has 13 such video games (of 30), greater than some other participant in baseball.
Betts additionally has extra hits this season, together with stolen bases on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the three-game hitting streak that matches the longest of his profession, final completed for Boston as a rookie in 2014. Betts is the primary Dodger to steal a base in three consecutive video games since Carl Crawford on September 6-8, 2015.
Honorable point out goes to Will Smith, Max Muncy and Freddie Freeman, who all additionally had an OPS over 1.100 for the week, which is a recipe for fulfillment.
Pitcher of the week
In every week filled with excellent pitching performances, Yoshinobu Yamamoto had his greatest begin to date with the Dodgers, hanging out seven in six scoreless innings to beat the Nationals on Wednesday. Two of these strikeouts got here instantly after he took a 104.8 mph liner proper over his head, however Yamamoto by some means caught the ball.
“He mentioned he virtually died, so it was fairly humorous,” Dave Roberts advised reporters after the sport concerning his go to to the mound instantly after the road, per Invoice Plunkett of the Register Orange County.
Honorable point out goes to Ryan Yarbrough, who additionally pitched six scoreless innings through the week, unfold over two outings.
Week 6 outcomes
5-1 file
34 runs scored (5.67 per sport)
11 runs allowed (1.83 per sport)
.887 pythagorean win proportion
12 months so far
18-12 file
158 runs scored (5.27 per sport)
120 runs allowed (4.00 per sport)
.623 Pythagorean profitable proportion (19-11)
Miscellaneous
Ties on punchouts: Dodgers pitchers struck out 15 Blue Jays on Saturday, led by Tyler Glasnow hanging out 9, then Joe Kelly, Ryan Brasier, and Evan Phillips every struck out two. That tied a season excessive for the pitching workers, combining April 6 at Wrigley Discipline (Yamamoto with eight, 4 relievers totaling seven) and April 9 at Minnesota (the Glasnow 14-Ok sport, plus Alex Vesia struck one).
Primary: It's humorous how baseball works generally. In 2023, Bobby Miller confronted 15 totally different opponents in his first 15 main league begins. However this yr, Landon Knack has solely confronted the Nationals in every of his two main league begins. In that second begin, on Wednesday in Washington DC, Knack had hassle with a two-run second inning. However he retired his closing 13 batters confronted for six sturdy innings and his first main league win.
Worldwide-Will: Smith will not be solely racking up four-hit video games at a speedy tempo, however is doing so everywhere in the world. Smith had 4 hits in opposition to the Padres in Seoul, South Korea, on March 21, then did it once more on April 5 in Chicago, on Wednesday in Washington DC, and once more on Friday in Toronto, Canada. Smith had an off day on Thursday, so his Wednesday and Friday made him solely the second Dodgers catcher with 4 consecutive video games, becoming a member of Roy Campanella on Might 25-26, 1951.
4 video games in three totally different international locations in the identical season places Smith in uncommon air:
with 4-hit video games this season in South Korea, the USA and now Canada, Will Smith is the 4th participant to have a sport with 4+ hits in 3 totally different international locations/territories in a single season, becoming a member of:
2019 DJ LeMahieu: England, USA, Canada
2004 Endy Chavez: USA, Puerto Rico, Canada
2003…– Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 27, 2024
Transactions
Saturday: Nabil Crismatt was named the recent arm within the bullpen to switch Nick Ramirez, who pitched two innings the evening earlier than. Exhausting break for Kyle Damage, only one week after touchdown on the injured listing with shoulder irritation, he was transferred to the 60-day IL, maintaining him out till a minimum of mid-June.
Crismatt has been energetic for a complete of three days with the Dodgers this season, and has pitched in two video games. And he wore two totally different uniform numbers, he wore quantity 74 on March 31 at Dodger Stadium, and he wore quantity 70 over the weekend in Toronto.
The outcomes of the sport
Week 6 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 |
| Beds | 26 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0.500 | 0.536 | 0.731 | 1,266 |
| Muncy | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0.400 | 0.526 | 0.733 | 1,260 |
| Smith | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0.450 | 0.455 | 0.750 | 1.205 |
| Freeman | 21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 0.381 | 0.500 | 0.619 | 1.119 |
| Pages | 25 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.360 | 0.346 | 0.560 | 0.906 |
| Ohtani | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 0.222 | 0.276 | 0.556 | 0.831 |
| Lux | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0.357 | 0.357 | 0.429 | 0.786 |
| Rojas | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.308 | 0.357 | 0.385 | 0.742 |
| T. Hernandez | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 0.250 | 0.280 | 0.417 | 0.697 |
| Barnes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0.200 | 0.429 | 0.200 | 0.629 |
| Ok. Hernández | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.615 |
| Outman | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0.143 | 0.200 | 0.214 | 0.414 |
| Taylor | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.111 | 0.222 |
| Offense | 226 | 34 | 74 | 20 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 250 | 0.327 | 0.378 | 0.518 | 0.895 |
Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages have been caught stealing
Pitching at week 6
| Pitcher | G | File | IP | H | R | IS | BB | I AM | WAS | FRUIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | G | File | IP | H | R | IS | BB | I AM | WAS | FRUIT |
| Yamamoto | 1 | 1-0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.833 |
| stone | 1 | 1-0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.29 | 0.571 |
| Glasnow | 1 | 1-0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1.50 | 0.833 |
| Paxton | 1 | 0-0 | 4.7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.93 | 1,714 |
| Pull out | 1 | 1-0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3.00 | 1,000 |
| Newbies | 5 | 4-0 | 29.7 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 1.52 | 0.944 |
| Yarbrough | 2 | 0-0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.333 |
| see | 3 | 1-0 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 | 1,200 |
| Phillips | 3 | 0-0, 3 Sv | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0.00 | 1,667 |
| Brazier | 2 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Kelly | 1 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| Christmas | 1 | 0-0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,000 |
| Hudson | 2 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 1,500 |
| Ramirez | 1 | 0-0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 2,500 |
| Grove | 2 | 0-1 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9.00 | 1,667 |
| Bullpen | 17 | 1-1, 3 Sv | 23.3 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 1.93 | 1,071 |
| Totals | 22 | 5-1 | 53.0 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 49 | 1.70 | 1,000 |
Earlier opinions: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5
Subsequent
The Dodgers are operating Josh Collmenter's gauntlet, ending the three-game highway journey in Phoenix adopted by a weekend residence sequence in opposition to Atlanta. The D-backs' begin on Wednesday is TBA, however ace Zac Gallen could be on 4 days' relaxation if Arizona decides to go in that course.
Week 7 plan
| Monday, April 29 | Tuesday, April 30 | Wednesday Might 1st | Thursday, Might 2 | Fri, Might 3 | Saturday, Might 4 | Solar, Might 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, April 29 | Tuesday, April 30 | Wednesday Might 1st | Thursday, Might 2 | Fri, Might 3 | Saturday, Might 4 | Solar, Might 5 |
| to the D-backs | to the D-backs | to the D-backs | OFF | vs Courageous | vs Courageous | vs Courageous |
| 6:40 p.m | 6:40 p.m | 6:40 p.m | 7:10 p.m | 6:10 p.m | 1:10 p.m | |
| Paxton v. | Council v. | Yamamoto v. | Stone v. | Glasnow v. | Paxton v. | |
| Henry (L) | Montgomery (L) | TBA | Morton | Senior | fries (L) | |
| SNLA/MLBN* | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA/MLBN* | SNLA | SNLA |
