Dodgers Week 8 In Review: The Gap Gets Bigger

by Eric Stephen on May 31, 2009 9:41 PM PDT in Dodgers Weekly Reviews

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The Dodgers started out the week on fire, scoring 31 runs in a sweep in Colorado, then split a four-game series in Chicago, giving the club a 5-2 record and yet another week in which they widened their division lead. Here are the Dodgers' division leads at the end of each week this season:

Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8
(1 GB)	up 1	up 2½	up 4½	up 4½	up 6	up 7½	up 8½

Dodger Batter of the Week: Matt Kemp ended May on a high note, hitting .407/.484/.630, with a couple of Bison Bombs at Wrigley Field.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Eric Milton hadn't won a major league game since August 8, 2006, partially due to injury and partially due to ineffectiveness, but he rebounded with a vengeance this week, picking up two wins with two strong, control-laden starts on the road, walking only one in 10.1 innings.

Week 8 Record: 5-2
42 runs scored (6.00 per game)
25 runs allowed (3.57 per game)
.738 pythagorean winning percentage

Overall Seasonal Record: 35-17
287 runs scored (5.52 per game)
200 runs allowed (3.85 per game)
.673 pythagorean winning percentage

The Dodgers have the best record in baseball, the best run differential in baseball, have allowed the fewest runs per game, and are fourth in runs scored per game.

Manny Suspension Countdown: 23 games down, 27 games to go; 33 days until July 3 at Petco Park

Upcoming Week: The Dodgers return home to start a nine-game homestand. This week, they welcome the Diamondbacks to Dodger Stadium for three games, and the Phillies for four games. Hiroki Kuroda will make his return Monday night against Arizona.

Week 8 Stats

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	BA/OBP/SLG	OPS
Kemp	27	5	11	0	0	2	5	4	.407/.484/.630	1.114
Pierre	33	7	11	1	2	0	7	1	.333/.353/.485	.838
Martin	23	4	8	1	0	0	2	4	.348/.444/.391	.836
Blake	18	2	5	3	0	0	5	3	.278/.381/.444	.825
Furcal	12	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	.333/.429/.333	.762
Loney	31	4	10	2	0	0	6	2	.323/.364/.387	.751
Ethier	20	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	.250/.318/.350	.668
Hudson	27	5	7	0	0	0	4	6	.259/.394/.259	.653
Castro	16	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	.375/.412/.375	.787
Ausmus	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.429/.333	.762
Loretta	11	2	3	1	0	0	3	2	.273/.385/.364	.748
Hoffmann	9	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	.111/.091/.222	.313
Pitchers	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.059/.000	.059
Totals	249	42	73	11	2	2	39	27	.293/.364/.378	.742

Pitcher	G	W-L	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Milton	2	2-0	--	10.1	13	3	3	1	7	2.61	1.355
Wolf	1	1-0	--	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	1.43	1.000
Billingsley	1	0-1	--	7.0	8	2	2	2	7	2.86	1.429
Kershaw	1	1-0	--	6.0	4	3	3	4	4	4.50	1.333
Stults	2	0-1	--	7.1	9	8	8	9	5	9.82	2.455
Troncoso	3	0-0	1	5.0	5	0	0	4	6	0.00	1.800
Leach	3	0-0	--	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0.00	0.750
Mota	2	0-0	--	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0.00	1.500
Wade	2	0-0	--	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00	0.500
Belisario	3	0-0	--	5.2	2	1	1	2	5	1.59	0.706
Broxton	2	0-0	--	2.0	1	1	1	3	4	4.50	2.000
Weaver	2	0-0	--	3.2	6	5	5	6	2	12.27	3.273
Ohman	2	1-0	--	0.1	1	1	1	2	1	27.00	9.000
Totals	7	5-2	1	61.0	58	25	25	37	54	3.69	1.557

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Lets try to go 9-0 on this homestand.

by Tripon on May 31, 2009 10:47 PM PDT reply actions

when's the last time you heard pitcher of the week

and eric milton paired together?

Dodgers - 2008 NL West Champions
Cardinals - 2008 NFC Champions

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Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	37	Herrera	$375,082
3B	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000
LF	23	Abreu	$401,311
CF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

OF/1B	33	Van Slyke	$388,197
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
OF/1B	30	Sands	$375,175
IF	13	DeJesus	$448,992
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$483,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	54	Guerra	$488,000
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$488,500
RHP	60	Coffey	$1,000,000

DL	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
DL	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
DL	12	Sellers	$481,000
DL	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
DL	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	41	De La Rosa	$485,000

AA	50	Eovaldi	$7,885
AAA	56	Antonini	$7,869

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout
DFA	66	MacDougal	$650,000

Totals			$115,942,869
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 42 (incl. De La Rosa & Hawksworth)

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