Dodgers Begin a New Series Against an Old Rival

by Brendan Scolari on Sep 18, 2009 3:27 PM PDT in Dodgers Game Previews

NL West Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Los Angeles	88	59	.598	0	Won 3
Colorado	83	64	.564	5	Won 1
San Francisco	79	67	.541	8.5	Lost 1
San Diego	66	81	.448	22	Won 1
Arizona	64	83	.435	24	Lost 1

(updated 9.18.2009 at 3:21 PM PDT)

After sweeping the Pirates for the first time since 2006, the Dodgers will look to do the same this weekend against a familiar division foe. Tonight at 7:10 PM the Dodgers will be taking on the Giants at Dodger Stadium, with Vicente Padilla facing off against Jonathan Sanchez.

This is the Dodgers final series against the Giants this season. So far they have won 9 of the 15 games between the two teams. The Dodgers magic number entering today is eight, so a combination of eight Dodger wins and Giants losses would clinch the Dodgers 3rd playoff birth in the last four seasons. If the Dodgers hang on to win the NL West it will be the first time they have done so in back-to-back seasons since the 1977-1978 seasons. The magic number to clinch the NL West is 11.

And of course, today is the third anniversary of the 4+1 game. So make sure to celebrate that!

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Game Time: 7:10pm

TV: Prime Ticket

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Giants:
Velez. LF
F. Sanchez. 2B
Winn. RF
Sandoval. 3B
Molina. C
Uribe. SS
Ishikawa. 1B
Rowand. CF
J. Sanchez. LHP

Dodgers:

Furcal. SS
Martin. C
Ethier. RF
Ramirez. LF
Kemp. CF
Blake. 3B
Loney. 1B
Hudson. 2B
Padilla. RHP

by Eric Stephen on Sep 18, 2009 4:13 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Thanks.

by Brendan Scolari on Sep 18, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Eric beats Jon

Though not on DT.

by bhsportsguy on Sep 18, 2009 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

I’m happy Los Doyers play tonight with no game yesterday I felt like a junky who didn’t get his fix

by Dodgermanramon on Sep 18, 2009 4:56 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Go Dodger Blue!!!Stomp a mudhole in those most hated Giants!

by peteyweestro on Sep 18, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	37	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP		Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		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

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
62	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
33	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 19 For more info, click here.

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