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Dodgers Week 23 In Review: Hard To Win Without Scoring

Just in case you forgot, Juan Uribe is still on the team. He has not played in 13 games, and has 17 plate appearances and one start in the last 45 games.
Just in case you forgot, Juan Uribe is still on the team. He has not played in 13 games, and has 17 plate appearances and one start in the last 45 games.

The Dodgers had a rough week, losing a pair of series to divisional foes. If they want to find a reason why they are currently on the outside looking in on the playoff radar, the Dodgers can look to their 28-33 record against the National League West.

Plus, the Dodgers had their two best players miss time with injury. It was not a good week.

The Dodgers ended the week 5½ games behind the Giants with 21 games left, and are 1½ games back of the Cardinals for the second wild card spot.

Dodger Batter of the Week: Mark Ellis did what he could to set the table from the leadoff spot with 11 hits and two walks in six games, hitting .423 with a .464 on-base percentage. But thanks to almost no production of the hitters after him, Ellis scored just three runs.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Clayton Kershaw made only one of his scheduled two starts, but it was good enough to win this award, as he struck out nine in his seven innings on Tuesday. But a blown lead after he left gave him a no-decision and led to a Dodger loss in extra innings.

Week 23 Record: 2-4
15 runs scored (2.50 per game)
24 runs allowed (4.00 per game)
.297 pythagorean winning percentage

Season Record: 74-67
557 runs scored (3.95 per game)
539 runs allowed (3.82 per game)
.515 pythagorean winning percentage (73-68)

Transactions:

  • Tuesday: Relief pitcher Javy Guerra was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique, and Josh Wall was recalled from Triple A.
  • Wednesday: 2012 second round draft pick Paco Rodriguez was promoted from Double A Chattanooga. To make room for Rodriguez on the 40-man roster, Chad Billingsley's season was officially ended with a transfer to the 60-day disabled list.
  • Friday: For the third time this season, Alex Castellanos was recalled from Triple A Albuquerque.

Game Results:

Upcoming Week: The Dodgers run the Tony Womack Gauntlet this week, battling the Diamondbacks in Phoenix for two games, followed by four games at home against the wild card rival Cardinals.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
10
Off

11
at Ari
6:40pm
12
at Ari
6:40pm
13
vs StL
7:10pm
14
vs StL
7:10pm
15
vs StL
6:10pm
16
vs StL
1:10pm
Kershaw v.
(R) Kennedy
Harang v.
(R) Cahill
Beckett v.
(R) Westbrook
Capuano v.
(R) Kelly
Blanton v.
(L) Garcia
Kershaw v.
(R) Wainwright

Previous Weeks In Review: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Week 21 | Week 22

Week 23 Stats

Player PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB/CS BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Ellis, M. 28 26 3 11 3 0 0 1 2 0/0 .423/.464/.538 1.003
Ellis, A.J. 25 19 1 6 0 0 0 1 5 0/0 .316/.458./316 .774
Gonzalez 28 24 1 7 1 1 0 2 3 0/0 .292/.357/.417 .774
Ethier 26 24 3 5 0 0 2 2 2 0/1 .208/.269/.458 .728
Victorino 28 22 1 5 1 0 0 2 3 1/0 .227/.333/.273 .606
Ramirez 26 25 2 5 1 0 1 3 1 1/2 .200/.231/.360 .591
Cruz 22 22 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0/0 .273/.273/.273 .545
Kemp 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0/0 .053/.053/.053 .105

Kennedy 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0/0 .250/.400/1.000 1.400
Rivera 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0/0 .286/.375/.429 .804
Abreu 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0/0 .000/.400/.000 .400
Punto 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000
Castellanos 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 -----/-----/----- -----
Uribe Did not play
Treanor Did not play
Federowicz Did not play

Pitchers 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .100/.100/.100 .200
Totals 237 208 15 50 7 1 4 14 20 2/3 .240/.307/.341 .649

Pitcher G W-L Sv IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP*
Kershaw 1 0-0 -- 7.0 5 1 1 3 9 1.29 1.143 3.71
Capuano 1 0-0 -- 7.0 5 2 2 3 3 2.57 1.143 2.71
Harang 1 0-1 -- 5.0 7 3 2 3 1 3.60 2.000 4.54
Blanton 2 0-1 -- 12.0 13 7 7 4 10 5.25 1.417 4.39
Beckett 1 0-1 -- 6.1 7 4 4 3 3 5.68 1.579 3.14
Starters 6
0-2 -- 37.1 37 17 16 16 26 3.86 1.420 3.76
League 4 1-0 1 4.2 2 0 0 4 4 0.00 1.286 3.35
Wright 4 0-0 -- 4.2 2 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.429 1.85
Belisario 3 1-0 -- 2.1 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 1.286 4.85
Rodriguez 1 0-0 -- 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000 3.14
Choate 5 0-0 -- 2.0 3 1 1 2 2 4.50 2.500 2.64
Tolleson 1 0-1 -- 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 4.50 1.000 1.64
Ely 1 0-1 -- 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 13.50 2.500 1.14
Guerrier 1 0-0 -- 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 27.00 4.500 27.14
Wall Did not pitch
Relievers 6
2-2
1 18.2 15 7 7 11 15
3.38
1.393 3.52
Totals 6
2-4 1 56.0 52 24 23 27 41 3.70 1.411 3.68
*FIP is estimated