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Dodgers Week 25 review: Winning the NL West

The Dodgers hit the road and won four games in Arizona and San Diego to clinch the National League West.

Norm Hall

The Dodgers won four of their seven games during last week and completed their season-long quest of winning the National League West. A.J. Ellis's eighth-inning home run on Thursday beat the Diamondbacks in Phoenix and delivered the Dodgers their fourth division title since 2009.

The Dodgers earned their right to relax by the pool.

Dodger Batter of the Week: Hanley Ramirez only played three games but was insanely productive during his time on the field, including four hits and two home runs in the division-clinching game on Thursday in Arizona.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: Clayton Kershaw just about locked up the National League Cy Young Award with seven scoreless innings on Saturday against the Padres.

Week 25 Record: 4-3
26 runs scored (3.71 per game)
22 runs allowed (3.14 per game)
.576 pythagorean winning percentage

Season Record: 90-66
629 runs scored (4.03 per game)
569 runs allowed (3.65 per game)
.546 pythagorean winning percentage (85-71)

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Game Results:

Upcoming Week: The Dodgers run the Bill Swift gauntlet, with their final three regular season road games in San Francisco followed by the home finale against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium. The Colorado starters are a guess, as the Rockies have off days on Monday and Thursday this week and haven't yet decided whether or not to let Jorge De La Rosa pitch through a thumb injury.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
23
Off

24
at SF
7:15pm
25
at SF
7:15pm
26
at SF
7:15pm
27
vs. Col
7:10pm
28
vs. Col
6:10pm
29
vs. Col
1:10pm
Ryu v.
(R) Cain
Nolasco v.
(L) Bumgarner
Volquez v.
(R) Lincecum
Kershaw v.
(R) Nicasio
Greinke v.
(R) Chatwood
Ryu v.
(R) Chacin
KCAL KCAL/ESPN Prime Prime Prime Prime

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 | Week 24

Week 25 Stats

Player PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB/CS BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Ramirez 13 10 5 6 0 0 2 4 3 0/0 .600/.692/1.200 1.892
Ellis, A 16 15 2 4 1 0 2 3 1 0/1 .267/.313/.733 1.046
Gonzalez 19 19 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0/0 .316/.316/.526 .842
Kemp 22 20 1 6 2 0 0 3 2 0/0 .300/.364/.400 .764
Puig 28 24 2 4 1 0 2 4 4 0/0 .167/.286/.458 .744
Uribe 18 18 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 0/0 .222/.222/.500 .722
Crawford 12 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 .167/.167/.250 .417
Ellis, M 21 17 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0/0 .118/.250/.118 .368
Ethier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000

Young 13 12 0 7 1 1 0 2 0 0/0 .583/.538/.833 1.372
Van Slyke 14 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 0/0 .222/.500/.333 .833
Federowicz 10 10 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0/0 .200/.200/.600 .800
Schumaker 16 15 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 .267/.267/.400 .667
Punto 14 13 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0/1 .231/.286/.308 .593
Gordon 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 .200/.200/.200 .400
Hairston 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000
Buss 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000
Castellanos 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000
Butera 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 .000/.000/.000 .000

Pitchers 15 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 5 0/0 .200/.467/.300 .767
Totals 261 234 26 55 15 1 9 25 23 2/2 .235/.305/.423 .728
Pitcher G W-L Sv IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP*
Kershaw 1 1-0 -- 7 3 0 0 2 10 0.00 0.714 1.06
Volquez 1 0-1 -- 6⅓ 5 2 1 4 6 1.42 1.421 5.11
Greinke 2 1-0 -- 11 8 2 2 2 8 1.64 0.909 3.33
Ryu 1 0-1 -- 8 2 2 2 1 4 2.25 0.375 4.06
Nolasco 1 0-0 -- 5 9 6 6 0 5 10.80 1.800 2.26
Fife 1 0-1 -- 2⅓ 6 4 4 3 2 15.43 3.857 13.35
Starters 7
2-3 -- 39 33 16 15 12 35
3.40 1.134 3.82
Marmol 2 0-0 -- 3 0 0 0 5 5 0.00 1.667 4.73
Wilson 3 0-0 -- 3 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.333 1.06
Jansen 3 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 0.00 0.667 1.73
Howell 3 2-0 -- 2⅔ 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.750 4.19
League 2 0-0 -- 2⅔ 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.125 1.56
Withrow 1 0-0 -- 2 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 1.000 4.06
Rodriguez 2 0-0 -- 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.000 1.06
Moylan 1 0-0 -- 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 3.000 7.56
Garcia 1 0-0 -- 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000 3.06
Belisario 3 0-0 -- 2 3 6 6 4 1 27.00 2.500 5.06
Relievers 7
2-0
2 20 9 6 6 16 19 2.66 1.230 3.11
Totals 7
4-3 2 60 42 22 21 28 54 3.15 1.167 3.58
*FIP is estimated