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Dodgers Week 12 review: Zack Greinke leads dominant pitching week

Zack Greinke hasn't allowed a run in any of his last three starts.
Zack Greinke hasn't allowed a run in any of his last three starts.
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Last week was in many ways a Rorschach Test for viewing the 2015 Dodgers. One one hand the club put up a winning record on the road against the Cubs and Marlins, something that has eluded them most of the year. But the flip side was poor hitting, as the club allowed only 11 runs in seven games for the week yet still managed to lose three games.

Dodger Batter of the Week: Justin Turner continued to rake with two home runs and a triple, but this award goes to Adrian Gonzalez, who hit .360 and snapped out of a power drought with a home run and a double.

Dodger Pitcher of the Week: The pitching staff was pretty great all week, headlined by Zack Greinke, who allowed no runs in his two starts, and at least on Sunday got two whole runs of support for a win. Brett Anderson gets a mention for tying a career high with 10 strikeouts on Friday.

Week 12 Record: 4-3
22 runs scored (3.14 per game)
11 runs allowed (1.57 per game)
.780 pythagorean winning percentage

Season Record: 43-34
324 runs scored (4.21 per game)
258 runs allowed (3.35 per game)
.603 pythagorean winning percentage (46-31)

Miscellany

Carlos Frias popped up a bunt on Thursday, but reached base on a fielder's choice. Then the fastest Dodgers pitcher came around to score, his first major league run scored.

Transactions

Monday: In a swap of pitchers, Joel Peralta was activated from the disabled list and Ian Thomas was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City, with Daniel Coulombe and Matt West optioned back to Triple-A.

Friday: Pedro Baez was activated from the disabled list, and Thomas was optioned to Triple-A.

Game Results

Upcoming Week

The Dodgers run the Bernard Gilkey gauntlet, finishing off the road trip with three games in Arizona, then after a day off welcoming the Mets to Los Angeles.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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at Ari
6:40pm
30
at Ari
6:40pm
1
at Ari
6:40pm
2
Off
3
vs NYM
7:10pm
4
vs NYM
4:15pm
5
vs NYM
1:10pm
Bolsinger v.
(R) Webster
Frias v.
(R) De La Rosa
Anderson v.
(L) Ray
Kershaw v.
(R) Syndergaard
Greinke v.
(R) Harvey
Bolsinger v.
(L) Matz
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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 Stats

Player PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB/CS BA/OBP/SLG OPS
Turner 22 19 4 4 0 1 2 4 3 0/0 .211/.318/.632 .950
Gonzalez 27 25 2 9 1 0 1 3 2 0/0 .360/.407/.520 .927
Puig 15 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0/1 .182/.400/.364 .764
Kendrick 26 25 2 8 1 0 0 4 1 0/0 .320/.346/.360 .706
Pederson 27 22 4 3 1 0 1 2 5 0/0 .136/.296/.318 .614
Rollins 23 23 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0/1 .217/.217/.217 .435
Grandal 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0/0 .067/.176/.067 .243
Ethier 17 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0/0 .067/.176/.067 .243

Van Slyke 13 10 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 0/0 .200/.385/.600 .985
Hernandez 14 13 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0/1 .154/.214/.538 .753
Callaspo 15 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0/0 .308/.357/.385 .742
Ellis 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0/0 .143/.400/.143 .543
Guerrero 12 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0/0 .250/.250/.250 .500

Pitchers 17 16 2 2 1
0 0 0 0 0/0 .125/.125/.188 .313
Totals 255 226 22 47 6
3 6 22 26 0/3 .208/.292/.341 .633
Pitcher G W-L Sv IP H R ER BB K ERA WHIP FIP*
Greinke 2 1-0 -- 13⅔ 7 0 0 3 11 0.00 0.732 2.20
Frias 1 1-0 -- 5 7 0 0 3 5 0.00 2.000 2.95
Anderson 1 1-0 -- 7 5 1 1 1 10 1.29 0.857 0.72
Kershaw 2 0-2 -- 14 11 6 4 2 18 2.57 0.929 2.86
Bolsinger 1 0-0 -- 4⅔ 6 2 2 2 6 3.86 1.714 1.86
Starters 7 3-2 -- 44 36 9 7 11 50 1.42 1.060 2.23
Jansen 4 0-0 2 3⅔ 2 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.545 0.97
Garcia 4 0-0 -- 3 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.000 (0.18)
Howell 3 1-0 -- 2⅔ 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.125 1.65
Nicasio 2 0-0 -- 2⅓ 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.857 3.58
Baez 1 0-0 -- 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.000 (2.85)
Liberatore 5 0-0 -- 3 2 1 1 1 5 3.00 1.000 5.15
Peralta 3 0-1 -- 1⅔ 2 1 1 1 0 5.40 1.800 4.95
Thomas Did not pitch
Relievers 7 1-1 2 17 10 2 2 3 20 1.04 0.750 2.11
Totals 7 4-3 2 61 46 11 9 14 70 1.31 0.973 2.19
*FIP is estimated