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The Dodgers for a third consecutive week split six games, winning two of three in Philadelphia and dropping two of the first three games in Cincinnati. But they started and ended the week on high notes, giving a nice bookend to Week 20.
The week began with a 15-run outburst to match the best game on offense for the club this season, and it ended with a 20-year-old pitching the best game of his career to date to play stopper.
Batter of the week
Chase Utley returned to Philadelphia in style, homering twice in his first game back in his old home on Tuesday, including a grand slam, and got two curtain calls as a visiting player in the city of brotherly love. On the week Utley hit .318/.348/.727 with three home runs and seven RBI, one of five Dodgers regulars with an OPS of at least .988.
Pitcher of the week
Julio Urias delivered in a big way on Sunday when the Dodgers really needed it, helping to snap a three-game skid with six scoreless innings to beat the Reds. Urias struck out six and walked none.
Week 20 summary
Game of the Week
Tuesday: Dodgers 15, Phillies 5
Two homers, five RBI and two curtain calls for Chase Utley in his first game back in Philadelphia (Photo: Mitchell Leff | Getty Images).
Record: 3-3
33 runs scored (5.50 per game)
32 runs allowed (5.33 per game)
.514 pythagorean record
2016 to date
Record: 68-55
549 runs scored (4.46 per game)
490 runs allowed (3.98 per game)
.552 pythagorean record (68-55)
Miscellany
Ouch: Joc Pederson was hit by a pitch twice on Friday against the Reds, the fourth time this season a Dodger has been hit twice in one game. Chase Utley did it twice, and Justin Turner the other time.
Transactions
Tuesday: Relief pitcher Casey Fien was activated from the disabled list, and pitcher Brock Stewart was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Also, utility man Zach Walters was released.
Friday: Pitchers Adam Liberatore and Bud Norris were activated from the disabled list, and pitchers Ross Stripling and Fien were optioned to Triple-A.
Sunday: Recalled outfielder Andrew Toles from Triple-A, and optioned infielder Chris Taylor.
Game results
Tuesday: Dodgers 15, Phillies 5
Wednesday: Dodgers 7, Phillies 2
Thursday: Phillies 5, Dodgers 4
Friday: Reds 9, Dodgers 2
Saturday: Reds 11, Dodgers 1
Sunday: Dodgers 4, Reds 0
Upcoming week
The Dodgers run the Dave Martinez gauntlet, finishing up with one game in Cincinnati, followed by a showdown home series against the Giants followed by a weekend series against the best in baseball Cubs. Pitching matchups, especially for the weekend, are a best guess at this point.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 22 at Cin 9:35am |
23 vs. SF 7:10pm |
24 vs. SF 7:10pm |
25 vs. SF 7:10pm |
26 vs. ChC 7:10pm |
27 vs. ChC 1:05pm |
28 vs. ChC 1:10pm |
| Kazmir v. (R) Bailey |
Maeda v. (L) Bumgarner |
Hill v. (R) Cueto |
Anderson v. (L) Moore |
Norris v. (L) Montgomery |
Kazmir v. (R) Hammel |
Maeda v. (L) Lester |
| SNLA | SNLA | SNLA/ESPN | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA/FS1 | SNLA/TBS |
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 stats
Batting
| Player | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SB/CS | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS |
| Utley | 23 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0/0 | .318/.348/.727 | 1.075 |
| Seager | 25 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | .455/.520/.545 | 1.065 |
| Gonzalez | 25 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0/0 | .304/.360/.652 | 1.012 |
| Grandal | 24 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0/0 | .286/.375/.619 | .994 |
| Turner | 26 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0/0 | .280/.308/.680 | .988 |
| Kendrick | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0/0 | .222/.300/.500 | .800 |
| Pederson | 27 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0/0 | .250/.407/.300 | .707 |
| Reddick | 24 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0/0 | .095/.208/.095 | .304 |
| Toles | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .333/.500/.333 | .833 |
| Segedin | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | .250/.455/.250 | .705 |
| Hernandez | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | .167/.286/.167 | .452 |
| Taylor | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Ellis | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | .000/.000/.000 | .000 |
| Pitchers | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | .083/.083/.083 | .167 |
| Totals | 239 | 210 | 33 | 53 |
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2 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 0/0 | .252/.333/.452 | .786 |
Pitching
| Pitcher | G | W-L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | FIP* |
| Urias | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.16 |
| Maeda | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3.00 | 0.667 | 4.99 |
| Stripling | 1 | 0-0 | -- | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.60 | 1.600 | 4.96 |
| Kazmir | 1 | 1-0 | -- | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 | 2.200 | 7.16 |
| Norris | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 3⅔ | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14.73 | 3.000 | 7.52 |
| Anderson | 1 | 0-1 | -- | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18.00 | 3.667 | 8.83 |
| Starters | 6 | 3-2 | -- | 28⅔ | 39 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 5.65 | 1.779 | 5.29 |
| Blanton | 4 | 0-0 | -- | 3⅓ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.200 | 1.66 |
| Chavez | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2⅓ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 2.30 |
| Liberatore | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 3.66 |
| Fien | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1⅔ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.600 | 3.76 |
| Jansen | 2 | 0-0 | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 1.000 | (2.84) |
| Fields | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.00 | 2.333 | 2.16 |
| Dayton | 3 | 0-1 | -- | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.333 | 10.49 |
| Howell | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12.00 | 2.667 | 4.83 |
| Baez | 3 | 0-0 | -- | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15.00 | 2.000 | 7.83 |
| Relievers | 6 | 0-1 | -- | 22⅓ | 28 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 5.24 | 1.478 | 4.37 |
| Totals | 6 | 3-3 | -- | 51 | 67 | 32 | 31 | 17 | 50 | 5.47 | 1.478 | 4.89 |