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The Dodgers had some trouble to open the week with two losses to the Giants in San Francisco, but they rallied to win four out of five to finish off the week, including three out of four against the Marlins at home.
The club was buoyed by the offense, finishing the week with five consecutive games scoring six or more runs.
Batter of the week
Chris Taylor continued his assault on National League pitching, going 9-for-20 (.450) with five extra-base hits and five walks. Honorable mention goes to Justin Turner, who was 6-for-9 with two walks before straining his hamstring on Thursday night.
Pitcher of the week
Clayton Kershaw and his slider were on point on Wednesday in San Francisco, allowing only three hits and no walks in seven scoreless innings. Also deserving mention was Alex Wood, who pitched scoreless baseball into the eighth on Friday.
Week 7 results
Record: 4-3
37 runs scored (5.29 per game)
28 runs allowed (4.00 per game)
.625 pythagorean record
Year to date
Record: 26-19
228 runs scored (5.07 per game)
164 runs allowed (3.64 per game)
.646 pythagorean record (29-16)
Miscellany
Kenley Jansen had an immaculate inning on Thursday.
The Dodgers and Marlins saw their benches clear on Friday, with Don Mattingly and Bob Geren in the middle of things.
Cody Bellinger is the fastest Dodger to nine career home runs (24 games), beating the old mark by 20 games.
Transactions
Monday: Brandon McCarthy was activated from the 10-day DL to start against the Giants, and outfielder Brett Eibner was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Tuesday: Rich Hill was activated from the disabled list to make his first start in a month, and relief pitcher Grant Dayton was optioned to Triple-A.
Thursday: First baseman Adrian Gonzalez was activated from his first career disabled list stint, and Scott Van Slyke was optioned to Oklahoma City.
Friday: Third baseman Justin Turner was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain, and Eibner was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Sunday: Optioned pitcher Julio Urias to Oklahoma City, and recalled pitcher Josh Ravin from Triple-A.
Game results
Monday: Giants 8, Dodgers 4
Tuesday: Giants 2, Dodgers 1
Wednesday: Dodgers 6, Giants 1
Thursday: Dodgers 7, Marlins 2
Friday: Dodgers 7, Marlins 2
Saturday: Marlins 10, Dodgers 6
Sunday: Dodgers 6, Marlins 3
The week ahead
The Dodgers start the week with the greatest of all in-season days, an off day at home. Then, they run the Jerry Mumphrey gauntlet, hosting National League Central foes the Cardinals and Cubs for three games each to finish off the homestand.
The Dodgers face all right-handed pitching this week. The rotation for the Cardinals series is set, but who knows how Dave Roberts will order things for the weekend? Trying to predict more than a few days in advance is a fool’s errand.
Week 8 schedule
| Mon, May 22 | Tue, May 23 | Wed, May 24 | Thu, May 25 | Fri, May 26 | Sat, May 27 | Sun, May 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 22 | Tue, May 23 | Wed, May 24 | Thu, May 25 | Fri, May 26 | Sat, May 27 | Sun, May 28 |
| Off | vs. Cardinals | vs. Cardinals | vs. Cardinals | vs. Cubs | vs. Cubs | vs. Cubs |
| 7:10 p.m. | 7:10 p.m. | 7:10 p.m. | 7:10 p.m. | 4:15 p.m. | 1:10 p.m. | |
| Kershaw v. | Hill v. | Maeda v. | Ryu v. | Wood v. | McCarthy v. | |
| Lynn | Leake | Wacha | Arrieta | Lackey | Hendricks | |
| SNLA/ESPN | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA/MLBN | Fox | SNLA |
Previous weeks in review: Apr. 3-9 | Apr. 10-16 | Apr. 17-23 | Apr. 24-30 | May 1-7 | May 8-14
Stats
Week 7 batting
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP | Player |
| Turner | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0.667 | 0.727 | 0.778 | 1.505 | 0.750 | Turner |
| Taylor | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.450 | 0.560 | 0.900 | 1.460 | 0.467 | Taylor |
| Seager | 23 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.348 | 0.483 | 0.565 | 1.048 | 0.412 | Seager |
| Grandal | 21 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.571 | 0.905 | 0.412 | Grandal |
| Hernandez | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.286 | 0.318 | 0.524 | 0.842 | 0.294 | Hernandez |
| Gonzalez | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.833 | 0.500 | Gonzalez |
| Bellinger | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.231 | 0.259 | 0.538 | 0.798 | 0.267 | Bellinger |
| Puig | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.154 | 0.353 | 0.385 | 0.738 | 0.091 | Puig |
| Utley | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.250 | 0.381 | 0.250 | 0.631 | 0.250 | Utley |
| Pederson | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.136 | 0.269 | 0.318 | 0.587 | 0.143 | Pederson |
| Starters | 183 | 33 | 55 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 0.301 | 0.389 | 0.530 | 0.919 | 0.341 | Starters |
| Eibner | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.333 | 0.429 | 0.833 | 1.262 | 0.500 | Eibner |
| Barnes | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.125 | 0.300 | 0.125 | 0.425 | 0.143 | Barnes |
| Gutierrez | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 | 0.250 | Gutierrez |
| Van Slyke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Van Slyke |
| Bench | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.172 | 0.250 | 0.276 | 0.526 | 0.211 | Bench |
| Pitchers | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.133 | 0.188 | 0.200 | 0.388 | 0.222 | Pitchers |
| Offense | 227 | 37 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 262 | 0.273 | 0.359 | 0.476 | 0.835 | 0.319 | Offense |
Week 7 pitching
| Pitcher | G | GS | W | L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP | Pitcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | G | GS | W | L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP | Pitcher |
| Wood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.091 | 3.34 | Wood | |
| Kershaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.429 | 1.77 | Kershaw | |
| Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.80 | 1.200 | 4.00 | Hill | |
| Ryu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.38 | 1.500 | 8.08 | Ryu | |
| McCarthy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11.7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.114 | 2.00 | McCarthy | |
| Urias | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 4.286 | 7.06 | Urias | |
| Starters | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38.7 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.72 | 1.241 | 3.61 | Starters |
| Stripling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.375 | 1.70 | Stripling | ||
| Fields | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.08 | 1.154 | 5.05 | Fields | ||
| Baez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.45 | 1.364 | 1.84 | Baez | ||
| Jansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.86 | 0.857 | 5.34 | Jansen | |
| Romo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.000 | 6.70 | Romo | ||
| Hatcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6.00 | 1.000 | 2.87 | Hatcher | ||
| Avilan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8.10 | 1.800 | 0.80 | Avilan | ||
| Dayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.000 | 19.20 | Dayton | ||
| Ravin | DNP | ---- | ----- | ---- | Ravin | |||||||||||||
| Bullpen | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22.3 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4.43 | 1.209 | 4.01 | Bullpen |
| Totals | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 61.0 | 62 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 3.98 | 1.230 | 3.76 | Totals |