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The Dodgers were once again effective on their road trip last week to the east coast, winning five of six games against the Braves and Mets.
The bullpen allowed nine runs over 17 innings while the starting pitching was excellent, giving up only six runs total in the six games.
The Dodgers continued their tormenting of the Mets, hitting 10 more homers in New York. The weekend barrage brings the total to 25 homers against the Mets in seven games this season.
If it weren’t for one bad result for Pedro Baez, the Dodgers might have been undefeated in the six games. Tyler Flowers hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off Baez to give the Braves their third win against the Dodgers in 2017.
The Braves are the only team the Dodgers have lost to since July 2, going 24-3 over that stretch.
Batter of the week
Chris Taylor kept his magic alive with three more homers, a double and a triple in a week he hit .320 with six RBIs. There were a lot of contenders on offense — Justin Turner and Yasiel Puig each hit a pair of home runs, while Corey Seager hit .375 with a dinger and Cody Bellinger hit four more homers.
Pitcher of the week
There has to be a tie between newly acquired Yu Darvish and Hyun-jin Ryu. Darvish tossed seven scoreless innings in his Dodgers debut on Friday, striking out 10 while giving up just three hits and a walk. Ryu also went seven scoreless, striking out eight while giving up just one hit and a walk.
Week 18 results
Record: 5-1
34 runs scored (5.67 per game)
15 runs allowed (2.50 per game)
Year to date
Record: 79-32
569 runs scored (5.13 per game)
365 runs allowed (3.29 per game)
.694 pythagorean record (77-34)
Transactions
Monday: Dodgers made three trades, the most important was sending Willie Calhoun, A.J. Alexy and Brendon Davis to the Rangers for Yu Darvish. Tony Watson was acquired from the Pirates for Angel German and Oneil Cruz. Tony Cingrani was acquired for Scott Van Slyke and Hendrik Clementina.
Dodgers designated Peter O’Brien for assignment and optioned Luis Ysla to Double-A Tulsa.
Tuesday: Edward Paredes was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Tony Watson to be activated.
Wednesday: Josh Ravin was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Yu Darvish.
Thursday: Brock Stewart was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Tony Cingrani. Adrian Gonzalez and Rob Segedin were sent on rehab assignments to Triple-A and Peter O’Brien was sent outright to Oklahoma City.
Friday: Dodgers claimed Dylan Floro off waivers and moved Franklin Gutierrez to the 60-day DL. Mike Freeman was designated for assignment while Chris Hatcher was sent to Oklahoma City to begin a rehab assignment.
Saturday: Mike Freeman elected Free Agency.
Game results
Tuesday: Dodgers 3, Braves 2
Wednesday: Braves 5, Dodgers 3
Thursday: Dodgers 7, Braves 4
Friday: Dodgers 6, Mets 0
Saturday: Dodgers 7, Mets 4
Sunday: Dodgers 8, Mets 0
The week ahead
The Dodgers run the Steve Finley gauntlet, heading to Arizona for three with the Diamondbacks then welcoming the Padres to town for the weekend.
The pitching is a complete guess and is subject to change.
Week 19 schedule
| Mon, Aug 7 | Tue, Aug 8 | Wed, Aug 9 | Thu, Aug 10 | Fri, Aug 11 | Sat, Aug 12 | Sun, Aug 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Aug 7 | Tue, Aug 8 | Wed, Aug 9 | Thu, Aug 10 | Fri, Aug 11 | Sat, Aug 12 | Sun, Aug 13 |
| Off | at Dbacks | at Dbacks | at Dbacks | vs Padres | vs Padres | vs Padres |
| 6:40 p.m. | 6:40 p.m. | 6:40 p.m. | 7:10 p.m | 6:10 p.m. | 1:10 p.m. | |
| Maeda v. | Wood v. | Darvish v. | Hill v. | Ryu v. | Maeda | |
| Godley | Greinke | TBD | Richard | Chacin | Perdomo | |
| SNLA | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA |
Previous weeks in review: Apr. 3-9 | Apr. 10-16 | Apr. 17-23 | Apr. 24-30 | May 1-7 | May 8-14| May 15-21 | May 22-28 | May 29-Jun 4 | June 5-11 | June 12-18 | June 19-25 | June 26-July 2 | July 3-9 | July 10-16 | July 17-23 | July 24-30
Week 18 hitting
| 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 |
| Cody Bellinger | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.240 | 0.269 | 0.720 | 0.989 | 0.133 | Cody Bellinger |
| Joc Pederson | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.000 | 0.235 | 0.000 | 0.235 | 0.000 | Joc Pederson |
| Yasiel Puig | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.300 | 0.417 | 0.700 | 1.117 | 0.286 | Yasiel Puig |
| Corey Seager | 24 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.375 | 0.464 | 0.583 | 1.048 | 0.421 | Corey Seager |
| Chris Taylor | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.320 | 0.370 | 0.800 | 1.170 | 0.294 | Chris Taylor |
| Justin Turner | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0.250 | 0.261 | 0.600 | 0.861 | 0.158 | Justin Turner |
| Enrique Hernandez | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.182 | 0.250 | 0.182 | 0.432 | 0.333 | Enrique Hernandez |
| Logan Forsythe | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.267 | 0.476 | 0.267 | 0.743 | 0.444 | Logan Forsythe |
| Kyle Farmer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 | 0.500 | Kyle Farmer |
| Yasmani Grandal | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.133 | 0.188 | 0.200 | 0.388 | 0.286 | Yasmani Grandal |
| Chase Utley | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 0.400 | Chase Utley |
| Austin Barnes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.286 | 0.500 | 0.571 | 1.071 | 0.333 | Austin Barnes |
Week 18 pitching
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP | Pitcher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP | Pitcher |
| Rich Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.400 | 8.34 | Rich Hill |
| Hyun-Jin Ryu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.143 | 0.86 | Hyun-Jin Ryu |
| Alex Wood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | 1.500 | 3.48 | Alex Wood |
| Yu Darvish | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.571 | 0.71 | Yu Darvish |
| Kenta Maeda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.429 | 1.86 | Kenta Maeda |
| Brock Stewart | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.500 | 8.14 | Brock Stewart |
| Starters | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1.50 | 0.830 | 3.31 | Starters |
| Luis Avilan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.000 | 6.64 | Luis Avilan |
| Josh Fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.14 | Josh Fields |
| Josh Ravin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | inf | 19.14 | Josh Ravin |
| Brandon Morrow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 1.64 | Brandon Morrow |
| Tony Watson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.500 | 1.14 | Tony Watson |
| Tony Cingrani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13.50 | 1.500 | 5.64 | Tony Cingrani |
| Ross Stripling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 | 1.333 | 5.48 | Ross Stripling |
| Pedro Baez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 2.000 | 10.64 | Pedro Baez |
| Kenley Jansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.500 | -1.36 | Kenley Jansen |
| Bullpen | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.76 | 1.290 | 4.91 | Bullpen |
| Totals | 23 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 53.0 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 2.55 | 0.980 | 3.82 | Totals |