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The Dodgers got swept at home by the team with the worst record in the National League, dropping four straight to the Reds over the weekend. That made the Dodgers losers of 14 of their last 19 games and off to their worst 40-game start in 60 years.
They have lost three straight series to last-place teams, but it’s hard to lose to a last-place team when you are one. The Dodgers suddenly find themselves just one game out of last in the National League West.
There have been seven weeks this season, and the Dodgers have had a losing record in five of them. They are on pace for 97 losses.
Sure the sweep by the Reds may feel like rock bottom for the Dodgers, but they continue to surprise with a seemingly endless reservoir of disappointment this year so I’m not so sure.
Batter of the week
Yasmani Grandal hit a pair of home runs and walked five times, posting an 1.102 OPS. Close second goes to Max Muncy, who drove in three runs with a home run of his own and four doubles.
Pitcher of the week
Walker Buehler struck out eight and walked none on Thursday against Cincinnati, allowing two runs. He beat out solid starts by Ross Stripling and Alex Wood.
Week 7 results
1-5 record
20 runs scored (3.33 per game)
31 runs allowed (5.17 per game)
.310 pythagorean record
Season to date
16-24 record
171 runs scored (4.28 per game)
172 runs allowed (4.30 per game)
.497 pythagorean record (20-20)
Transactions
Monday: Utility man Breyvic Valera was returned to Triple-A Oklahoma City after he was the 26th man for three games in Mexico.
Tuesday: Rich Hill was activated from the disabled list and Brock Stewart was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Wednesday: Yasiel Puig was activated from the disabled list in a flurry of moves. Tony Cingrani was placed on the 10-day DL with left shoulder inflammation, while Alex Verdugo and Yimi Garcia were optioned to Triple-A. Stewart and Scott Alexander were recalled from Oklahoma City.
Saturday: Pat Venditte was called up from Triple-A, and Stewart was optioned. Corey Seager was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.
Game results
Tuesday: Diamondbacks 8, Dodgers 5 (12)
Wednesday: Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 3
Thursday: Reds 4, Dodgers 1
Friday: Reds 6, Dodgers 2
Saturday: Reds 5, Dodgers 3
Sunday: Reds 5, Dodgers 3
The week ahead
The Dodgers run the Austin Kearns gauntlet this week, taking Monday off before a six-game road trip to Miami and Washington.
Week 8 schedule
| Mon, May 14 | Tue, May 15 | Wed, May 16 | Thu, May 17 | Fri, May 18 | Sat, May 19 | Sun, May 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 14 | Tue, May 15 | Wed, May 16 | Thu, May 17 | Fri, May 18 | Sat, May 19 | Sun, May 20 |
| Off | at Marlins | at Marlins | at Marlins | at Nationals | at Nationals | at Nationals |
| 4:10 p.m. | 4:10 p.m. | 9:10 a.m. | 4:05 p.m. | 4:05 p.m. | 10:35 a.m. | |
| Wood | Buehler | Maeda | Stripling | Hill | Wood | |
| v. Chen (L) | v. Smith (L) | v. Straily | v. Strasburg | v. Hellickson | v. Gonzalez (L) | |
| SNLA | SNLA | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA | SNLA/MLBN |
Previous weeks in review: Mar. 29-Apr. 1 | Apr. 2-8 | Apr. 9-15 | Apr. 16-22 | Apr. 23-29 | Apr. 30-May 6
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 |
| Grandal | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.294 | 0.455 | 0.647 | 1.102 | 0.214 | Grandal |
| Muncy | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.294 | 0.368 | 0.588 | 0.957 | 0.364 | Muncy |
| Puig | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.267 | 0.267 | 0.467 | 0.733 | 0.300 | Puig |
| Taylor | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.190 | 0.370 | 0.333 | 0.704 | 0.286 | Taylor |
| Bellinger | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.200 | 0.259 | 0.440 | 0.699 | 0.286 | Bellinger |
| Utley | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.222 | 0.263 | 0.278 | 0.541 | 0.250 | Utley |
| Kemp | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.208 | 0.269 | 0.250 | 0.519 | 0.250 | Kemp |
| Pederson | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.105 | 0.190 | 0.105 | 0.296 | 0.118 | Pederson |
| Starters | 156 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0.218 | 0.307 | 0.378 | 0.685 | 0.250 | Starters |
| Hernandez | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 0.462 | 0.747 | 0.250 | Hernandez |
| Barnes | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.300 | 0.417 | 0.300 | 0.717 | 0.750 | Barnes |
| Farmer | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.222 | 0.200 | 0.222 | 0.422 | 0.286 | Farmer |
| Verdugo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.250 | Verdugo |
| Locastro | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | Locastro |
| Bench | 42 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0.214 | 0.277 | 0.286 | 0.562 | 0.308 | Bench |
| Pitchers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Pitchers |
| Offense | 205 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 233 | 0.210 | 0.291 | 0.346 | 0.638 | 0.257 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.80 | 1.600 | 6.00 | Wood | |
| Buehler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.833 | 0.53 | Buehler | |
| Stripling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.125 | 0.57 | Stripling | |
| Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6.52 | 1.966 | 8.58 | Hill | |
| Maeda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9.64 | 2.357 | 5.13 | Maeda | |
| Starters | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30.7 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.99 | 1.598 | 4.67 | Starters |
| Jansen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.250 | 2.20 | Jansen | |
| Fields | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.667 | 3.20 | Fields | ||
| Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.429 | 3.63 | Alexander | ||
| Liberatore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.20 | Liberatore | ||
| Cingrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 3.20 | Cingrani | ||
| Hudson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 | 1.000 | 5.70 | Hudson | ||
| Baez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.667 | 1.20 | Baez | ||
| Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.000 | 4.87 | Stewart | ||
| Venditte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10.80 | 1.800 | 8.60 | Venditte | ||
| Chargois | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22.50 | 5.000 | 12.70 | Chargois | ||
| Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3.000 | 19.20 | Garcia | ||
| Bullpen | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 26.3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4.44 | 1.253 | 4.95 | Bullpen |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 57.0 | 61 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 4.74 | 1.439 | 4.80 | Totals |