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Dodgers Week 26: Assuming the reins

MLB: Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

The Dodgers regained control of the National League West last week by sweeping the team that was ahead of them (Rockies) and then winning a weekend series against the Padres to finish a 5-1 week.

Chris Taylor provided the fireworks on Tuesday night with the first walk-off home run of his career, then Yasiel Puig continued his power surge with a pinch-hit three-run shot in the seventh inning on Wednesday to break a tie. Those two blasts helped swing what began as a half-game deficit in the division into a 1½-game lead over Colorado to end the week.

The Dodgers’ magic number to clinch the National League West is six.

Batter of the week

Joc Pederson didn’t have one single last week but he was still quite productive, with three home runs and three doubles, driving in five and scoring a team-best six runs despite totaling just 13 at-bats.

Pitcher of the week

Hyun-jin Ryu was stellar, pitching 13 scoreless innings in his two starts. He didn’t allow a run, he didn’t walk anyone, and he struck out 13. Ryu on the season has a 2.00 ERA in his 14 starts, with 86 strikeouts against only 13 walks.

Ryu was great at the plate too, going 3-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored.

Week 26 results

5-1 record
40 runs scored (6.67 per game)
13 runs allowed (2.17 per game)
.887 pythagorean record

Season to date

87-69 record
759 runs scored (4.87 per game)
586 runs allowed (3.76 per game)
.616 pythagorean record (96-60)

Miscellany

National League history: Matt Kemp ‘s solo shot on Wednesday against the Rockies was his 20th home run of the season, the seventh to hit 20 home runs with the Dodgers this season. They are the first National League team ever to have seven players with 20 home runs, and joined six American League teams in sharing the major league record.

Grand birthday: Kemp on Sunday homered, doubled and singled on his 34th birthday, and drove in three runs. His solo home run in the second inning gave him 1,000 career runs batted in, the 287th player in MLB history to reach that milestone.

Max Power: Yasmani Grandal smashed a solo shot on Saturday against San Diego, giving the Dodgers 222 home runs on the season to break the franchise record set last year. The Dodgers finished the week with an NL-best 225 home runs, 19 more than the next-best team. This will be the ninth time in 61 years since moving to Los Angeles the Dodgers have led the NL in homers, joining 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 2015.

Start me up: Joc Pederson homered twice and doubles on Monday against the Rockies, including a tater to start the game in the bottom of the first inning. He homered agains to start Saturday’s game. Pederson now has seven leadoff home runs (in just 55 games batting first), matching the Dodgers franchise record set by Davey Lopes in 1979.

Home, sweet home: Hyun-jin Ryu’s two gems last week lowered his ERA at home this season to a ridiculous 1.15, the fifth-lowest in Dodger Stadium history (minimum 50 innings). Ryu allowed no runs in five of his nine starts at Chavez Ravine in 2018.

Transactions

Monday: A trio of relievers were activated for the final two weeks. Tony Cingrani came off the 60-day disabled list, John Axford was activated off the 10-day DL, and Yimi Garcia was recalled from the minors. To make room for Cingrani on the 40-man roster, Daniel Hudson was transferred to the 60-day DL, ending his season.

There are 39 players on the active roster.

Game results

The week ahead

The Dodgers finish off the regular season by running the Matt Williams gauntlet, ending on the road in Arizona and San Francisco all while wiping their mouth on their sleeve. The pitching matchups for the final weekend are my guesses.

The final week schedule

Mon, Sep 24 Tue, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 26 Thu, Sep 27 Fri, Sep 28 Sat, Sep 29 Sun, Sep 30
Mon, Sep 24 Tue, Sep 25 Wed, Sep 26 Thu, Sep 27 Fri, Sep 28 Sat, Sep 29 Sun, Sep 30
at D-backs at D-backs at D-backs Off at Giants at Giants at Giants
6:40 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 6:40 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 12:05 p.m.
Kershaw Buehler Stripling Hill Kershaw Ryu
v. Ray (L) v. Koch (L) v. Greinke v. Bumgarner (L) v. Rodriguez v. TBD
SNLA SNLA/ESPN SNLA/ESPN SNLA/MLBN SNLA/MLBN SNLA

Previous weeks in review: Mar. 29-Apr. 1 | Apr. 2-8 | Apr. 9-15 | Apr. 16-22 | Apr. 23-29 | Apr. 30-May 6 | May 7-13 | May 14-20 | May 21-27 | May 28-Jun 3 | Jun 4-10 | June 11-17 | June 18-24 | June 25-July 1 | July 2-8 | July 9-15 | July 16-22 | July 23-29 | July 30-Aug. 5 | Aug. 6-12 | Aug. 13-19 | Aug. 20-26 | Aug. 27-Sep. 2 | Sept. 3-9 | Sep. 10-16

Stats

Week 26 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
Pederson 13 6 6 3 0 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 0.462 0.462 1.385 1.846 0.500 Pederson
Kemp 15 3 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 0.333 0.333 0.800 1.133 0.300 Kemp
Muncy 12 5 4 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 16 0.333 0.500 0.583 1.083 0.429 Muncy
Hernandez 15 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 17 0.333 0.412 0.600 1.012 0.308 Hernandez
Taylor 17 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 20 0.353 0.450 0.529 0.979 0.455 Taylor
Puig 12 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 13 0.333 0.385 0.583 0.968 0.375 Puig
Machado 24 5 7 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 25 0.292 0.320 0.583 0.903 0.278 Machado
Grandal 13 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 16 0.154 0.313 0.462 0.774 0.125 Grandal
Turner 22 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 25 0.273 0.360 0.409 0.769 0.286 Turner
Bellinger 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 15 0.154 0.267 0.231 0.497 0.200 Bellinger
Dozier 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 12 0.100 0.250 0.200 0.450 0.167 Dozier
Starters 166 32 48 12 0 12 34 1 0 20 36 1 0 0 187 0.289 0.369 0.578 0.947 0.305 Starters
Verdugo 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000 Verdugo
Barnes 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952 0.000 Barnes
Farmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 Farmer
Freese 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 11 0.200 0.273 0.200 0.473 0.500 Freese
Utley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Utley
Toles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 #DIV/0! Toles
Gale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Gale
Locastro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ Locastro
Bench 24 5 5 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 10 1 0 0 27 0.208 0.296 0.333 0.630 0.308 Bench
Pitchers 13 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 15 0.231 0.286 0.231 0.516 0.375 Pitchers
Offense 203 40 56 12 0 13 38 2 0 23 51 2 1 0 229 0.276 0.355 0.527 0.882 0.309 Offense

Week 26 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
Ryu 2 2 2 0 13.0 8 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.00 0.615 1.20 Ryu
Buehler 1 1 0 0 6.0 3 2 0 0 1 0 12 1 0.00 0.667 0.20 Buehler
Hill 1 1 1 0 7.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 1.29 0.571 3.06 Hill
Kershaw 1 1 0 0 7.0 3 2 1 1 5 0 3 0 1.29 1.143 6.34 Kershaw
Stripling 1 1 0 1 3.3 3 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 5.40 1.500 6.50 Stripling
Starters 6 6 3 1 0 36.3 21 7 4 3 8 0 39 1 0.99 0.798 2.87 Starters
Jansen 3 0 0 2 2.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.375 0.20 Jansen
Urias 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.500 -0.80 Urias
Fields 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.000 0.20 Fields
Baez 2 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.600 3.80 Baez
Maeda 2 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.600 -2.80 Maeda
Floro 2 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.00 1.500 0.95 Floro
Venditte 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 1.000 3.20 Venditte
Alexander 3 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.000 1.20 Alexander
Ferguson 1 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.000 0.20 Ferguson
Cingrani 2 0 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 6.000 12.20 Cingrani
Rosscup 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000 3.20 Rosscup
Madson 1 0 0 1.3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.75 0.750 11.45 Madson
Garcia 2 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.00 2.000 4.20 Garcia
Wood 3 0 0 1.3 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 13.50 2.250 6.20 Wood
Axford 2 0 0 0.3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 12.001 3.20 Axford
Bullpen 28 0 2 0 2 18.7 14 6 5 1 5 1 25 2 2.41 1.018 2.18 Bullpen
Totals 34 6 5 1 2 55.0 35 13 9 4 13 1 64 3 1.47 0.873 2.64 Totals