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Player of the Series: Kenta Maeda

Maeda sets things right with his seven scoreless innings performance on Saturday

By Craig Minami
Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES —— With the overall record and lead the Dodgers have right now, there are few games that you can single out as important to the team. But on Saturday, the Dodgers were coming off a disappointing loss and they needed to get right back on their winning ways.

The same thing could be said for their starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda, who did not finish the third inning of last start against the San Diego Padres.

So all Maeda did was have one of his best games his career as he pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out six in the Dodgers 4-0 win on Saturday over the Diamondbacks.

Maeda’s best Dodger starts - minimum 77 Game Score

Date Opp Rslt AppDec IP H R BB SO Pit GSc BF
Date Opp Rslt AppDec IP H R BB SO Pit GSc BF
2018-05-17 MIA W 7-0 GS-8 W 8.0 2 0 0 8 96 86 26
2016-07-10 SDP W 3-1 GS-7 W 7.0 2 1 0 13 97 82 23
2019-05-15 SDP W 2-0 GS-7 W 6.2 3 0 0 12 85 80 23
2018-06-25 CHC W 2-1 GS-7 W 7.0 3 0 1 9 84 79 24
2018-05-23 COL W 3-0 GS-7 W 6.2 2 0 4 12 111 78 25
2017-08-01 ATL W 3-2 GS-7 W 7.0 2 0 1 6 94 78 24
2019-08-10 ARI W 4-0 GS-7 W 7.0 3 0 0 6 93 77 23
Minimum 77 Game Score

Manager Dave Roberts talked about Maeda’s effort and his pitch execution in the clip below.

Maeda also had a successful safety squeeze bunt as he drove in his fourth run of the year with that well-executed bunt.

I know that both Walker Buehler and Hyun-Jin Ryu continued the week of great starting pitching as they both also did not give up any runs in their starts against the Diamondbacks this weekend.

But Maeda was just a bit better and he did need a nice bounce back outing from his prior starts.

So the Player of the Series against the Diamondbacks is again, Kenta Maeda.

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