True Blue LA - April 30: Tigers 5, Dodgers 1Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2022-05-01T06:02:00-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/228152762022-05-01T06:02:00-07:002022-05-01T06:02:00-07:00Vin Scully to Clayton Kershaw: ‘Congratulations, Mr. K’
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<p id="MtIoh5">Clayton Kershaw set the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> strikeout record on Saturday night, and ended his start with 2,700 career strikeouts. </p>
<p id="eLJ6ud">Robbie Grossman, who was Kershaw’s first strikeout on Saturday, and Spencer Torkelson, <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036955/clayton-kershaw-dodgers-strikeout-record-don-sutton">who whiffed for the record-setter</a>, each struck out twice. They were new entries in Kershaw’s career strikeout ledger, pushing the counter to 863 different batters in the left-hander’s career.</p>
<aside id="slWaJG"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"A history of the Dodgers all-time strikeout record","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23036480/dodgers-strikeout-record-clayton-kershaw-don-sutton-sandy-koufax-don-drysdale"}]}'></div></aside><p id="yLA9Fo">After Kershaw set the strikeout record, the Dodgers released a video of congratulations, with well wishes from Daron Sutton (son of Don), Skip Schumaker (<a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036915/clayton-kershaw-milestone-strikeouts-career-dodgers">Kershaw’s first career strikeout, in 2008</a>), Orel Hershiser (seventh on the Dodgers’ strikeout list, with 1,456), Fernando Valenzuela (sixth with 1,759 Dodgers Ks), A.J. Ellis (who caught the most Kershaw strikeouts, with 920), plus Hall of Fame announcers Jaime Jarrín and Vin Scully.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Special messages for 22. <a href="https://t.co/uKnQeoxzzQ">pic.twitter.com/uKnQeoxzzQ</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1520604601048727552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a>
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<p id="diswkU">“Years ago I used to think it was appropriate — Sandy Koufax, the letter K for strikeout, always seemed to go together,” Scully said. “Little did I know then, but I certainly know now, the strikeout king and the letter K are hooked together forever. Congratulations, Mr. K, Mr. Kershaw, on winning the title.”</p>
<p id="mz9yn6">Schumaker, who was later Kershaw’s teammate in 2013 and is now a bench coach for the Cardinals, tweeted that Kershaw was the best pitcher he ever faced.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks Dave! Hahaha! Struck out a couple more times that day too I think! Best I’ve ever faced, even better person.</p>— Skip Schumaker (@SSchumaker55) <a href="https://twitter.com/SSchumaker55/status/1520638475799699458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a>
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<p id="NnWkz4">Schumaker’s Dodgers ERA (0.00), in all of two innings, is even better than Kershaw’s (2.49), who is closing in on 2,500 innings.</p>
<p id="MQ4oWH">Here’s how Kershaw’s wife Ellen and their family celebrated the record-breaking strikeout in the stands at Dodger Stadium:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clayton's biggest fans witnessing history. <a href="https://t.co/wmBFYjMzw5">pic.twitter.com/wmBFYjMzw5</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1520607546947432449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a>
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<p id="8hVjwb">Here’s <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2022/04/30/clayton-kershaw-gets-strikeout-record-but-dodgers-lose-to-tigers/">Bill Plunkett’s recap of Saturday’s game at the Orange County Register</a>, including Kershaw reflecting on the record:</p>
<blockquote><p id="XGQrzU"><em>“The first thing I’ll say is any time you get to do something individual record-wise, the people around you to help you celebrate are what matters most,” he said. “So to have my teammates care about that, to have my family here care about that and then to see the fans care about it as much as they did — all of those things made it special.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p id="TM0WeK">Kershaw has 1,468 of his career strikeouts at Dodger Stadium, in 196 regular season starts. Both are second to Sutton, who struck out 1,498 batters at Chavez Ravine, in 270 starts.</p>
<p id="qCMV1Q">Here is the baseball that Kershaw threw to strike out Torkelson for the record:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Add it to the collection. <a href="https://t.co/K2zITiFuuA">pic.twitter.com/K2zITiFuuA</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1520641216513122304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/1/23051447/vin-scully-clayton-kershaw-dodgers-strikeout-record-reacitonEric Stephen2022-04-30T22:15:41-07:002022-04-30T22:15:41-07:00Tigers spoil Dodgers party against the bullpen
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<p>Kershaw sets LA strikeout record in a Dodgers loss</p> <p id="ZDjscx">Wearing No. 21 on the back of his cap (as <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2012/10/28/3568988/clayton-kershaw-roberto-clemente-award-2012">a former Roberto Clemente Award winner</a>), No. 22 passed No. 20 to <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036955/clayton-kershaw-dodgers-strikeout-record-don-sutton">become the all-time Dodgers strikeout leader on Saturday</a>. But after a Clayton Kershaw milestone, the Tigers feasted off the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> bullpen for a 5-1 win on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p id="pqzXB6">Carrying 10 or 11 pitchers in the bullpen so far this season, the Dodgers haven’t had to use many relievers on back-to-back days. But they used three pitchers on Saturday who pitched on Friday, and all of them allowed a run-scoring hit.</p>
<p id="1HIBTw">Evan Phillips was the first to relieve Kershaw, starting the seventh. He allowed a single and hit a batter, then surrendered a double to Javy Báez that broke a 1-1 tie. Brusdar Graterol walked his idol, fellow Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera, to load the bases. before Austin Meadows singled home two.</p>
<p id="nz6X3e">In the eighth inning, Reyes Moronta allowed an infield single to Jeimer Candelario, who scored on Tucker Barnhart’s RBI double.</p>
<p id="5GCxLY">Saturday represented a rare misstep for the Dodgers bullpen, whose four runs allowed are the most this season. The Dodgers pitching staff <em>as a whole</em> has allowed four or more runs only four times in 20 games this season. </p>
<p id="hDAk37">Even with this game, the Dodgers bullpen has a 2.55 ERA, the third-best ERA in the majors, and 27.9-percent strikeout rate on the season, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=rel&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=33&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=6,d">which ranks fifth-best</a>. </p>
<p id="5HrqXP">The team with the best bullpen ERA in MLB right now? That’s the Tigers, at 2.02, including four scoreless inning to close out this win. </p>
<h3 id="l3I5kO">The record setter</h3>
<p id="xwYTIq">Kershaw retired his first eight batters, and his strikeout of Dustin Garneau <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23036480/dodgers-strikeout-record-clayton-kershaw-don-sutton-sandy-koufax-don-drysdale">equaled Don Sutton with 2,696 career strikeouts</a>. The path to the record got a little choppy after that, with four of the next five batters reaching base. Javy Báez singled home a run in the third, one of three two-strike hits for the Tigers against Kershaw.</p>
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<p id="j7glaP">Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft, provided <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036915/clayton-kershaw-milestone-strikeouts-career-dodgers">the answer to a Dodgers trivia question</a>, going down swinging on a slider to give Kershaw sole possession of the franchise strikeout record. </p>
<p id="qZnjig">Kershaw only allowed four hits on the night, in six innings. Kershaw also walked two batters, his first two free passes of the season, and struck out seven, giving him 2,700 strikeouts in his career.</p>
<p id="U08TDw">Saturday was the 380th regular season start for Kershaw. His mound opponent, Tigers right-hander Beau Brieske, was making just his second career start, but mostly held his own. Brieske only allowed one run, despite missing only three bats among his 90 pitches.</p>
<p id="eDALE0">Brieske allowed three hits and two walks, but after a Mookie Betts home run to lead off the first, nobody else scored. Twenty-five times the Dodgers fouled off one of Brieske’s pitches, including 10 by Justin Turner in his fourth-inning at-bat. That was a 14-pitch battle that ended with Turner flying out to center.</p>
<p id="q7uKL4">More Dodgers patience was on display when Cody Bellinger greeted reliever Joe Jiménez with a 12-pitch walk to open the seventh, a battle that included eight foul balls. Gavin Lux added a one-out single to give the Dodgers their best rally of the night, but Michael Fulmer got Austin Barnes to ground into a double play.</p>
<p id="BFh3bl">One run matches the Dodgers’ lowest offensive output this season, and four hits is their second-worst game of 2022.</p>
<h3 id="1ZfQc6">Saturday particulars</h3>
<p id="ZUi6Pc"><strong>Home run</strong>: Mookie Betts (3)</p>
<p id="rWcygJ"><strong>WP — Jacob Barnes (2-0)</strong>: 1 IP, zeroes</p>
<p id="OMwFB7"><strong>LP — Evan Phillips (1-1)</strong>: ⅔ IP, 2 hits, 3 runs, 2 strikeouts</p>
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<p id="EIRLg7">Walker Buehler takes the mound on Sunday (1:10 p.m., SportsNet LA), with an extra day of rest after pitching his first career shutout on Monday in Phoenix. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez starts the series finale for Detroit.</p>
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<p>2,700 strikeouts and counting for Kershaw</p> <p id="Rt06L7">No pitcher in the 139-year history of the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> has more strikeouts than Clayton Kershaw. The left-hander got Spencer Torkelson of the Tigers in the fourth inning on Saturday at Dodger Stadium, passing Hall of Famer Don Sutton for the all-time franchise lead.</p>
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<p id="LAVjzu">Torkelson was Kershaw’s fourth strikeout on Saturday, number 2,697 in Kershaw’s career. It was finished off by the slider, which has ended 20 of the left-hander’s 30 strikeouts so far this season.</p>
<p id="UWooJE">Kershaw ended his night with seven strikeouts in six innings, allowing one run. He has 2,700 career strikeouts.</p>
<p id="dEwBlr">Sutton passed Don Drysdale for the top spot on the Dodgers’ strikeout list on August 5, 1979 against San Francisco. Sutton’s 42 years and eight months holding the franchise strikeout record is <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23036480/dodgers-strikeout-record-clayton-kershaw-don-sutton-sandy-koufax-don-drysdale">the longest reign of any Dodgers pitcher</a>. Dazzy Vance held the mark for 37 years and one month, from 1928 to 1965 when Sandy Koufax passed him. </p>
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<p id="kl8C2L">Those four Hall of Fame pitchers now hold the Nos. 2 though 5 spots on the all-time Dodgers list. Kershaw one day will join them in Cooperstown. </p>
<p id="PJfthj">Austin Barnes caught Kershaw on Saturday, the third time this season behind the plate for Kershaw and 61st time catching him in his career. Kershaw has 399 strikeouts with Barnes behind the plate, third-most among catchers, behind only A.J. Ellis (920 strikeouts) and Yasmani Grandal (451).</p>
<p id="H7xucj">Kershaw walked Robbie Grossman in the third inning, his first walk issued this season, which came after 26 strikeouts. That included 13 strikeouts in seven perfect innings on April 13 in Minnesota in his first start of the year. It’s the most strikeouts without a walk to begin a season for Kershaw in his 15-year career.</p>
<p id="tLKR7N">At <em>any</em> point in the season, <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2015/8/1/9085073/clayton-kershaw-zeroes-dodgers-angels">Kershaw’s most strikeouts without a walk is 46</a>, from July 3 to August 1, 2015.</p>
<aside id="DRz5Xc"><div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Remembering Don Sutton","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2021/1/19/22239562/don-sutton-dodgers"},{"title":"Clayton Kershaw’s milestone strikeouts","url":"https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036915/clayton-kershaw-milestone-strikeouts-career-dodgers"}]}'></div></aside><p id="d4kZH6">Kershaw’s 2,700 strikeouts <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml">rank 26th on MLB’s all-time list</a>. He’s fourth in strikeouts among active pitchers, trailing Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and Zack Greinke, all of whom are at least three years older than the 34-year-old Kershaw.</p>
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<p>Some of the most memorable strikeouts for the Dodgers LHP</p> <p id="9ttN4T">Clayton Kershaw set the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> record for strikeouts on Saturday, passing Don Sutton for the top spot on the franchise leaderboard.</p>
<p id="VJe2zs">Spencer Torkelson <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036955/clayton-kershaw-dodgers-strikeout-record-don-sutton">was Kershaw’s record-setting 2,697th strikeout</a>, the latest in a long line of milestone strikeouts in the left-hander’s 15-year career. </p>
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<p id="0NN2vN">Kershaw made his major league debut on May 25, 2008, just shy of two years after he was drafted in the first round. But his <em>arrival</em> was announced earlier that spring, <a href="https://dodgerthoughts.baseballtoaster.com/archives/920274.html">with a strikeout of Sean Casey in Vero Beach</a>. Kershaw’s curveball buckled Casey’s knees so much that Vin Scully <a href="https://www.dodgerthoughts.com/2018/03/11/clayton-kershaw-and-public-enemy-no-1-10-years-later/">dubbed the pitch “Public Enemy No. 1.”</a></p>
<p id="16Wr0g">But he used a different pitch to record his first major league strikeout that counted.</p>
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<p id="iFTvrN">Jill Painter Lopez at the Orange County Register <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2008/05/25/kershaw-looks-impressive-in-his-debut/">noted that Kershaw, just two months after his 20th birthday, cracked a smile after his first striking out</a>, a future teammate.</p>
<p id="9pzzbz">“The baby-faced pitcher had just recorded the first strikeout of his major-league career on a high fastball to the Cardinals’ Skip Schumaker, the first batter he faced,” <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2008/05/25/kershaw-looks-impressive-in-his-debut/">she wrote</a>. “Kershaw, the unflappable kid with the sensational curveball, couldn’t help it.”</p>
<p id="HfX1Eh">Kershaw struck out his 500th batter on opening day in 2011, the start of his first Cy Young Award season. Two years later he won his second Cy Young, and <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2013/4/17/4218928/clayton-kershaw-1000-strikeouts-dodgers">that April became the second-fastest Dodger to 1,000 strikeouts</a> by both age (only Fernando Valenzuela was younger) and by innings (only Hideo Nomo reached it faster).</p>
<p id="IZqnLs">Strikeout number 1,292 doesn’t seem like a milestone, as its not a round number, nor did it mark a memorable rung on the all-time ladder. But when Kershaw fanned Corey Dickerson in the ninth inning on June 18, 2014, it capped off his most dominant pitching performance, finishing off <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/19/5824108/clayton-kershaw-no-hitter-dodgers-rockies">a 15-strikeout, zero-walk no-hitter to beat the Rockies</a>.</p>
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<p id="4SLQHt">“He’s the best pitcher on the planet,” <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2014/6/19/5823586/clayton-kershaw-delivers-expectations-no-hitter">boasted catcher A.J. Ellis after the game</a>, “and it’s not even close.”</p>
<p id="evKuE7">Kershaw won his third Cy Young that season, and was also named National League MVP.</p>
<p id="hPTr59">In 2015, Kershaw was <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2015/10/4/9449637/clayton-kershaw-300-strikeouts-dodgers">the first major league pitcher to strike out 300 batters in a season in 13 years</a>, and the first Dodger to do so since Sandy Koufax 49 years earlier. B.J. Upton was the batter for No. 300, marking the 1,745th strikeout of Kershaw’s career.</p>
<p id="KVj91b">Two seasons later, Kershaw <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2017/6/2/15733624/clayton-kershaw-2000-strikeouts-5th-youngest-mlb-history-bert-blyleven">was the fifth-youngest pitcher in MLB history to reach 2,000 strikeouts</a>, when he got Jonathan Villar swinging in Milwaukee:</p>
<blockquote><p id="yZU21C"><em>Kershaw is 29 years, 75 days old on Friday. Only four players were faster by age, led by Bert Blyleven at 28 years, 97 days old on July 12, 1979, when pitching for the Pirates he fanned Terry Puhl of the </em><a href="https://www.crawfishboxes.com"><em>Astros</em></a><em> to lead off the game in Houston for his 2,000th strikeout.</em></p></blockquote>
<p id="mCJUNy">Kershaw’s steady climb to the top of the Dodgers franchise strikeout list saw him pass Koufax in 2019, then Don Drysdale in 2020. Two weeks after passing Drysdale, Kershaw got Nick Ahmed swinging for his 2,500th career strikeout. </p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">2500 Ks!<a href="https://twitter.com/ClaytonKersh22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ClaytonKersh22</a> is now the 39th pitcher ever to reach the mark. <a href="https://t.co/5Em23Cl0G0">pic.twitter.com/5Em23Cl0G0</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1301706670335164417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2020</a>
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<p id="aoGUvc">As of now, Kershaw <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml">ranks 26th on MLB’s all-time strikeout list</a>, with Frank Tanana sitting at 25th with 2,773 strikeouts.</p>
<p id="H0FvyL">On Saturday, <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23036480/dodgers-strikeout-record-clayton-kershaw-don-sutton-sandy-koufax-don-drysdale">Kershaw passed Sutton to set the Dodgers franchise record</a>, the latest milestone in a career full of them.</p>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23036915/clayton-kershaw-milestone-strikeouts-career-dodgersEric Stephen2022-04-30T18:47:00-07:002022-04-30T18:47:00-07:00Dodgers vs. Tigers Game II chat
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<p>It’s time</p> <p id="S17YBX">Clayton Kershaw goes for the <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> franchise strikeout record, facing the Tigers on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.</p>
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<h3 id="uWm57d">Game info</h3>
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<li id="DNUFTs">Teams: Dodgers (13-6) vs. Tigers (6-13)</li>
<li id="Z8MbaM">Pitchers: Clayton Kershaw vs. Beau Brieske</li>
<li id="e9IeCS">Location: Dodger Stadium</li>
<li id="AqZGR3">Time: 7:10 p.m.</li>
<li id="0vtISG">TV: SportsNet LA</li>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/30/23050991/dodgers-tigers-game-chatEric Stephen2022-04-28T11:06:00-07:002022-04-28T11:06:00-07:00Dodgers host Tigers in LA for first time in 8 years
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<p id="i5tSts">The <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> first home interleague series of the season starts Friday night at Dodger Stadium, with the Tigers making their first visit to Los Angeles since 2014.</p>
<p id="FET6Oh">These two teams haven’t played at all since 2017, when the Dodgers took two of three games at Comerica Park in a series that saw Curtis Granderson make his Dodgers debut. The Dodgers lead the all-time series with the Tigers, which dates back to 2003, twelve games to ten, including 7-4 in Los Angeles.</p>
<p id="BwO8kB">Friday’s series opener features a first. There have only been three major leaguers named Tyler with a last name that starts with A. Two of them are pitchers, with the Dodgers’ Tyler Anderson and the Tigers’ Tyler Alexander scheduled to start on the mound. The other Tyler A., Tyler Austin, is a first baseman and outfielder who has not yet faced either Tyler A. pitcher.</p>
<p id="UZqEn4">Both Alexander and Anderson are left-handed pitchers, and both have the same middle name, John. Both pitchers have walked three batters and allowed one home run through three games this year, in 12⅔ innings for Anderson and 10 innings for Alexander.</p>
<p id="7bzHhG">The Dodgers also have Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler starting the final two games of the series. Detroit is going on Saturday with right-hander Beau Brieske, who made his major league debut last Saturday, and on Sunday the Tigers will start Eduardo Rodriguez, whose last game at Dodger Stadium saw him throw his glove down <a href="https://youtu.be/MQwp_rM9RN0">after allowing a World Series home run to Yasiel Puig</a> (though it still worked out well for Rodriguez’s team later that evening).</p>
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<p id="DrLogF">Miguel Cabrera <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/24/23038595/dodgers-no-hitter-bids-mookie-betts-home-runs-miguel-cabrera-3000-hits">got his 3,000th hit on Saturday in Detroit</a>, just the seventh player in major league history with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs. Through Wednesday night, Cabrera has 3,003 career hits. He also has 599 doubles, just one shy of becoming <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/2B_career.shtml">the 18th player with 600 doubles</a>.</p>
<p id="Cu8YBS">Detroit plays one more game in Minnesota on Thursday afternoon before heading to Los Angeles, while the Dodgers are off.</p>
<p id="zgNFYh">Cabrera is his career at Dodger Stadium has eight home runs and 17 RBI in 20 games, hitting .271/.342/.671.</p>
<p id="mwlSHU">This weekend is <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/3/31/22993037/mlb-rule-changes-rosters-28-players-extra-innings-runner">the final three games with 28-man rosters</a>, before reducing active rosters to 26 players on Monday, with <a href="https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/26/23042791/mlb-active-roster-limits-14-pitchers-may">a limit of 14 pitchers through May 29</a>, and 13 pitchers thereafter. Beginning Thursday (today), the Dodgers have three off days in eight days so they can pretty much use their bullpen with no restrictions this weekend. </p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/4/28/23045784/dodgers-tigers-preview-tyler-miguel-cabrera-starting-pitchingEric Stephen