True Blue LA - NLDS Game 1: Dodgers 6, Braves 1Where The Dodger Dogs Are Always Grilledhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/49563/truebluela_fav.png2013-10-04T00:11:12-07:00http://www.truebluela.com/rss/stream/45638412013-10-04T00:11:12-07:002013-10-04T00:11:12-07:00Kershaw, Mattingly on strikeouts, pitch counts
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<p>Kershaw on Thursday was the first Dodgers pitcher in 25 years to reach double-digit strikeouts in a postseason game.</p> <p>Clayton Kershaw kept piling up the strikeouts on Thursday night against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a>, but the cost of that was throwing 124 pitches, the third highest total of his career. But as both Kershaw and manager Don Mattingly noted after the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a>' 6-1 win in Game 1 of the NLDS in Atlanta, the pitch count was not much of a concern.</p>
<p>"It's the postseason. You can kind of throw pitch counts out the window," Kershaw told Craig Sager on the TBS broadcast after the game. "This is what you get taken out early for earlier in the season, for games like this."</p>
<p>Kershaw threw a career-high 132 pitches in a win on May 14, but only reached 110 pitches in three of his final 24 regular season starts.</p>
<p>"As the game goes he seems to get stronger and stronger, so we don't get too concerned. We talked about letting him go back out, and he was probably strong enough to go back out at 120," Mattingly said. "He's that guy. We've been kind of protecting him. He's thrown a lot of innings but still only maybe once he's been to 120. We've been protecting him all year long, letting him get to this point."</p>
<p>He has <a href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/yFIUv">thrown 120 or more pitches in a game only six times in his career</a>, and three of those have come this season. But despite throwing a career-high 236 innings in 2013 his pitch count was its lowest since 2010. In reality the last three years have been virtually indistinguishable for Kershaw in terms of pitches thrown.</p>
<div class="sidebar"><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody> <tr><th colspan="5">Clayton Kershaw pitches thrown </th></tr> <tr> <td><u><strong>Year</strong></u></td> <td align="center"><u><strong>Batters</strong></u></td> <td align="center"><u><strong>Pitches</strong></u></td> <td align="center"><u><strong>Pitches/PA</strong></u></td> <td align="center"><u><strong>MLB rank</strong></u></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td align="center">918</td> <td align="center">3,469</td> <td align="center">3.78</td> <td align="center">13th</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td align="center">904</td> <td align="center">3,469</td> <td align="center">3.84</td> <td align="center">5th</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td align="center">910</td> <td align="center">3,428</td> <td align="center">3.77</td> <td align="center">10th</td> </tr> </tbody></table></div>
<p>Kershaw is one of <a href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/e3oC3">just eight pitchers to throw at least 10,000 pitches in the last three seasons</a>. But raw pitch total isn't always the best measure of pitcher fatigue. Many people in baseball will say it's not about the number of pitches thrown, but rather pitches thrown under stress.</p>
<p>For a while, it looked like several of Kershaw's pitches came under stress. He had a 10-pitch at-bat to <span>Justin Upton</span> in the first inning, he faced a runner on second base with nobody out in the third inning, and nearly gave up a three-run home run to <span>Brian McCann</span> in the fourth.</p>
<p>After that fourth inning Kershaw allowed just one run and held a 5-1 lead, but had also thrown 77 pitches to that point. But after that Kershaw was absolutely rolling, and it's easy to see why he was allowed to stay in the game.</p>
<p>"My fastball command wasn't great there in the middle innings. I was falling behind guys, but <span>A.J. [Ellis]</span> did a great job, starting to go to more offspeed stuff in the middle innings," Kershaw. "I was able to get a few punch outs here and there when I needed them."</p>
<div class="pullquote">"Giving him a four-run lead made us really comfortable. He's the best pitcher in baseball, and he showed it tonight." <span>-Adrian Gonzalez, on TBS after Thursday's game</span> </div>
<p>Kershaw struck out the side in the fifth inning then punched out two more to open the sixth before <span>Evan Gattis</span> put a bat on the ball and grounded out to shortstop. Kershaw opened the seventh inning with a walk to McCann, but followed with three more strikeouts to enter the pantheon of Dodgers postseason pitchers.</p>
<p>How did he do it?</p>
<p>Ellis said Kershaw only threw one changeup on Thursday, <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyNewsVinny/status/385988993659449344">per Vincent Bonsignore of the LA Daily News</a>, but the catcher also called his starting pitcher's slider "unhittable," <a href="https://twitter.com/billplunkettocr/status/385996824739577856">per Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register</a>. Then there is this:</p>
<blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet"> <p>Braves hitters took 29 swings against <span>Clayton Kershaw's</span> breaking pitches. They put one in play-- a ground ball back to Kershaw</p>— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/statuses/385992834710376448">October 4, 2013</a> </blockquote>
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<p>"Strikeouts just kind of happen, it's not something I'm really trying to do," Kershaw told Sager. "I give credit to A.J. on that. He recognized my fastball wasn't where it needed to be, and he adjusted the game plan accordingly."</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/4/4801676/clayton-kershaw-pitch-counts-don-mattingly-dodgers-braves-nldsEric Stephen2013-10-03T21:03:42-07:002013-10-03T21:03:42-07:00Kershaw strikes out 12 in Game 1 win
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<p>The Dodgers are 5-0 in best-of-five series in their postseason history when winning Game 1.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> got on the board early and never looked back, and <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> found his groove to beat the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a> 6-1 in Game 1 of their National League Division Series on Thursday night at Turner Field in Atlanta.</p>
<p>Kershaw had trouble finding the zone with anything but the fastball early, and threw 77 pitches in the first four innings. But he found his bearings enough to strikeout six in a row and allowed just one run in his seven innings.</p>
<p>According to Elias Sports Kershaw's <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/385968664752558080">six straight strikeouts tied an MLB postseason record</a>, set previously by five others.</p>
<p>Kershaw's 12 total strikeouts are <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/QUivC">the third-most by a Dodgers pitcher in a postseason game</a>, trailing only Sandy Koufax (15 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series) and Carl Erskine (14 in Game 3 of the 1953 World Series).</p>
<p>Kershaw struck out nine of the final 11 batters he faced, and none were more beautiful than this curve to pinch hitter <span>B.J. Upton</span> in the fifth inning:</p>
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<p>The Dodgers got on the board in the second thanks to the legs of <span>Yasiel Puig</span>, who singled then advanced to third on a single to center field by <span>Juan Uribe</span>. A fly ball to center field by <span>Skip Schumaker</span> scored Puig easily for a 1-0 lead.</p>
<p>The first run of the game was driven in by the center fielder, just like the Dodgers drew it up.</p>
<p>But thanks to a throw home from center fielder <span>Jason Heyward</span> that was way offline, Uribe was able to advance to second base then scored when <span>A.J. Ellis</span> doubled just out of the reach of <span>Evan Gattis</span>, doing his best Greg Luzinski impression in left field:</p>
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<p><span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> hit a two-run shot in the third inning, his first career postseason home run, to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead. <span>Mark Ellis</span> singled home A.J. Ellis in the fourth inning for a 5-0 lead.</p>
<p>For Ellis, he had <a target="_blank" href="http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/RsAYU">the 16th multiple-double postseason game in Dodgers history</a> and was just the fourth catcher to do so, joining Joe Ferguson (1978 World Series Game 6), Rick Dempsey (1988 NLCS Game 5) and <span>Russell Martin</span> (2008 NLCS Game 3).</p>
<p>The Braves' best chance at getting back into the game came in the fourth inning, when a <span>Freddie Freeman</span> single and Evan Gattis walk put a pair of runners on with one out. <span>Brian McCann</span> hit a deep fly ball the opposite way to left, a ball that just kept carrying. But just after it looked like McCann's drive may have been a three-run home run to cut the Dodgers' lead to two runs, the ball found its way into the glove of <span>Carl Crawford</span> at the wall for the second out of the inning.</p>
<p><span>Chris Johnson</span> did put the Braves on the board with a single to center but Kershaw was able to wiggle out of further damage with a swinging strikeout by <span>Andrelton Simmons</span> to end the frame.</p>
<p><span>Hanley Ramirez</span> added an insurance run with an RBI double in the sixth. Every Dodgers position player got a hit except Schumaker, and he drove in the first run and also drew a walk. The Dodgers spread the runs rather evenly, as only Ramirez and Schumaker didn't score on Thursday night.</p>
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<p>The Dodgers try to take the first two games in Atlanta when they send <span>Zack Greinke</span> to the mound on Friday night at Turner Field. The Braves counter with southpaw <span>Mike Minor</span>.</p>
<h4>Game 1 particulars</h4>
<p><b>Home run</b>: Adrian Gonzalez (1)</p>
<p><b>WP - Clayton Kershaw (1-0)</b>: 7 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 3 walks, 12 strikeouts</p>
<p><b>LP - <span>Kris Medlen</span> (0-1)</b>: 4 IP, 9 hits, 5 runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/3/4800788/clayton-kershaw-dodgers-braves-nlds-game-recapEric Stephen2013-10-03T19:42:47-07:002013-10-03T19:42:47-07:00NLDS Game 1 chat
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<p>After five innings, Dodgers lead 5-1. Just ask B.J. Upton:</p>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/3/4801038/nlds-dodgers-braves-game-1Eric Stephen2013-10-03T18:20:11-07:002013-10-03T18:20:11-07:00Evan Gattis can't get the A.J. Ellis double
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> got their second run of the night on this RBI double by <span>A.J. Ellis</span> in the second inning, <i>just</i> out of the reach of <span>Evan Gattis</span> in left field.</p>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/3/4800916/evan-gattis-diving-play-gif-nlds-dodgers-bravesEric Stephen2013-10-03T16:00:05-07:002013-10-03T16:00:05-07:00Dodgers favored to beat Braves in NLDS
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<p>A $16 bet on the Dodgers to beat the Braves in the NLDS would yield a $10 profit with a Los Angeles series triumph.</p> <p>The latest <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/world-series">World Series</a> and MLB playoff odds <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bovada.lv/">have been released by Bovada</a>, and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> remain the favorite among National League teams to win the World Series. Logically, they are also favored by the sports book to beat the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a> in the NLDS.</p>
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<p>The two most favored World Series exact matchups are Dodgers vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a> (13/2 odds) and Dodgers vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> (7/1).</p>
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<td>Dodgers 3-0</td>
<td>4/1</td>
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<td>Dodgers 3-1</td>
<td>15/4</td>
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<td>Dodgers 3-2</td>
<td>7/2</td>
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<td>Braves 3-0</td>
<td>7/1</td>
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<td>Braves 3-1</td>
<td>9/2</td>
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<td>Braves 3-2</td>
<td>15/4</td>
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<p>The Dodgers have 9/2 odds to win the World Series, trailing only the Red Sox (15/4) as favorites in MLB. The Tigers are next at 19/4 odds, followed by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">Cardinals</a> at 11/2 and the Braves at 7/1.</p>
<p>Odds to win the National League pennant begin with the Dodgers at 9/5, followed by the Cardinals at 2/1, the Braves at 13/4 and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bucsdugout.com/">Pirates</a> at 4/1.</p>
<p>The Dodgers are -160 favorites to beat the Braves in the NLDS, meaning a $16 bet if won will net a $10 profit. The Braves are +140 in the series, meaning a $10 bet would win $14.</p>
<p>Bovada offers 5/2 odds that the series will last exactly three games, 3/2 odds for a four-game series, and 7/5 odds for the full five games.</p>
<p>There are four individual prop bets for which player will have the most hits, runs and RBI (total of all three categories) in the series:</p>
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<span>Yasiel Puig</span> (-130) vs. <span>Freddie Freeman</span> (even)</li>
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<span>Adrian Gonzalez</span> (-130) vs. <span>Justin Upton</span> (even)</li>
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<span>Hanley Ramirez</span> (-140) vs. <span>Chris Johnson</span> (+110)</li>
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<span>Carl Crawford</span> (-130) vs. <span>Jason Heyward</span> (even)</li>
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<p>The over/under for strikeouts in Game 1 are seven for Clayton Kershaw and 5½ for Kris Medlen.</p>
https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/3/4800164/2013-nlds-odds-dodgers-bravesEric Stephen2013-10-03T15:00:07-07:002013-10-03T15:00:07-07:00Kris Medlen vs. Dodgers
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<p>Hanley Ramirez has had the most success among Dodgers against Kris Medlen (5-for-9 with a home run), but hasn't faced him since 2010.</p> <p><span>Kris Medlen</span> has ended each of his last two regular seasons on the highest of notes, and is red-hot heading into his start in Game 1 of the NLDS between the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> on Thursday night at Turner Field in Atlanta. </p>
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<p>Medlen won National League Pitcher of the Month in September after finishing 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in the season's final month. In his last nine games, including eight starts and a three-inning relief stint in extra innings, he was 6-2 with a 1.37 ERA.</p>
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<td align="center"><u><b>ERA</b></u></td>
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<td><span>Clayton Kershaw</span></td>
<td align="center">463⅔</td>
<td align="center">2.17</td>
<td align="center">169</td>
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<td>Kris Medlen</td>
<td align="center">335</td>
<td align="center">2.47</td>
<td align="center">158</td>
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<td><span>Chris Sale</span></td>
<td align="center">406⅓</td>
<td align="center">3.06</td>
<td align="center">140</td>
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<td><span>Justin Verlander</span></td>
<td align="center">456⅔</td>
<td align="center">3.04</td>
<td align="center">139</td>
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<td><span>Hisashi Iwakuma</span></td>
<td align="center">345</td>
<td align="center">2.84</td>
<td align="center">131</td>
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<td><span>David Price</span></td>
<td align="center">397⅔</td>
<td align="center">2.92</td>
<td align="center">131</td>
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<td><span>Cliff Lee</span></td>
<td align="center">433⅔</td>
<td align="center">3.01</td>
<td align="center">130</td>
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<p>To end 2012 Medlen was 9-0 with an 0.97 ERA in 12 starts, with 84 strikeouts and 10 walks, and he won NL Pitcher of the Month in both September <i>and</i> August.</p>
<p>Against the Dodgers Medlen is 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA in eight career games, including three starts. He has faced them twice this season and has yet to allow an earned run. Medlen allowed three walks, two hits and one unearned run in a no-decision on May 18 in Atlanta, a game won by the Braves 3-1. He allowed five hits and just one walks in 6⅔ scoreless innings in a 2-1 win June 8 at Dodger Stadium.</p>
<p><span>Andre Ethier</span> isn't starting but is 4-for-12 (.333) with two doubles against Medlen in his career. Here are the career numbers against Medlen by every Dodger on NLDS roster:</p>
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<span>Michael Young</span>: 1-for-10 (.100), two walks, three strikeouts</li>
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<span>Nick Punto</span>: 1-for-8 (.125), two walks, two strikeouts</li>
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<span>Hanley Ramirez</span>: 5-for-9 (.556), home run, two strikeouts</li>
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<span>Skip Schumaker</span>: 4-for-9 (.444), double</li>
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<span>Adrian Gonzalez</span>: 0-for-5 (.000), three walks, strikeout<br>
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<span>Juan Uribe</span>: 0-for-6 (.000), one walk, two strikeouts</li>
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<span>Tim Federowicz</span>: 2-for-6 (.333), two strikeouts</li>
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<span>Carl Crawford</span>: 0-for-3 (.000)</li>
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<span>Dee Gordon</span>: 0-for-1 (.000), walk, hit by pitch</li>
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<span>Yasiel Puig</span>: 1-for-3 (.333), strikeout</li>
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<span>Scott Van Slyke</span>: 0-for-3 (.000), strikeout</li>
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<span>A.J. Ellis</span>: 1-for-1 (1.000)<br>
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https://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/3/4799944/kris-medlen-nlds-game-1-braves-dodgersEric Stephen2013-10-03T14:00:14-07:002013-10-03T14:00:14-07:00Clayton Kershaw vs. Braves
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<p>Braves on the NLDS roster have combined to go 10-for-69 with 20 strikeouts (.145/.203/.246) against Clayton Kershaw.</p> <p>With <span>Clayton Kershaw</span> on the mound Thursday night, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Dodgers</a> should rightly feel confident in Game 1 of the NLDS. But the southpaw in his wonderful career has yet to beat the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.talkingchop.com/">Braves</a>.</p>
<p>Not that Kershaw has pitched badly against the Braves. He has a 2.45 ERA in four starts, with 35 strikeouts and 10 walks in 29⅓ innings. The flip side is that Kershaw also hasn't lost to Atlanta, with no-decisions in all four starts.</p>
<p>But not only did Kershaw not pitch against the Braves this season; he hasn't started against the Braves since 2011.</p>
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<p>Kershaw only has one career start at Turner Field, and that came on Sept. 4, 2011. He struck out 10 in seven innings but got stuck with a no-decision after seeing his shutout bid ruined with three runs in the seventh inning, including two earned runs. Kershaw finished his Cy Young campaign in 2011 with a 0.96 ERA over his final nine starts, and that start in Atlanta was the only game he didn't win during that span.</p>
<p>Kershaw has good to excellent career numbers against nearly every Braves player he has faced, though on the current roster only four Atlanta players have more than four plate appearances against the left-hander. One of those is <span>Dan Uggla</span> (1-for-12, one walk, six strikeouts against Kershaw), and he <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truebluela.com/2013/10/2/4795328/atlanta-braves-nlds-roster">was left off the NLDS roster</a>.</p>
<p>Here are the career numbers against Kershaw for Braves on the NLDS roster:</p>
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<span>Justin Upton</span>: 3-for-29 (.103), double, triple, two walks, nine strikeouts</li>
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<span>Paul Janish</span>: 2-for-11 (.182), walk</li>
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<span>Chris Johnson</span>: 1-for-12 (.083), double, four strikeouts</li>
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<span>Freddie Freeman</span>: 1-for-2 (.500), home run, two walks</li>
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<span>Jason Heyward</span>: 0-for-4 (.000), four strikeouts<br>
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<li>Jose Constanza: 1-for-3 (.333)</li>
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<span>Reed Johnson</span>: 1-for-3 (.333)</li>
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<span>Jordan Schafer</span>: 0-for-3 (.000), three strikeouts</li>
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<span>Gerald Laird</span>: 1-for-2 (.500)<br>
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