Series Recap: San Diego Padres 6/12 - 6/14

The Dodgers take two from the Padres this weekend! Here's how it went!

Record | 37-26

Friday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Padres 4-3. Offensively, the team did pretty well. Howie Kendrick had a double, the only extra-base hit of the game. Adrian Gonzalez, AJ Ellis, Justin Turner, and Alex Guerrero all had RBIs; all but Justin Turner had two-out RBI's. Clayton Kershaw had a sacrifice bunt and Adrian Gonzalez grounded into a double play. Joc Pederson was caught stealing and Justin Turner was picked off. The team left eight men on base.

Defensively, the team did okay. Justin Turner had a fielding error at third base. Clayton Kershaw started the game and pitched 6.2 innings. He gave up one run, four hits, one homerun, three walks. and struck out eleven batters. Yimi Garcia pitched the last out of the seventh inning and was awarded the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth inning and recorded the save.

Saturday | Loss: The Dodgers lost 2-1. The offense was pretty quiet, with the only extra bases hit being a homerun from Yasmani Grandal. Yasmani Grandal also had the only RBI. Adrian Gonzalez grounded into two double plays and the team left three men on base.

Defensively, the team didn't do the best. Zack Greinke had a throwing error but the team turned a 6-4-3 double play. Zack Greinke started the game and pitched all eight innings. He gave up two runs, eight hits, one homerun, one walk and struck out seven batters. He was charged with the loss.

Sunday | Win (F/12): The Dodgers beat the Padres 4-2 in twelve innings. Offensively, the team did okay; there were many great hits but not many were capitalized on. Alberto Collaspo and Adrian Gonzalez had doubles while Andre Ethier hit a triple; Alberto Collaspo had two doubles. Andre Ethier also hit a homerun. Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Ethier had the RBI's of the game; Adrian Gonzalez's was a two-out RBI. Mike Bolsinger hit a sacrifice bunt and Adrian Gonzalez, Howie Kendrick and Yasmani Grandal all grounded into double plays. The team left nine men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers did so-so. Kike Hernandez had a fielding error. Mike Bolsinger started the game and pitched 4.2 innings. He gave up two runs, six hits, three walks, and struck out seven batters. Josh Ravin pitched the tenth and eleventh innings and did very well; he was awarded the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the twelfth inning and recorded the save.

The Dodgers next series is a split series against the Texas Rangers with the first two games in Texas and the last two in Los Angeles.

Series Recap: San Diego Padres 5/22 - 5/24

The Dodgers won their three game series with the Padres 2-1 after losing the final game 11-3. Here's how the weekend went.

Record | 26-17

Friday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Padres 2-1 in a very quiet ball game. Offensively, the Dodgers were quiet again, but still made enough of an impact to score some runs. Andre Ethier had a double and Joc Pederson had a homerun in the eighth inning. Both Andre Ethier and Joc Pederson had an RBI as well. Justin Turner also grounded into a double play and the team left four men on base.

Defensively, the team did well; only one run was given up. Zack Greinke started the game. He pitched 7.2 innings gave up one run, six hits, one alk and struck out five. Chris Hatcher pitched the last out of the eighth and was awarded the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth and recorded a save.

Saturday | Win: The Dodgers beat the Padres 2-0. Offensively, the team wasn't loud but they got the job done. Justin Turner hit a double and Joc Pederson hit a homerun. Justin Turner and Joc Pederson both had RBI's as well. Jimmy Rollins had two stolen bases in the fifth inning. The Dodgers left four men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers did very well. The team only faced the minimum 27 batters. The team turned a 4-6-3 double play in the first inning after the only hit was given up. Mike Bolsinger started the game and pitched 8 innings. He gave up only one hit and struck out eight batters. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth inning and recorded another save.

Sunday | Loss: The Dodgers lost to the Padres 11-3. The offense was quiet. The only extra bases hit was a two-run homerun from Alex Guerrero; he also had the only RBI's. Both Howie Kendrick and Andre Ethier grounded into double plays. The Dodgers left two men on base.

Defensively, the Dodgers didn't do too well. There were some good plays but eleven runs were given up. Austin Barnes had a putout and Kike Hernandez had an outfield assist. The team also turned a 4-6-3 double play. Carlos Frias started the game and only pitched four innings. He gave up ten runs, twelve hits, two homeruns, two walks and didn't strike out one batter. He recorded the loss. The bullpen did a good job at surpressing the Padres offense, with Juan Nicasio giving up only one run in the eighth inning.

The Dodgers next series is against the Atlants Braves in Los Angeles.

Series Recap: San Diego Padres 4/24 - 4/26

First of all, I want to apologize for my long absence. I'm wrapping up my second semester of sophomore year and this blog fell through the cracks.

This weekend the Dodgers were out in San Diego to face the Padres.

Friday | Win: Friday, the Dodgers won 3-0 after coming off of a sweep from the Giants. Greinke started and got the win while Yimi Garcia got his first recorded save! Offensively, the Dodgers did okay. Grandal had a double, Crawford hit a homerun and Uribe and Joc scored RBI's. However, they were really the only ones who did anything of major value for the offense. The Dodgers left 6 men on base and that is always something the Dodgers struggle with.

Defensively, Greinke pitched seven innings, gave up zero runs, four hits, three walks and struck out seven. Also, Gonzalez, Rollins, and Greinke performed a 3-6-1 double play in the seventh inning.

Also, Juan Uribe came out on the field in the wrong Dodgers jersey!

Saturday | Win: Saturday, the Dodgers won 11-8 and this game was definitely the most exciting of the series! Offensively, the team was on fire; just about every position player got at least one hit. Gonzalez, Crawford, Ethier and Grandal all had a double while Gonzalez, Ethier, Kendrick, and Uribe had homeruns. Although the team left 7 men on base, we were still able to pull of the win.

Defensively, McCarthy started for the Dodgers and pitched five innings before calling a trainer over to take him out. He gave up six runs in his five inning but also struck out four, walked one and gave up three homeruns.

Also, former Dodger Matt Kemp was ejected in the 8th inning for arguing balls and strikes.

Sunday | Loss: Sunday, the Dodgers lost 3-1 after Saturday's offense fest.This game was another quiet game for the Dodgers offense. The only big hit was from Alex Guerrero in the fifth inning. Today, only three men were left on base but not many got on to begin with.

Defensively, Guerrero made a stellar diving stop at third base in the bottom of the second inning. Baker started the game and took the loss. He pitched seven innings and gave up the three runs. He also had six strikeouts, two walks and gave up two homeruns.

The Dodgers next series is against the Giants at home! Let's go Dodgers!