Dodgers Digest Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Blog
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12:10 p.m. PT
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| CF | Jones | 2B | Utley | |
| LF | Kim | SS | Seager | |
| 3B | Machado | 3B | Turner | |
| 1B | Davis | 1B | Gonzalez | |
| RF | Trumbo | CF | Thompson | |
| 2B | Schoop | LF | Kendrick | |
| SS | Flaherty | RF | Van Slyke | |
| C | Joseph | C | Ellis | |
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Norris (R)
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Bud Norris made a great first impression in his Dodger debut, striking out eight and allowing just two hits and a walk through six scoreless innings. This continued a string of good performances from Norris since he was moved from the bullpen back to the starting rotation. In those six starts (five with Atlanta, one with Los Angeles), he has an ERA of 1.78 (1.92 FIP) across 35 and one-third innings.
Today, he’ll face one of his former teams. Norris spent the latter part of 2013, all of 2014, and the first part of 2015 pitching for Baltimore. During his Orioles tenure, Norris posted a 4.65 ERA (4.48 FIP), working as both a starter and a reliever at different points. Norris also made two postseason starts for the O’s in 2014: an excellent one against the Tigers in the ALDS (6.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K), and a less excellent one against the Royals in the ALCS (4.1 IP, 4 R, 9 H, 0 BB, 3 K).
Kevin Gausman is on the mound for the Orioles. In his 14 starts this season, Gausman has a 3.97 ERA (4.31 FIP) across 81 and two-thirds innings of work. Baltimore is 5-9 in his starts. Gasuman has pretty good strikeout and walk numbers (8.38 K/9, 1.98 BB/9), but he also gives up a fair number of home runs (1.54 HR/9).
Dave Roberts had a few updates on Dodger injuries. I’m #credentialed today, so I can embed my own tweets here! How exciting.
Roberts: Kershaw has clearance to play catch.
— Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) July 6, 2016
Roberts: Clayton's epidural "absolutely" did what they were hoping for. Refuses to give a timetable, though.
— Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) July 6, 2016
Ethier's "body is responding" and his leg is feeling good. Next progression is BP. Roberts predicts an early August return.
— Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) July 6, 2016
Anderson's been throwing bullpens and showing "vast improvement." Roberts predicts middle of August for his return.
— Sarah Wexler (@SarahWexler32) July 6, 2016
I’ll be covering the game on Twitter from the press box (shameless plug!), as well as the recap and some additional postgame content, so keep an eye out for that.
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