Giants @ Dodgers June 15, 2025: May goes for the series win, Ohtani could throw final bullpen next week before returning

Alex Campos 06/15/2025 Game Threads Leave A Comment

(Via @Dodgers)

The Dodgers took the middle game of their Giants series pretty easily, as Clayton Kershaw tossed seven shutout and the offense put up a five-run second inning and 11 total runs in an 11-5 win. Closer Enrique Hernandez struggled (and got squeezed, walking the bases loaded before another Casey Schmitt grand slam) and forced Anthony Banda into the game which was less than ideal. However, it’s still a win and have a chance for a series win and a two-game lead in the NL West in the finale tonight.

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4:00 P.M. Los Angeles
CF Lee (L) DH Ohtani (L)
SS Adames SS Betts
LF Ramos RF T. Hernández
1B Smith (L) 1B Freeman (L)
DH Flores CF Pages
3B Schmitt 2B Edman (S)
RF Yastrzemski (L) LF K. Hernández
C Porter C Rushing (L)
2B Koss 3B Rojas
P Harrison (L) P May (R)

Dustin May looks to bounce back after a rough start in San Diego. The offense beat up on Nick Pivetta (four earned/one unearned in four innings), but May squandered the lead and allowed five earned/one unearned) in five innings. He got himself in trouble in the third, allowing a leadoff single and two walks before a two-out Tyler Wade bases clearing triple. He did get through five to save the bullpen a bit and the Dodgers ended up winning in 10, but it bumped his ERA up to 4.46 on the season. Not horrible for the number 5 starter he came into the season as, but less great when he’s the number 2. May’s thrown the same exact number of innings on the road and at home (33 1/3 each) and has been much better in LA. He has a 2.97 ERA and 37 strikeouts with 11 walks at home, but a 5.94 and 27 strikeouts with 15 walks on the road. His two worst starts came on the road, but he’s allowed two or fewer runs in four of his six starts at home. May’s been dominant in his career against the Giants. In 16 2/3 innings over five appearances/three starts, May has a 1.62 ERA and .404 OPS allowed.

Kyle Harrison makes his ninth appearances and fifth start of the season. He’s put together an extremely similar year to his 24 starts last season, with a 4.56 ERA, 4.30 FIP and 1.268 WHIP in 23 2/3 innings. Last season, Harrison made 24 starts and posted a 4.56 ERA, 4.33 FIP and 1.343 WHIP. He lost the battle for the fifth spot in the Giants’ rotation to Landen Roupp and got called up as a reliever in early May. He allowed two runs and two hits in 5 1/3 innings over four relief outings before moving into the rotation on May 24. His first two starts were pretty good, as he allowed two runs and six hits in nine innings in Washington and Miami. His two starts in June have been less good. He started the month allowing five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings and had an elbow contusion after getting hit by a comebacker. He did make his next start and allowed three runs in five innings at Coors on Tuesday. Harrison debuted in 2023 and made seven starts, the final two of which came against the Dodgers. The Dodgers won both games, but Harrison allowed two runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings in the first game and threw five no-hit innings in the second game. He only saw the Dodgers once last season and allowed four runs and six hits in five innings. It’s been a very limited sample size this season, but Harrison’s allowed a .652 OPS against righties but a .903 against lefties, thanks to three of the four homers he’s allowed coming to lefties.

Harrison is basically a three-pitch pitcher, but has been charted using a sinker/slider/curve in the past (none this year, 21 total of those three pitches over the last two years). He’s thrown a fastball 65.2 percent of the time this season and he’s averaged 95.1 MPH on it, but it’s been lower since moving back to the rotation. Batters are only hitting .173 off his fastball (xBA .213) and slugging .317 (xSLG .393). He’s thrown a slurve 25 percent of the time and that’s been beaten up so far, with a .381 average (.363 xBA) and .810 slugging (xSLG .672) off it. He’s also thrown 38 changeups this season, all to righties.

Kiké gets the start in right today with Michael Conforto sitting against a lefty. Miguel Rojas gets the start at third for Max Muncy, and Dalton Rushing gets the start behind the plate.

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A mixed bag of updates regarding Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki.

First the good news, Ohtani will throw another live BP and it could be his last one. Don’t expect him to pitch deep into games any time soon, but he could serve as an opener in bullpen games to start.

Now, the bad news.

Sasaki is still dealing with discomfort and is no longer throwing. Fabian speculates that it’s less certain that he returns in 2025 now as there’s no timeline for him to restart his throwing.

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One last pitching update regarding Emmet Sheehan.

Sheehan will return this week, potentially during the four-game series against the Padres. Sheehan made four rehab starts and maxed out at 3 1/3 innings/63 pitches last time out. He struck out 21 batters in 11 1/3 innings and allowed five total runs, four of which came in his last start.

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The Dodgers also continue to be spineless regarding all the shit going on in LA and around the country (minus Kiké and Adrian Gonzalez). Now, they’re seemingly trying to silence people from taking a stand.

Shoutout, Nezza. Let me also give a shoutout (as I did on Discord) to a team actually speaking out.

We’re gonna ignore that they’re back to their ways of blowing late leads, it’s awesome seeing a team in this community actually take a stand and support their fans/city.

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First pitch is scheduled for 4:00 PM PT (but really like 4:08 or 4:10) and will be exclusive on ESPN.

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