Dodgers Digest Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Blog
In case you somehow didn’t hear, with yesterday’s victory, the Dodgers (78-32) secured the best 50-game run (43-7) of any MLB team since 1912. Tonight, in their second consecutive appearance on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, they try to sweep the Mets (49-59), both in this series and the season series.
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Mets
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5:08 PM PT
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New York
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LF
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Taylor |
CF
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Conforto | |
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SS
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Seager |
3B
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Cabrera | |
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3B
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Turner |
LF
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Céspedes | |
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1B
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Bellinger |
1B
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Flores | |
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2B
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Forsythe |
RF
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Granderson | |
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C
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Barnes |
2B
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Reyes | |
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CF
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Hernández | C | d’Arnaud | |
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RF
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Puig |
SS
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Rosario | |
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P
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Ryu (L) |
P
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Matz (L) |
Hyun-Jin Ryu (3.83 ERA, 4.60 FIP, 4.82 DRA) will be making his 16th start of the season. That’s pretty remarkable in and of itself, considering how long his road to recovery from shoulder surgery in 2014 was. But what’s even more remarkable is the fact that he’s been above-average this year, and really quite good recently (despite a DL stint that took him out for most of July).
Ryu’s last time on the mound was seven days ago, when he pitched seven scoreless innings against the Giants (in what ended up being the Kyle Farmer walk-off game). It was his best start of the year and, really, his best start since August of 2014. In his past five starts, Ryu has a 2.60 ERA across 27.2 innings pitched, with 30 strikeouts versus nine walks. One of those starts was a five-inning, two-run effort against the Mets in Los Angeles on June 22.
Steven Matz (5.50 ERA, 5.06 FIP, 6.22 DRA) has had a rough time this year. The 26-year-old lefty missed the first two months of the season due to elbow inflammation in his throwing arm. While he got good results in his initial return, he’s struggled over the past month, allowing 24 earned runs in 18.1 IP across five starts.
The Dodgers once again trot out the lineup that’s become standard against lefties, with Enrique Hernández in center field over Joc Pederson, and Austin Barnes catching over Yasmani Grandal. (Grandal left yesterday’s game in the eighth inning with back spasms, but is available to pinch hit tonight.)
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An update on Alex Wood, who’s been dealing with fatigue:
Alex Wood survived his bullpen session. He made a mechanical adjustment and the life returned to his fastball, he said.
— Andy McCullough (@ByMcCullough) August 6, 2017
Alex Wood will start Wednesday, as scheduled.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) August 6, 2017
Sounds promising.
