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The Dodgers had a disappointing week, dropping four of six games within the division to the Diamondbacks and Rockies. The pitching was a problem most of the week, with starters going short again, and the bullpen imploding over the weekend in Phoenix.
Allowing home runs sabotaged Kenta Maeda and Hyun-jin Ryu specifically, and the staff as a whole allowed 10 home runs during the week after giving up 13 total home runs in the first 13 games of the season.
The Dodgers end the week four games back of the Rockies in the National League West, and in third place, dropping 2½ games in the standings during the week.
Batter of the week
Kiké Hernandez was an extra-base machine this week, with two home runs, a triple, and a double, hitting .333/.412/.933. Honorable mention goes to Chris Taylor, who carried over his hot spring by going 5-for-8 (.625) with a home run and two doubles after getting called up.
Pitcher of the week
Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 for the first time this season on Wednesday, but the award this week goes to Brandon McCarthy, who had two solid starts, including a seven-inning outing on Sunday, his longest in two years.
Week 3 results
Record: 2-4
25 runs scored (4.17 per game)
36 runs allowed (6.00 per game)
.339 pythagorean record
Year to date
Record: 9-10
85 runs scored (4.47 per game)
73 runs allowed (3.84 per game)
.569 pythagorean record (11-8)
Transactions
Monday: For the second time this season, Rich Hill was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a blister on his left middle finger, and corner man Rob Segedin was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Tuesday: Relief pitcher Grant Dayton was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right intercostal strain, and Josh Fields was recalled from Triple-A to replace him in the bullpen.
Wednesday: Logan Forsythe was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a broken right big toe, and infielder Chris Taylor was recalled from Oklahoma City.
Wednesday: Rob Segedin was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right toe, and outfielder Brett Eibner was recalled from Triple-A.
Sunday: Relief pitcher Adam Liberatore was recalled from Triple-A, and Brett Eibner was optioned back to Oklahoma City.
Game results
Monday: Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 2
Tuesday: Rockies 4, Dodgers 3
Wednesday: Dodgers 4, Rockies 2
Friday: Diamondbacks 13, Dodgers 5
Saturday: Diamondbacks 11, Dodgers 5
Sunday: Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 2
Upcoming week
The Dodgers run the Charlie Hayes gauntlet, battling the rival Giants for four games in San Francisco, followed by three games at home against the Phillies. Dodgers game notes list Kenta Maeda as the starter on Thursday afternoon in San Francisco, but that seems more and more likely like the day Julio Urias will make his 2017 debut, especially given Dave Roberts’ comments on Sunday morning, so I speculated accordingly.
Roberts encouraged Maeda to not rely so much on four seam fastball. No decision on next start, he might get pushed back a day.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) April 23, 2017
Kenta Maeda is slated to start on Thursday against the Giants.
— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) April 23, 2017
Until Julio Urias takes the ball in his place and Maeda starts on Friday.
Week 4 schedule
| Mon, Apr 24 | Tue, Apr 25 | Wed, Apr 26 | Thu, Apr 27 | Fri, Apr 28 | Sat, Apr 29 | Sun, Apr 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Apr 24 | Tue, Apr 25 | Wed, Apr 26 | Thu, Apr 27 | Fri, Apr 28 | Sat, Apr 29 | Sun, Apr 30 |
| at Giants | at Giants | at Giants | at Giants | vs. Phillies | vs. Phillies | vs. Phillies |
| 7:15 p.m. | 7:15 p.m. | 7:15 p.m. | 12:45 p.m. | 7:10 p.m. | 6:10 p.m. | 1:10 p.m. |
| Ryu v. | Kershaw v. | Wood v. | Urias v. | Maeda v. | McCarthy v. | Ryu v. |
| Cain | Blach (L) | Cueto | Moore (L) | Eickhoff | Eflin | Velasquez |
| SNLA/MLBN | SNLA | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA | SNLA | SNLA/MLBN | SNLA/KTLA |
Previous weeks in review: Week 1 | Week 2
Stats
Week 3 batting
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | PA | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | BABIP |
| Hernandez | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.333 | 0.412 | 0.933 | 1.345 | 0.300 |
| Seager | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.333 | 0.417 | 0.524 | 0.940 | 0.429 |
| Grandal | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.267 | 0.353 | 0.533 | 0.886 | 0.273 |
| Gonzalez | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.368 | 0.400 | 0.474 | 0.874 | 0.500 |
| Turner | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.300 | 0.391 | 0.400 | 0.791 | 0.375 |
| Pederson | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.222 | 0.300 | 0.333 | 0.633 | 0.333 |
| Toles | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.250 | 0.357 | 0.250 | 0.607 | 0.273 |
| Forsythe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.400 | 0.000 | 0.400 | 0.000 |
| Puig | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.083 | 0.154 | 0.083 | 0.237 | 0.100 |
| Starters | 146 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 0.260 | 0.343 | 0.418 | 0.761 | 0.312 |
| Taylor | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.625 | 0.667 | 1.250 | 1.917 | 0.667 |
| Barnes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.286 | 0.375 | 0.571 | 0.946 | 0.333 |
| Van Slyke | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.182 | 0.308 | 0.455 | 0.762 | 0.167 |
| Segedin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 | 0.500 |
| Eibner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.200 | 0.400 | 0.500 |
| Utley | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 | 0.111 | 0.000 |
| Bench | 43 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.256 | 0.333 | 0.488 | 0.822 | 0.300 |
| Pitchers | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.100 | 0.182 | 0.100 | 0.282 | 0.200 |
| Offense | 199 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 0.251 | 0.333 | 0.417 | 0.750 | 0.306 |
Week 3 pitching
| Pitcher | G | GS | W | L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | G | GS | W | L | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP | FIP |
| Kershaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.57 | 0.857 | 0.77 | |
| McCarthy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.167 | 2.95 | |
| Ryu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6.00 | 1.333 | 8.37 | |
| Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7.71 | 1.714 | 3.41 | |
| Maeda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10.80 | 2.000 | 12.20 | |
| Starters | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34.7 | 38 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 5.19 | 1.327 | 4.84 |
| Baez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.923 | 2.97 | ||
| Fields | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.200 | -1.60 | ||
| Jansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.20 | |
| Dayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 6.20 | ||
| Hatcher | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7.71 | 1.714 | 4.70 | ||
| Stripling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 3.000 | 2.20 | ||
| Romo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22.50 | 3.000 | 4.70 | ||
| Avilan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.00 | 15.000 | 15.20 | ||
| Bullpen | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17.3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 7.79 | 1.846 | 3.32 |
| Totals | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 52.0 | 57 | 36 | 35 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 6.06 | 1.500 | 4.33 |