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MLB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 5/23/2015Line$ LineOU LineScore
SAN DIEGO  KENNEDY )
 
LA DODGERS  BOLSINGER )
+1.5  -155

-1.5  +135
+140

-150

7un
 
0
Final
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SAN DIEGO (20 - 23) at LA DODGERS (25 - 16)
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Saturday, 5/23/2015 10:10 PM
IAN KENNEDY (R) vs. MIKE BOLSINGER (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
961SAN DIEGO+140Ov 7.5,-105+145Ov 7,-110
962LA DODGERS-150Un 7.5,-115-155Un 7,-110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
SAN DIEGO - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games20-23-426-174.20.2450.2970.3830.6804.70.2560.3200.4520.771
Road Games9-11-0.913-74.30.2510.3080.3830.6914.50.2650.3300.4690.799
vs Right-handed Starters15-18-419-144.00.2390.2880.3850.6734.80.2590.3230.4560.780
Past 7 Games1-6-5.43-41.90.1840.2220.2740.4965.00.2590.3200.4440.764
Grass Games20-23-426-174.20.2450.2970.3830.6804.70.2560.3200.4520.771
Night Games14-16-2.917-134.30.2510.3030.3800.6834.90.2690.3290.4740.802
Division15-13+1.715-134.60.2600.3160.4080.7243.90.2440.3050.4340.739
SAN DIEGO - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.20.2450.2974314783627310370.3831771103463127634283736
Road Games4.30.2510.30820718180405150.38385591631814614151118
Righty Starters4.00.2390.288331131270519320.385126792592820425203226
SAN DIEGO - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games4.551.324130.7706612321501126-612475%
Road Games4.201.38355.72726571020533-45455.6%

LA DODGERS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games25-16+1.723-164.60.2590.3380.4510.7893.40.2310.2840.3580.642
Home Games18-5+9.116-65.10.2700.3440.4800.8243.00.2230.2690.3530.622
vs Right-handed Starters23-12+6.220-134.80.2670.3470.4760.8223.20.2300.2840.3520.635
Past 7 Games3-4-2.62-51.40.2110.2860.2840.5713.10.2170.2680.3130.581
Grass Games25-16+1.723-164.60.2590.3380.4510.7893.40.2310.2840.3580.642
Night Games18-12-0.218-104.50.2600.3370.4380.7753.60.2300.2840.3750.659
Division18-13-0.915-154.00.2490.3270.4350.7613.30.2320.2820.3470.628
LA DODGERS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.60.2590.338411348349845550.451182161294929138212620
Home Games5.10.2700.34423759205573320.48011486167715817101410
Righty Starters4.80.2670.347351148307735520.476163139243924731202319
LA DODGERS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.591.082118.33834876411449-79660%
Home Games2.100.97477211853422958-37463.6%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SAN DIEGO - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/9/2015ROSS(R)@ ARIZONAANDERSON(R)6-4W1058 unO14121981
5/10/2015CASHNER(R)@ ARIZONAHUDSON(R)1-2L-1058.5 unU890530
5/12/2015KENNEDY(R)@ SEATTLEPAXTON(L)4-11L1257.5 unO61101571
5/13/2015SHIELDS(R)@ SEATTLEWALKER(R)4-2W1307 ovU8619101
5/14/2015ROSS(R)WASHINGTONFISTER(R)8-3W-1106.5 ovO13518100
5/15/2015DESPAIGNE(R)WASHINGTONZIMMERMANN(R)0-10L+1207 unO7701670
5/16/2015CASHNER(R)WASHINGTONSCHERZER(R)1-4L+1256.5 unU5721170
5/17/2015KENNEDY(R)WASHINGTONSTRASBURG(R)5-10L+1156.5 ovO740830
5/19/2015SHIELDS(R)CHICAGO CUBSHAMMEL(R)4-3W-1206.5 ovO530753
5/20/2015ROSS(R)CHICAGO CUBSWADA(L)2-3L-1357 unU680560
5/21/2015DESPAIGNE(R)CHICAGO CUBSHENDRICKS(R)0-3L+1057 unU530760
5/22/2015CASHNER(R)@ LA DODGERSGREINKE(R)1-2L1826.5 unU661640
5/23/2015KENNEDY(R)@ LA DODGERSBOLSINGER(R) 
5/24/2015SHIELDS(R)@ LA DODGERSFRIAS(R) 
5/25/2015ROSS(R)@ LA ANGELSWEAVER(R) 
5/26/2015DESPAIGNE(R)@ LA ANGELSSHOEMAKER(R) 
5/27/2015CASHNER(R)@ LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R) 
5/28/2015KENNEDY(R)PITTSBURGHBURNETT(R) 
5/29/2015 PITTSBURGH  
5/30/2015 PITTSBURGH  

LA DODGERS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
5/10/2015KERSHAW(L)@ COLORADODE LA ROSA(L)9-5W-1607.5 unO980971
5/11/2015GREINKE(R)MIAMIKOEHLER(R)5-3W-2107 ovO750971
5/12/2015BOLSINGER(R)MIAMIHAREN(R)11-1W-1557.5 unO21120560
5/13/2015FRIAS(R)MIAMICOSART(R)4-5L-1607.5 unO6301290
5/14/2015ANDERSON(L)COLORADOBETTIS(R)4-5L-2158 unO9101970
5/15/2015KERSHAW(L)COLORADOBUTLER(R)6-4W-3206.5 ovO12100891
5/16/2015GREINKE(R)COLORADODE LA ROSA(L)1-7L-1906.5 evO351952
5/17/2015BOLSINGER(R)COLORADOKENDRICK(R)1-0W-2108 unU370350
5/19/2015FRIAS(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOHUDSON(R)0-2L-1157 ovU7111891
5/20/2015ANDERSON(L)@ SAN FRANCISCOLINCECUM(R)0-4L-1307 unU681770
5/21/2015KERSHAW(L)@ SAN FRANCISCOBUMGARNER(L)0-4L-1306 unU9100961
5/22/2015GREINKE(R)SAN DIEGOCASHNER(R)2-1W-1956.5 unU640661
5/23/2015BOLSINGER(R)SAN DIEGOKENNEDY(R) 
5/24/2015FRIAS(R)SAN DIEGOSHIELDS(R) 
5/25/2015ANDERSON(L)ATLANTAPEREZ(R) 
5/26/2015KERSHAW(L)ATLANTATEHERAN(R) 
5/27/2015GREINKE(R)ATLANTAWOOD(L) 
5/29/2015 @ ST LOUIS  
5/30/2015 @ ST LOUIS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
SAN DIEGO: San Diego Padres manager Bud Black turned the corner to meet the press on the first day of spring training and was taken aback at the throng of reporters waiting.
''What are we, the Yankees?'' Black asked.
No, but they're no longer the anonymous Padres, the light-hitting, star-less team planted near the bottom of the NL West.
Thanks to first-year general manager A.J. Preller's wild offseason, the Padres have been remade. There's suddenly star power. And expectations, too.
''The organization, from top on down, there's a different vibe,'' Black said.
A new ace in James Shields joins an already strong rotation. Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and Wil Myers make for a brand new power-hitting outfield. Derek Norris is now catching. Newcomers Yangervis Solarte and Will Middlebrooks have had great springs as they compete at third base.
''I'm impressed,'' Kemp said. ''We've got a lot of great players in this clubhouse. We have a really good chance of winning some games.''
It's been a long time since people have been saying that about the Padres. They were last in the postseason in 2006. They haven't had a winning season since 2010 and last year finished 18 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.
A lost season included a shake-up at the top. Preller, a former assistant GM with Texas, replaced the fired Josh Byrnes in August. Preller was then the clear star of baseball's hot stove season.
Kemp, who acknowledged he was shocked the Dodgers traded him, thinks the Padres now have the best outfield in the game.
Shields, who helped get Kansas City to the World Series last season, was the last piece. He signed in February.
''Shields wanted to be here. Kemp, Upton, Norris, those guys are happy to be here,'' Black said. ''They're happy to be in San Diego. They're happy to be a Padre. That's a good thing.''
Now it will be up to Black, lauded for squeezing as much as he can out of bad rosters, to make them winners. The Padres expect to contend for at least a wild card spot.
''I've been in San Diego for 40 years. That energy is back,'' Padres executive chairman Ron Fowler said. ''People are talking baseball and it's fun to be a Padre right now.''
ROTATION WORKHORSES: Adding Shields gives the Padres baseball's most durable pitcher on a staff already known for eating innings. The right-hander has tossed 1,785 2/3 innings since 2007. No pitcher has thrown more. Tyson Ross (195 2/3) and Ian Kennedy (201) were workhorses in 2014. Right-hander Andrew Cashner was the exception, but last year's opening-day starter has looked dominant as he returns from arm issues. Brandon Morrow and Odrisamer Despaigne are contending for the fifth spot. And Josh Johnson, coming back from elbow surgery, could be ready by June. ''The one thing we do have is pitching depth,'' Shields said. ''And you can never have too much.'' The one issue: no left-handers.
CAN THEY FIELD?: The new outfield packs power, but can they cover spacious Petco Park? Kemp's arthritic hips were made public during trade discussions and he no longer has the speed for center. Myers has only played there in the minors. ''They read the noise that we're not going to play defense,'' Black said. ''Players have a lot of pride.'' Veteran Wil Nieves, a non-roster invite, is the likely backup catcher with Tim Federowicz sidelined following knee surgery.
WHO PLAYS THIRD?: Solarte, acquired last summer from the Yankees, has impressed at the plate and can also play second and first. Middlebrooks, coming off a poor, injury-plagued 2014 in Boston, has hit well and looked smooth in the field. ''I'm not too worried about it. I know I'm a good player,'' Middlebrooks said. ''He's a good player as well. We're both going to be on the field at some point.''
WHAT HAPPENS TO QUENTIN?: Preller's next task is to figure out what to do with all his spare outfielders. That includes Carlos Quentin, the oft-injured two-time All-Star. ''Everyone knows there's a DH in the American League,'' said Quentin, who is open to a trade. Will Venable and Cameron Maybin also face uncertain futures.
PRESSURE ON BLACK: Black found a way to win 77 games last year with a roster that scored 535 runs, 38 fewer than any other team. But Preller declined to extend his contract in the offseason. ''We're both in the last year before we're free agents,'' Kennedy said, grinning.
LA DODGERS: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have a new front office. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, outfielder Matt Kemp, second-baseman Dee Gordon and pitcher Dan Haren are gone from a roster that won the NL West title last season.
Change was everywhere at the Dodgers' spring camp and all of it was designed to enhance their chances of achieving a goal that has never changed: Winning the World Series.
It eluded them last October in the NL Division series against the St. Louis Cardinals. It eluded them after the club was sold for $2.15 billion three years ago. It's eluded them since 1988.
''Everything we're doing is in the vein of trying to put ourselves in the best position to make it into October and then play as long as we can,'' said Andrew Friedman, the team's new president of baseball operations, who along with new general manager Farhan Zaidi employed an analytic approach to a winter makeover of a roster that had won back-to-back NL West titles.
Make no mistake, though, the changes were built around those who are back. At the top of the pitching order is Clayton Kershaw, the 2014 NL MVP and three-time Cy Young Award winner. Kershaw is armed with motivation to make amends for last fall's struggles. In right field, there's the young Yasiel Puig, an All-Star who was benched for some of the postseason.
A key to the makeover is in the heart of the infield, where Friedman and Zaidi acquired shortstop Jimmy Rollins from Philadelphia and second baseman Howie Kendrick from the Angels.
''Instant credibility,'' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of the two veterans who some think will plug holes in what was an inconsistent defense. ''I think they bring a ton to the table for us. They create stability up the middle.''
There are questions whether the Dodgers sacrificed some offense in losing Ramirez' big bat and Gordon's speed. Ramirez signed with Boston. Gordon, a 2014 All Star, was traded to Miami. Meanwhile, Kemp's proven power is also gone. He was traded to San Diego for catcher Yasmani Grandal.
The Dodgers were willing to move Kemp because of what they've seen in 22-year-old Joc Pederson, who through 17 spring games was batting .417. Pederson appears to have the edge over veteran Andre Ethier as the starter in center field. With Carl Crawford in left and Puig in right, there's no room for Ethier, who said early in camp that he wants to be an everyday player.
Then there's the pitching staff. Kershaw and Zack Greinke are locks for the top of the rotation. After them, there are questions. No. 3 starter Hyun-Jin Ryu is likely to start the season on the disabled list because of an ailing left shoulder. Friedman signed projected starters Brandon McCarthy (four years at $48 million) and Brett Anderson (one year at $10 million), but each has a long history of injury.
With the uncertainty surrounding Ryu, it's not clear who will be the fifth starter. Joe Wieland, also acquired from San Diego in the deal for Kemp, was considered a leading possibility.
In the bullpen, the biggest question is about closer Kenley Jansen, who underwent surgery on Feb. 17 to have a growth removed from the fifth metatarsal on his left foot. He was expected to be out for 8-to-12 weeks. Until he's back, Mattingly said he might use a committee of pitchers to fill the role.
QUIET PUIG: Except for an occasional flip of the bat, it was a quiet camp for Puig, who is beginning his third season. Through 12 games, he was batting a modest .226 with 3 homers. ''I don't think his spring was that great last year either,'' Mattingly said. ''I'm not really concerned about his average or anything. I think he looks fine. He's hit some balls decent. He's a lot like other guys who know they're going to be around. They take their bats different than guys who are trying to show us what they can do.''
IMPATIENT KERSHAW: Kershaw never has much patience for questions about the World Series in the spring. ''Every team thinks they're going to win the World Series at this time of year,'' he said. ''That's everybody's goal and it should be. If you don't win the World Series, it's a failure.''
POWER ADJUSTMENT: First baseman Adrian Gonzalez has his own take on the Dodgers' altered offense. ''People are saying say that we lost power, but I think we just put the power in different spots of the lineup,'' he said.
PREVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NL PREVIEW (SAN DIEGO-LA DODGERS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Padres-Dodgers Preview* ========================

By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO STATS Writer

San Diego (20-22) at Los Angeles (24-16), 10:10 p.m. EDT

The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense is scuffling, but their rotation has been solid of late.

Mike Bolsinger has been an unexpected contributor, and he takes the mound seeking a third straight win as the Dodgers face the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Through May 15, Los Angeles (25-16) topped the NL with a .272 average while leading the majors with 54 homers and 5.26 runs per game. However, the Dodgers have since batted .184 with one homer and four runs during a 2-4 stretch that includes going 2 for 33 with runners in scoring position.

"We've been hitting so good all year and you're not going to do it all year," starter Zack Greinke said.

Greinke allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings Friday before Joc Pederson's solo homer in the eighth provided the difference in a 2-1 win over San Diego (20-23) in the opener of this three-game set.

"We've had runners in scoring position the last few days and no one really came through," said Pederson, whose team-high 11 homers not only lead all first-year players but are the most by a Dodgers rookie through 41 games of a season.

Los Angeles' rotation, meanwhile, has a 2.57 ERA over the past 11 games, yielding one run or none in four of the past six.

Bolsinger (2-0, 1.04 ERA) has been a pleasant surprise after going 1-6 with a 5.50 ERA in 10 games - nine starts - for Arizona last year.

The right-hander has won both of his starts since being recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on May 12. He yielded one run in 5 2-3 innings against Miami that day, then allowed three hits and struck out six in six innings of Sunday's 1-0 win over Colorado.

"He's learned how to pitch a little bit better by knowing what he can do with different types of pitches, where to throw them and when to throw them in different types of counts," catcher Yasmani Grandal said. "That's what's worked out for him so well."

Bolsinger pitched well in his only career start against the Padres but lost, allowing two runs and three hits with six strikeouts and four walks over six innings in a 2-1 defeat June 29.

He may not have Grandal behind the plate after he was struck in the mask with a bat and a foul ball in separate incidents Friday, forcing him to leave in the fourth.

The Padres have a .184 average while losing six of seven, and they've scored just three times during a three-game slide.

Matt Kemp is batting .147 in the last 18 games, dropping his season average 73 points to .254. He was 0 for 3 on Friday after batting .417 in his first six games against his former team.

The Padres are turning to Ian Kennedy (2-3, 6.75), who has lost his last two starts while surrendering 11 runs, 11 hits and seven walks in 9 2-3 innings.

The right-hander tossed four no-hit innings Sunday before giving up six runs and getting pulled after walking the bases loaded with no outs in the sixth of a 10-5 loss to Washington.

"It's pretty frustrating because it was such a good start," Kennedy said.

He's 0-6 with a 5.74 ERA over his last 10 starts against the Dodgers. He was battered for eight runs in 4 1-3 innings of an 11-8 loss to Los Angeles on April 25, with Adrian Gonzalez, Howie Kendrick and Andre Ethier all homering off him.


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