Marlins at Dodgers, 4:35 PM PDT, TV: SPNLA, FS-F

RHP Trevor Richards (0-2, 6.16 ERA) goes for the Marlins and LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-3, 2.45 ERA) goes for the Dodgers in the rubber match of this series. This will be Richards’s fifth start; in his first four he’s walked 11, struck out 14, and given up 21 hits and 13 runs in 19 innings. He gave up six walks and six runs in his last start against the Brewers, lasting only 3 2/3 innings. Kershaw pitched well enough to win in his last start against the Nationals, giving up four runs in seven innings, but the Dodgers could do nothing with Max Scherzer and his bullpen mates and they lost, 5-2.

Wilmer Font has been exchanged for LHP Logan Salow, formerly of the As.

Today in Dodgers history:

• 1937 Cliff Melton becomes the first rookie to fan at least 10 batters in his major league debut, finishing with 13 strikeouts in a complete-game loss to the Braves at the Polo Grounds. The 25 year-old southpaw, who loses the 3-1 contest due to the poor defense of the Giants in the ninth inning, will hold the rookie record for K’s in his debut until Dodger freshman Karl Spooner whiffs 15 batters in his first major league start in 1954.
• 1958 In front of 60,635 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Dodgers, who beat St. Louis, 5-2, set a National League record for the largest crowd to attend a night game during the regular season. The mark will be broken next season when 61,552 fans show up on Opening Night at the Coliseum to watch their team defeat the Redbirds again.
• 1967 Jim Lefebvre commits three errors in the fourth frame, paving the way for the Braves’ 7-1 victory at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles third baseman commits a fourth error, booting Hank Aaron’s grounder in the top of the ninth inning.
• 1975 LA hurler Andy Messersmith strokes three doubles at Candlestick Park. The trio of two-baggers contributes to the Dodgers’ 6-5 victory over San Francisco with the right-hander scoring two runs and driving in another en route to his victory.
• 1976 During the fourth inning of the game being played at Dodger Stadium, Rick Monday becomes a national hero when he takes away an American Flag about to be set on fire by the two trespassers (a father and son) in the outfield. The Cubs’ 30 year-old fly chaser, who served six years in the Marine Reserves, will be presented the flag a month later in a pregame ceremony at Wrigley Field by L.A. executive Al Campanis as a gesture of patriotic thanks.

• 1995 The 257-day strike ends when the Dodgers beat the Marlins 8-7. The work stoppage caused last season to end early, forced the cancellation of the World Series, and delayed the opening of this season.

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