Marlins at Dodgers, 7:10 PM PT, TV: SPNLA, FS-F
Miami has lost three in a row and 8 of its last ten (the Dodgers won their last game and 6 of their last ten). The Marlins have given up 35 more runs than they’ve scored (the Dodgers have scored 55 more than they’ve allowed). On the other hand, the Marlins swept a four-game series from the Dodgers last year in Los Angeles. This series is also four games. Cue ominous music.
RHP Edinson Volquez (0-5, 4.41 ERA) tries to dig himself and his team out of their respective holes. The Dodgers counter with LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (1-5, 4.99 ERA). Volquez just came off the disabled list and went six innings against the Braves, giving up only four hits and two runs. Ryu’s last start was awful; he gave up 10 runs (only five earned), eight hits and six walks to the Rockies in Denver.
A-Gon has been activated from the 10-day DL and Scott Van Slyke has been optioned back to OKC.
If you find yourself in Chinatown and want to walk to Dodger Stadium, here’s the route. Expect a half-hour hike.
This day in Dodgers history:
- 1929 In the doubleheader played at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl, the teams combine to score a record fifty runs when the Dodgers outlast the Phillies, 20-16, before dropping the nightcap to the home team 8-6. In the opener, Brooklyn’s Johnny Frederick crosses the plate five times, giving him the major league mark of scoring eight runs in two consecutive games.
- 1931 Dodgers’ outfielder Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the first of two times this season. In 1933, as a member of the Cubs, he will again hit for the cycle, making him and Bob Meusel the only major leaguers to have accomplished the feat three times since 1900.
Lineup when available.
Tonight's Dodger lineup vs. Marlins:
Utley 2B
Seager SS
Turner 3B
Bellinger LF
Grandal C
González 1B
Pederson CF
Puig RF
Ryu P pic.twitter.com/Hvgd1mkTkl— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 18, 2017