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Game Preview: LAD @ COL, 3:10pm, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 @Coors Field

Dodgers, 17-7, 17-7 1st, 4 up

SP: Clayton Kershaw (24, LHP, 2-0, 1.78)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. COL Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (2-0) 30.1 20 7 6 7 28 1 1.78
2011 (21-5) 233.1 174 66 59 54 248 15 2.28
2010 (13-10) 204.1 160 73 66 81 212 13 2.91
Last 7 GS 4-0 45.0 30 10 9 10 40 3 1.80 64
2012-04-27 WSN W 8.0 3 2 2 1 6 1 113 73
2012-04-21 @HOU W 7.0 3 0 0 2 9 0 105 78
2012-04-15 SDP ND 5.1 8 4 3 3 3 0 89 38
2012-04-10 PIT ND 7.0 4 1 1 0 7 0 88 72
2012-04-05 @SDP ND 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 39 57
2011-09-25 @SDP W 7.1 4 2 2 1 6 1 93 67
2011-09-20 SFG W 7.1 6 1 1 2 6 1 115 66
Last 5 v.COL 1-1 28.2 30 18 16 12 28 3 5.02 48
2011-07-26 COL W 6.2 8 2 2 2 6 0 125 54
2011-06-09 @COL ND 6.0 7 6 6 3 6 0 98 37
2011-04-05 @COL L 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 2 89 55
2010-09-19 COL ND 4.0 4 6 4 4 2 0 89 32
2010-08-27 @COL ND 6.0 5 1 1 2 6 1 115 62
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   10-2    Road:    7-5    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  10-4    vsLHP:   7-3    1-Run:   9-3 
 vsEast:  4-2    vsCntrl: 6-3    vsWest:  7-2  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 24 Tue, May  1  @COL  W   7-6       17-7   1st  4.0 up
 23 Mon, Apr 30  @COL  L   2-6       16-7   1st  3.5 up
 22 Sun, Apr 29   WSN  W   2-0       16-6   1st  4.0 up
 21 Sat, Apr 28   WSN  W   4-3 (10)  15-6   1st  4.0 up
 20 Fri, Apr 27   WSN  W   3-2       14-6   1st  3.5 up
 19 Wed, Apr 25   ATL  L   2-4       13-6   1st  3.5 up
 18 Tue, Apr 24   ATL  L   3-4       13-5   1st  3.5 up
 17 Mon, Apr 23   ATL  W   7-2       13-4   1st  3.5 up
 16 Sun, Apr 22  @HOU  L   0-12      12-4   1st  3.5 up
 15 Sat, Apr 21  @HOU  W   5-1       12-3   1st  4.5 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:17-7
Rockies, 11-12, 11-12 4th, 5½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Drew Pomeranz (23, LHP, 0-1, 5.40)

2012 Gamelogs / 2012 Splits / vs. LAD Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2012 (0-1) 13.1 16 9 8 8 13 2 5.40
2011 (2-1) 18.1 19 11 11 5 13 0 5.40
Last 7 GS 2-2 31.2 35 20 19 13 26 2 5.40 45
2012-04-27 NYM ND 4.0 5 2 1 3 4 1 67 47
2012-04-21 @MIL ND 5.0 2 2 2 3 6 0 75 58
2012-04-15 ARI L 4.1 9 5 5 2 3 1 100 26
2011-09-28 @SFG W 5.2 6 3 3 0 3 0 72 48
2011-09-23 @HOU L 2.0 7 6 6 1 3 0 46 20
2011-09-17 SFG ND 5.2 4 2 2 2 5 0 85 56
2011-09-11 CIN W 5.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 63 63
Has never faced LAD as starter.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-7    Road:    4-5    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-7    vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-4 
 vsEast:  1-2    vsCntrl: 4-5    vsWest:  6-5  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 23 Tue, May  1   LAD  L   6-7       11-12  4th  5.5 gb
 22 Mon, Apr 30   LAD  W   6-2       11-11  4th  4.5 gb
 21 Sun, Apr 29   NYM  L   5-6 (11)  10-11  4th  5.5 gb
 20 Sat, Apr 28   NYM  L   5-7       10-10  3rd  4.5 gb
 19 Fri, Apr 27   NYM  W  18-9       10-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 18 Wed, Apr 25  @PIT  L   1-5        9-9   2nd  3.5 gb
 17 Wed, Apr 25  @PIT  W   2-1        9-8   2nd  3.5 gb
 16 Tue, Apr 24  @PIT  L   4-5        8-8   3rd  4.0 gb
 15 Sun, Apr 22  @MIL  W   4-1        8-7   2nd  3.5 gb
 14 Sat, Apr 21  @MIL  L   4-9        7-7   2nd  4.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:11-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 01, 2012 LAD  7 @COL  6        W:Ted Lilly (3-0), L: Jhoulys Chacin (0-3), S: Javy Guerra (8)
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 COL  6  LAD  2        W:Juan Nicasio (2-0), L: Aaron Harang (1-2), S: none

Sun, Aug 28, 2011 COL  7 @LAD  6        W:Jhoulys Chacin (11-10), L: Nathan Eovaldi (1-2), S: Rafael Betancourt (4)
Sat, Aug 27, 2011 LAD  7  COL  6 (11)   W:Mike MacDougal (1-1), L: Jason Hammel (7-13), S: none
Fri, Aug 26, 2011 LAD  6  COL  1        W:Ted Lilly (8-13), L: Esmil Rogers (6-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 21, 2011 COL  5  LAD  3        W:Kevin Millwood (1-1), L: Chad Billingsley (10-10), S: Rafael Betancourt (2)
Sat, Aug 20, 2011 COL  7  LAD  6 (13)   W:J.C. Romero (1-0), L: Blake Hawksworth (2-4), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 LAD  8 @COL  2        W:Hiroki Kuroda (9-14), L: Jason Hammel (7-12), S: none
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 COL  3 @LAD  1        W:Aaron Cook (2-5), L: Hiroki Kuroda (6-13), S: Huston Street (27)
Tue, Jul 26, 2011 LAD  3  COL  2        W:Clayton Kershaw (12-4), L: Jhoulys Chacin (8-8), S: Kenley Jansen (2)
Season Series: 2012 - tied 1-1; 2011 - Tied 9-9; 2010 - LAD won 11-7; All-Time - LAD leads 175-130

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2012 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

BOS  5.65

CHW  4.00

PIT  2.83

 RA/G

WSN  2.78

ATL  4.13

BOS  5.61

 BA

M. Kemp  .409

A. Gonzalez  .261

B. Ryan  .131

 OBP

D. Wright  .495

M. Saunders  .333

C. Barmes  .192

 SLG

M. Kemp  .864

D. Uggla  .416

M. Byrd  .195

 OPS

M. Kemp  1.349

M. Cabrera  .757

M. Byrd  .427

 ERA

J. Saunders  .90

C. Zambrano  3.24

C. Buchholz  8.69

 K/9IP

A. Sanchez  11.29

W. Chen  7.04

J. Guthrie  1.85

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Dodgers Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Rockies Pitchers (5.17 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 13.Pomeranz*
G/S/vB		 34.Belisle
G/S/vB		 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB		 49.Brothers*
G/S/vB		 61.Escalona
G/S/vB		 50.Moyer*
G/S/vB		 51.Reynolds*
G/S/vB		 30.Roenicke
G/S/vB		 48.Rogers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
17.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 75/60 .305/.446/.475/.921 .817/.947 1.080 75/.921 0/0 2/1
14.Ellis G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 10/.900 ··· ··· 17/.827 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 95/65 .280/.379/.329/.708 .841/.645 .850 95/.708 1/0 0/0
16.Ethier* G/S/vP ··· 10/.650 1/.000 5/.000 ··· 8/.250 9/.389 2/.000 9/1.381 99/61 .289/.354/.578/.931 .868/.969 .969 99/.931 0/0 6/0
9.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 98/72 .209/.255/.275/.530 .314/.610 .635 98/.530 10/4 1/6
10.Gwynn* G/S/vP ··· 9/.333 7/.286 5/.400 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 7/1.071 45/33 .268/.318/.317/.635 .258/.775 .780 45/.635 2/1 0/0
6.Hairston G/S/vP ··· 11/.664 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 24/.583 ··· ··· 2/1.000 49/28 .300/.417/.350/.767 .753/.776 .832 49/.767 1/1 0/0
27.Kemp G/S/vP ··· 20/1.195 11/.191 2/3.000 3/.666 7/1.286 6/2.433 2/.000 14/.607 103/70 .409/.485/.864/1.349 1.710/1.174 1.227 103/1.349 2/3 12/0
3.Kennedy* G/S/vP ··· ··· 7/.762 ··· 1/no AB 47/.719 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 28/25 .095/.259/.095/.354 .000/.403 .307 28/.354 0/0 0/0
7.Loney* G/S/vP ··· 11/1.192 7/1.429 4/.000 1/.000 8/1.232 7/1.000 2/1.000 11/.637 82/61 .230/.305/.351/.656 .440/.733 .647 82/.656 0/1 1/1
21.Rivera G/S/vP ··· 4/.500 7/.286 ··· 3/.000 18/.222 2/.000 5/.400 6/.666 66/42 .250/.288/.350/.638 .982/.447 .623 66/.638 0/1 1/1
12.Sellers G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 8/.875 21/8 .176/.300/.294/.594 .839/.143 .258 21/.594 0/0 0/0
18.Treanor G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/.250 ··· ··· ··· 17/4 .133/.176/.267/.443 .487/.250 .433 17/.443 0/0 0/1
5.Uribe G/S/vP ··· 7/.000 20/.718 1/.000 1/.000 19/.461 1/no AB ··· 7/1.571 65/44 .267/.313/.317/.629 .243/.820 .203 65/.629 0/1 0/3
IP 13.1 11.1 10.0 9.0 4.1 28.2 9.1 14.1 12.0 TOTAL .260/.338/.403/.741 .714/.755 .738 .741 16/12 23/13
ERA-K/9 5.40/8.8 2.38/6.4 0.90/7.2 3.00/13.0 8.31/8.4 3.14/5.0 1.93/8.7 3.77/6.3 6.00/12.0 4.68/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Ellis (9-6-1)
 Treanor (4-0-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 63/.302 48/.217 38/.167 42/.324 19/.235 131/.308 41/.297 56/.200 56/.327 .288  Gwynn
 Rivera
 Hairston
 Ethier
 Kemp
18/1/0/2
13/0/1/1
8/0/0/1
0/0/24/0
0/24/0/0
OPS .875 .560 .516 .786 .904 .821 .649 .606 .856 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 13/.585 20/.541 16/.713 16/.713 6/.733 37/.990 22/.634 24/.762 27/.505 .877
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 50/.943 28/.571 22/.374 26/.832 13/.974 94/.749 19/.667 32/.491 29/1.163 .774
Home 43/1.033 36/.500 23/.536 23/.461 11/.382 83/.808 38/.704 45/.661 44/.739
Last 28d days 63/.875 48/.560 38/.516 42/.786 19/.904 131/.821 41/.649 56/.606 56/.856
HR/SB/CS 2/4/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 0/1/0 1/1/0 3/3/2 0/0/1 1/0/0 1/0/1 28/14/10
Usage ····X··· o·X·X··X ·oX···o· ·oX·X·oo ·Xoo··o· ··X····X X··XX·oo X·XoX··o ·o·oX·o·
Rockies Batters (5.17 RS/G) vs. Dodgers Pitchers (3.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 22.Kershaw*
G/S/vB		 60.Coffey
G/S/vB		 57.Elbert*
G/S/vB		 54.Guerra
G/S/vB		 74.Jansen
G/S/vB		 52.Lindblom
G/S/vB		 66.MacDougal
G/S/vB		 28.Wright
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
21.Colvin* G/S/vP ··· 5/1.933 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 44/34 .310/.318/.571/.890 1.278/.780 1.243 44/.890 0/1 2/0
3.Cuddyer G/S/vP ··· 3/2.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 12/.833 11/.637 89/66 .284/.348/.494/.842 .828/.847 .923 89/.842 2/0 2/1
24.Fowler# G/S/vP 30/1.077 3/1.667 4/.500 2/2.000 7/.453 1/2.000 3/1.334 ··· 81/51 .239/.316/.465/.781 .490/.940 .914 81/.781 2/0 4/2
23.Giambi* G/S/vP 8/1.167 1/no AB 3/1.167 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 7/1.071 7/.629 24/19 .176/.375/.176/.551 .200/.652 .258 24/.551 0/0 0/0
5.Gonzalez* G/S/vP 21/.453 2/1.000 9/.708 5/1.000 5/.650 1/3.000 2/1.000 3/1.000 90/55 .300/.378/.563/.940 .663/1.121 1.137 90/.940 4/0 5/1
17.Helton* G/S/vP 31/.737 3/1.167 10/1.225 3/1.000 4/.000 1/no AB 6/1.167 21/.595 79/52 .246/.329/.536/.865 .622/.998 .890 79/.865 1/0 4/0
55.Hernandez G/S/vP 9/.730 5/.200 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 3/.333 13/.693 63/47 .279/.286/.557/.843 .563/.942 .890 63/.843 0/0 4/0
18.Herrera# G/S/vP 10/.633 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.833 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 34/30 .290/.333/.419/.753 1.250/.678 .887 34/.753 0/0 1/0
10.Nelson G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 3/1.333 3/.000 ··· 62/40 .232/.306/.321/.628 1.074/.368 .939 62/.628 1/1 0/3
20.Rosario G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/27 .219/.235/.406/.642 .714/.622 .623 34/.642 0/1 1/0
19.Scutaro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 5/1.350 14/.214 98/70 .267/.320/.344/.664 .593/.693 .771 98/.664 3/0 0/2
2.Tulowitzki G/S/vP 40/.696 5/1.000 7/1.143 4/1.500 7/.786 1/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 98/68 .281/.337/.472/.809 .600/.891 .765 98/.809 1/2 3/6
1.Young# G/S/vP 17/.779 3/1.000 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 24/16 .286/.375/.429/.804 1.214/.598 .783 24/.804 4/0 0/0
IP 30.1 2.0 6.1 11.1 15.2 14.1 5.2 9.0 TOTAL .262/.324/.446/.770 .692/.804 .861 .770 18/5 26/19
ERA-K/9 1.78/8.3 18.00/9.0 4.26/7.1 5.56/11.2 2.87/14.3 2.51/6.9 7.94/6.3 2.00/10.0 3.25/8.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hernandez (8-5-1)
 Rosario (6-5-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 118/.182 13/.500 30/.346 49/.333 63/.148 53/.208 32/.346 35/.069 .217  Colvin
 Gonzalez
 Cuddyer
 Young
 Fowler
3/7/6/1
20/0/0/0
0/0/23/0
2/1/0/0
0/22/0/0
OPS .503 1.315 .900 .788 .569 .658 .892 .298 .642
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 17/.813 5/.933 14/.845 26/.869 34/.550 23/.594 13/.580 16/.466 .693
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 101/.452 8/1.482 16/.946 23/.699 29/.588 30/.707 19/1.112 19/.158 .609
Road 37/.393 10/1.000 17/1.196 21/.472 29/.553 29/.683 26/.976 28/.337
Last 28d days 118/.503 13/1.315 30/.900 49/.788 63/.569 53/.658 32/.892 35/.298
HR/SB/CS 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 2/0/0 2/1/2 0/1/0 0/1/0 18/13/6
Usage ····X··· ·o······ oo·o···o X··X··XX X·X·X·XX X·Xo··o· ·X······ ···o····

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.