shawn green hit the most home runs for the dodgers.
shawn green hit the most home runs for the dodgers.
who hit the most home runs for the dodgers?
shawn green
the dodgers went back of the road on june 22 for a series at wrigley field against the chicago cubs, who hit five home runs off dodgers starters, including two by rookie kris bryant. joc pederson homered for the dodgers in the ninth inning for his 19th of the season, a new dodgers rookie record for home runs hit before the all-star break, but it wasn't enough as the dodgers lost 4–2. greinke's winless streak continued the next day, despite his not allowing a single run in his six innings of work. the cubs beat the dodgers 1–0 on a sacrifice fly by chris denorfia in the bottom of the 10th inning. a solo homer by adrián gonzález and a three-run shot by justin turner led the dodgers to a 5–2 win in the following game. the home run was turner's tenth of the season, giving the dodgers five players (pederson, gonzález, grandal, guerrero and turner) with 10 or more home runs before the all-star break, the first time they accomplished that since the 2000 season (gary sheffield, eric karros, todd hundley, shawn green and kevin elster). carlos frías and the bullpen shut down the cubs as the dodgers won 4–0 to earn a split of the four game series. brett anderson struck out 10, scott van slyke hit a two-run homer and the dodgers routed the miami marlins 7–1 at marlins park on june 26. the brief winning streak came to an end the next day as a pair of costly errors by ethier and pederson allowed two unearned runs to score in the first inning. kershaw struck out nine in seven innings but also lost his third straight decision for the first time in his career as the dodgers fell to the marlins 3–2. zack greinke pitched another 7 scoreless innings on june 28, running his scoreless streak to 20 innings. he also became the first dodger pitcher to last at least six innings in his first 16 starts of the season since mike morgan in 1991. the dodgers managed to score two runs for a 2–0 win to give him his first win since may 5. the team traveled to chase field to close out the month against the diamondbacks. bolsinger pitched four scoreless innings but had to leave the game because he was ill with food poisoning. joc pederson hit his 20th homer but the bullpen allowed three two-run homers and the dodgers lost 10–6. six dodgers relievers allowed at least two runners to reach base, tying a dodgers franchise record last set in 1950 and they also tied a franchise record with four relievers allowing at least two runs each. on the more positive side, pederson's homer was the dodgers' 100th of the season and a later solo shot by andre ethier gave the dodgers six players with double digit homers before the all-star break for only the third time in franchise history (1977 and 1979). howie kendrick had four hits, including the go-ahead home run in the tenth inning and yasmani grandal had four rbi including a homer of his own as the dodgers wrapped up the month of june with a 6–4 victory over the diamondbacks. kenley jansen walked david peralta with two outs in the ninth, ending his streak of 27 strikeouts before his first walk of the season, eight shy of the major league record set by adam wainwright in 2013.
2015 los angeles dodgers season
the dodgers returned home to begin a 10-game homestand, starting with a four-game weekend series against the miami marlins. they defeated the marlins in the first game 7-2. yasiel puig hit a two-run home run in the second inning, ryu pitched well enough to get the win and kenley jansen pitched an immaculate inning in the ninth. alex wood pitched another 7 scoreless innings, extending his streak to 20 innings and the dodgers hit three home runs (taylor, brett eibner and bellinger) to beat the marlins 7–2 for the second straight day. julio urías struggled in the next game, allowing seven runs in only 2 innings. seager and bellinger hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh but it wasn't enough as the dodgers lost 10–6. bellinger became the fastest player in dodgers history to hit nine home runs. in the series finale, adrián gonzález was 3 for 4 with three rbi and joc pederson homered as the dodgers won 6–3 to take the series. after an off-day, the dodgers continued their homestand with a three-game series with the st. louis cardinals. in the opener, kershaw allowed only one run on three hits while striking out 10 in nine innings but was matched by lance lynn of the cardinals who allowed one run on two hits with 10 strikeouts in eight innings. the dodgers eventually won 2–1 on a walk-off double by logan forsythe, who came off the disabled list before the game, in the 13th inning. the following day, mike leake allowed only four hits in eight innings while rich hill struggled, walking seven, a career high, and allowing five runs in only four innings, as the cardinals won 6–1 to even the series. in the series finale, the dodgers came back from a 3-0 deficit to take the series with a 7-3 win. kenta maeda's two run rbi single in the fourth put the dodgers ahead for good and hyun-jin ryu pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen to earn his first major league save. the dodgers would conclude their 10-game homestead with a 3-day weekend series with the chicago cubs. wood continued his streak of scoreless innings, allowing only two hits while striking out eight in the opener of a weekend series against the chicago cubs. chase utley and adrián gonzález homered in the dodgers 4–0 shutout win. the dodgers won the next game as well. mccarthy and stripling combined to shut down the cubs, with stripling getting his first career save with three innings of relief. utley drove in three runs and chris taylor hit his sixth home run of the season in the 5–0 victory. the dodgers wrapped up their long homestand with a 9–4 win and a series sweep of the cubs for the first time since the 2012 season. kershaw struggled, giving up four runs, and failed to make it out of the fifth inning, but bellinger hit his 10th home run of the season, the fastest dodger to reach that mark in franchise history, and kike hernández, austin barnes and puig also homered in the game.
2017 los angeles dodgers season