2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Offseason, Free agent signings
On December 16, starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy was signed to a four-year, $48 million, contract. On December 31, they signed another starting pitcher, Brett Anderson, to a one-year, $10 million, contract.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers began spring training at Camelback Ranch on February 19, 2015, when pitchers and catchers reported. They suffered their first significant injury of the season just before the start of camp when closer Kenley Jansen underwent surgery to remove a growth on his foot, sidelining him for all of camp and the start of the season. The Dodgers added to their depth with two additional free agent signings the first weekend of camp. They signed starting pitcher Brandon Beachy to a one-year, $2.75 million, contract that included a club option for 2016.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
Coming off Tommy John surgery, Beach was not expected to be ready to join the team until mid-season. They also signed pitcher Dustin McGowan to a one-year contract to add depth to the bullpen and possibly serve as a spot starter if needed. However, McGowan did not pitch well in spring training and was released at the end of March.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
Position players arrived on February 25, with the first full squad workout the next day. The Cactus League schedule began on March 4. Starting pitcher Hyun-jin Ryu suffered from a sore shoulder and was shut down in mid-March. An MRI revealed no significant damage but he was shut down for a few weeks and was not on the Dodgers' opening day roster. Reliever Brandon League also experienced shoulder pain that shut him down in March and jeopardized his season.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Spring training
The Dodgers drew 147,066 fans to their 15 spring training games at Camelback Ranch, setting a new franchise spring training record.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
Clayton Kershaw made his fifth straight opening day start for the Dodgers on April 6 against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium, the first Dodgers pitcher to do so since Don Sutton started seven in a row from 1972 through 1978. Former Dodger Matt Kemp had two hits, including a double, against his former team to drive in all three runs for the Padres as they jumped to the lead.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
Jimmy Rollins in his first regular season appearance with the Dodgers hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Dodgers came from behind to claim a 6–3 win to start the season. In the second game, the Padres pounced on Dodgers reliever Chris Hatcher to score four-runs in the ninth inning and pull away for a 7–3 victory to even the series. In the last game, on April 9, Adrián González had four hits in four at-bats, with three of them being solo homers as the Dodgers won 7–4. González became the first player in MLB history to hit five home runs in his team's first three games.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers started their first road trip of the season by losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4–3 in ten innings on April 10 at Chase Field. Diamondbacks pitcher Archie Bradley dominated the Dodgers in his first Major League start the next night, allowing only one hit and striking out six in six scoreless innings. Kershaw, in his second start, was charged with 10 hits and six runs in 6 1/3 innings as the Dodgers lost 6–0. Zack Greinke pitched seven shutout innings and the offense was led by rookies Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero, who both hit their first major league home runs, in a 7–4 victory on April 12 to avoid the sweep.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers returned home on April 13 for an interleague series against the Seattle Mariners. Brandon McCarthy struck out 10 in seven innings but also allowed four home runs, the first player in MLB history with that stat line, while also allowing no walks. The Dodgers came from behind and won the game, 6–5, on a walk off hit by Guerrero in the 10th inning. The Dodgers fell behind early in the next game, as fill-in starter David Huff allowed back-to-back home runs in the top of the first.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
However, they battled back and won the game on a 2-run walk-off single by Howie Kendrick, 6–5. They completed the sweep with a 5–2 win over the Mariners on Jackie Robinson Day. González had two more hits, setting a Dodgers team record with 19 in the first nine games of the season. Howie Kendrick homered and doubled and Adrián González drove in a couple of RBIs as the Dodgers continued their winning streak with a 7–3 win over the Colorado Rockies. Kershaw struck out 12 in six innings to pick up his first win of the season.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
González and Kendrick remained the hitting stars the next night as the Dodgers win streak reached six games with a 6–3 victory over the Rockies. González matched Eric Karros (1995) for the most hits (23) by a Dodger through 11 games of the season and the Dodgers scored five or more runs in six straight games for the first time since May 17–22, 2012. The Dodgers completed the sweep of the Rockies with a 7–0 win on April 19 as Scott Van Slyke had two doubles and a homer. The Dodgers as a team had 10 extra base hits in the game, the first time at home since 2006.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers went back on the road and saw the winning streak snapped with a 6–2 loss to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. In the second game of the series, the Giants won again, 3–2, on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Joe Panik with the bases load. The Dodgers called up Mike Bolsinger from AAA Oklahoma City to start the final game of the series and he pitched well, allowing only one run in 5 2/3 innings.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
However the bullpen faltered and the Giants walked-off with another 3–2 win, this time in 10 innings, to complete the series sweep. Greinke struck out seven while allowing just four hits in seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers won the first game of the weekend series against the  Padres at Petco Park, 3–0. The Dodgers hit four home runs on April 25 as they won a slugfest with the Padres, 11–8.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
Andre Ethier's home run and three hits on the night gave him 22 homers and 143 hits in his career against San Diego, the most by any player against that team. The victory was a costly one, however, as starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy suffered a torn Ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, a season-ending injury. Scott Baker was called up from Oklahoma City to start the next game and pitched well but the offense failed to produce and the Dodgers lost the final game of the road trip, 3–1.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, April
The Dodgers returned home on April 27 to play the Giants. Joc Pederson and Justin Turner each homered in the 8–3 win to extend the home winning streak to eight games, the longest since the 2009 season. The Dodgers scored at least five runs in each of those eight wins, the longest such streak in franchise history. Both streaks were snapped the next night as Kershaw allowed only two runs in seven innings with eight strikeouts but was out performed by Madison Bumgarner who allowed only one run on five hits with nine strikeouts in eight innings. The Giants won 2–1. The Dodgers hit four home runs to win the final game of the series, 7–3, and end the month of April with a Major League leading 32 home runs in 21 games.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Carlos Frías pitched 5+1⁄3 scoreless innings in his first start of the season, and rookie Joc Pederson hit a grand slam home run as the Dodgers opened the month of May with an 8–0 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers came from behind to take game two of the series, 6–4. Pederson homered again, becoming the first Dodgers rookie since Bill Sudakis in the 1969 season to homer in four straight ballgames. A walk-off homer by Yasmani Grandal in the 13th inning gave the Dodgers a 1–0 win on May 3 and the sweep of the Diamondbacks. The game was the longest scoreless duel between the two teams since the game on June 2, 2010, ended in the 14th inning.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers next opened a series at Miller Park against the Milwaukee Brewers. In the opener Clayton Kershaw held the Brewers to a run on three hits through seven innings, but he then allowed a homer and double to lead off the eighth. Relief pitcher Chris Hatcher allowed the tying and go-ahead runs to score and the Dodgers dropped the opener of the series 4–3. That snapped a string of 26 consecutive scoreless innings for the Dodger bullpen.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Zack Greinke held the Brewers to an unearned run and two hits in 7+2⁄3 innings to pick up his 10th straight win (dating back to the previous August). Justin Turner hit a three-run homer and Jimmy Rollins and Adrián González each hit two-run homers as the Dodgers won the second game 8–2. The following day, Joc Pederson homered twice but the Brewers scored five runs in the first inning off of Joe Wieland, who was making his first start of the season after being called up from the minors. The Brewers held on to win 6–3.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Yasmani Grandal hit two 3-run home runs and recorded a career high of eight RBIs in the Dodgers 14–4 rout of the Brewers to split the series. The team traveled to Coors Field to play the Colorado Rockies on May 8, and won 2–1 in a game that was halted after one out in the top of the sixth due to rain. The rain continued through the weekend, forcing the middle game of the series to be postponed. The last game was played and Justin Turner's two-run homer broke a tie at the top of the eight inning and led the Dodgers to a 9–5 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers returned home on May 12 and Greinke pitched well, allowing only one run in seven innings, but the Miami Marlins came back with a two-run homer by Christian Yelich off Yimi García in the top of ninth to put them ahead. Scott Van Slyke then hit a three-run walk-off homer off Marlins closer Steve Cishek for the 5–3 win. In the following game, Andre Ethier had five hits, including a home run, and the Dodgers scored 11 runs on 21 hits to rout the Marlins and former Dodger Dan Haren 11–1.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Former Dodger Dee Gordon had four hits and scored twice and Giancarlo Stanton drove in three runs as the Marlins came from behind, in a three-run seventh inning, to beat the Dodgers 5–4 to avoid the sweep. In the next game, the Rockies also came from behind as Carlos González hit a three-run homer off Yimi Garcia in the ninth inning to give them a 5–4 win, snapping the Dodgers nine-game winning streak against the Rockies. It was Garcia's second blown save of the week.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Kershaw struck out 10 batters while allowing three runs in 6+2⁄3 innings on May 15 to pick up his 100th career win in a 6–4 victory over the Rockies. Jimmy Rollins had four hits and two RBI in the game. In the following game, Greinke's win streak came to an end as the Dodgers were only able to get three hits off of Jorge de la Rosa and the Rockies bullpen. Greinke only allowed one run on four hits in six innings but the bullpen allowed the close game to become a rout and the Dodgers lost 7–1. The Dodgers earned a series split when Yasmani Grandal's RBI single drove in the only run in a 1–0 victory over the Rockies on May 17.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers returned to AT&T Park on May 19 and were shut out by Tim Hudson and the Giants 2–0. They were again unable to score the following night as Tim Lincecum and the Giants blanked the Dodgers 4–0. In the third game, it was Madison Bumgarner's turn to silence the Dodgers bats and he also hit a solo homer in the Giants 4–0 win to complete the sweep. This was the second scoreless sweep by the Giants over the Dodgers in four years and tied the franchise record for consecutive shutouts (three) that had been done four other times. The Dodgers also tied a franchise record for the lowest scoring five game period (two) that had also been set four times before. This was the first time the Dodgers had been swept in back-to-back road series at San Francisco since 1961.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Back at Dodger Stadium, the scoreless streak reached 35 innings (tying a Los Angeles Dodgers record set in 1962) before they finally scored a run in the fifth inning on an RBI double by Andre Ethier. Greinke allowed only one run on six hits in 7+2⁄3 innings but was out of the game when Joc Pederson hit the tie-breaking solo homer in the eighth inning to give the Dodgers a 2–1 victory over the San Diego Padres.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
On May 23, Mike Bolsinger allowed a lead off single to open the game and then retired the next 23 batters he faced, shutting down the Padres offense over eight innings. Closer Kenley Jansen retired the side in order in the ninth. The two of them combined to face the minimum 27 batters in the game, the first time the Dodgers had done such a feat since Odalis Pérez pitched a one-hitter against the Cubs on April 26, 2002. Pederson homered again, leading off the bottom of the first, and the Dodgers won 2–0.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Carlos Frias had a poor outing the following day, tying a L.A. Dodger record by allowing 10 earned runs in only four innings in a game eventually won by the Padres 11–3. The Dodgers hit three home runs in the eighth inning on Memorial Day to break open a tied game and defeat the Atlanta Braves 6–3. Kershaw struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings the following day and the Dodgers scored six runs in the fourth inning off Julio Teherán as they rolled to an 8–0 victory.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
Adrián González two-run home run that inning accounted for the 1,000th and 1,001st RBI of his career. Zack Greinke allowed only one run on three hits over six innings while striking out nine in the final game of the homestand. However, the Braves scored twice off the Dodgers bullpen in the eighth inning for a 3–2 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
The Dodgers were shut out 3–0 by the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on May 29 as John Lackey struck out nine in seven innings. This was the fourth straight road game that the Dodgers were shut out (the longest streak in franchise history), and they fell out of first place for the first time since April 15. Michael Wacha held the Dodgers hitless through five innings in the next game, extending the Dodgers' road scoreless innings streak to a franchise-record 42 innings, breaking the mark previously set by the 1908 Brooklyn Superbas.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, May
They finally scored in the sixth inning, with a three-run homer by Yasmani Grandal. Carlos Frias allowed only one unearned run in a career-high seven innings, as the Dodgers won 5–1. The team struggled on offense again the next day, managing only two hits in a 3–1 loss to the Cardinals to wrap up the month of May.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
The Dodgers opened the month of June with an 11–4 win over the Rockies on the road. Clayton Kershaw allowed only two earned runs in seven innings, while also recording three hits and an RBI. Andre Ethier, Jimmy Rollins, Howie Kendrick, and Joc Pederson all homered in the win. The Dodgers and Rockies played a doubleheader on June 2, a result of the rain-out the previous time they met in Denver. In the first game, Michael McKenry homered, doubled, and drove in three runs and the Rockies won 6–3.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
In the second game, Alex Guerrero hit a grand slam home run in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers the 9–8 win. This was the first go-ahead grand slam by the Dodgers with two out in the ninth inning or later since Nomar Garciaparra hit one in 2006. Joc Pederson homered in both games of the doubleheader, giving him four straight games with a home run. His second homer on this day was estimated at 480 feet, the longest in the Majors at that point.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
He homered again in the next game, the first rookie in history to homer in five straight games and tying the Dodgers franchise record (shared with Adrián González, Matt Kemp, Shawn Green, and Roy Campanella). The Dodgers lost the game 7–6 when the bullpen coughed up the lead in the ninth as four relievers were only able to record one out.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Back home, the Dodgers lost to the Cardinals 7–1 as Michael Wacha shut down their offense. Two runs in the eighth inning led to a 2–1 loss the next night. Kershaw allowed only one hit in eight innings while striking out 11 on June 6 as the Dodgers came up with a 2–0 win to end their brief skid. Zack Greinke pitched 6+2⁄3 innings and only allowed one run while striking out eight in the series finale, however the bullpen again coughed up the lead in the eighth inning and the Dodgers lost 4–2.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
This was the first home series loss by the Dodgers since August 2014, the longest such span in the Majors during that time. Andre Ethier and Jimmy Rollins each hit three-run home runs to back strong pitching by Mike Bolsinger as the Dodgers routed the Diamondbacks 9–3 in the next game. Howie Kendrick homered and drove in all three runs in the Dodgers 3–1 win over the Diamondbacks on June 9. The Dodgers wrapped up the homestand with a 7–6 win over the Diamondbacks. Yasiel Puig was 4-for-4 with a homer and a walk as the Dodgers won on a walk-off RBI single by Kendrick.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
In the opening game of the next series, against the Padres, Kershaw allowed only one run in 6+2⁄3 innings while striking out 11 and left with a one-run lead. The bullpen allowed two runs in the eighth to blow the lead but the Dodgers retook the lead in the bottom of the inning and they won 4–3. In the following game, Zack Greinke pitched an eight-inning complete game but the Dodgers offense failed to score more than a single run and a solo homer by Justin Upton in the eighth inning gave the Padres a 2–1 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
In the series finale, the Padres jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the fifth but the Dodgers tied it up on a solo homer by Andre Ethier and an RBI double by Adrián González. Pederson made a tough catch on a long line drive by Upton in the ninth to send the game into extra innings where the Dodgers won the game 4–2 on a two-run single by González in the 12th. The team next traveled to Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas for a short series against the Texas Rangers.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Carlos Frías pitched five scoreless innings to start the game, but fell apart in the sixth when the Rangers scored four runs to win the game 4–1. The offense remained lifeless the following day, unable to score against rookie Chi Chi Gonzalez until Justin Turner tied the game up with a two-run homer in the top of the ninth. However, Robinson Chirinos hit a walk-off homer off Josh Ravin in the bottom of the inning and the Rangers swept the brief two-game series with a 3–2 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
Back at Dodger Stadium, rookie Joey Gallo hit a two-run homer and the Rangers jumped on Kershaw early and went on to win 5–3. Pinch runner Kike Hernández scored on a balk by Keone Kela in the bottom of the ninth as the Dodgers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 1–0 win over the Rangers. Justin Turner had three hits in three at-bats with a homer against the Giants on June 19, but a grand slam by Buster Posey set the Giants up for a 9–5 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
In the next game, the Dodgers got back-to-back first-inning home runs from Joc Pederson and Justin Turner, but it wasn't enough as the Giants won 6–2. The Dodgers finally broke open the offense on June 21, as Yasmani Grandal hit two homers, González and Turner also homered, and the team won 10–2. It was the third straight game Turner homered, the longest streak of his career, and Grandal became the first Dodgers catcher with two home runs and a bunt single in one game since Roy Campanella on August 30, 1955.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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).


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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+2⁄3 scoreless innings on June 28, running his scoreless streak to 20+2⁄3 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.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, June
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, Regular season, July
The Dodgers started the month of July by beating the Diamondbacks 4–3 to end their long road trip. Kiké Hernández was a homer shy of the cycle and Brett Anderson pitched seven strong innings in the win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers returned home from the road trip to play the New York Mets. They lost the opener 2–1 on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning. Zack Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings on Independence Day, his fourth consecutive start without allowing a run, trailing only Orel Hershiser and Don Drysdale who had six game streaks in 1988 and 1968 respectively. The bullpen allowed some runs but the team held on for a 4–3 win. However, Mets starter Steven Matz stymied the Dodgers offense the next day, combining with reliever Logan Verrett on a three-hit shutout.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Mets routed the Dodgers 8–0. The last-place Philadelphia Phillies came to town next. With Carlos Frías going on the disabled list, the Dodgers went with a bullpen game on July 6, which led to a high scoring game. Howie Kendrick had four hits and former Phillie Jimmy Rollins was two for four and drove in the go-ahead runs in the seventh as the Dodgers won 10–7. Former Dodger Chad Billingsley allowed only two runs and six hits against his former club for his first win since April 10, 2013.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Phillies jumped all over the Dodgers for a 7–2 win. In the next game, Clayton Kershaw struck out 13 while pitching a complete game shutout and A.J. Ellis had three hits including his first home run of the season as the Dodgers won 5–0. Greinke allowed only one hit in eight scoreless innings as the Dodgers won the series finale 6–0. Along with extending his scoreless streak to 35+2⁄3 innings, Greinke's ERA of 1.39 was the second lowest by a Dodgers pitcher before the All-Star break (trailing only Drysdale's 1.37 from 1968.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers began their final series before the break with a 3–2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Brandon Beachy made his first start since 2013 on July 11, returning to the majors after two Tommy John operations. He allowed three runs on five hits in four innings and a poor performance by the bullpen contributed to the 7–1 loss. A two-run home run by Adrián González in the eighth gave the Dodgers a 4–3 win over the Brewers in the final game before the break.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers had five players selected to participate in the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: pitchers Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw, first baseman Adrián González, catcher Yasmani Grandal and outfielder Joc Pederson. Greinke and Pederson were chosen to start the game and Pederson also participated in the Home Run Derby. Pederson was the first Dodgers rookie position player ever to start in the All-Star game.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
The Dodgers resumed play after the break on July 17 at Nationals Park against the Washington Nationals. The first game was suspended twice because of electrical problems at the park and was eventually halted in the sixth inning and resumed the following day. Matt den Dekker's pinch hit two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning wound up being the difference in the 5–3 Nationals win. In the second game, Kershaw struck out a season-high 14 batters in eight shutout innings as the Dodgers won 4–2.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
He became the first Dodgers starter with back-to-back games of at least 13 strikeouts since Chan Ho Park in 2000 and the first Dodgers pitcher with back-to-back games of double-digit strikeouts and no walks since Dazzy Vance in 1930. Greinke picked up right where he left off in his first start of the second half, allowing only three hits and one walk in eight scoreless innings, while striking out a season-high 11 batters. The Dodgers won 5–0.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Combined with the previous start by Kershaw, this was the first time the Dodgers had back-to-back starts of at least eight scoreless innings and double-digit strikeouts since at least 1914. The Dodgers next lost to the Atlanta Braves, 7–5, at Turner Field. Former Dodger Juan Uribe drove in the winning run in the Braves 4–3 win the next day. Mike Bolsinger only allowed one run on three hits in seven innings and retired 14 consecutive batters at one point as the Dodgers avoided the sweep  with a 3–1 win in the series finale.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Kershaw threw a three-hit complete game shutout against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 23, while striking out 11. He was the first Dodgers starter with two shutouts in the same month since Carlos Pérez in 1998 and the first pitcher dating back to 1900 to have three straight starts with double-digit strikeouts, no walks and no runs allowed. Ian Thomas made a spot start on July 24 and allowed only one run on three hits in five innings while Justin Turner, Yasiel Puig and Jimmy Rollins homered in the Dodgers 7–2 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Rollins homer was his 10th of the season, giving the Dodgers seven players with double digit homers for the first time since 2008. The Dodgers 2010 first round draft pick Zach Lee made his major league debut to start the July 25 game against the Mets, but performed poorly. He allowed seven runs in 4+2⁄3 innings in the Dodgers 15–2 loss.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
He was the first Dodgers starting pitcher to allow seven runs in his debut since Johnny Babich in 1934 and the first to allow four runs or more in the first inning of his debut since Frank Wurm in 1944. Greinke's scoreless streak ended at 45+2⁄3 innings when he allowed two runs to score on July 26 against the Mets. A walk-off single by Juan Uribe, who had been traded to the Mets the day before, gave the Mets a 3–2 win in 10 innings.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, July
Back at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers lost 2–0 to the Oakland Athletics as Sonny Gray pitched a complete game three hit shutout. The next day, the Dodgers scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to come from behind and defeat the Athletics 10–7. Greinke allowed two runs in eight innings while striking out eight and Howie Kendrick and Alex Guerrero homered as the Dodgers wrapped up the month of July with a 5–3 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
Clayton Kershaw allowed only two hits in eight scoreless innings against the Angels on August 1, as the Dodgers started the month with a 3–1 victory. Kershaw became the first pitcher with multiple streaks of 37  or more scoreless innings since Luis Tiant in 1968 and 1972. The Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Mat Latos in a deadline day trade with the Miami Marlins and he made his team debut by allowing just one run on four hits in six innings. Andre Ethier hit two homers in the game, including a walk-off two-run blast in the tenth inning as the Dodgers won 5–3 to complete their first three-game sweep of the Angels since 2006.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
Another recent trade acquisition, Alex Wood took the mound for the Dodgers in the opener of a series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. He allowed four runs in 6+1⁄3 innings and Maikel Franco hit a grand slam home run off of reliever Joel Peralta as the Phillies won 6–2. The next day, Yasiel Puig hit a three-run homer to lead the Dodgers to a 4–3 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
In the series finale, Zack Greinke allowed a season high five runs in the first inning but had three hits, including a home run, as the Dodgers came from behind and won 10–8. A based-loaded walk-off single by Pedro Álvarez in the 10th inning gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5–4 win over the Dodgers at PNC Park on August 7. The following day, Mat Latos gave up a three-run home run to opposing starter Francisco Liriano, and the Dodgers couldn't rally against the Pirates bullpen as they lost 6–5.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
In the final game, the Pirates erupted for nine runs off the Dodgers bullpen in the seventh inning to come from behind and rout the Dodgers 13–6 to sweep the series. Dodger reliever Jim Johnson was the first Dodgers pitcher to allow eight runs in one or fewer innings since Fred Heimach in 1933.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
The Washington Nationals scored five runs in the sixth inning off Brett Anderson and pulled away for an 8–3 rout of the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on August 10. Greinke got back on track in his next start with six scoreless innings while Puig hit a two-run home run and a three-RBI triple to drive in all the Dodgers runs in a 5–0 win. In the following game, Kershaw allowed just three hits over eight scoreless innings in the Dodgers 3–0 win to take the series.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
He picked up his 200th strikeout in the game, the sixth straight season he had passed that mark. He became the 10th pitcher in MLB history to accomplish that feat and only the second Dodger (after Sandy Koufax). Billy Hamilton had four hits in four at-bats, including a home run, and Brandon Phillips and Eugenio Suárez combined for seven RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds beat up on Mat Latos and the Dodgers 10–3 on August 13. The next day, Adrián González hit a three-run homer and Alex Wood picked up his first win as a Dodger, 5–3.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
The Dodgers won 8–3 the following day thanks to four home runs. Puig hit his 10th homer, giving the Dodgers eight players in double digit homers on the season, one shy of the club record. Greinke allowed one run in seven innings and also hit a solo homer in the Dodgers 2–1 win over the Reds on August 16.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
A.J. Ellis hit a three-run homer to give the Dodgers the lead but the bullpen faltered late and the Dodgers lost 5–4 to the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum on a walk-off double by Billy Butler in the 10th inning. Jesse Chavez allowed just two hits to the Dodgers (including a two-run homer by Jimmy Rollins and the A's finished off the two game series with a 5–2 win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
The Dodgers offense was even worse in the next game, as they were no-hit by Mike Fiers of the Houston Astros 3–0, the first no-hitter in the history of Minute Maid Park. The Astros hit two home runs off Greinke to end his string of 11 unbeaten starts the next day, 3–1. Clayton Kershaw allowed only one run in eight innings with ten strikeouts in the series finale.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
However, the Astros tied the game against Kenley Jansen in the ninth and won, 3–2, on a walk-off homer by Jason Castro in the 10th to send the Dodgers to their fifth straight loss. They headed to Great American Ball Park to open a series against the Reds, where they won 5–1 to end the losing streak. The Dodgers hit three home runs in the fourth inning the next night to beat the Reds 7–4 and they completed the sweep with a 1–0 afternoon win the following day. Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and with his 10th scoreless start of six innings or more matched Kershaw and Don Sutton for second most in team history behind Sandy Koufax (13).


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, August
Back home on August 28, Kershaw struck out 14 in eight innings and the Dodgers picked up their fourth straight win, 4–1, over the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers won again the next day, 5–2, thanks to a two-run single by Andre Ethier in the seventh inning. However, they lost the final game of the series, 2–0, when Kris Bryant hit a two-run homer and Jake Arrieta no-hit them, the second time the Dodgers had been no hit in the last week. The Dodgers finished the month with a 5–4 victory over the San Francisco Giants in 14 innings. Adrián González, who had earlier hit a two-run homer, provided the walk-off hit.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
September began with a good pitching matchup between Zach Greinke and Giants ace Madison Bumgarner. The Dodgers, thanks to a solo homer by Joc Pederson held on to win the game 2–1. Chase Utley hit his first home run as a Dodger and Clayton Kershaw tied a career high with 15 strikeouts in a 2–1 complete game victory to complete the Dodgers sweep of the Giants.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
The traveled to play the San Diego Padres at Petco Park the following day. Top prospect Corey Seager made his Dodgers debut and was two for four with two RBI but Mat Latos and the bullpen struggled as the Dodgers lost 10–7. They then hit five homers on September 4 to beat the Padres 8–4. Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings in the Dodgers 2–0 win the following day. The Dodgers capitalized on a three-run error by Padres reliever Nick Vincent to win the final game of the series, 5–1.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
Scott Van Slyke had four hits, including two doubles, and four RBIs as the Dodgers beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7–5 at Angel Stadium on Labor Day. The following day, Kershaw held the Angels to two runs in seven innings and the Dodgers ran their win streak to five games with a 6–4 win. Albert Pujols hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth inning and the Angels won the final game of the series, 3–2. The Dodgers next traveled to Chase Field for a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
Welington Castillo hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Diamondbacks piled on with six runs in the second to rout the Dodgers 12–4. Seager was 4-for-4 with a walk and his first major league home run in the Dodgers 9–5 win over the Diamondbacks on September 12. Greinke only allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings as the Dodgers took the series finale, 4–3.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
Back home, Kershaw followed with a seven inning three hitter while rookie Scott Schebler homered and the Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4–1. The Dodgers lost 5–4 the next day on a solo homer by Nolan Arenado in the 16th inning. The teams set new MLB records by using a combined 58 players in the game and a combined 24 pitchers. Wood allowed only one hit in eight innings and A.J. Ellis homered as the Dodgers won the last game of the series 2–0.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
Seager hit a two-run home run on September 18 in the Dodgers 6–2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the 47th home run by a Dodgers rookie in 2015, setting a new franchise record. An RBI double by Aramis Ramírez in the 8th inning led the Pirates to a 3–2 win over the Dodgers the following night. Gerrit Cole struck out nine in seven innings as the Pirates won the next game, 4–3. Brett Anderson was chased early and the Dodgers were beaten by the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8–4, on September 21.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
Seager reached base safely for his sixteenth straight start to begin his career, setting a new L.A. Dodger record. The Dodgers lost their fourth straight when the Diamondbacks shut them out 8–0 the following day. The next night, the Dodgers snapped their losing streak, winning 4–1, with Carlos Frías starting in place of Greinke, who was scratched because of a sore calf. The bullpen allowed only one run while Utley and Seager drove in two runs each. Kershaw struck out nine in five innings and Chris Heisey hit a grand slam homer as the Dodgers finished the series with a 6–3 win, thus splitting the series.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
The Dodgers began their final road trip of the regular season on September 25 at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies homered three times in the fourth inning off Mike Bolsinger and went on to win 7–4. The Dodgers lost again the next day, 8–6, on a walk-off two-run homer by Carlos González. A three-run homer by Nolan Arenado keyed the Rockies to a 12–5 win and a series sweep of the Dodgers for the first time since the 2007 season.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
The Dodgers next traveled to AT&T Park only to continue losing, this time 3–2 in 12 innings to the Giants. On September 29, Kershaw struck 13 batters (retiring the last 19 he faced) in a complete game shutout while Justin Ruggiano and A.J. Ellis hit back-to-back homers in the sixth inning off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner as they rolled to an 8–0 win. The Dodgers clinched their third straight National League West Division championship, the first time in franchise history the Dodgers made the playoffs three years in a row.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
The following day, Mike Leake pitched a two-hit complete game shutout as the Giants beat the Dodgers 5–0 to end the month of September. The Dodgers picked up a series split with a 3–2 win in the final road game of the regular season. Brett Andersonpitched 7+2⁄3 innings in the game to set a new career high of 180+1⁄3 innings pitched in a season.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
The Dodgers wrapped up the regular season with a three-game series at home against the Padres. Alex Wood allowed two runs on five hits in seven innings in the first game of the series as the Dodgers won 6–2. It was the 90th win of the season, the first time the Dodgers had won 90 or more games in three straight seasons since 1976–1978. Greinke picked up his 19th win of the season in the Dodgers 2–1 win the next day.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, September / October
He picked up his 200th strikeout of the season in the game and also won the National League E.R.A. title. The Dodgers also locked up home field advantage in the division series with the win. In the final game of the regular season, Clayton Kershaw struck out seven in 3+2⁄3 innings to pass 300 strikeouts on the season and Corey Seager had three hits in three at-bats, including a home run as the Dodgers won 6–3.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
The Dodgers took on the New York Mets in the Division Series. Clayton Kershaw struck out 11 batters in six innings while allowing only a solo homer by Daniel Murphy but he ran out of gas in the seventh, walking the bases loaded before Pedro Báez came into the game and allowed a couple of runs to score. Jacob deGrom struck out a Mets post-season record 13 batters (tying Tom Seaver in the 1973 National League Championship Series) and held the Dodgers scoreless in his seven innings of work as the Mets took game one 3–1.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
It was the first game in MLB playoff history where both starters struck out 11 or more batters and only the second ever with both having double digit strikeouts (along with  game five of the 1944 World Series). A.J. Ellis singled in the game, extending his post-season hitting streak to 11 games, tying Carl Crawford for the franchise record.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
In the second game, Zack Greinke allowed two solo homers in the second but went seven innings with only the two runs. The Dodgers came from behind with four runs in the seventh to win the game 5–2 and even the series up. Chase Utley was suspended for games three and four of the series as a result of a hard slide he performed in game two that led to a season-ending injury for Mets shortstop Rubén Tejada.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
The series switched to Citi Field in New York for game three. A three-run single by Yasmani Grandal gave the Dodgers a quick 3–0 lead but Brett Anderson performed poorly allowing  a bases clearing double by Curtis Granderson and a homer by Travis d'Arnaud. Alex Wood subsequently gave up a three-run homer to Yoenis Céspedes and the Dodgers were blown out 13–7.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
In Game four, pitching on three days rest, Kershaw allowed only three hits over seven innings and Kenley Jansen picked up a four out save as the Dodgers evened up the series with a 3–1 win. The win snapped a seven-game road playoff losing streak for the Dodgers and was the first round elimination game they had won since the 1981 National League Championship Series. Ellis passed Crawford with his 12th consecutive playoff game with a hit, a new franchise record


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Postseason, National League Division Series
In the decisive final game of the series, Daniel Murphy hit his third home run of the series, a solo shot in the sixth inning, to lead the Mets to a 3–2 victory and the series win.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting
List does not include pitchers. Stats in bold are the team leaders.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball draft
The Dodgers selected 42 players in this draft. Of those, six of them have played Major League Baseball as of the 2019 season. They received a supplementary first round pick as a result of losing shortstop Hanley Ramírez to free agency and acquired a competitive balance pick from the Baltimore Orioles as part of the Ryan Webb trade.


2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball draft
The first round draft pick was right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler from Vanderbilt University and the supplementary pick was pitcher Kyle Funkhouser from Louisville University. Funkhouser chose to return to school and did not sign. As of 2020, seven players from this draft class have played in the major leagues.


2015 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 41st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2015.


2015 Los Angeles Kiss season
The 2015 Los Angeles Kiss season was the second season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Bob McMillen and played their home games at Honda Center. After a disappointing 0-9 start, the Kiss won four out of their last nine games, including a road upset of the Sabercats, who had entered the game 11-0. Despite the strong finish to improve to 4-14, the Kiss failed to make the playoffs.


2015 Los Angeles Kiss season, Schedule, Regular season
The 2015 regular season schedule was released on December 19, 2014.


2015 Los Angeles Kiss season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated August 6, 201523 Active, 26 Inactive


2015 Los Angeles Sparks season
The 2015 season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association began on June 6.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash
On 26 January 2015, an F-16 jet fighter of the Hellenic Air Force crashed into the flight line at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people: the two crew members and nine on the ground. Twenty-one others, all on the ground, were also injured.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash, Background
Los Llanos Air Base is the venue of NATO's Tactical Leadership Program (TLP), a regular series of training exercises for personnel from ten NATO member air forces. In January 2015, during TLP2015-1, several NATO air forces deployed aircraft to the base, including four F-16 Block 50 fighter aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force's 341st Squadron, supported by 41 pilots and technicians from the 111th Combat Wing, based at Nea Anchialos Air Base.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash, Accident
On 26 January 2015, one of the Greek F-16s crashed into other aircraft at the base just after takeoff, causing an explosion which killed 9 people. A total of five aircraft on the ground were damaged or destroyed, including two Italian AMXs, two French Alpha Jets, and one French Mirage 2000.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash, Accident
Those killed included the two Greek crew members of the F-16 and eight French personnel on the ground. 21 individuals were injured, six of them severely. The following day, a French airman who was severely burned in the accident died, bringing the death toll to eleven.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash, Accident
In addition to the loss of personnel, the crash resulted in the write-off of two Dassault Mirage 2000D fighters and two Alpha Jet trainers of the French Air Force. Two of its Dassault Rafales were also severely damaged.


2015 Los Llanos Air Base crash, Investigation
Initial findings were that a technical fault developed on board the F-16 during take-off, and the two crew members had tried to eject.


2015 Lotto–Soudal season
The 2015 season for Lotto–Soudal began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2015 Lotto–Soudal season
On the final day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced that they had secured new sponsorship for the team with Soudal. Soudal was founded in 1966 and produces a range of sealants, adhesives and foams. Soudal will become a co-naming sponsor for the next six seasons, ensuring the team continues until the 2020 season, the team name becoming Lotto Soudal. Lotto will continue to sponsor the team, as well as the women's team and under-23 team.


2015 Louisiana Attorney General election
The 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 24, 2015 to elect the Attorney General of the state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Buddy Caldwell, a former Democrat who joined the Republican Party in February 2011, sought re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Republican Jeff Landry.


2015 Louisiana Attorney General election
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates will appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015 between Caldwell and Landry. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).


2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by third-year head coach Skip Holtz and played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Arkansas State.


2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Schedule
Louisiana Tech announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host CUSA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU).


2015 Louisiana elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 24, 2015. All of Louisiana's executive officers, and both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature were up for election. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters voted for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015 between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).


2015 Louisiana elections, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Bobby Jindal was term-limited and unable to run for re-election to a third term in office.


2015 Louisiana elections, Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for governor.


2015 Louisiana elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Buddy Caldwell ran for re-election to a third term in office, but was defeated by Jeff Landry.


2015 Louisiana elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Tom Schedler won re-election to a second full term in office.


2015 Louisiana elections, Secretary of State
Chris Tyson, a law professor at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at the Louisiana State University and son of former Judge Ralph E. Tyson of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, ran for the Democrats.


2015 Louisiana elections, State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy won re-election to a fifth term in office. Republican Jennifer Treadway, a lawyer from Baton Rouge, challenged him.


2015 Louisiana elections, State Treasurer
Had Kennedy not chosen run for re-election, potential Republican candidates included Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Chuck Kleckley; Dan Kyle, former Louisiana Legislative Auditor, candidate for Louisiana Insurance Commissioner in 2003 and candidate for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish in 2008; Jude Melville, President and CEO of Business First Bank and nephew of former Governor of Louisiana Buddy Roemer; Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, former state representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2002; John Schroder, state representative; and Jim Tucker, former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and candidate for Secretary of State of Louisiana in 2011.


2015 Louisiana elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Michael G. Strain won re-election to a third term in office.


2015 Louisiana elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Democrat Jamie LaBranche, an arborist and horticulturist who lost in the jungle primary in 2011, ran for the office again.


2015 Louisiana elections, Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon won re-election to a third full term in office.


2015 Louisiana elections, Louisiana State Senate
All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election. The Republican party currently holds 26 seats, while the Democratic party holds the remaining 13. 7 of the current senators are term limited and could not run for re-election.


2015 Louisiana elections, Louisiana House of Representatives
All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election. The Republican party currently holds 58 seats and the Democratic party 44 seats. 2 seats are held by independents and the remaining seat is vacant. 14 of the current representatives are term-limited and could not run for re-election.


2015 Louisiana floods
The 2015 Louisiana flood took place in the United States for several weeks in June 2015. The areas in Louisiana affected by the Red River Flood include Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish, and the cities of Coushatta, Alexandria, and Shreveport. The flood caused numerous road closures throughout Shreveport. Response teams such as the Louisiana National Guard were deployed in order to fill and place sandbags at residences that were under flood warning.


2015 Louisiana floods
The Red River reached its highest level in over 70 years, cresting in most of the affected areas at around 6–9 feet over the flood levels. At 4 PM on June 9, the river reached its maximum height of 37.14 feet.


2015 Louisiana floods
The most recent US Army Corps of Engineers study to characterize the flood patterns of the Red River was released in 1990, when the river last flooded. There are no current plans for another study.


2015 Louisiana floods
Although many advances have been made towards flood protection in Louisiana, flooding is inevitable; the changing course of the river(s) will continue no matter how high the levees are built. The Mississippi River flood history shows that the river has a pattern of major flooding every decade or so.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on November 21, 2015, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Governor Bobby Jindal was not eligible to run for re-election to a third term because of term limits established by the Louisiana Constitution.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. As no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election on October 24, 2015, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015, between the top two candidates in the primary. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The runoff election featured Democrat John Bel Edwards, Minority Leader of the Louisiana House of Representatives, and Republican U.S. Senator David Vitter, as they were the top two vote getters in the primary. Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne and Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, both Republicans, were eliminated in the jungle primary.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election
In the runoff, which was held November 21, 2015, Edwards defeated Vitter by a count of 56.1% to 43.9%. Edwards became the first Democrat to win a statewide election in Louisiana since 2008, when Mary Landrieu won her third term in the United States Senate; his victory also came one year after national wins for the Republican Party in congressional and state elections. The election was one of the most expensive in state history, with over $50 million spent by candidates and outside groups.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Campaign
On November 5, 2015, Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne, who finished fourth in the primary election, endorsed Democrat Edwards in the upcoming general election against his intraparty rival, Senator David  Vitter. Dardenne made the announcement at "Free Speech Alley" in front of the LSU Student Union building in Baton Rouge. After the primary, polls showed Edwards with a commanding lead over Vitter. Verne Kennedy of Market Research Insight placed Edwards ahead, 54 to 38 percent or 51 to 40 percent, depending on the level of turnout among African-American voters, either 25 or 20 percent, accordingly.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Campaign
Dardenne's backing of Edwards drew fire from state Republican chairman Roger Villere and Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, who termed the endorsement a betrayal: "You cannot claim to be a conservative fighter for Louisiana principles and publicly endorse an Obama liberal like Mr. Edwards," the two chairmen wrote. Vitter, who had sought Dardenne's endorsement, said he remains "very excited about our campaign and the tens of thousands of conservative Louisiana voters who have jumped on board in the past week, including so many that voted for Jay. We wish Jay and his family the best."


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Campaign
Third-place contender Scott Angelle never spoke about any role that he would play in the general election, prior to the election.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Campaign
A debate between Edwards and Vitter was held on November 10 by Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Council for a Better Louisiana.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Campaign
Early voting was possible from November 7 until November 14. Despite having one fewer day due to Veterans Day, turnout was significantly higher compared to the primary election early voting, especially among black voters and in urban parishes.


2015 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Runoff, Results
Edwards' win was the first statewide win for Democrats in Louisiana since Mary Landrieu won a third term to the Senate in 2008. He performed surprisingly well for a Democratic candidate in Louisiana, given that the Cook PVI for the state was R+12 at the time of the election and most Republican candidates won in landslides in prior statewide elections. He performed especially well in Caddo Parish (home of Shreveport), East Baton Rouge Parish, (home of Baton Rouge), and in the reliably Democratic Orleans Parish, (home of New Orleans). Turnout was slightly higher in the November run-off than in the October jungle primary.


2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 24, 2015, to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, with a runoff election held on November 21, 2015. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne did not run for re-election to a second full term in office. He instead ran for Governor. Billy Nungesser won the election defeating Kip Holden, despite a Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election, in which John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter by a similar margin.


2015 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote during the primary election, a runoff election was held on November 21, 2015 between Holden and Nungesser. Louisiana is the only state that has a jungle primary system (California and Washington have a similar "top two primary" system).


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team
The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by twenty-first year head coach Tony Robichaux


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team, Preseason, Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 28, 2015. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt with 114 votes and 8 first-place votes.


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Hudspeth and played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team, Previous Season
Louisiana-Lafayette went 9–4 last season. However, in 2015, 8 wins, including their bowl victory, were vacated due to massive NCAA violations. The Ragin' Cajuns finished 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference and were awarded the New Orleans Bowl as the conference champion, Georgia Southern were ineligible for post-season play due to their FCS-FBS transition. The defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 16–3 for their final series of 4 consecutive bowl appearances and victories.


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team, Preseason, Sun Belt Media Day, Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year
Offensive Player of the Year – Elijah McGuire, RB (Louisiana-Lafayette)


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team, Schedule
Louisiana–Lafayette announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns hosted Sun Belt foes Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team
The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at Lamson Park and were led by fifteenth year head coach Michael Lotief.


2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns softball team, Preseason, Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 28, 2015. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference with 79 votes and 7 first place votes.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team
The 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team represents the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Warhawks play their home games in Warhawk Field.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
The 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They began the season led by sixth-year head coach Todd Berry. Following a 59–21 loss to Arkansas State, Berry was fired after compiling a 28–43 record in six seasons as head coach. Defensive line coach John Mumford served as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. The Warhawks played their home games at Malone Stadium and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 2–11 overall and 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place,


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Previous season
In 2014 the Warhawks finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Georgia
In their first game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 51–14 to the Georgia Bulldogs. The game was delayed by 76 minutes due to lightning strikes during the third quarter. When a second lightning delay occurred with 9:54 remaining in the fourth quarter, the head coaches and athletic directors for both ULM and UGA mutually agreed to end the game at that point, citing safety concerns for both players and fans.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, Nicholls State
In their second game of the season, the Warhawks won, 47–0 over the Nicholls State Colonels.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Alabama
In their third game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 34–0 to the Alabama Crimson Tide.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, Georgia Southern
In their fourth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 51–31 to the Georgia Southern Eagles. The game was played just hours after ULM backup quarterback Daniel Fitzwater was found dead.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Tulsa
In their fifth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 34–24 to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
In their sixth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 59–14 to the Appalachian State Mountaineers.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Idaho
In their seventh game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 27–13 to the Idaho Vandals.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Louisiana–Lafayette
In their eighth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 30–24 to the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Troy
In their ninth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 51–14 to the Troy Trojans.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, Arkansas State
In their tenth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 59–21 to the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Head coach Todd Berry was fired following the game.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Texas State
In their eleventh game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 16–3 to the Texas State Bobcats.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, @ Hawaii
In their twelfth game of the season, the Warhawks lost, 28–26 to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
In their thirteenth game of the season, the Warhawks won, 42–35 over the New Mexico State Aggies.


2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks softball team
The 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks softball team represents University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The Warhawks compete in the Sun Belt Conference and are led by first-year head coach Corey Lyon. ULM plays its home games at the ULM Softball Complex in Monroe, LA.


2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team
The 2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his ninth year at Louisville.


2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team, Previous season
In 2014, the Cardinals finished as champions of the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–15, 19–5 in conference play, in their first and only season in the conference. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, and lost in the finals to Houston. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Louisville regional, along with rival Kentucky, Kansas, and Kent State.


2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team, Previous season
The Cardinals rolled to three quick wins to win the Louisville Regional and advance to the Super Regional (of which they were hosts) by defeating Kent State 5–0, Kansas 6–3, and Kentucky 4–1. In the Super Regional, Louisville faced off against Kennesaw State, who had won the Tallahassee Regional in their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Cardinals quickly ended any hopes of a further Cinderella run by defeating the Owls, 5–3 and 7–4, which qualified them for the College World Series.


2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team, Previous season
In the College World Series, Louisville first faced off against Vanderbilt, and lost 3–5 to the eventual national champions. In the Cardinals' second game, they faced Texas, and lost 1–4, leading to their elimination from the College World Series.


2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2015 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 2015 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by second-year head coach Bobby Petrino, who began his second stint at Louisville in 2014 season after eight years away. The team played its 18th season at its current home of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. They competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Atlantic Division. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they defeated Texas A&M.


2015 Louisville Cardinals football team, Schedule
Louisville announced their 2015 football schedule on January 29, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home games, five away games and one neutral site game in the regular season. The Cardinals will host ACC foes Boston College, Clemson, Syracuse, and Virginia, and will travel to Florida State, NC State, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest.


2015 Louisville City FC season
The 2015 Louisville City FC season is the club's first season playing in Louisville, Kentucky in the United Soccer League (USL), in the third tier of the United States soccer league system.


2015 Louisville City FC season, Background
The club was announced in 2014 when Orlando City relocated to Louisville, led by then-minority owner Wayne Estopinal and played their first season in 2015.


2015 Louisville City FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Louisville City will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.


2015 Louisville City FC season, Media
As with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube.


2015 Lunar New Year Cup
2015 Lunar New Year Cup (Chinese: 羊年賀歲盃; lit. ' Year of the Goat Celebrate New Year Cup'), also known as the Lunar New Year AET Cup 2015 (Chinese: 2015年AET羊年賀歲盃) due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year. South China of Hong Kong Premier League were authorised by the Hong Kong Football Association to hold the 2015 event; and New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League were invited to participate. It was the first time an American football team had joined this event. The football march between these two teams was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 20 January 2015, the Chinese New Year Day. The Cup was won by New York Cosmos after a penalty shootout.


2015 Lunar New Year Cup, Teams
There were two teams participated in the 2015 Lunar New Year Cup. Former Real Madrid striker Raul made his debut appearance for New York Cosmos in the match.


2015 Luton Borough Council election
The 2015 Luton Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.


2015 Luxembourg constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Luxembourg on 7 June 2015. Although the referendum was non-binding, the government said they would adhere to the result. All three proposed constitutional amendments were ultimately rejected by voters.


2015 Luxembourg constitutional referendum, Questions
Another intended question was abandoned after an agreement between the Luxembourgish government and the religious representatives in January 2015:


2015 Luxembourg constitutional referendum, Campaign
A "yes" (jo) vote to all three questions was supported by the three governing parties (Democratic Party, Socialist Workers' Party and The Greens), as well as by The Left and the Pirate Party. A "no" (nee) vote to all questions was supported by the conservative Alternative Democratic Reform Party. The largest political party, the Christian Social People's Party, also supported three "no" votes but emphasised that voters should be well-informed before voting.


2015 Luxembourg constitutional referendum, Opinion polls
A March 2015 poll indicated support for the third question, but not for the first and second ones.


2015 Lyon Sevens
The 2015 Lyon Sevens was the second tournament of the 2015 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series. It was held over the weekend of 13–14 June 2015.


2015 M.A.M.A. awards
The 5th Annual M.A.M.A. Awards was held on January 29, 2016, at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.


2015 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 5–9, 2015 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 3 seed Manhattan upset No. 1 seed Iona 79–69 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. This was Manhattan's second consecutive MAAC tournament championship, and their third straight appearance in the championship game, with all three games also being against Iona.


2015 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 teams in the conference participated in the tournament. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals.


2015 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2015 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2015 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Championship took place from April 30 to May 2 that year at Tenney Stadium in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. The winner of the tournament received the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Four teams from the MAAC conference will compete in the single elimination tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record.


2015 MAAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Standings
Only the top four teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic conference advanced to the MAAC Conference Tournament.


2015 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 23rd edition of the tournament. It determined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2015 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The Rider Broncs won the tournament, besting the Monmouth Hawks in the championship match.


2015 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament.


2015 MAC Championship Game
The 2015 MAC Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the Mid-American Conference. The game was played at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday, December 4, 2015, and featured Bowling Green (East Division winners) defeat Northern Illinois (West Division) 34–14.


2015 MAC Championship Game, Teams, Bowling Green Falcons
Bowling Green dominated the MAC East, with their only conference loss coming to West division co-champion Toledo. Bowling Green's resume also featured non-conference wins over Big Ten Conference teams Maryland and Purdue and a narrow three-point loss to a Memphis team that finished 9–3 in the regular season.


2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2014–15 college basketball season. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 11–14. University at Buffalo won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.


2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.


2015 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2015 Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 22nd edition of the tournament. It determined the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2015 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament
The Akron Zips won the tournament, besting the Buffalo Bulls in the championship match. It was Akron's fourth-consecutive MAC championship, and their 12th ever MAC title.


2015 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top four teams in the Mid-American Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament. Akron, Buffalo, Western Michigan and West Virginia earned berths into the tournament.


2015 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, Tournament Best XI
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2014–15 college basketball season. The 2015 tournament was held March 9–14, 2015.


2015 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 10. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 11–14. As with the previous tournaments, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.


2015 MAVTV 500
The 2015 MAVTV 500 IndyCar race was an open-wheel motorsport event held on June 27, 2015, at the 2.000-mile (3.219 km) oval course at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It marked the 11th round of the 2015 season and unlike the previous season, was not the championship's final race of the season.


2015 MAVTV 500
The race featured an IndyCar Series record 80 lead changes. The race was the first race since the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship to feature pack-style racing. While many observers applauded the race as being the most exciting race in IndyCar history (Jan Wagner of the Del Mar Times called it "one of the best IndyCar races ever"), others questioned the racing as being too dangerous. The race ended with a spectacular airborne crash from Ryan Briscoe, who was uninjured.


2015 MAVTV 500, Report, Qualifying
Initial practice and qualifying took place in the afternoon on Friday June 27, 2015 with a final practice occurring later that evening.


2015 MBC Drama Awards
The 2015 MBC Drama Awards (Korean: MBC 연기대상; RR: MBC Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took place on December 30, 2015. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Lee Sung-kyung. Two new categories were awarded: "Top 10 Stars Award" and "Best Supporting Actor".


2015 MCLA Tournament
The 2015 MCLA Tournament is the 19th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The tournament is being held in Irvine, CA for the second year in a row, hosted by Chapman University. 16 Division 1 teams and 16 Division 2 teams will be selected to compete in two different brackets of the tournament based upon their performance during the regular season, and for some, by means of a conference tournament automatic qualifier.


2015 MCLA Tournament, Results
This marks the first National Championship for Grand Canyon University in only their 4th year in the MCLA Division 1. Previously to competing in the MCLA, GCU was an NCAA II program.


2015 ME131
2015 ME131 (also written 2015 ME131) was a lost asteroid and a Near-Earth object (NEO). It is an Atira asteroid, which is by far the smallest group of near-Earth objects. This makes it an interior-Earth object (IEO), meaning that it has an orbit entirely confined within Earth's orbit. It was recovered on September 15, 2020 as 2020 RX8 which has extended the observation arc from 1.8 days to 5 years. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on February 15, 2021 after the two orbits were linked together. It was first observed on June 23, 2015, when the asteroid was more than 1 AU from Earth and had a solar elongation of 68 degrees.


2015 ME131
This asteroid was in both the Risk list and the Priority List of the European Space Agency (ESA) - Space Situational Awareness (SSA). This asteroid was also in the Sentry list of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) - Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). According to the Sentry List, of the possible close encounters with Earth in the foreseeable future, an encounter on August 18, 2020 had the highest Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale value.


2015 ME131
According to the Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NEODyS), of the possible close encounters with Earth in the foreseeable future, an encounter on August 10, 2025 is the most likely. This encounter has a minimum possible distance of zero, meaning that an impact onto Earth is possible.


2015 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 9–14, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. 2015 marked the third year in Norfolk after the last eight years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The top 12 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament. The champion received a bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Florida A&M was ineligible for postseason play due to failing to meet the academic requirements.


2015 MFF Charity Cup
The 2015 MFF  Charity Cup is the 4th MFF Charity Cup, an annual Myanmar football match played between the winners of the previous season's Myanmar National League and 2014 MFF Cup. The match was contested by Ayeyawady United, the 2014 MFF Cup winners, and Yadanarbon F.C., champions of the 2014 Myanmar National League. It was held at Aung San Stadium on 3 January 2015.


2015 MFF Charity Cup
This was Yadanarbon F.C. 's 1st Cup appearance and Ayeyawady United's 2nd.


2015 MFF Charity Cup, Background and pre-match
Yadanarbon F.C. qualified for the 2016 MFF Charity Cup as winners of the 2014 Myanmar National League. It was the club's third league title in 5 years. The other Charity Cup place went to Ayeyawady United, who defeated Nay Pyi Taw F.C. by two goals to win the 2014 MFF Cup and retain the trophy. Yadanarbon F.C. made their first appearance in the Charity Cup. By contrast, Ayeyawady United made their third Chairity Cup appearance, and won once. Both clubs had never met before in this Cup.


2015 MLL All-Star Game
The 2015 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game took place on June 13, 2015 at BBVA Compass Stadium, the home of MLS club Houston Dynamo and NWSL club Houston Dash. The 2015 MLL All-Star Game was the first professional lacrosse game ever played in Texas. The game was televised live on CBS Sports Network in the United States.


2015 MLS All-Star Game
The 2015 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, the 20th annual Major League Soccer All-Star Game, took place on July 29, 2015 (9 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. local time) at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado, the home of the Colorado Rapids. The game was televised live on Fox Sports 1 and UniMás in the United States, and TSN and RDS in Canada.


2015 MLS All-Star Game
Kaká was named MVP. Also, 2015 MLS Homegrown Game was played one day before this event.


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, MLS All-Stars
As of July 29, 2015Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, MLS All-Stars, Selection controversy
The league commissioner Don Garber used his two picks to select two players who had never played a single minute in MLS at the time of selection in the two former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard who had only officially joined the league on July 8. This provoked outrage from fans, the media and other players, the league eventually agreed to select two extra players to be given all-star bonuses.


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, MLS All-Stars, Selection controversy
The league's top scorer, Kei Kamara, was omitted from the Fan XI and responded by saying "It's simple as it goes: you're either a U.S. national team player or you're a DP to be on there. I'm neither one of those. If I get called up, I'll be lucky." The top 10 in the fan vote included 8 players who have represented the US national team alongside Kaká and David Villa with Nigerian international Obafemi Martins also being selected via virtual performances in FIFA 15.


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, Tottenham Hotspur
On July 27 Tottenham Hotspur announced a 25-man traveling squad for the MLS All-Star game:


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Squads, Tottenham Hotspur
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 MLS All-Star Game, Match, Details
MLS All-Star Game MVP: Kaká (MLS All-Stars)Assistant referees: Jeff Muschik Brian DunnFourth official: Sorin StoicaFifth official: Michael Rottersman


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
The 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs (officially the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season. The tournament began on October 28 with D.C. United defeating New England Revolution and culminated on December 6, 2015 with MLS Cup 2015, the twentieth league championship match for MLS.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
Twelve teams (top 6 per conference) competed, up from 10 the last 3 seasons. The first round of each conference had the third-seeded team hosting the sixth seed, while the fourth-seed hosts the fifth, in a single match to determine who advances to the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Semifinals, the top seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the second seed plays the next-lowest. The winners advanced to the Conference Finals.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
Both the Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are played as two-legged aggregate series. If teams are level at the end of the second leg, the away goals rule will be used in attempt to determine a winner. If the away goals rule does not resolve the deadlock, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, but the away goals rule will not be applied after extra time. If scores are still level following extra time, a penalty shootout will be conducted.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
The winners advance to the MLS Cup final, a single match hosted by the participant with the better record.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
The winner of MLS Cup 2015, Portland Timbers qualified for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. If a Canadian team were to win the MLS Cup, the next-best team from the United States will take their place.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
On March 6, 2015, Audi was announced as the official sponsor of the playoffs starting in 2015.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs
The Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup by defeating the Columbus Crew SC by a score of 2–1. The Timbers' Diego Valeri scored the fastest goal in MLS Cup history at 27 seconds after Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark, made a fundamental error after he miscontrolled his defender's back-pass; allowing Valeri to strike at the opportunity.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2015 MLS Conference standings
The top 6 teams from each conference advance to the MLS Cup playoffs. Green background denotes also qualified for 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.


2015 MLS Cup Playoffs, Schedule, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference
FC Dallas wins 4–2 on penalties after 3–3 draw on aggregate


2015 MLS Homegrown Game
The 2015 MLS Homegrown Game (also known as the 2015 Chipotle MLS Homegrown Game for sponsorship reasons) was the second version of the Major League Soccer Homegrown Game. The match took place between the best selected homegrown players from Major League Soccer at the Club América U-20 on July 28, a day before the 2015 MLS All-Star Game. The venue for the game was Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft
The two-stage 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 11, 2015 (Stage 1) and December 17, 2015 (Stage 2). All 20 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The priority order for the Re-Entry Draft was reverse order of finish in 2015, taking into account playoff performance.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Available to all teams in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry draft were:


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Players who were not selected in Stage 1 of the Re-Entry Draft were made available in Stage 2. Clubs selecting players in Stage 2 were able to negotiate a new salary with the player. Players who remained unselected after Stage 2 were made available to any MLS club on a first-come, first-served basis.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft
Teams also had the option of passing on their selection.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Available players
Players were required to meet age and service requirements to participate as stipulated by the terms of the MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement. The league released a list of all players available for the Re-Entry Draft on December 7, 2015.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage One
The first stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 11, 2015.


2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage Two
The second stage of the 2015 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2015.


2015 MLS SuperDraft
The 2015 MLS SuperDraft was the sixteenth SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held each year in conjunction with the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention. The 2015 convention was held January 14–18, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2015 MLS SuperDraft
The first two rounds of the SuperDraft took place on January 15, 2015. Rounds three and four took place via conference call on January 20, 2015.


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Format
The SuperDraft format has remained constant throughout its history and closely resembles that of the NFL Draft:


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Contraction of Chivas USA
MLS contracted the Chivas USA franchise at the conclusion of the 2014 MLS season. On November 7, 2014, MLS announced that all draft picks held by teams in the 2015 SuperDraft after previous trades with Chivas USA would be honored, while the two picks still held by Chivas USA would be deleted. Had Chivas USA not been contracted these selections would have been:


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Contraction of Chivas USA
Also, draft picks retained by Chivas USA for the 2016 MLS SuperDraft were deleted except for the team's second-round pick which was previously traded to Columbus. That 2016 pick will be selection #11 in round two of the 2016 SuperDraft.


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection, Round 1
Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection, Round 2
Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.


2015 MLS SuperDraft, Unspecified Year Draft Trade
The trade below was announced without specifying which year or which draft (Super or Supplemental) contains the traded pick. The traded pick was not included in the 2013, 2014, or 2015 MLS drafts.


2015 MNL-2
The MNL-2 2015 is the Myanmar National League's third full regular season. The first round of the season began on 11 January 2015.The MNL-2 2015 temporary stop about 3 months because of 2015 Singapore SEA Games. The MNL 2015 transfer window will open from May 19 to June 18.


2015 MRU Super League
The MRU Super League 2015 was the 11th season of MRU Super League, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. It kicked off on 17 February 2015. The final was held on 21 March 2015 and won by Keris Conlay, 18 - 11 over COBRA.


2015 MRU Super League, Teams
A total of 12 teams will compete in the 2015 season.


2015 MRU Super League, Season
In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups. Top 4 of each group were advanced to knockout stage, while the lowest placed team will be relegated to the National Inter-Club Championships (NICC) next year.


2015 MRU Super League, Season, Standings
• Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the final stage. • The lowest-placed teams (Red background) were eliminated to the 2016 National Inter-Club Championships.


2015 MRU Super League, Season, Standings
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring three or more tries than their opponent (BP1), one bonus point for losing by eight or less (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: •  Difference between points for and against •  Total number of points for •  Number of matches won •  Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams


2015 MSA Formula Championship
The 2015 MSA Formula Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Formula 4 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. This, the inaugural season, following on from the British Formula Ford Championship, was the first year that the cars conformed to the FIA's Formula 4 regulations. Part of the TOCA tour, it formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the British Touring Car Championship centrepiece.


2015 MSA Formula Championship
The season commenced on 5 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after thirty races held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship.


2015 MSA Formula Championship
Lando Norris won the championship with eight victories, 42 points ahead of Ricky Collard, who won six races. Third-placed Colton Herta came out victorious four times, Sennan Fielding and second-highest placed rookie Dan Ticktum won three races each, Matheus Leist and Sandy Mitchell won twice respectively, and Josh Smith and top rookie Enaam Ahmed both triumphed just once.


2015 MSA Formula Championship, Championship changes
The championship adopted the technical regulations for the new FIA Formula 4 specification, becoming the official F4 championship in the United Kingdom. The championship kept the Ford EcoBoost engine but with a power reduction from 200 bhp to 160 bhp, as per the F4 regulations. The new regulations moved to a new carbon fibre monocoque chassis which met FIA F3 safety standards.