Dodgers are in to start 11 game home stand

The LA Dodgers are in town to kick off an 11 game home stand for the Phillies starting tonight. The Phils will now play the Dodgers for 3 games and the Dodgers are another team that are flirting with .500 on the season.

The Phillies did have the best record in baseball for a time, but that has since changed especially with 5 losses accumulated since May 29th. The Phils struggled against opponents that they should have easily beat.

The LA Dodgers have been in the news for other reasons lately. Their play on the baseball field has almost been secondary, as the owner of the Dodgers is going through a nasty divorce, and great scrutiny by the MLB.

The Dodgers team is coming to Philly from Cincinnati, where they won two games there on Saturday and Sunday. They have a stay here in Philly, then travel to Colorado for the weekend series with the Rockies before returning to LA for a 12 game home stand.

Here’s how the Dodger players have been doing lately: (through Sunday, June 5th)

Rk	Pos		Age	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA
1	C	Rod Barajas	35	150	11	32	7	15	.213
2	1B	James Loney*	27	209	11	50	3	19	.239
3	2B	Aaron Miles#	34	160	14	44	0	13	.275
4	SS	Jamey Carroll	37	206	31	62	0	5	.301
5	3B	Juan Uribe	31	141	11	31	3	20	.220
6	LF	Jerry Sands	23	114	11	24	2	16	.211
7	CF	Matt Kemp	26	217	36	69	15	46	.318
8	RF	Andre Ethier*	29	208	26	67	5	27	.322
Rk	Pos		Age	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA
9	3B	Casey Blake	37	81	18	23	3	11	.284
10	LF	Tony Gwynn*	28	86	9	18	0	4	.209
11	SS	Rafael Furcal#	33	66	7	14	1	5	.212
12	UT	Jay Gibbons*	34	55	5	14	1	5	.255
13	C	Dioner Navarro#	27	55	4	11	1	3	.200
14	LF	Marcus Thames	34	34	4	6	2	4	.176
15	2B	Ivan DeJesus	24	31	2	6	0	1	.194
16	UT	Russ Mitchell	26	26	3	3	1	1	.115
17	C	A.J. Ellis	30	15	1	4	0	2	.267
18	IF	Juan Castro	39	14	2	4	0	1	.286
19	OF	Xavier Paul*	26	11	0	3	0	0	.273
20	C	Hector Gimenez#	28	7	0	1	0	0	.143
21	LF	Jamie Hoffmann	26	4	0	0	0	0	.000
Rk	Pos		Age	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA
22	P	Clayton Kershaw*	23	26	4	6	0	1	.231
23	P	Hiroki Kuroda	36	26	1	2	0	0	.077
24	P	Chad Billingsley	26	21	2	5	0	1	.238
25	P	Ted Lilly*	35	21	0	0	0	0	.000
26	P	Jon Garland	31	11	1	0	0	0	.000
27	P	John Ely	25	1	0	0	0	0	.000
28	P	Lance Cormier	30	1	0	0	0	0	.000
29	P	Javy Guerra	25	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Matt Guerrier	32	0	0	0	0	1
31	P	Vicente Padilla	33	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Hong-Chih Kuo*	29	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Ramon Troncoso	28	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Rubby De La Rosa	22	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Kenley Jansen#	23	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Blake Hawksworth	28	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Scott Elbert*	25	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jonathan Broxton	27	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Josh Lindblom	24	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Mike MacDougal#	34	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.5	1997	214	499	44	201	.250
		Rank in 16 NL teams		6	14	8	10		9
Rk	Pos		Age	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/6/2011.