Friday, May 15 Tickets Land Shark Stadium | 7:10 PM ET

LAD Eric Stults, LHP (4-1, 3.58)

Dodgers (23-12) @ FLA Chris Volstad, RHP (2-2, 2.98)

Marlins (17-17)

 

Scouting Report:

Dodgers: Stults turned in the best performance of his career on Saturday against the Giants when he threw a four-hit shutout and had a perfect game through 4 1/3 innings. He retired the first 13 batters he faced before allowing a one-out double to Aaron Rowand. It was just one of three hits he allowed all afternoon and he struck out five without issuing a walk. Stults even added an RBI single in the eighth for good measure. Stults is 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA in two career outings against the Marlins.

 

Marlins: Volstad tossed his fourth straight quality start on Sunday, but he took the loss for a second successive outing. He hasn't won since April 14, his second start of the season. The 22-year-old made his first Major League start against the Dodgers last July 11, and it was a beauty. He tossed 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball, holding Los Angeles to five hits and one walk while striking out six. It is the closest Volstad has come to a complete game in his young big league career.

 

 

Saturday, May 16 Tickets Land Shark Stadium | 6:10 PM ET

LAD Jeff Weaver, RHP (1-0, 2.57)

Dodgers (23-12) @ FLA Andrew Miller, LHP (0-1, 6.94)

Marlins (17-17)

 

Scouting Report:

Dodgers: On Sunday, Weaver continued his surprising revival by dueling with the Giants' Tim Lincecum, last year's National League Cy Young Award winner. Weaver allowed three runs on just three hits over five-plus innings and exited with a 4-3 lead, but the Dodgers lost the advantage in the eighth inning. Weaver has been a pleasant surprise for the Dodgers after not pitching in the Majors last season. He is 0-2 with a 3.71 ERA in four career starts against the Marlins.

 

Marlins: After two solid rehab outings, Miller will be ready to rejoin the rotation against the Dodgers. Now that he's recovered from his oblique injury, the task will be improving his results -- he has allowed eight walks and 14 hits in 11 2/3 innings with the big league club this year, with just three strikeouts. On the bright side, he has yet to allow a home run, and he remains one of the most promising pitching prospects in baseball.

 

 

Sunday, May 17 Tickets Land Shark Stadium | 1:10 PM ET

LAD Clayton Kershaw, LHP (1-3, 5.21)

Dodgers (23-12) @ FLA John Koronka, LHP (0-1, 9.64)

Marlins (17-17)

 

Scouting Report:

Dodgers: Kershaw lost for the third time in his last five starts, in a 5-2 setback at Philadelphia on Tuesday. The lefty gave up only four hits through six innings, but he couldn't find the plate. He yielded a season-high five walks as his ERA ballooned from 4.91 to 6.00. If there was one positive, the six innings is the longest Kershaw went since an April 15 start against the Giants.

 

Marlins: With Anibal Sanchez on the disabled list, Koronka was given his first shot in more than two years away from the Major Leagues, and it went swimmingly until the second time through the Brewers' order Tuesday. He allowed a trio of home runs -- two to Prince Fielder -- and wound up taking defeat and coughing up a 3-0 lead in the second inning. His final line was ugly -- five earned runs in 4 2/3 innings, with seven hits and three walks permitted. Still, manager Fredi Gonzalez indicated that the 28-year-old would get another shot.

WHAT YOU THINK OF MATCHUP???

i see miller is back

Is this gamethread for the entire series? :blink:

 

Edit: Sorry, didn't notice what forum it was in.

If there ever was a must-win series this early in the season, this would be it.

If there ever was a must-win series this early in the season, this would be it.

 

Don't set yourself up for a let down

 

chances are we don't win this series... its not a must win series this early in the season

get ready to hold your ass with both hands....

 

if we play the dodgers like we played the brewers, we'll get knocked the f*** out.......