Dee Gordon, 2B
Hanley Ramirez, SS
Yasiel Puig, RF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, LF
Andre Ethier, CF
Justin Turner, 3B
A.J. Ellis, C
Dan Haren, P
By Jon Weisman
Just a friendly reminder: Don’t count on the Dodgers scoring a ton of runs at San Diego this weekend.
The years and players come and go, but one thing remains fairly constant — Petco Park is where offenses go to wilt.
For an amuse bouche ahead of tonight’s series opener against the Padres, I put together the following little chart, comparing the Dodgers’ scoring at San Diego with their scoring at Colorado since 2004.
For example, the Dodgers have been shut out 12 times at Petco in this period, compared with three times at Coors Field. They have never scored 13 runs or more at Petco, a figure they have reached or surpassed three times at Coors.
Los Angeles has been held to three runs or less 53 times in 94 games at Petco (56.4 percent of the time). The Dodgers are 10-43 (.189) in those games, winning three 1-0 games.
In Colorado, the Dodgers have been held to three runs or less 30 times in 95 games in Colorado (31.6 percent). The Dodgers are 5-25 (.167) in those games, all when they have scored three runs. When they have scored two runs or less at Coors, the Dodgers are 0-19.
It’s not impossible to score bunches of runs in San Diego. It’s just pretty darn challenging.
berkowit28
I remember that time they scored 11 runs at Petco. That was more than memorable. Still the best game I’ve ever seen.