Cooking at home, cooked on the road? Nah …

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By Jon Weisman

While the Dodgers were taking an early lead Monday against the Brewers, I was researching a couple of facts about the Dodgers’ odd 2015 start: 13-2 at home, 3-6 on the road.

After surrendering that lead, the Dodgers are now 3-7 on the road, making them something like 3 percent more odd.

Anyway, the trivia still makes for good conversation starters:

• This is the first Dodger team since 1941 to amass 13 home wins in team’s first 24 overall games.
• The 2015 Dodgers have three road wins entering tonight. The 1939 Dodgers won their third road game on May 30, beginning their season 2-12-2 on road.
• Here are the biggest home-road disparities in Los Angeles Dodger history:

Considering that no Dodger team has ever played more than .600 ball at home while remaining below .400 on the road, expect at least some moderation in the Dodgers’ home-road divergence.

In other notes …

• Joc Pederson, the first batter Monday after Yasmani Grandal’s walkoff homer Sunday, also homered. That gave the Dodgers their first walkoff/leadoff back-to-back homer combo since Nomar Garciaparra ended the September 18, 2006 4+1 game with a homer and Rafael Furcal homered the next day. (Note from the Elias Sports Bureau via the Dodger PR department.)
• Pederson is 6 for 26 with six walks since his last single on April 25.  He has a double and five homers.
• Dodger rookies Pederson and Alex Guerrero have combined for 12 homers in 25 games this season. Last year, the Dodgers got two homers from rookies in 162 games: one each from Miguel Rojas and Carlos Triunfel.
• Don Mattingly’s ejection Monday was the Dodgers’ first of 2015.
• Sixty years ago today, Tommy Lasorda made his first and only start for the Dodgers — and was injured in the first inning. Houston Mitchell of the Times has more.
• The Dodger bullpen’s 26-inning scoreless streak, which ended Monday, was the team’s longest in 17 years (via Dodger PR).
• Adrian Gonzalez on Monday became the first Dodger ever with zero at-bats, three walks and an HBP in a game.
• Yasmani Grandal is 7 for 9 with two doubles, a homer and a walk in his past three games, raising his OPS to .792.
• The first four batters for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday — Darnell Sweeney, Austin Barnes, Buck Britton and Chris Heisey — were all hit by pitches by New Orleans’ Pat Misch. That, to say the least, set a record. Corey Seager followed the HB4P with a two-run single, and Oklahoma City went on to a 5-2 victory.

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