Dee Gordon, 2B
Yasiel Puig, RF
Hanley Ramirez, DH
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Matt Kemp, CF
Scott Van Slyke, LF
Juan Uribe, 3B
Justin Turner, SS
Drew Butera, C
(Red Patterson, P)
By Jon Weisman
It’s been a near-perfect start to the season for Chris Perez, the righthanded reliever the Dodgers signed this past offseason.
With his five-out save today, Perez has pitched scoreless baseball in 13 of his 14 outings in 2014, while stranding 11 of 12 inherited runners. Of the 45 batters he has faced, only nine have reached base, on two doubles, three singles, three walks and a hit batter.
Really the only blemish against Perez this season was the two runs he allowed in the top of the 12th inning against Arizona, in his second inning of work that night.
Perez used 22 pitches to retire the final five batters of the first game of today’s doubleheader, striking out two. He now has nine strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings to go with his 1.35 ERA and 0.60 WHIP this season.
Previously on Dodger Insider: Chris Perez hopes health is on his side in 2014
Photo: Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers
oldbrooklynfan
Chris Perez has been doing a great job, here hoping he keeps up the good work.