Daily Chat 8/27 ⚾ Game Day

Good morning, r/Dodgers!

* [__Team Website__](https://www.mlb.com/dodgers)
* __Wikipedia Article of the Day:__ [Roy Campanella Award – Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Campanella_Award)

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## ⚾ Dodgers @ Red Sox ⚾

First Pitch: **Sunday, Aug 27, 2023 10:35 AM**
Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts

### Starters

|Team|Starting Pitcher|IP|K/9|BB/9|HR/9|ERA|
|:—|:—————|:-|:–|:—|:—|:–|
|**LAD**|**LHP Caleb Ferguson**|48.0|10.13|3.75|0.56|2.81|
|**BOS**|**RHP Tanner Houck**|72.2|8.17|3.22|1.24|5.08|

### Team Offense

|Team|G |AVG|OBP|SLG|OPS|AB/HR|R/G|
|:—|:-|:–|:–|:–|:–|:—-|:–|
|**LAD**|128|.253|.339|.454|.793|21.93|5.60|
|**BOS**|130|.266|.331|.439|.770|29.01|5.00|

### Top Performers

|**Dodgers**|Pos|OPS|Rank|OPS|Pos|**Red Sox**|
|——————-:|–:|–:|:–:|:–|:–|:——————-|
|Mookie Betts|RF|1.011|1|.863|3B|Rafael Devers|
|Freddie Freeman|1B|.992|2|.848|DH|Justin Turner|
|Will Smith|C|.819|3|.826|1B|Triston Casas|

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## _On this day in 2021…_

**[Rockies @ Dodgers](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/632740/play/21), COL 2 LAD 1, bot 3, 2 out, Trea Turner facing Kyle Freeland…**
Trea Turner homers (20) on a fly ball to left field. [**VIDEO**](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=4a3c5e74-95fb-4016-ae58-7754618bceec&videoType=HOME)

_Win Probability Added: **12.8**_

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## MLB Upcoming Dates

* Roberto Clemente Day – *Fri 15 September 2023*

* End of the Regular Season – *Sun 01 October 2023*

* Start of the Post Season – *Tue 03 October 2023*

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## Questions of the Day

1. What small change greatly improves a person’s appearance?

1. Where’s the most surreal area you been to?

1. What’s your best example of correlation not equaling causation?

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Have a great day, r/Dodgers.