2015 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The team underwent a change of direction this season as general manager Ned Colletti was fired and replaced by Farhan Zaidi and new president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

The Dodgers won their third straight National League West Championship in 2015, marking the first time in franchise history they had made the playoffs three years in a row.

Pepe Yñiguez and Fernando Valenzuela, who had worked with Jorge Jarrin on the radio for several years made a change to call the games on the Spanish language feed of SportsNet LA, joined by former Dodger coach Manny Mota.

[15] Another former first round pick left the organization on November 3, when left-handed pitcher Scott Elbert elected to become a free agent after the Dodgers outrighted him to the minors.

)[26] On November 20, they acquired relief pitchers Joel Peralta and Adam Liberatore from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Jose Dominguez and minor leaguer Greg Harris.

[49] In the second game, the Padres pounced on Dodgers reliever Chris Hatcher to score four-runs in the ninth inning and pull away for a 7–3 victory to even the series.

[52] Diamondbacks pitcher Archie Bradley dominated the Dodgers in his first Major League start the next night, allowing only one hit and striking out six in six scoreless innings.

[53] Zack Greinke pitched seven shutout innings and the offense was led by rookies Joc Pederson and Alex Guerrero, who both hit their first major league home runs, in a 7–4 victory on April 12 to avoid the sweep.

[77] The following day, Joc Pederson homered twice but the Brewers scored five runs in the first inning off of Joe Wieland, who was making his first start of the season after being called up from the minors.

[79] The team traveled to Coors Field to play the Colorado Rockies on May 8, and won 2–1 in a game that was halted after one out in the top of the sixth due to rain.

[82] The Dodgers returned home on May 12 and Greinke pitched well, allowing only one run in seven innings, but the Miami Marlins came back with a two-run homer by Christian Yelich off Yimi García in the top of ninth to put them ahead.

[94] Carlos Frias had a poor outing the following day, tying a L.A. Dodger record by allowing 10 earned runs in only four innings in a game eventually won by the Padres 11–3.

[111] Andre Ethier and Jimmy Rollins each hit three-run home runs to back strong pitching by Mike Bolsinger as the Dodgers routed the Diamondbacks 9–3 in the next game.

[116] In the series finale, the Padres jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the fifth but the Dodgers tied it up on a solo homer by Andre Ethier and an RBI double by Adrián González.

[120] Pinch runner Kike Hernández scored on a balk by Keone Kela in the bottom of the ninth as the Dodgers snapped their three-game losing streak with a 1–0 win over the Rangers.

[139] Zack Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings on Independence Day, his fourth consecutive start without allowing a run, trailing only Orel Hershiser and Don Drysdale who had six game streaks in 1988 and 1968 respectively.

[148] The Dodgers had five players selected to participate in the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: pitchers Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw, first baseman Adrián González, catcher Yasmani Grandal and outfielder Joc Pederson.

[155] Mike Bolsinger only allowed one run on three hits in seven innings and retired 14 consecutive batters at one point as the Dodgers avoided the sweep with a 3–1 win in the series finale.

[157] He was the first Dodgers starter with two shutouts in the same month since Carlos Pérez in 1998 and the first pitcher dating back to 1900 to have three straight starts with double-digit strikeouts, no walks and no runs allowed.

[158] Ian Thomas made a spot start on July 24 and allowed only one run on three hits in five innings while Justin Turner, Yasiel Puig and Jimmy Rollins homered in the Dodgers 7–2 win.

[159] The Dodgers 2010 first round draft pick Zach Lee made his major league debut to start the July 25 game against the Mets, but performed poorly.

[165] The Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Mat Latos in a deadline day trade with the Miami Marlins and he made his team debut by allowing just one run on four hits in six innings.

Andre Ethier hit two homers in the game, including a walk-off two-run blast in the tenth inning as the Dodgers won 5–3 to complete their first three-game sweep of the Angels since 2006.

[170] The following day, Mat Latos gave up a three-run home run to opposing starter Francisco Liriano, and the Dodgers couldn't rally against the Pirates bullpen as they lost 6–5.

[176] Billy Hamilton had four hits in four at-bats, including a home run, and Brandon Phillips and Eugenio Suárez combined for seven RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds beat up on Mat Latos and the Dodgers 10–3 on August 13.

[182] The Dodgers offense was even worse in the next game, as they were no-hit by Mike Fiers of the Houston Astros 3–0, the first no-hitter in the history of Minute Maid Park.

However, the Astros tied the game against Kenley Jansen in the ninth and won, 3–2, on a walk-off homer by Jason Castro in the 10th to send the Dodgers to their fifth straight loss.

A three-run single by Yasmani Grandal gave the Dodgers a quick 3–0 lead but Brett Anderson performed poorly allowing a bases clearing double by Curtis Granderson and a homer by Travis d'Arnaud.

[229] In Game four, pitching on three days rest, Kershaw allowed only three hits over seven innings and Kenley Jansen picked up a four out save as the Dodgers evened up the series with a 3–1 win.

The win snapped a seven-game road playoff losing streak for the Dodgers and was the first round elimination game they had won since the 1981 National League Championship Series.