That ended Ross’ evening after surrendering five runs on six hits with four walks and one strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings. The Dodgers now hold a three-game lead over the San Francisco Giants and no one deserves more credit for their shot at the NL West crown than starting pitcher Zack Greinke, which is why he deserves to be named the Dodgers’ MVP so far in 2015.
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Third baseman Yunel Escobar added a RBI groundout to cap the scoring in the inning. Kershaw and his Washington Nationals counterpart, Jordan Zimmermann, were dueling on the back nine with one mistake potentially separating each man from victory. He has also allowed as many earned runs in his last three games than he did in his previous 67 combined. According to reports on Twitter after the game, Harper said the knee was swollen and though he was available to pinch-hit, it had not made much progress since hurting it Monday night, presumably in a sliding attempt at Dodger rookie Jose Peraza’s first major league hit.
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers (FD $13,000, DK $14,200) – Kershaw and the Dodgers are a -210 favorite in this game and the over/under sits at just 6 runs as of now.
“It was the right pitch to throw”. He is coming off a loss last weekend in Pittsburgh in which he allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings while not having a strikeout.
Kershaw was backed by two sparkling plays from Kike Hernandez, who played shortstop after Jimmy Rollins wasn’t in the starting lineup. After Pederson was hit by a pitch, pinch-hitter Andre Ethier doubled to right, advancing Pederson to third.
In the first series for both teams following the All-Star break, the Dodgers took two of three games at Washington. His career batting average is. That was over two weeks ago, yet the Nats are 18th in runs scored in the month of August. “I might have been the first time this year I’ve gone eight”. “He’s walking fine, but he’s got some limited mobility”.
Los Angeles Angels: Shane Victorino (FD $2200, DK $2700), Mike Trout (FD $5000, DK $5500), Albert Pujols (FD $4000, DK $4200), Kole Calhoun (FD $3500, DK $4100) – I always look forward to stacking up against John Danks and tonight is that night as the Angels get to take their hacks against him.
“When you start comparing the Mark Buehrle streaks, the Dan Harens, the guys who don’t go on the DL, the guys that are around for a long time – I have a lot of respect for those guys”, he said.
“I had a lot of things working in my favor, which is always nice”, he said.
This offensive outburst came on the same day that a report became public that Puig was claimed on waivers but was pulled back, meaning that he is secure with the team at least until the offseason.
The left-hander allowed seven consecutive batters to reach base, six of them on hits. “He made some good pitches, but we did a good job of laying off some of those balls low in the zone and try to make him elevate the ball”.
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Gonzalez went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts Tuesday after going 10 for 21 with two homers and four RBIs in the previous five games against Washington. He is 8-2 with a 2.31 ERA in 12 career games against the Nationals.
