He returned against the Dodgers on Sunday and showed no ill-effects from the stay at Double-A, striking out eight without walking a batter.
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When allowing exactly three runs this season the Dodgers are 17-11 (.607), which is pretty much in line with the rest of Major League Baseball – 281-195 (.590). His work this season is a big reason why the Astros continue to lead the AL West and he now boasts a 3.12 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 87/28 K/BB ratio over 83 2/3 innings. Carlos Gomez is 6-for-20 with a home run against Kershaw, who is 3-2 with a 2.60 ERA in seven career starts against Houston.McCullers will be recalled before the game from Double-A Corpus Christi, where he allowed one unearned run over three innings last Tuesday.
“Any time you’ve got to go through the middle of our order, I’ve got a ton of confidence that we’re going to put something together that gives us a chance”, manager A.J. Hinch said.
Fiers has walked three and struck out four. Clayton Kershaw said on Sunday what many in and out of the Dodgers organization are feeling these days, “I hope we’re panicking a little bit.” So, there’s a sense of urgency. We talked about the incident, and I told him how sorry I was..
After the attack at Pearl Harbor 74 years ago, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto coined the famous phrase “I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant”.
Ryan Vogelsong #32 of the San Francisco Giants pitches in the first inning during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on August 23, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Houston leads 2-0 on Jake Marisnick’s two-run home run in the second.
Mike Fiers of the Houston Astros has not allowed a hit through six innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers. “In that situation for a pitcher to throw the ball exactly where he threw it it’s very hard”.
CHICAGO (AP) – Kris Bryant and Miguel Montero had consecutive RBI doubles in the sixth as the Chicago Cubs extended Shelby Miller’s winless skid to 16 games with a victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The Dodgers are behaving as if they are playing out the string instead of a team that’s in a pennant chase.
It was the Dodgers’ first hit in 13 1-3 innings since Kike Hernardez’s two-out double in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game at Oakland. Springer landed on the DL on July 2 with a right wrist fracture….
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With the Dodgers swept by the Houston Astros in a three-game series and extending their losing streak to a season-long five games, Kershaw implored for a shift in the team’s mentality.
