OUR PICK: The Dodgers are just 2-7 in Anderson’s last nine starts when he pitches the second game of a series and have dropped five of his last six starts overall.
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To say that the Los Angeles Dodgers had a rough game would be an understatement. The Reds, meanwhile, are 5-2 in Finnegan’s last seven starts and are 6-1 in his last seven outings when he pitches the second game of a series.
The Cincinnati reliever hit a three-run homer to cap the Reds’ 9-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
But the San Francisco Giants also lost Friday night, leaving the Dodgers just a half-game out of first place in the NL West.
“The first two starts haven’t worked out the way I wanted them”, Anderson told reporters after the game.
“I think that for us, let’s get past the 20 to 25 and then we’ve got the 40-pitch ‘pen and see where we’re at”, Roberts said.
Saturday’s game was delayed 1 hour, 19 minutes by heavy rain just before the start of the bottom of the seventh. He allowed five runs in one inning in his season debut August 14 before exiting with a mild left wrist sprain.
Kershaw has been out since June 27 with back pain but will throw a bullpen session before Saturday’s game and hopes to begin a minor league rehab assignment before the end of the month.The return of the three-time Cy Young award victor would provide a much-needed boost for the Dodgers, who fell behind first-place San Francisco by a half game in the National League West after Bud Norris failed to get through the fourth inning of Friday’s 9-2 loss.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Dodgers are -160 money line favorites versus the Reds, who have odds of +145 to pull off the upset tonight at home. “I wanted to battle through and give us a chance, but it didn’t work out that way”. “That’s when (the blister) became evident”, Roberts said.
Anderson left his last start with a wrist injury after allowing five runs and five hits in one inning in his 2016 debut after undergoing arthroscopic surgery in March to fix a bulging disk in his lower back.
Brett Anderson couldn’t make it through four innings without another injury in his second start of the season. “I had command of all three of my pitches tonight”.
“You’re in a pennant race and you want to help your team win ballgames”, said a solemn Anderson. He settled in OK … but the fourth inning got away from him. “My stuff was good, but I gave up hard hits and some weird hits”.
The only no-hitter in the majors this season came in Cincinnati, by Jake Arrieta of the Cubs at Great American Ball Park in April. In order to fortify its bench, the Reds recalled Jose Peraza from Triple-A Louisville. LHP Scott Kazmir will pitch Monday, followed by RHP Kenta Maeda on Tuesday and LHP Rich Hill on Wednesday.
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Reds: SS Zack Cozart missed his third consecutive start on Saturday as he continues to be plagues by Achilles tendon and patella tendon soreness.
