Kershaw leads in fielding independent pitching, which focuses on things the pitcher controls, like strikeouts, walks and home runs.
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No pitcher has struck out 300 batters in a single season since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling in 2002. He tried to steal three times.
“And now you get to see Kersh and Zack pitch for us here in the playoffs”. They enter Saturday night’s game with a chance to clinch home-field advantage against the New York Mets in their NL Division Series matchup, set to begin next week. He is likely to start Game 1 against Jacob deGrom and the NL East champions, although the Dodgers have yet to announce their rotation. There will be plenty of decisions for manager Don Mattingly to make in the next week. “He just keeps marching along”.
I grew up in the Bay Area and went to plenty of A’s games in the summers because you could get in for a dollar on Wednesdays and get a hot dog for the same price.
“The last time, I felt more dominant”, Greinke said. I’ve been blessed to play this game, a game I love. “He’s just a guy you’ve got to be aggressive with, and if he makes a mistake, you can’t miss it”. Again, it’s hard to judge anything off of just one game, but Puig would have to improve quite a bit over the next six days to return to any sort of regular role for the NLDS. With Kershaw on the mound, it seemed like an insurmountable deficit for the Giants to overcome.
In my personal opinion, I don’t think the series is going to be an easy series, but I do believe home field advantage could be the difference of a team getting to the NLCS. “I could trust them”.
Kershaw has been a strong as ever in recent weeks and he is the play here. “It’s not even right”.
The starting time was moved from 7:05 p.m. ET to 12:05 p.m. because of concerns about Hurricane Joaquin.
BREWERS 4, PADRES 3: Jean Segura hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning to help Jorge Lopez win his major league debut. In seven starts away from Los Angeles, he has been endlessly rocked, recording a 6.19 ERA over 36-2/3 innings, walking almost as many hitters as he has struck out. Closer Kenley Jansen served as pitching coach for the day.
Zack Greinke ends his historic season at a 1.66 ERA, something truly absurd over the course of 222.2 innings.
“Like a lot of other stuff with the (playoff) roster, we haven’t gotten there yet”, Mattingly said.
The Dodgers (92-70) surpassed 90 wins for the third consecutive season, having gone 94-68 a year ago. If they add a solid bat or two, they could be right back in the postseason next year.
Turner’s RBI single in the fifth extended the Dodgers’ lead to 6-0. “With one regular-season start remaining, he will have the opportunity to record baseball”s first 300-strikeout season in more than a decade. Their average attendance of 46,479 also topped the majors.
With nothing left to play for this season, the San Diego Padres are looking ahead.
-Matt Duffy went 0 for 4 to drop from. A few of the actresses from Fuller House were in attendance at last night’s San Francisco Giants home game against their division champ rivals, and the objective of the Tanner clan visit was for both business and pleasure. “It’s tough losing and I’m sure it was tough for him”.
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CINCINNATI – Austin Jackson homered and Jason Hammel pitched five shutout innings, lifting Chicago past Cincinnati.
