NLDS Game 1 prediction: Dodgers-Mets

For Sunday’s game the Padres start James Shields who has allowed 189 hits and 81 earned runs while striking out 216 over 202.1 innings for a 13-7 record and a 3.91 ERA.

Under Murphy, they went 42-54 and finished 18 games behind the Dodgers in fourth place.

The series is loaded with exceptional starting pitching. New York had not been back to the playoffs since…. The Dodgers seem poised to start Kershaw in Games 1 and 4, utilizing a three man rotation for the NLDS. Their. 679 home winning percentage was the best in Los Angeles history and fifth-best in franchise history.

NEW YORK – The New York Mets say former star Rusty Staub is recovering in a hospital in Ireland after a heart attack on an overseas flight. He has however struggled away from Citi Field with an ERA well over 4.

239 with six home runs in 96 games, re-injured the wrist Monday in San Francisco and received a cortisone injection Friday, but is still unable to take batting practice. In any game started by the dynamic Dodger duo, LA has to be favored — given just how often that’s going to be, things look good for this team.

A five-run outburst in the third inning boosted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night before 45,564 at Dodger Stadium. Kershaw has experienced a spike in velocity this year, pushing his fastball up into the mid 90’s range.

Puig returned from the team’s Arizona facility and started in right field. If not, it could be the 42-year-old Colon, or deGrom on three days’ rest….

But then, with chaw the size of a grapefruit in the side of his mouth, Juan Uribe knocked in Granderson in the bottom of the 10th, and the Mets suddenly had a few life in their lineup after a shaky July. He returned to action over the weekend with no issues, so he’s good to go for the postseason. Losing Uribe would be a huge blow to the Mets.

Can the Mets overcome their late-season injuries? Hudson called the day “really special” after the game. A week later, Cespedes was obtained at the July 31 trade deadline and d’Arnaud came off the disabled list. Puig hits a solo shot of Matz whilst Ellis and Hernandez have solid games with the bat.

My Prediction: Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright take full advantage of Anderson’s home run problem. One of the worst offenses in the majors became one of the very best from July 25 on.

This series will be Don Mattingly’s third consecutive postseason as manager; the Dodgers have failed to advance to the NLCS all three years. The three-time Cy Young victor won’t have to worry about St. Louis until the NL Championship Series, if at all, and instead turns his attention this week to an NL Division Series showdown versus the Mets, against whom he posted an 0.56 ERA in two starts this season.

But Cody Decker hit his first major league RBI. In Grienke, the Dodgers were putting out a guy who hadn’t lost in over a month and has an ERA for the season that’s the lowest the league has seen in almost twenty years.

Incredibly, Kershaw hasn’t even been the Dodgers’ most reliable pitcher this summer.