Joe Ross chased early in Nationals’ 5-0 loss to Dodgers
He’s 4-1 with a 1.73 ERA in six career starts against the Nationals, and his RBI single was the difference in winning the most recent at Dodger Stadium on May 15, 2013. The price is sky high and for that reason he may be under owned. Unfortunately for the 29-year-old right-hander, the opposing pitcher in Wednesday’s contest was Mr. Clayton Kershaw.
Kershaw has shut out the Nats over 16 innings in two wins this year, striking out 22 without a walk, while yielding just six hits.
The days on the calendar blow by, and with each passing game, the Washington Nationals move deeper into the summer. He’d go on to finish 8.0 shutout innings with a total of eight strikeouts. 185 and 52 strikeouts in just 51.1 innings.
In 2013, Harper underwent surgery on his left knee to fix a bursa sac. Especially his home mount in Los Angeles.
“Saved a run for us”, Kershaw said. The youngster has a record of 3-3 this season, a 2.80 ERA and has never faced a single player on the Dodgers. His curveball was filthy, and Nats hitters had no chance against it early.
The Dodgers broke open the game in the eighth inning, when they extended their lead to 3-0 on a freaky throwing error by second baseman Anthony Rendon.
Greinke defeated Philadelphia in his last start but he allowed a season-worst six runs – only the second time he has given up more than three all season. A road showdown with the Rockies is up next on his schedule. 233 when pitching away from home. The Cardinals are a -125 favorite and this game is projected to be one of the lowest scoring of the night as it has an over/under of 6.5 runs. The former first-round pick has a 2.50 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers. The one big number that hopefully is better this game is the fact that he has only struck out 3 in those 12.2 innings.
Yasiel Puig energized the home crowd with a booming two run shot in the fourth.
Mark Buehrle, Toronto Blue Jays (FD $7800, DK $7000) – Buehrle and the Blue Jays are a huge -210 home favorite in this game against the Athletics.
After they beat left-hander Brett Anderson in an 8-3 game on Monday night, they were shut out by both Zack Greinke and Kershaw in the second and third games of the three-game set. This time, the ball bounced just next to Robinson’s glove and Puig raced around for a bases-clearing triple. I would definitely think about DeShields, Andrus and Choo as they should be somewhere in this lineup as well.
“I’ve played with Ian for along time, and he’s a guy who’s going to grind it out and play hard”, Zimmerman said.
Toronto Blue Jays: Troy Tulowitzki (FD $4300, DK $4900), Josh Donaldson (FD $5600, DK $6100), Jose Bautista (FD $5100, DK $5800), Edwin Encarnacion (FD $4800, DK $4500) – I was thisssssssss close to leaving the Blue Jays off as I am a closet fan of Aaron Brooks (Oakland’s Pitcher, not the Chicago Bull weak point guard). Colabello looked really good last night and could certainly be an option, especially if Encarnacion misses another game. “I fell behind and I made a bunch of mistakes”. The only other pitcher with an active streak of six straight 200-strikeout seasons is Felix Hernandez of the Mariners, who turned the trick from 2009-2014 and has 145 strikeouts so far in 2015.