Former Mets prospect Scott Kazmir leads the Athletics against the Mets and former Oakland pitcher Bartolo Colon. Kazmir ranks third in AL Cy Young Tracking points. He currently leads the AL in ERA, but lacks the innings of Felix Hernandez and Masahiro Tanaka. Colon, once again, is keeping his walk rate very low, helping him to an opposition .295 OBP. He does give up power, but most of his home runs come with the bases empty.

Clayton Kershaw follows up his no-hitter (near perfect game) with a start against the Royals and Danny Duffy. With 86 strikeouts and just eight walks in 64 1/3 innings, Clayton’s K per BB is approaching the Spinal Tap like 11. Kershaw did give up a hit in the last inning he pitched in the previous game, so his no hit inning streak is at nine. He did finish the previous game with four shutout innings, so his scoreless inning streak stands at 13. Duffy gave up quite a few home runs in his 2011 rookie year, but since allowed just seven homers in 113 innings, 0.56 per nine.

Jordan Zimmermann and the Nationals try to extend their win streak to four games as they face the best team in the National League, the Brewers, led by Yovani Gallardo. Compared to his last two seasons, Zimmermann is doing a better job of limiting free passes and home runs. After a rough May, Gallardo is back on track with a 2.77 ERA in four June starts.

Finally, Jesse Hahn tries his hand at keeping the Giants off the scoreboard as the Padres face Tim Hudson. With just three MLB starts under his belt, Hahn already struck out 19 batters in 16 2/3 innings, limiting his opponents to 12 hits. Only two of those went for extra bases, both leaving the park. Hudson has not lost at home this season, with five wins in seven starts in San Francisco.

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