June 29, 2017

Games of the Day

Thursday starts with a good match-up as Andrew Cashner leads the Rangers against the Indians and Corey Kluber. Among pitchers with at least 65 IP, Cashner ranks sixth in the majors in HR allowed per nine inning pitched. All five he allowed came at home. Kluber is very good at keeping the ball in the park as well, and only two of his seven home runs allowed came at home.

MLB Network brings you the Cubs at the Nationals at 4 PM. Jon Lester takes on Joe Ross. Lester allows a batting average nearly 100 points higher on the road than at home, .304 away versus .205 in Chicago. Ross strikes out a high number of batters and walks few, but allowed 12 home runs in 56 2/3 innings, and a ton of hits. He may be a pitcher that is in the strike zone too much. He is in the zone 47% of the time, which is above the league average of 44.7%.

Finally, the Dodgers try to earn a split in the home and home series against the Angels. Clayton Kershaw takes on J.C. Ramirez. Kershaw is locked in a tight race for the NL Cy Young Award with Max Scherzer. Scherzer leads in Tom Tango Cy Young Points, but Kershaw leads in Season Score. Ramirez had a good May, posting a 2.67 ERA. He upped his strikeouts in June, but his hits allowed went up as well, leading to a 6.84 ERA for the month.

Enjoy!

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