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ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 8:41 pm
by duppyy
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Toronto Blue Jays
Friday, May 6, 7:07 PM EDT , Rogers Centre
Kenta Maeda, RHP
Maeda had his start delayed to Friday so he, instead of the southpaw Alex Wood, could face the Blue Jays and their right-handed sluggers. The Japanese rookie is coming off the first loss of his MLB career, a bump in an otherwise excellent start.
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Marcus Stroman, RHP
Stroman will face the Dodgers for the first time. He is coming off a career-best nine strikeouts against the Rays and used four pitches in his arsenal to reach that total. The sinker is his bread and butter, but his six-pitch mix has been key.
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Toronto Blue Jays
Saturday, May 7, 1:07 PM EDT , Rogers Centre
Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Kershaw had easily the best start of what had already been a consistently great season so far, going the distance to shut out the Padres while striking out 14. His ERA is now down to 1.96, with his record at 3-1.
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R.A. Dickey, RHP
Dickey appeared to turn a corner during his last outing vs. Texas. He had a slow start to the year but allowed just one run over 6 1/3 frames en route to his second quality start. He has 64 QS since the start of '13, which is 5th in AL in that span.
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Toronto Blue Jays
Sunday, May 8, 1:07 PM EDT , Rogers Centre
Ross Stripling, RHP
Stripling had another short start on Saturday vs. the Padres, allowing five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. The 26-year-old’s ERA has raised with every start this season and he hasn’t reached the sixth inning since April 14.
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Marco Estrada, RHP
Estrada continued to his strong start to the season by pitching six innings and allowing one run against Texas on Tuesday.
Kershaw vs Dicky should be fun
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 9:05 pm
by Skin Blues
Damn, was hoping Kershaw would be going Sunday. Oh well, at least the Jays have a chance to win when I'm there.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 9:14 pm
by Natural11
Tough match-ups. Game 1 is a toss-up, game 2 favors LA and game 3 favors us. I'd be pretty happy with 2 of 3.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 9:55 pm
by Wo1verine
Skin Blues wrote:Damn, was hoping Kershaw would be going Sunday. Oh well, at least the Jays have a chance to win when I'm there.
I was hoping we'd miss him completely!
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 11:19 pm
by Raider917
did i just see a stolen base?
who says praying doesnt help
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 11:31 pm
by pingpongrac
Stro looks locked in and on his way to a 10+ K game.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 11:51 pm
by Randle McMurphy
Puig.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 11:52 pm
by ldnk
Puig's arm is absurd
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Fri May 6, 2016 11:53 pm
by TOStateofMind
Damn that throw..literally right on target
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:17 am
by ldnk
Where is that "Stroman not striking guys out is a concern" thread again?
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:20 am
by -MetA4-
ldnk wrote:Where is that "Stroman not striking guys out is a concern" thread again?
Do you have any reading comprehension?
Thew entire purpose of that thread was to point out that he was throwing WAY too many sinkers. Since then he has clearly changed his approach, hence the better performance and increased strikeouts....as expected. He's stopped spamming his pointless changeup repeatedly and is throwing considerably more sliders and curveballs; hence the increase in swinging strikes and strikeouts.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:30 am
by pingpongrac
Beautiful double play after a few close pitches go against Stro!
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:41 am
by ldnk
-MetA4- wrote:ldnk wrote:Where is that "Stroman not striking guys out is a concern" thread again?
Do you have any reading comprehension?
Do you have eyes?
His slider usage is down below his season average for usage over his last two starts.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:46 am
by The Eminence
HR!
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:47 am
by TOStateofMind
Jose crushed that
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:48 am
by Section_306
Need to enjoy these Joey bombs while he's still a Jay
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:50 am
by ldnk
Hits have been scarce but the Jays have done well against Maeda I think. His night is going to be done after 6 innings. They drew 4 walks against a guy who had 6 walks in 32 innings coming into the game and they are going into the 7th inning with the lead.
I'll take that any day.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:59 am
by pingpongrac
Stro dealing through 6 then gets hit hard after we get two runs. Makes sense.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:59 am
by Randle McMurphy
Stroman blew that lead out of nowhere. Wow.
Re: ST: LAD vs TOR May 6th - 8th
Posted: Sat May 7, 2016 12:59 am
by BramptonYute
and stroman gave it right back