The Los Angeles Dodgers make a rare visit to PNC Park to face the
hometown Pittsburgh Pirates in a nationally televised game live on ESPN Sunday
Night Baseball. The game is scheduled to start at 8:08 p.m., ET. This is the
third game of a four game set.
Both teams had high expectations heading into the year after both
made the playoffs a year ago, but the Dodgers and Pirates are heading in
opposite directions. Los Angeles is 8-2 in their last 10 games, while the
Pirates are just 2-8. The Dodgers are in second place in the NL West and are
currently atop the Wild Card standings. The Pirates trail the Cubs by an
astounding 14 games in the NL Central and are five games behind in the Wild Card
race.
Clayton Kershaw (11-1, 1.57) gets the start for the Dodgers and
that usually equals a win for Los Angeles. He allowed just one run on six hits
and struck out eight over seven innings in Monday's win over the Nationals. The
lanky left-hander was nasty as ever, as Nationals hitters swung and missed at 19
of Kershaw's 106 pitches. He has now lasted seven innings in all but one start
this season, and as great as Monday's start was, his eight strikeouts actually
ranks 11th out of his 15 starts in 2016. The future Hall of Famer continues to
dominate but will have his hands full with a pesky Pirates team.
Clayton Kershaw is 11-1 on the year and is unhittable on most
nights even if he doesn’t have his “A” game. The Pirates are really struggling
losing 12 out of their last 14 games and find themselves searching for answers
especially when it goes to starting pitching. In their slide the past few weeks,
Pirates starting pitchers have posted an ERA of over 6 runs and that is not
going to win you very many ball games. Kershaw and the Dodgers roll. MLB
Picks Bet on Los Angeles Dodgers.
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