I would have made exactly the same assumption myself: he led the NL in ERA, he gave up a lot of HR (a little less than the league average, actually--1.18/9 for Kershaw, 1.23/9 for the league), must have been almost all with the bases empty. It's more what happens when he's not giving up HR, which makes sense; it's really hard to score off him by stringing together two or three hits and walks.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
most of his homers he gives up are solo shots, but that's because he more often than not pitches with no runners on base (because he's really good)
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:17 (six years ago) link
I don't want to get bogged down with this during a game, but that's not how I'd say it--most of the homers he gives up are solo shots, yes, but not by a wide margin (60/40, basically), and, as a percentage of the home runs he does give up, he's not much different than a league-average pitcher.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 October 2017 00:27 (six years ago) link
d-backs can only seem to score on HRs so far
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 8 October 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link
D-Backs deserve to lose just because of those heinous road jerseys.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 October 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link
Double play ball and just could not handle it, went full Buckner.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 October 2017 04:28 (six years ago) link
Jansen is just a beast. He throws hard and has good movement, but that funky delivery I got to think makes it about impossible to pick up on what he is doing on a pitch.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 October 2017 04:59 (six years ago) link
Dodgers win ugly again -- seven pitchers to get through a game that wasn't all that close. I don't see how they can keep this up throughout the playoffs.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 8 October 2017 05:01 (six years ago) link
They are probably setup to get a couple extra days off where I got a feeling the Cubs/Nats could go 5, which would have to help.
― earlnash, Sunday, 8 October 2017 05:02 (six years ago) link
7 pitchers per game is the future of baseball, and possibly the present
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 October 2017 08:16 (six years ago) link
29 pitches for Greinke in the first
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
Greinke is hit and miss. Two pitches before Turner got the hit were nasty and then he hung one that he got the single upon.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 03:07 (six years ago) link
Puig holding on a couple pitches he would have swung at a couple seasons back there.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
Great at bat.
Beautiful play from Bellinger, right after the dinger. What a year he is having.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 04:03 (six years ago) link
King Kenta
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
lol at the "Jansen Saves" t-shirt
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:24 (six years ago) link
and he saves again
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:46 (six years ago) link
Arizona had their chance in the ninth with Goldy up as the tying run. But they never really got going in the series. I think they led for about two innings in total. LA is looking like a great team again.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:49 (six years ago) link
bummer series
― Spottie, Tuesday, 10 October 2017 05:57 (six years ago) link