Clayton Kershaw and Jake Arrieta keep passing each other in Tom Tango Cy Young Tracker points. Kershaw pitched eight innings Tuesday night, allowing one run and striking out 11 for a 5-1 Dodgers win over the Angels. That brings his point total to 36.8, 4.3 points ahead of Arrieta. Every time Kershaw moves back into the lead, he seems to open up a bigger lead. His edge in strikeouts and innings pitched is starting to swamp Arrieta’s edge in earned runs allowed. It may be the last one to pitch this season ends up winning the award!
Kershaw walked none and allowed just four hits in the game. Two of those was by light hitting Johnny Giavotella. Giavotella is a kind of hitter that might do well against Kershaw. He doesn’t strike out much, and he doesn’t walk much. He just puts the bat on the ball, and sometimes good things happen. I often wonder why teams don’t try that against supreme power pitchers like Kershaw. Everyone choke up and just try to get the bat on the ball. Kershaw throws hard enough that if the ball just meets the bat, it might be a line drive single. It will at least have more of a chance of finding a hole than a swing and a miss.
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