Max Scherzer leads the Nationals against the Marlins and Dan Straily in a lunch time game in Miami. Scherzer pitches extra well on the road with season, posting a 6-1 record with a 1.84 ERA. He’s walked five and struck out 34 in 22 1/3 June innings. Straily does his best work at home, 3-1 with a 2.27 ERA this year. Opponents are hitting just .184/.277/.298 against him in Miami.
The Arizona Diamondbacks continue their important series in Colorado as Taijuan Walker faces Jeff Hoffman. Walker’s strength as a pitcher continues to be his low walk rate, 2.39 since the start of the 2015 season. This season, he dropped his home run rate, allowing just four home runs in 57 innings, helping him to a 3.32 ERA. Hoffman literally turned his rookie season of 2016 around. He pitched 31 1/3 innings last year, 32.0 so far in 2017. His home runs allowed dropped from seven to three. His walks allowed dropped from 17 to 6. His strikeouts increased from 22 to 36, which helped drop his hits allowed from 37 to 24. All that combined dropped his ERA from 4.88 to 2.25. That turned around an 0-4 record last year to 4-0 this season.
Finally, play the rhyme game as Tyler Pill of the Mets takes on Rich Hill of the Dodgers. The Dodgers hope Pill makes them better, instead of the Mets hope that Pill makes them ill.
Enjoy!
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