Jakob Junis faces Chris Sale as the Royals battle the Red Sox in Boston. Junis shows improved control this season with just seven walks in 32 1/3 innings. The down side of being in the strike zone more is allowing eight home runs so far, one of the highest totals in the majors. Sale has only seen 17 left-handed batters this season, but righties are hitting just .196/.248/.366 against him.
The Braves and Mets fight for the top spot in the NL East as Sean Newcomb faces Noah Syndergaard. Newcomb struck out 34 batters in 27 2/3 innings, but that hasn’t prevented hits. Opponents have a .255 BA against him. Syndergaard, with 46 K in 34 2/3 innings allowed a .226 BA. High strikeout rates with hits is a feature of this season.
The Yankees and Astros play game two of their four-game series with Jordan Montgomery facing Justin Verlander. Left-handed batters are 0 for 11 against Montgomery this season with no walks. They do put the ball in play, as he only recorded two Ks against lefties. Verlander is showing better control than his career numbers, with only eight walks in 39 2/3 innings.
Finally, injuries put a lot of pressure on the Dodgers pitching staff to prevent runs, and Clayton Kershaw gets the ball tonight. He takes on Matt Koch of the Diamondbacks. Kershaw is getting hammered this year by the lefties he’s seeing, 10 for 32 with three home runs. Through 2017, lefties were hitting .190/.243/.308 against Kershaw. Koch in his brief 2018 stint held opponents to a 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
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