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Urías (L)
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Peavy (R)
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The Dodgers won Friday night’s game in thrilling fashion, with Justin Turner‘s ninth-inning, tie-breaking home run bolstering Clayton Kershaw‘s excellent eight innings of two-run ball. The Giants won Saturday night’s game in agonizing fashion, with Adrian González‘s tenth-inning, tie-breaking solo shot not being enough for Kenley Jansen to work with, as he struggled for the second night in a row.
One thing is certain — this hasn’t been a boring series so far. I’m sure we’re all excited and/or terrified to see what’s in store as the NL West rivals duke it out for the series victory on national television.
Julio Urías will take the mound in his fourth big league start, still on that 80-90 pitch limit. Urías has pitched 11 and 2/3 innings across his three starts, posting an ERA of 6.94 (5.60 FIP) and a WHIP of 1.89. He’s struck out 14 batters, while issuing six walks.
His last time out vs. the Rockies featured his best performance so far. Even though he only lasted four innings, he struck out seven batters, allowing just one run on three hits and a walk. Daniel Brim wrote earlier today about Urías’s weird curveball, if you want something to watch for in tonight’s game.
Catching for Urías tonight is A.J. Ellis, who caught the rookie’s second start of the season (Yasmani Grandal caught the other two). Urías will see the same lineup that Bruce Bochy sent out last night vs. Scott Kazmir (save for the pitcher’s spot), which contains five lefties; a few key injuries have made the Giants’ 25-man roster very LHB-heavy.
The Dodgers will face Jake Peavy, who’s been struggling this season. In 12 starts, Peavy has a 6.41 ERA (4.29 FIP) and a WHIP of 1.56. He’s pitched into the seventh inning in just three of those games; in half of his starts, he’s lasted five innings or fewer. The Giants are 5-7 in his starts.
Some of it has been bad luck for Peavy, who has the third-highest BABIP (.346) amongst NL starting pitchers. However, the Dodgers’ offense has the lowest BABIP in baseball (.271). We’ll see if one wins out, or if the two things end up canceling each other out. It should be noted that Peavy is giving up hard contact at a rate that’s easily the highest of his career (38.2%).
We got this bit of news about Frankie Montas today:
#Dodgers have reinstated RHP Frankie Montas (rib resection surgery) from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 12, 2016
It’ll be worth keeping an eye on Montas’s progress. While the Dodgers’ bullpen has been decidedly solid of late (8 runs allowed in its last 40 and 1/3 IP), a good stint in Triple-A could very well lead to him joining the big club.
Here are progress reports on Brandon McCarthy and Hyun-jin Ryu, both currently rehabbing with Rancho Cucamonga:
Brandon McCarthy's day was done after 2 innings for the @RCQuakes: 20 pitches, 11 strikes, 1 hit, 1 BB, 1 run
— Dodger Insider (@DodgerInsider) June 12, 2016
Hyun-jin Ryu pitched 3 innings for @RCQuakes as he restarted his rehab assignment. 3 IP, 45 pitches, 2 R (1 ER), 3 K. First game since 5/25
— Eric Stephen (@ericstephen) June 12, 2016
[table id=5/]FB in the 86-88 range. He said he's not concerned about velo yet. More concerned with control. https://t.co/ulyJmpn9gR
— Ron Cervenka (@Think_BlueLA) June 12, 2016
