The rookie is red-hot and a spark plug in the lineup.
Japanese ace Yu Darvish dazzled in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut, throwing seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts in a 6-0 victory on Friday over the New York Mets. "Although I may have had strikeouts in my mind, fans, team, teammates and team staff were always my top priority".
Darvish's last start certainly was forgettable as he was rocked for a career-high 10 runs on nine hits over 3 2/3 innings versus Miami, dropping his career record against NL opponents to 8-3.
From 10 earned runs to 10 strikeouts, Yu Darvish dazzled in his Dodgers debut after a rough exit from Texas. Yuli Gurriel and Josh Reddick added three hits apiece.
The home run for Puig turned a one-run lead into a two-run lead for the Dodgers. "He's tough, he's really good. This is 14 percent of what's coming". It was Upton's third grand slam of the season, tying him for the most in MLB.
MINNEAPOLIS - Once again the Rangers starting catcher, Robinson Chirinos gets to once again contend with painful foul tips, the ever-present possibility of concussion and the wear and the general wear and tear on his body. Only afterwards did the crisis start to gain international attention.
In addition to moving to a more pitcher-friendly ballpark in the non-DH league, Darvish has a few other things going for him with his change of address. Since back-to-back bad starts on each side of June 1, deGrom has done the following: 1.73 ERA, 68-13 K/BB ratio in 67.2 innings and an opponents' slash line of.185/.228/.311.
The Dodgers' win moved them to 77-32 this season, and they are 42-7 in their last 49 games.
Actually, deGrom probably should have hit.
In the third, deGrom singled and stole second. A couple of triples against the Rockies, another single and stolen base Friday night and big-time range at shortstop, as advertised, make the 21-year-old the primary reason to watch the home team for the time being.
After deGrom exited, it got uglier in a real hurry. He finished with 99 pitches in five innings, including 81 through the first three innings. The Rangers' Robinson Chironos is a whisker above average (0.1 runs), while Jonathan Lucroy ranks as the majors' worst in that area (-15.5 runs). "So I came back from that, and I was a little concerned".