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GAME PREVIEW
May 20, 2018 CLEVELAND -- LeBron James has been Mr. Everything for the Cleveland Cavaliers for much of the 2018 postseason.Yet, coach Tyronn Lue said Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals -- won 116-86 by the Cavs -- was James' best "in a long time." Because James really defended."As far as helping, closing out to Jaylen Brown's chest, making him put it on the floor," Lue explained. "Closing out to (Marcus) Morris. Closing out to (Marcus) Smart, so he did a really good job of just setting the tone of multiple effort and that was good for us." James scored 27 points to go with 12 assists on 8-of-12 shooting. But, according to ESPN's research, Saturday was his best game on defense this postseason.The Cavs put him on Brown -- the Celtics' best player in the first two games of this series -- and Brown didn't even score until there was 8:20 left in the second quarter.The Celtics shot 2 of 10 and committed four turnovers when their ballhandler was guarded by James. Brown was 3-of-8 shooting for 10 points."Just tried to put myself in position to help our team," James said. "I think tonight as a group, even when things broke down, we just covered for one another." The Celtics lead this series 2-1, and Game 4 is Monday in Cleveland. Boston has never blown a 2-0 lead in 37 tries. But they were startled by how well the Cavs played Saturday and how poorly things went for them.Cleveland had a 2018 playoffs-high six players score in double figures and connected on 17 3s.Morris, who forced James into 5-of-16 shooting in Game 1 and scored 21 points himself, struggled in Game 3."Personally, I think I did a (poor) job defensively with LeBron," Morris said. "He was too comfortable when I was guarding him. I made myself very vulnerable on screens and wasn't disciplined. We can't have that in a game of this magnitude, and it showed." The Cavs gave Al Horford little room to move and it stifled the Celtics' offense. Boston coach Brad Stevens said the Celtics would have to consider lineup changes "because of the way (Cleveland is) playing." Tristan Thompson is guarding Horford and Kevin Love is on Morris. The Celtics want to force Love to guard Horford."I just didn't think our offense in general was very good," Stevens said. "Our defense wasn't much better. We got thoroughly outplayed on both ends. Obviously we're going to need to play through him more than that." George Hill scored eight points in the first two games of the series, and exploded for 11 in the first quarter of Game 3. JR Smith shot 0-for-7 for no points in Game 2, and recovered with 11 points in Game 3. Kyle Korver connected on all four 3s and finished with 14 points.The Celtics have been bad on the road all postseason and fell to 1-5 with Saturday's loss. But never in these playoffs had they been clobbered quite like the clobbering the Cavs laid upon them.Yet, the Celtics could move to within a game of closing out the Cavs and stopping James' consecutive NBA Finals streak at seven with a win in Game 4."This is the way we have to play," Lue said. "I think bringing the physicality to start."
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GAME PREVIEW
Padres, Nationals go opposite ways since last meeting 4h ago• 2 min read When the Washington Nationals visited San Diego on May 7-9, they won the first two games of a three-game series to move within 1 1/2 games of the National League West lead.At the time, the Nationals were on a bit of a run and the Padres were reeling with a 13-24 record.Two weeks after that series, the Padres and Nationals meet again in Washington, D. C. And the fortunes of the two teams have changed a bit.Since winning that series finale at Petco Park to avoid being swept by the Nationals, the Padres have gone 7-4 and are riding a three-game winning streak.The Nationals have gone 4-4 and just lost a third straight game to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Washington to slip four games off the lead in their division.The Nationals are the home team this time for a three-game series that opens Monday night with a matchup of left-handers -- Gio Gonzalez (4-2, 2.36 ERA) going for Washington with Robbie Erlin (1-2, 3.46) making a spot start for San Diego.On paper, the pairing clearly favors the hosts.Erlin, 27, has met the Nationals twice in his career. Both games were at Nationals Park. Erlin is 0-2 in the matchups with a 16.39 ERA.In Erlin's two previous outings in the nation's capital, Erlin has given up 17 runs, 19 hits and six walks with six strikeouts in 9 1/3 innings. The Nationals have hit .413 against Erlin, who has a 2.68 WHIP against Washington.This will be only the second start of the season for Erlin, who returned this year after having Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery midway through 2016.Thirteen of Erlin's 14 appearances this season have been out of the bullpen. His one previous start was April 16 against the Dodgers. He gave up six runs (five earned), seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in three innings.Erlin is filling the vacancy created when rookie left-hander Joey Lucchesi went on the disabled list with a slightly strained glute. The Padres are hoping Lucchesi will miss only one start, although it looks like it could now be two or three.Gonzalez is no stranger to the Padres. He started the May 9 game that the Nationals lost 2-1. Gonzalez allowed one run, five hits and three walks in six innings. Afterward, he said he struggled with his command.Gonzalez was not involved in that decision. During his career, he has made seven starts against the Padres and has a 3-2 record with a 3.21 ERA, a 1.357 WHIP and a .253 opponents' batting average. Against the Padres, Gonzalez has given up 19 runs (15 earned), 41 hits and 16 walks with 41 strikeouts in 42 innings.When the Nationals were in San Diego, first baseman-left fielder Matt Adams went 3-for-8 with a double, two homers, six RBIs and three runs scored -- although he got the third game off.Since leaving San Diego, Adams has hit only .143. Washington's Bryce Harper is hitting .125 in the last eight games with a homer and three RBIs.Another key player in the first Padres-Nationals series was Howie Kendrick, who was 5-for-12 with a double and two runs scored. But Kendrick has been lost with a ruptured Achilles tendon and on Saturday the Nationals promoted a 19-year-old prospect from Double-A.
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GAME PREVIEW
Braves, Phillies battle for top spot in NL East 6m ago• 2 min read First place in the National League East is on the line this week in Philadelphia.Two of baseball's bigger surprises through two months, the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies, kick off a three-game on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park.The Braves (28-17) enter with a 1.5-game lead over the Phillies (26-18) in a division where four teams are at least three games above .500.Atlanta padded its division lead in shocking fashion Sunday afternoon. The Braves scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 10-9 comeback win over the Miami Marlins."Obviously, this puts us where we need to be. Every win is a good win, and this one just happened to be a walk-off," Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson, who had the winning hit, told FOX Sports South in a postgame interview. "We're going to keep rolling. We're going to keep doing what we do and come out (Monday) and take care of business." This week's series is already the fourth between the Braves and Phillies this season. The Braves are 6-3 against the Phillies in 2018, winning each of the first three series.But the Phillies have been hot lately. Despite losing Sunday, Philadelphia is 8-3 in their last 11 games. The team returns home -- where it is 16-6 this season -- after a 3-2 road trip that featured one game in Baltimore and four in St. Louis."To go home after a winning road trip, we have a lot to feel good about. We're ready, we're prepared for Atlanta," Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said to reporters Sunday. "We're excited about that series, and we're ready to roll." The Phillies' bats were quieted Sunday as the offense had just two hits in a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Center fielder Odubel Herrera saw his 45-game on-base streak end, as he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.Braves right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (3-2, 2.87 ERA) will be making his fourth start of the season against the Phillies on Monday. Foltynewicz is 1-0 with a 2.12 ERA against Philadelphia this year, and he has a 3.74 ERA in 10 career appearances (nine starts) against the club.Foltynewicz is coming off a 10-strikeout performance against the Chicago Cubs. The 26-year-old lasted only five innings in the outing, however, as he needed 107 pitches and walked five hitters.Nick Pivetta (3-2, 3.72), the Phillies' starter on Monday, also recorded double-digit strikeouts in his last outing. The right-hander struck out 11 and gave up just two hits and one run in seven innings against the Baltimore Orioles last Wednesday."I felt really, really comfortable the whole entire time. I thought I had command of all my pitches," Pivetta, who has 18 strikeouts in his last 12 innings, told reporters after the start. "That was really nice. Whenever that happens, good things can happen." The second-year major leaguer has also faced the Braves three times this season with a 5.14 ERA in those appearances. Pivetta is 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA and 1.290 WHIP in six career starts against Atlanta.
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Mets, Marlins open series after differing outcomes 4h ago• 3 min read NEW YORK -- The New York Mets, in the midst of a long-awaited winning streak, probably cannot wait to get back on the field Monday. The Miami Marlins, on the other hand, might prefer to take the day off following one of the most stunning losses any team endured yet this season.A pair of teams that experienced vastly different results Sunday will meet Monday night, when the Mets host the Marlins in the opener of a three-game series at Citi Field.Mets left-hander Jason Vargas (0-3, 13.86 ERA) is scheduled to make his first start in almost two weeks when he opposes Marlins right-hander Elieser Hernandez (0-0, 2.25 ERA).The Mets should be bursting with momentum after Asdrubal Cabrera and Amed Rosario hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Sunday to lift New York to a 4-1 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.The Marlins, on the other hand, may be reeling after they gave up six runs in the ninth inning and fell to the host Atlanta Braves, 10-9.The late dramatics marked the second straight game in which the Mets (23-19) grabbed momentum in their penultimate at-bat. On Saturday, catcher Devin Mesoraco hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth inning before Wilmer Flores delivered the walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth. On Sunday, New York had just three hits, including Rosario's solo homer in the first six innings before scoring all its seventh-inning runs with two outs.The three straight wins mark the first winning streak for the Mets since a nine-game run from April 3-13 when they began the season with 11 wins in 12 games. They were 9-18 in between winning streaks."Mes got a big hit yesterday and then Cabby today those are the things that we were missing," Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Sunday afternoon. "Today's game, for six or seven innings, looked like the games that we've been playing for the last six weeks. We were in it, but we had one hit and then Rosey pops a homer and then Cabby comes up, gets a homer."We just hadn't been getting those timely hits that we need to win games and we've been getting those the last few days." The Marlins (17-29) appeared on their way to a series win over the National League East-leading Braves before Atlanta stormed back with a rally that included five runs scored with two outs. Atlanta produced five hits, drew three walks and took advantage of a two-out error by Miami first baseman Miguel Rojas, who had two homers and four RBIs.Instead of building off a second straight series win over an NL contender after taking two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly acknowledged Miami might have a hard time putting Sunday's loss in the rear-view mirror."You don't really get much tougher than this," Mattingly told reporters afterward. "Obviously we're going to have to, but right now, it feels pretty hollow to talk about getting ready to play (Monday). That's what's going to have to happen." "This one is going to sink in a little bit and hopefully we find some ways to learn from it." Vargas lost for the third time in as many starts on May 8, when he gave up four runs in four innings as the Mets fell to the Cincinnati Reds, 7-2. With a pair of off-days last week, the Mets were able to utilize a four-man rotation and allow Vargas to get in some side work in hopes he could fix what has been ailing him.Vargas suffered a broken right hand during a minor league game on March 16 but returned to the Mets after making just one minor league rehab start.Vargas will be making just his second career start against the Marlins, with whom he began his big-league career in 2005. He took the loss on June 25, 2011, when, as a member of the Seattle Mariners, Vargas allowed four runs over six innings in the Mariners' 4-2 victory.Hernandez, a 23-year-old rookie, will be making his second big league start and fourth career appearance. He didn't factor into the decision in his first start last Wednesday, when he gave up one run over five innings in the Marlins' 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.This will be Hernandez's first appearance against the Mets.The Mets completed a three-game sweep in Miami April 9-11.
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Brewers' Anderson returns to start against Diamondbacks 5h ago• 2 min read MILWAUKEE -- Chase Anderson will come off the disabled list and return to the mound Monday night when the Milwaukee Brewers open a 10-game homestand with the first of three against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Miller Park.Anderson went on the shelf May 12 when he was scratched from a scheduled start at Colorado with flu-like symptoms.He was having an up-and-down season until that point. Anderson threw six shutout innings in the season opener but followed by allowing four in four innings against the St. Louis Cardinals.Opponents scored more than three runs in his next four outings. Anderson finished April with a 2.86 ERA, but he allowed nine in 10 2/3 innings in his two starts before landing on the DL.After allowing only 14 home runs in a 141 1/3 innings during a breakout 2017 season, Anderson has given up 10 this year in 45 1/3 innings, with eight of those at Miller Park."When you don't hit your spots and you're pitching in a place like this, the ball is going to tend to fly out of the park," Anderson said. "I don't really look at that. I try to stay positive in everything I do." Anderson will be going up against the team that selected him in the ninth round of the 2009 draft, developed him and gave him his first taste of the big leagues in 2014.He spent two seasons with Arizona, going 15-13 with a 4.18 ERA in 48 starts before Milwaukee acquired him ahead of the 2016 season in exchange for Jean Segura and Tyler Wagner.And in a strange twist of irony, Milwaukee originally acquired Segura when it dealt away Arizona's scheduled starter, Zack Greinke.The right-hander pitched Milwaukee to the NL Central title and NL Championship Series in 2011 but was moved to the Los Angeles Angels at the deadline a year later and eventually moved on to the Los Angeles Dodgers before signing with Arizona ahead of the 2016 season.Greinke has a 3.46 ERA through his first nine starts this season and will be facing the Brewers for the second consecutive outing.He held Milwaukee to a run and four hits in six innings last week in a 2-1 Arizona victory at Chase Field but took no-decision for the third consecutive game."They had some of the best at-bats I've seen this year," Greinke said afterward. "It wasn't easy, but it worked out." That victory snapped a six-game losing streak for the Diamondbacks, but they dropped the series finale to the Brewers and were swept during the weekend by the New York Mets. Arizona arrives in Milwaukee having dropped 13 of 18 games this month."It was a tough series," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said after his team fell 4-1 on Sunday at Citi Field. "We're struggling, no doubt about it. But this group is staying together. They are accountable and just pressing on. So we have one thing to do: Get ready for Milwaukee tomorrow."
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Gregorius returns to lineup as Yankees visit Rangers 3h ago• 3 min read New York's Didi Gregorius will return to the lineup on Monday when the Yankees square off against the Texas Rangers in the first of a three-game series at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.New York will send right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (4-2, 4.73 ERA) to the mound in the series opener while the Rangers will counter with right-hander Bartolo Colon (2-1, 2.82).Gregorius was on the bench for the final two games of New York's series against the Kansas City Royals to take a mental and physical break as he tries to rebound from a 1-for-45 skid at the plate.For Gregorius, it has been an extreme contrast at the plate from April to May. He was named the American League's Player of the Month for April, when he blasted 10 home runs."If you guys remember the beginning, I said you've got to enjoy it while it lasts," Gregorius told MLB.com. "The slumps are always going to come." With the Royals starting two left-handers Saturday and Sunday, New York manager Aaron Boone penciled in Ronald Torreyes at shortstop."Just felt like it was a good pause for (Gregorius)," Boone said. "We're built as everyday players to appreciate the grind. But when you are given that day to just decompress a little bit, I think you benefit from that. Hopefully, that's the case with Didi." The Yankees head to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex on the heels of a dominating 10-1 victory over Kansas City that allowed New York to claim its eighth straight series win. Sonny Gray (3-3) hurled eight innings in the win, surrendering a run and four hits while striking out five, and Tyler Austin bashed two home runs.The Rangers, meanwhile, traveled back to the Lone Star State after a 3-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox, as Texas was defeated three times in the four-game series in the Windy City. Texas managed just two hits in the setback, which wasted a six-inning, nine-strikeout performance by Mike Minor (3-3).Monday's game is the start of a seven-game, seven-day homestand for the Rangers. Texas has gone just 7-16 this season, but has won two of its past three games in Arlington and is 4-4 in its last eight.The Rangers are in a stretch of playing 20 consecutive days from May 15-June 3, the longest such span for the club in 2018.The Rangers activated right-hander Chris Martin from the 10-day disabled list on Sunday and optioned right-hander Ariel Jurado back to Double-A Frisco a day after he made his major league debut.Martin was placed on the disabled list on May 2 with right forearm irritation and last pitched on April 30. He made two minor league appearances at Double-A Frisco last week, throwing a scoreless inning in each appearance."You never want to take that time off (from pitching in the big leagues), but I went down and did what I needed to do," Martin said.Tanaka will make his 10th start of the season and pitch on extended five days' rest. He did not record a decision in his last start in Tuesday's suspended game at the Washington Nationals, allowing three earned runs in five innings of work before being removed for a pinch-hitter in the top of the sixth. Tanaka is undefeated in his past five starts, going 2-0 with a 3.72 ERA over that stretch.Tanaka has made just four career starts against the Rangers, going 0-2 with a 6.38 ERA. He last faced the Rangers in an 11-5 loss on Sept. 8, 2017 in Arlington.Colon, who turns 45 on Thursday, will make his 10th appearance and eighth start of the season. He has 242 career wins, one shy of matching Hall of Famer Juan Marichal (243) for most wins in Major League Baseball history by a native of the Dominican Republic.Colon will be working on regular four days' rest after earning a victory on Wednesday at the Seattle Mariners. He has gone 6-9 with a 6.11 ERA in 21 games, 20 of them starts, in his career against the Yankees, including 0-2, 12.27 in two starts in 2017. The 6.11 career ERA is the highest for Colon against any American League opponent.
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White Sox go for season-high 3 straight wins 3h ago• 2 min read The Chicago White Sox will try to match a season high with their third straight victory when they welcome the Baltimore Orioles to open a four-game series on Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.Chicago (13-30) has won back-to-back games and is coming off its first series win since April after taking three of four games from the Texas Rangers. The White Sox posted their second shutout of the season with a 3-0 victory on Sunday.Meanwhile, Baltimore (14-32) has lost two in a row and four of its past five. The Orioles stranded 14 runners in a 5-0 loss on Sunday to the Boston Red Sox, which was Baltimore's fourth goose egg of the season.The ugly start has intensified rumors that Baltimore could trade star shortstop Manny Machado, who is set to become a free agent at the end of the season. The 25-year-old is hitting .343 with 14 homers and 42 RBIs in 46 games.Machado offers a rare bright spot in a struggling lineup. Orioles skipper Buck Showalter held first baseman Chris Davis out of the lineup Sunday after the slugger struck out in each of his previous six plate appearances. Davis is hitting .166 with four homers and 13 RBIs in 41 games, and his on-base percentage is a paltry .241.It is unclear whether Davis will return to the lineup in the series opener against Chicago."I know it bothers Chris and he's trying, but it's just not happening," Showalter said to the Baltimore Sun. "I think he's got a pretty firm grip on what he's not doing (and) he's trying to get there." White Sox left-hander Hector Santiago (0-1, 5.29 ERA) will make his fourth start of the season. A good performance could keep him in the starting rotation in place of right-hander Carson Fulmer, who was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte during the weekend.Santiago, 30, is 40-47 with a 4.05 ERA in 201 career appearances (133 starts). But he has not fared well as a starter this season, posting an 0-1 record with an 8.31 ERA in three outings. By comparison, he is 0-0 with a 3.26 ERA in nine relief appearances.In seven career appearances (four starts) against Baltimore, Santiago is 1-0 with a 3.80 ERA. He has walked 13 and struck out 23 in 23 2/3 innings. The long ball has been his nemesis as he has given up seven home runs in that brief workload.The Orioles will counter with veteran right-hander Andrew Cashner (1-5, 4.83), who will make his 10th start of the year. Cashner started his career as a prized prospect about eight miles north of the White Sox stadium with the Chicago Cubs, but injuries and inconsistency have limited him to a 43-69 record with a 3.85 ERA in 239 career games (146 starts).The 31-year-old Texan is looking for his first win since April 5 against the New York Yankees. He has given up at least one home run in each of his last six appearances, and for the season he has surrendered 11 homers in 50 1/3 innings.In four career appearances (two starts) against the White Sox, Cashner is 0-2 with a 4.61 ERA. He allowed two earned runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings against Chicago last season as a member of the Texas Rangers. He walked four and struck out two.This is the first series between the teams this season. Baltimore won the season series, 4-3 in 2017.
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Buxton hopes to get going as Twins host Tigers 4h ago• 3 min read Byron Buxton is still trying to find his stroke since coming off the 10-game disabled list May 10, but Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor believes the center fielder is about to turn a corner.Molitor has sat Buxton twice since his return and had a chat with him during the weekend in hopes of getting him back on track.Molitor and the Twins are hoping those things pay off Monday night in the opener of a three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Target Field."Just tried to get a feel of where he was at and I tried to affirm him about his ability to hit," Molitor said. "I think he knows it. He knows when he puts too much pressure on himself and tries to do too much and overthinks his at-bats." He went 1-for-3 and stole his first stolen base since April 12 on Sunday as the Twins avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. He also scored on Max Kepler's single.Buxton is hitting .164 this season and is 3-for-26 since returning from the combination of migraines and a toe injury."Sometimes the feel can come back with a swing or two," Molitor said. "The big thing is to get to where he's putting himself in a good position while he's recognizing what the pitch is, not guessing and predetermining swings. I think he's hit only one ball to the right side since he's been back." Right-hander Jose Berrios gets the start for Minnesota. He has a 4.82 ERA in three starts this month but struck out 10 in 7 1/3 innings of a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday and bounced back from four straight rough outings.Berrios is 2-1 with an 11.74 ERA in five appearances (four starts) against the Tigers. Both wins occurred last year when Berrios posted a 7.45 ERA against Detroit.Detroit counters with left-hander Blaine Hardy, who is filling in while Jordan Zimmermann is on the disabled list with right shoulder impingement.Hardy made his first career start on May 13 when he allowed two runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners in Detroit's 5-4 victory.Hardy has made 17 career relief appearances against the Twins, posting a 3.78 ERA.He will be trying to get the Tigers back on track after they were swept during the weekend in Seattle, including a 3-2 heartbreaker in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon. Detroit blew late leads, squandering a four-run advantage Thursday and a two-run lead Sunday when Francisco Liriano carried a no-hitter into the seventh.The Tigers have managed to go 9-9 this month despite playing most of May without first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who has been on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring.The 35-year-old took multiple rounds of batting practice during the weekend. After resting Sunday, he will do so again before the game Monday night."He hasn't run the bases or anything like that. So we've got to get him out on the bases," Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We've got to get him fielding ground balls. He took some ground balls (Saturday), a little bit, 10 or 15 ground balls. Not really doing much movement. Just standing, infield-in type thing."There's things he has to get done to prove to himself and everybody else that he can really get out there and play the game, and dive around and all those things." Gardenhire is returning to Target Field as a manager for the first time since he was fired by the Twins at the end of the 2014 season.He spent 13 years on the bench in Minnesota, leading the team to a 1,068-1,039 record, including a 6-21 mark in six postseason appearances.
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Royals' pitchers struggle heading into series with Cardinals 5h ago• 2 min read Kansas City Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy, who starts Monday night's series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, enters the game 1-4 with a 4.98 ERA.That makes him Kansas City's second-best starter in terms of ERA. It helps explain why the Royals are 14-32 in the American League Central, the majors' weakest division, with the second-worst run differential in baseball at minus-86.Three of Kansas City's starters sport ERAs of more than 6.00, including Danny Duffy, who at times during his career has looked like one of the best left-handers in the AL."Sometimes, you're not special at something," he said to mlb.com after absorbing an 8-3 loss Saturday night to the New York Yankees. "Right now, I'm not special at pitching. What are you going to do? Run from it with some phantom DL (stuff)? I feel great." Jake Junis is the only starter who has posted decent stats at 5-3 with a 3.51 ERA. Add to it a team that's still trying to find its way without longtime staples Eric Hosmer and Lorenzo Cain, who left for San Diego and Milwaukee in free agency, and what one has is a worst-case scenario.Pitching against the Cardinals (25-19) has rarely represented anything but a worst-case situation for Kennedy. In nine career starts covering 51 innings, Kennedy is 3-6 with a 7.41 ERA, allowing a whopping 11 homers.His last start was Tuesday night when he yielded five runs, seven hits and three walks in a six-inning stint against Tampa Bay. Kennedy fanned six and settled for a no-decision in a 6-5 loss. It was the fourth time in six outings he allowed at least four runs.While Kennedy has been struggling, St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas (5-0, 2.63) has been excelling. Although he lasted just 4 2/3 innings Wednesday and wasn't able to collect the win in his team's 7-5 victory at Minnesota, Mikolas has been a revelation in his first MLB season after a three-year tour in Japan.Pinpointing three pitches for strikes at will, Mikolas has issued just five walks in eight starts, covering 51 1/3 innings. Mikolas, who will make his first career appearance against Kansas City, has ceded two runs or less in seven of his eight starts.The Cardinals are coming off a split of a four-game series against Philadelphia, winning Sunday's series finale 5-1 as rookie Jack Flaherty secured his first big league win with a dominant outing. The right-hander whiffed 13 hitters in 7 2/3 innings and 120 pitches, yielding only two hits and a run.Flaherty's outing was even more impressive when one considers that St. Louis' bullpen was thin after being taxed heavily in the series' first three games, and that his previous career high for innings in an MLB start was six."What Jack pulled off was one of the best starts we've seen in a long time," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said. "We needed it as a club all the way around."
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Dodgers carry five-game win streak into series with Rockies 4h ago• 2 min read LOS ANGELES -- With a just-completed road trip salvaged, the battered and bruised Los Angeles Dodgers will return home Monday with a confidence rarely seen in 2018.The test of that self-assurance, though, will come in a matchup with the Colorado Rockies, who were briefly tied for first place Sunday before losing to the San Francisco Giants.Despite being the defending National League champions, the Dodgers will open a season-long, 10-game homestand with a 20-26 record, sitting in fourth place in the five-team National League West.After dropping the first two games of their just-completed six-game road trip against the Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals, the Dodgers were on a six-game losing streak overall. They closed out their last homestand by getting swept in a four-game series by the lowly Cincinnati Reds.But a three-game sweep of the previously red-hot Nationals has the Dodgers riding a four-game win streak with rookie Walker Buehler set to face the Rockies for the first time in 2018.Buehler does have familiarity with the Rockies, though, facing them four times in relief as a September call-up last season. He pitched two scoreless innings against the Rockies in his major league debut on Sept. 7 but returned three days later to give up four earned runs against the Rockies while getting just one out.Of those three teams ahead of the Dodgers in the standings, one is the Rockies, who have proved to be adept at playing road games. The Rockies are 18-11 on the road this season. Last year's Rockies team set a club record for winning percentage after 29 games, going 19-10.The Rockies feel like they are a consistent offense away from putting some distance between them and their division rivals."We're winning games, and as a team we're winning games," said Ian Desmond, according to mlb.com, as he emerged from a slump Saturday to hit two home runs. "It's going to be better when we're clicking on all cylinders, but this is what gets you through those dog days, when you just find a way, scratch and claw, and a different guy every night." The Rockies will send right-hander German Marquez to the mound Monday. He fits in line with the Rockies' road success, posting a 2.25 ERA in his five road starts while delivering a 10.34 ERA during his four starts in the thin air of Colorado.In Marquez's only previous start at Dodger Stadium, he gave up four runs on six hits in four innings last September. He has a combined 4.50 ERA in his two career appearances against L. A.Injuries have crushed the Dodgers this season. Clayton Kershaw is currently on the DL with a biceps injury and Corey Seager was lost for the year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Justin Turner only came back Tuesday after missing the start of the season with a broken wrist.More bad news came this weekend with Rich Hill going on the DL, but Kershaw threw a bullpen session Sunday and could be one more session from returning to action in a minor league rehab start or a major league game."We just want to leave it open for him, and for us," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Anything is possible."
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Time: 8:00 PM EDT Venue: Capital One Arena, Washington, D. C., 20004 / TAMPA, Fla. -- The Washington Capitals know they have a lot of work to do. The Tampa Bay Lightning know their work is far from done. Both teams expect to be at their best on Monday for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at Capital One Arena with Tampa Bay holding a 3-2 series advantage and the chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. The Capitals, a franchise haunted by the failures of postseasons past, are staring down another one heading in to their first elimination of this playoffs. After finally pushing past the Pittsburgh Penguins and advancing past the second round for the first time in 20 years -- and the first time in the Alex Ovechkin era -- Washington kept rolling right on in to the conference finals, winning the first two games on the road. But since grabbing that 2-0 series lead, the Capitals have dropped the past three games and are once again facing questions about seeing a big series lead dissipate into disappointment. In the conference era, which dates back to 1974-75, only two teams in 41 occasions have won the first two games of a conference final or league semifinal and failed to win the series: the Montreal Canadiens in 1984 and Boston Bruins in 1991." It's OK," Washington captain Alex Ovechkin said. "We're going to play better in Game 6 and we have (to) bounce back and come here and play a Game 7 and that's it." The Capitals are leaning on some of the adversity they have faced this season, including being down 0-2 themselves in the opening round after dropping consecutive home games to open the series against Columbus." We kind of had our backs against the wall a couple times this year in this playoffs. We can draw from those experiences," defenseman John Carlson said. "Just got to go out there and play hockey. That's what we do. Just all about upstairs and what you can control. I think if you stay in the moment like we have, we got a pretty good chance of winning." I think these guys are a very capable group that is very capable of winning the next game. That's all we're worried about." History is not on Washington's side, however. When a series is tied 2-2 in a best-of-seven format, the team which won Game 5 has an all-time series record of 215-55, a 79.6 winning percentage. But the Lightning are well aware that a 3-2 series lead means the next victory is going to be the hardest to earn. Twice in the previous three years Tampa Bay has been in this same position in the conference finals. In 2015, they held a 3-2 lead against the New York Rangers heading back home but lost Game 6 before winning in seven games. In 2016, the Lightning were up 3-2 on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the conference finals and lost Game 6 at home and eventually the series in seven games. Now, they are back in the same situation in 2018, but instead are heading on the road with the chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in franchise history." We have a lot of unfinished business," Lightning forward Ryan Callahan said. "This isn't even close to being over. This last game's definitely the hardest, against a very, very good Washington team and to go in their building and try to close them out it's going to be tough." Tampa Bay has been a strong road team in these playoffs, posting a 5-1 record away from home with four consecutive road victories. The Lightning have also never lost a playoff game in Washington in three all-time postseason meetings, which also includes 2003 and 2011, with a 7-0 record. Yet, all that matters is what Tampa Bay can put forth on Monday." We're going to have to match their urgency," Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. "The closeout games, potential closeout games, they just seem to bring out the best in everybody. For us, we've had some success when we've gotten the lead. When you do that, you put a little pressure on the other team. Something we'll try and focus on (Monday) night."
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