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Latos cashing Overs since coming to Dodgers
Mat Latos has struggled since coming to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a trade with the Miami Marlins. The righty is 0-2 with a a 6.56 ERA in five starts since joining the club.
Thanks to that ERA, Overs have been cashing in his outings of late. Over wagers are 4-1 in his five starts in Dodger blue.
“He hasn’t pitched as well as he’s capable of, that’s for sure,” manager Don Mattingly told reporters. “I think he would admit that.”
Latos is scheduled to get that ball at the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday evening.
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Bullpen fails Cubs in pivotal loss to Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- For 7 1/2 innings Wednesday, the Chicago Cubs were on their way to a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals that would have given them a real puncher's chance to win the National League Central.
But manager Joe Maddon lifted Jon Lester for a pinch-hitter in the eighth and the bullpen followed with the kind of meltdown that marked the season's first half, turning a 3-1 lead into a galling 4-3 defeat.
Lester was at 105 pitches after seven innings in which he allowed just two hits and a run, walking one and fanning seven. He retired 20 of the last 21 hitters, allowing exactly zero hard-hit balls during that span.
While St. Louis wouldn't bite on the proffered bait -- players and manager Mike Matheny saying Chicago has a capable bullpen -- it had to be thrilled that Lester wasn't asked for another 10 or 15 pitches.
"I thought he was really good today after that first inning," Maddon said of Lester. "I thought we played a really good game, but we can't permit that kind of stuff to happen. We have to finish that game up."
Instead, Pedro Strop, Clayton Richard and Fernando Rodney gave up three hits and three runs, dealing the kind of gut-wrenching loss that has been a Cubs specialty for 107 years. Four games with hapless Philadelphia might wash the bitter taste away this weekend, but a two-game swing in the division -- from 5 1/2 out to 7 1/2 out -- will be hard to overcome.
Mat Latos has struggled since coming to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a trade with the Miami Marlins. The righty is 0-2 with a a 6.56 ERA in five starts since joining the club.
Thanks to that ERA, Overs have been cashing in his outings of late. Over wagers are 4-1 in his five starts in Dodger blue.
“He hasn’t pitched as well as he’s capable of, that’s for sure,” manager Don Mattingly told reporters. “I think he would admit that.”
Latos is scheduled to get that ball at the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday evening.
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Bullpen fails Cubs in pivotal loss to Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- For 7 1/2 innings Wednesday, the Chicago Cubs were on their way to a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals that would have given them a real puncher's chance to win the National League Central.
But manager Joe Maddon lifted Jon Lester for a pinch-hitter in the eighth and the bullpen followed with the kind of meltdown that marked the season's first half, turning a 3-1 lead into a galling 4-3 defeat.
Lester was at 105 pitches after seven innings in which he allowed just two hits and a run, walking one and fanning seven. He retired 20 of the last 21 hitters, allowing exactly zero hard-hit balls during that span.
While St. Louis wouldn't bite on the proffered bait -- players and manager Mike Matheny saying Chicago has a capable bullpen -- it had to be thrilled that Lester wasn't asked for another 10 or 15 pitches.
"I thought he was really good today after that first inning," Maddon said of Lester. "I thought we played a really good game, but we can't permit that kind of stuff to happen. We have to finish that game up."
Instead, Pedro Strop, Clayton Richard and Fernando Rodney gave up three hits and three runs, dealing the kind of gut-wrenching loss that has been a Cubs specialty for 107 years. Four games with hapless Philadelphia might wash the bitter taste away this weekend, but a two-game swing in the division -- from 5 1/2 out to 7 1/2 out -- will be hard to overcome.
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