What you need to know: Dodgers I’ll try to keep up with San Diego in National League West when they take hot Cleveland Guardians team for three interleague games starting Friday night at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers are polygames behind the No. 1-place Padres after San Diego beat the Cubs 6-4 in Chicago on Thursday.
At the same time, the Guardians finished three games in the Colorado Rockies in Denver for their fourth straight win and improved their record to 13–3 in their last 16 games. Cleveland is two games behind Minnesota in the American Central League.
Dodgers to send lefty Clayton Kershaw on the mound against right-handed Guardians Zak Plesak. Kershaw is 4-1 with a 2.12 earned mileage average. He averages more strikeouts per inning, 36 in 34 innings. Pleshak 2-4 with ERA 4.70.
Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez leads the American League in runs scored and is one of the league’s best in batting averages and home runs.
How to watch Dodgers vs Guardians
Where: Dodger Stadium
Radio: AM 570 (CLAC); 1020 (KTNQ) Spanish
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Friday’s game is dominated by the Dodgers, from -268 to +273.
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Source: sports.yahoo.com