Clayton Kershaw is 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in five career starts versus the Padres, including a 0.75 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in two starts against them this season (though he had a no-decision in each).
Coming off a stretch of seven starts during which he has a 2.68 ERA and has limited opposing batters to a .182 average and working at home, Kershaw is about as strong a choice as you can find. …
Francisco Liriano's most recent start (6 IP, 3 H's, 1 ER, 5 K's on June 5 at Seattle) as a promising sign and as such advise him in this turn at Oakland.
The matchup favors him and it's not unthinkable that he's simply a guy who needs several weeks to get up to peak form. To that end he notched his first career quality start on May 31, 2006, and extended it for seven more in a row in what turned out to be a breakout year for him; and last year between the majors and minors he was 16-1 with a 2.71 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 22 starts from June 1 forward
Coming off a stretch of seven starts during which he has a 2.68 ERA and has limited opposing batters to a .182 average and working at home, Kershaw is about as strong a choice as you can find. …
Francisco Liriano's most recent start (6 IP, 3 H's, 1 ER, 5 K's on June 5 at Seattle) as a promising sign and as such advise him in this turn at Oakland.
The matchup favors him and it's not unthinkable that he's simply a guy who needs several weeks to get up to peak form. To that end he notched his first career quality start on May 31, 2006, and extended it for seven more in a row in what turned out to be a breakout year for him; and last year between the majors and minors he was 16-1 with a 2.71 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 22 starts from June 1 forward
