Star pitchers Kershaw, Arrieta, Price sucking in the 2015 tournament.

Clayton Kershaw

Friday, October 9, 2015, 9:30 pm, Dodger Stadium
Attendance: 54,428, Time of Game: 3:14
Mets 3, Dodgers 1

W: Jacob deGrom (1-0)
L: Clayton Kershaw (0-1)
S: Jeurys Familia (1)

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
Clayton Kershaw, L (0-1)	6.2	4	3	3	4	11	1	4.05	28	113	75	43	17	15	7	6	2	0	61			0.135	0.95	1.4

Kershaw pitches tonight against the Mets in New York on three days rest, which he has done only once in his career.  Career Kershaw is 1-6 in the tournament, 4.99 ERA.  Dodgers are facing elimination.  Zack Greinke won game two and will start game five in LA if Kershaw gets off the schneid and wins game four.
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Jake Arrieta

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 8:00 pm, PNC Park
Attendance: 40,889, Time of Game: 2:47
Cubs 4, Pirates 0

W: Jake Arrieta (1-0)
L: Gerrit Cole (0-1)

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
Jake Arrieta, W (1-0)	9	5	0	0	0	11	0	0.00	32	113	77	40	16	21	11	8	4	0	88			0.333	0.78	4.1

Monday, October 12, 2015
Cubs 8, Cardinals 6

Arrieta won: 5.66 innings, 4 runs (all earned), 1 homer

One good game, one bad.
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David Price

Thursday, October 8, 2015, 3:30 pm, Rogers Centre
Attendance: 49,834, Time of Game: 2:53
Rangers 5, Blue Jays 3

W: Yovani Gallardo (1-0)
L: David Price (0-1)
S: Sam Dyson (1)

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
David Price, L (0-1)	7	5	5	5	2	5	2	6.43	29	90	59	31	10	18	8	12	5	0	50			-0.278	0.80	-1.6

Monday, October 12, 2015, 4:00pm, Globe Life Park in Arlington
Attendance: 47,679, Time of Game: 3:18
Blue Jays 8, Rangers 4

W: David Price (1-1)
L: Derek Holland (0-1)

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	Ctct	StS	StL	GB	FB	LD	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
R.A. Dickey	4.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	1.93	19	78	47	25	5	17	6	10	4	0	53			0.111	0.56	1.3
David Price, W (1-1)	3	6	3	3	0	2	0	7.20	14	50	38	25	5	8	7	5	3	0		1	0	0.009	0.22	-1.5
Aaron Sanchez	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0.011	0.37	0.2
Roberto Osuna	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	3	13	9	3	2	4	0	2	0	0		0	0	0.019	0.24	0.5

Price had a bad start, then a bad relief appearance.  Price is a free agent after the season and I had figured that there would be a bidding war between the Yankees and Red Sox to take Price away from Toronto but Price is costing himself money.

What the heck kind of move was it to remove starter R.A. Dickey with two out in the 5th and Toronto leading 7-1.  Price pitched worse and now Price is not available to pitch in game five.  Had Price not been used unnecessarily, then Price could pitch game five on full rest.

Supposedly the Cardinals plan to start 36 year old John Lackey on short rest in game 4 against the Cubs to avoid elimination.  Managers seem to be panicking even more than usual.
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And in game three against the Dodgers last night Met starter Matt Harvey allowed 3 runs in the second inning for a 3-0 deficit, which could have been worse had David Wright not caught a line drive at third base for out number three; out two was the Dodger pitcher.  Harvey lasted 5 innings, allowing only those 3 runs.