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MLB on Sling TV: Cardinals at Dodgers on ESPN; regional action on Fox Sports Networks

May 15, 2016 by Scott Ross

St. Louis Cardinals (Leake 1-3, 5.10) at Los Angeles Dodgers (Wood 1-3, 4.58) 8pm ET on ESPN

John Lackey had a very good 215 for the Cardinals, and then signed with the Cubs for $32 million over two years. The Cardinals tried to replace him with Mike Leake, signing him to a 5-year deal worth about $80 million. Whoops. Over his first 6 starts, Leake gave up more than a hit an inning, including 6 homers, leading to a 6.03 ERA and an 0-3 record. But on Tuesday, against the Angels, proud owners of the third-worst record in baseball, Leake got his mojo back: 8 IP, 6 IP, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 SO. Overall, Leake’s peripherals – strikeouts, WHIP, homers… are about in line with his career norms, there’s nothing that jumps out to suggest a 25% hike in ERA, but here we are.

Alex Wood was a promising 24-year-old when the Dodgers picked him up in the stretch run deal from the Braves. In 368 ⅔ innings, he posted a 3.42 ERA, with 3.12 SO/BB ratio, and a 1.27 WHIP. Since coming to LA, however, he’s gone 4.43, 2.32 and 1.31. He got off to an atrocious start this year, with 4 starts, 21 innings, 6.00 ERA, 1.1 SO/BB – heck, he’d given up more runs than strikeouts. But there have been signs of life since, as in each two of his last three starts he’s gone 6+ innings, struck out 9 and given up a total of 3 runs.

Watch the St. Louis Cardinals vs. the Los Angeles at 8pm ET Sunday on ESPN by subscribing to the Best of Live TV package..

Here’s the action from the FOX Sports regional networks across the land: (Starters subject to change)

Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-0, 4.91) at New York Yankees (Tanaka 1-0, 3.11) 1:05pm ET on YES

Minnesota Twins (Duffey 0-2, 2.60) at Cleveland Indians (Bauer 3-0, 3.86) 1:10pm ET on FOX Sports North & SportsTime Ohio

Oakland Athletics (Gray 3-4, 6.00) at Tampa Bay Rays (Smyly 1-4, 3.63) 1:10pm ET on Fox Sports Sun

Cincinnati Reds (Straily 1-1, 3.47) at Philadelphia Phillies (Morgan 1-0, 3.94) 1:35pm ET on FOX Sports Cincinnati

Detroit Tigers (Fulmer 2-1, 6.00) at Baltimore Orioles (Gausman 0-1, 2.16) 1:35pm ET on FOX Sports Detroit

Miami Marlins (Conley 2-2, 3.72) at Washington Nationals (Strasburg 5-0, 2.76) 1:35pm ET on FOX Sports Florida

San Diego Padres (Vargas 0-2, 3.54) at Milwaukee Brewers (Davies 1-3, 6.29) 2:10pm ET on FOX Sports San Diego & FOX Sports Wisconsin

Atlanta Braves (Wisler 1-3, 3.27) at Kansas City Royals (Duffy 0-0, 3.00) 2:15pm ET on FOX Sports Kansas City & FOX Sports South

Toronto Blue Jays (Sanchez 3-1, 2.58) at Texas Rangers (Ramos 0-2, 5.11) 3:05pm ET on FOX Sports Southwest

Los Angeles Angels (Santiago 2-2, 4.07) at Seattle Mariners (Hernandez 3-2, 2.27) 4:10pm ET on FOX Sports West

San Francisco Giants (Cain 0-5, 6.69) at Arizona Diamondbacks (De La Rosa 4-4, 3.93) 4:10pm ET on FOX Sports Arizona

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