MLB on Sling TV: Giants at Cardinals on ESPN; regional action on Fox Sports Networks
(all times Eastern, starters subject to change)
San Francisco Giants (Peavy 2-5, 6.34) at St. Louis Cardinals (Martinez 5-5, 3.69)
8pm ET on ESPN
Just days after his 35th birthday, Jake Peavy finds himself slogging through what is shaping up to be the worst season of his 15-year career: He’s got an ERA 1.4 runs higher than ever before, his second-worst strikeout and home run rates, a career-high WHIP, and he’s on pace for a career high in losses, dovetailing nicely with his career-low winning percentage. All that said, he’s pitched well in 3 of his last four starts, most recently pitching 7 shutout innings, giving up just a hit, against the Braves en route to a 4-0 win. Yeah, the Braves have the worst offense in the bigs, but they’re still a Major League team. Kinda…
Carlos Martinez was both lucky and good in his first 4 starts, going 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA, thanks to a .182 BABIP, and despite an underwhelming 6.4 K’s per 9. Then he got roughed up by the Nats, and after that left a game against the Pirates after just 3 ⅓, having succumbed to fatigue. In his next two starts, he has so little in the tank that he gave up 8 runs in 10 innings, and induced only 10 swinging strikes, about half his normal rate. Like so many before him, he hit bottom against the Cubs: 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 7 SO. And then, like so many others before him, he looked real good against the Brewers, fanning 8 in 8 innings of 5-hit shutout ball. Hopefully he’s turned the corner.
And here’s the action from the FOX Sports regional networks across the land…
Kansas City Royals (Young 2-5, 5.94) at Cleveland Indians (Kluber 4-6, 4.15)
1:10pm ET on FOX Sports Kansas City & SportsTime Ohio
New York Mets (Harvey 4-7, 5.37) at Miami Marlins (Fernandez 8-2, 2.53)
1:10pm ET on FOX Sports Florida
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-5, 2.12) at Detroit Tigers (Verlander 4-5, 4.11)
1:10pm ET on FOX Sports Detroit
Washington Nationals (Roark 4-4, 2.70) at Cincinnati Reds (Moscot 0-3, 7.13)
1:10pm ET on FOX Sports Cincinnati
Los Angeles Angels (Chacin 2-3, 4.42) at Pittsburgh Pirates (Cole 5-4, 2.72)
1:35pm ET on FOX Sports West
Milwaukee Brewers (Peralta 3-6, 6.51) at Philadelphia Phillies (Nola 4-4, 2.88)
1:35pm ET on FOX Sports Wisconsin
New York Yankees (Sabathia 3-4, 2.85) at Baltimore Orioles (Gausman 0-3, 3.78)
1:35pm ET on YES
Tampa Bay Rays (Smyly 2-7, 4.77) at Minnesota Twins (Duffey 2-4, 4.57)
2:10pm ET on FOX Sports North & Fox Sports Sun
Arizona Diamondbacks (Corbin 2-5, 4.96) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 9-0, 1.56)
2:20pm ET on FOX Sports Arizona
Seattle Mariners (Iwakuma 4-4, 4.41) at Texas Rangers (Holland 4-4, 4.78)
3:05pm ET on FOX Sports Southwest
Atlanta Braves (Wisler 2-5, 3.16) at Los Angeles Dodgers (Kazmir 4-3, 4.38)
4:10pm ET on FOX Sports South
Colorado Rockies (Gray 3-2, 5.76) at San Diego Padres (Shields 2-7, 4.28)
9:10pm ET on FOX Sports San Diego
All stats courtesy of ESPN and Baseball Reference