And speaking of not playing up to expectations Washington ace Stephen Strasburg has been short of hi

Finally jacksonville hotel rooms our long national nightmare is over. OK, it s not that dramatic but the good news is that the MLB All Star Break is over and action jacksonville hotel rooms resumes on Friday with a full slate of games. In this writeup we ll focus on a National League matchup between the Los Angeles jacksonville hotel rooms Dodgers and the Washington Nationals. Both teams are still in the postseason hunt though they ve gone about it in dramatically different ways. The Dodgers were a major underachiever in the first few months of the season but over the past six weeks have been one of the hottest teams in baseball. The Washington Nationals are still within sight of the Atlanta Braves despite not playing up to their lofty preseason expectations.
And speaking of not playing up to expectations Washington ace Stephen Strasburg has been short of his historically dominant form. He s not pitched badly he s got a 2.99 ERA overall and a 1.65 ERA at home both of which are very strong but due more to his teammates lack of support than anything else his performance hasn t translated into wins. The Nationals have lost 11 of his 18 starts overall (-9.2 units) and 5 of his 9 home assignments. That home record translates into a loss of 5.2 units and is especially distressing given Strasburg jacksonville hotel rooms s numbers on his home field. He didn t look good at all heading into the All Star Break posting a 6.60 ERA in his last three starts.
Ricky Nolasco may have overachieved somewhat jacksonville hotel rooms to this point he s got a 3.76 ERA overall and a solid 2.98 mark on the road. That hasn t translated into wins either though there s a huge caveat to that observation that we ll get to in a moment. Nolsasco s teams have lost 13 of his 20 starts this season but only two of those have been with Los Angeles he previously pitched for lowly Miami. Since joining the Dodgers they ve split his two assignments though Nolasco has pitched well.
There s no reason to expect that Strasburg won t regain some measure of his form but we just can t pass up the big price on a red hot road team going against him. We ll look for the Dodgers to begin the second half of the season strong with a victory here in what should jacksonville hotel rooms be a low scoring game.