The Stats Say It All

Clayton Kershaw's stats speak volumes about the season he has had and an argument could easily be made that he should already be a twenty game winner in spite of missing five weeks of the season. He has only had one bad start this season and he got a little bit of redemption against the Arizona Diamondbacks last night giving up only one unearned run in eight innings pitched while striking out ten. Kershaw leads the majors in wins with 16, has a 1.73 ERA, and an out of this world WHIP for a starting pitcher of 0.84. The Diamondbacks also loaded the bases on Kershaw last night and that was the first time all season long that had happened to him. Of course, the Diamondbacks did not score a run against him. Scott Van Slyke also has an amazing record against Diamondbacks starter Wade Miley. Van Slyke has 8 hits against Miley this year with 5 homeruns including one last night. Van Slyke owns (I always think of the movie Slap Shot "Owwnnnss, Owwnnnss" when I think of that sports phrase) Miley. ott