The Dodgers have one of the worst teams in baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies coming to Los Angeles tonight and the Dodgers have still not named a starting pitcher. Carlos Frias was placed on the Disabled List because of stiffness in his lower back and the Dodgers replaced him on the active roster with left handed reliever Daniel Coulombe.
The two names being bounced around to start tonight are minor leaguer Eric Surkamp who was acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a minor league trade for Outfielder Blake Smith earlier in the season. He was 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA for the AAA Charlotte Knights before his trade and he is 4-2 with a 4.50 ERA for AAA Oklahoma City after the trade. He was scratched from his start Sunday in preparation for his call up on Monday. Surkamp was a sixth round draft choice of the San Francisco Giants out of North Carolina State in 2008. Surkamp does have major league experience appearing in 42 games with 7 starts for the San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox. He has a career record of 4-3 with a 6.20 ERA.
Former Dodger Eric Stults is also on the radar to start tonight. He was 1-5 with a 5.85 ERA for the Atlanta Braves in eight starts earlier this season. Stults was drafted by the Dodgers in 2002 and spent parts of four seasons, 2006-2009, with the Dodgers. He has a career record of 36-48 in 135 games with 112 starts. The problem with Stults is that if he does not stick with the team he would have to clear waivers again.
Neither pitcher exactly strikes fear in the hearts of any bats, not even the Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers cannot seem to keep a starter on the mound if his name is not Kershaw, Greinke, or Anderson.
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