Most impressive was Kershaw's command of his arsenal, from painting corners with his fastball to directing the tilt on his breaking pitches. The slider is a knee-buckler with vicious snap and late break, forcing hitters to make a premature decision and coaxing ugly swings by the truck-load. The fastball ran 92-95 mph on Monday and was complemented by an 83-88 mph slider and a curve clocked from 72-76 mph. Kershaw has ideal velocity spreads for his three pitch types, a fact that helps to cover for his lack of a reliable change-up. Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. The Giants would scratch out two runs off of Kershaw, with both RBI coming courtesy of Pablo Sandoval, but the Dodgers were unable to score against Bumgarner.
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Kershaw and Bumgarner posted identical lines in the true outcome categories, with each lefty notching 10 strikeouts over eight full frames without issuing a single walk or home run. Both lineups were stacked to exploit the platoon advantage, with each team starting seven right-handed hitters to counter the southpaws on the mound. On the other hand, Bumgarner relies on killer mechanical efficiency and deception to allow his more modest stuff to play up on the big stage. Kershaw has the electric stuff, pumping mid-90s gas when he's not causing heads to spin with his ferocious breaking pitches, but his mechanical profile is full of warts.
This was an intriguing matchup of two left-handers with widely disparate processes yet strikingly similar results. 300, but his 2012 mark is even lower than Kershaw's in spite of the ninth-ranked gloves of the Giants. Bumgarner entered the season with a career BABIP over. ace has maintained a sub-.280 BABIP in each of the last three seasons, and his current mark of. The numbers for the two pitchers are remarkably similar this season (see table), with Kershaw continuing to make his own case against DIPS theory by leading the NL in hit rate for the third time in four seasons, playing in front of a Dodger defense that ranks eighth in the majors in Defensive Efficiency. It was the first meeting for two young southpaws who will likely be dueling out west for years to come. Kershaw has held the Giants to a sub-2.00 ERA again in 2012, though he had come up on the short end of the decision in two of his three starts against them to Monday's match-up with Madison Bumgarner. It isn’t always the perfect knife for the situation, but more often than than not it is knife enough.Clayton Kershaw dominated the rival Giants last season, going 5-0 with a 1.07 ERA and a 49:8 strikeout-to-walk ratio in six starts and 42 innings, including a perfect four-for-four in head-to-head battles with San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum. Its pretty loose and so having it accidentally activate happens more than I would like, compared, say to the safety on something like the SOG Flash AT.įun piece about I knife I have long loved. Over and over again I would go to kick the knife open only to realize that as it was in my pocket, the safety was triggered. The safety lock is a feature that sounds good but, in my experience, it is solely a negative. I am also not a fan of the overly complex deployment and safety system. There isn’t a lot more you can do with the additional acuity, but it is a real liability.
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