Hariston's hitting 364 /.364 /.409 against Kershaw.
Span 0-1
Rendon 0-3
Laroche .211/.286/.421
Desmond .176 /.222/.294
ESpinosa .143/.143 /.286
If anything, he's batting a little low
Werth hit 2 home runs off Kershaw in one game last year, which we lost 9-2. Werth did not play in the other 2013 game against him, which we lost 2-0. Ryan Zimmerman had 3 hits in that one. LaRoche had a hit and a walk, so he needs to hit Werth in, if Kershaw decides to play it safe and walk Werth.
ESPN: Sidelined for a little more than six weeks with a back injury, Clayton Kershaw is finally ready to again take the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Making his first North American start this season, Kershaw looks for a fourth straight winning outing over the host Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
Kershaw (1-0, 1.35 ERA) allowed a run, five hits and struck out seven with a walk in 6 2/3 innings of a 3-1 victory over Arizona in Australia on March 22. In the process, the reigning NL Cy Young award winner strained the teres major muscle in his upper back. The left-hander allowed three runs, eight hits and struck out 15 in 10 innings over two rehab starts with Class A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga. He is not expected to be on a pitch limit Tuesday... [
I disagree. I think he'll throw about 85 pitches.]
Kershaw gave up six runs in six innings of a 6-3 loss to the Nationals on Aug. 8, 2010, but has yielded four on three homers and struck out 26 with two walks over 23 2/3 innings to win his next three starts against them.
