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Willis to oppose Jackson in matinee game
LA Dodgers (56-67) at Florida (65-58), 1:05 pm EDT MIAMI (Ticker)
Dontrelle Willis can join Chris Carpenter as baseball's only 17-game winners when the Florida Marlins host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a four-game series. Florida has taken two of three games from Arizona, San Francisco and San Diego thus far on its 13-game homestand.
The Marlins have also taken two of three from Los Angeles, which looks to achieve a series split. Willis (16-8, 2.64 ERA) is 3-2 in his last five starts despite allowing only two earned runs in that stretch.
The lefthander tossed his fifth shutout last Wednesday against San Diego, allowing just five hits in a 6-0 victory. But Willis is 0-3 with a 10.38 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers, who are batting .375 against him. Los Angeles counters with Edwin Jackson (NR), who makes his first start of the season. Considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Jackson is 4-2 with a 5.01 ERA in 12 games - eight starts - for the Dodgers over parts of the last two seasons. Jackson replaces Odalis Perez, who is suffering from a strained oblique in his right side.
LA Dodgers (56-67) at Florida (65-58), 1:05 pm EDT MIAMI (Ticker)
Dontrelle Willis can join Chris Carpenter as baseball's only 17-game winners when the Florida Marlins host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a four-game series. Florida has taken two of three games from Arizona, San Francisco and San Diego thus far on its 13-game homestand.
The Marlins have also taken two of three from Los Angeles, which looks to achieve a series split. Willis (16-8, 2.64 ERA) is 3-2 in his last five starts despite allowing only two earned runs in that stretch.
The lefthander tossed his fifth shutout last Wednesday against San Diego, allowing just five hits in a 6-0 victory. But Willis is 0-3 with a 10.38 ERA in three career starts against the Dodgers, who are batting .375 against him. Los Angeles counters with Edwin Jackson (NR), who makes his first start of the season. Considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Jackson is 4-2 with a 5.01 ERA in 12 games - eight starts - for the Dodgers over parts of the last two seasons. Jackson replaces Odalis Perez, who is suffering from a strained oblique in his right side.
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