The Dodgers need at least one more starting pitcher to get through this tough stretch of games. With multiple doubleheaders and not many breaks, they’ve been forced to go to their farm system. That would include giving Ryan Pepiot and Michael Grove their big league debuts within a week.
But the hope was that Clayton Kershaw would be able to bounce back from a sore back. That issue once again forced him to the injured list right before his scheduled start this past Friday. It was bad enough to the point where he needed to get an epidural for the pain.