LOS ANGELES — Nationals manager Dusty Baker sounded like a giddy fan anticipating the top-notch pitching matchups in Washington’s next two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“There’s going to be great pitching,” Baker said. “I urge everybody to come out and watch the games because it’s going to be a heck of two games.”
A pair of right-handers, Washington’s Max Scherzer (6-3, 2.56 ERA) and Los Angeles’ Brandon McCarthy (5-2, 3.38), will oppose each other on Tuesday.
In the series finale on Wednesday, Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg (7-1, 2.91) will face Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.