Kershaw, ペテン師 始める，決める for Trout, Angels
The Los Angeles ペテン師 will begin a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., starting Friday night, hoping to get a couple of their 重要な lefties on the 権利 跡をつける.
Left-手渡すd starter Clayton Kershaw will try to bounce 支援する from a rough time in his last 外見, a loss to the San Francisco 巨大（な）s last Saturday. Left-手渡すd hitter Cody Bellinger, 一方／合間, is 簡単に trying to find his 最高殊勲選手-caliber groove.
Bellinger, who went 0-for-3 Thursday against the San Diego Padres, is hitting just .165/.224/.266 with two ホームランs and seven 打点s. He's even worse against left-手渡すd 投手s, hitting .091 (2-for-22) with no extra-base 攻撃する，衝突するs.
And Friday night, the Angels will throw left-hander Patrick Sandoval, who has given up only one 攻撃する，衝突する to a left-手渡すd hitter this season in 15 at-bats.
ペテン師 経営者／支配人 Dave Roberts, though, said he believes Bellinger and others in the 顔触れ who are struggling (Max Muncy and Joc Pederson also are hitting いっそう少なく than .200) have been 影響する／感情d by this season's unique circumstances.
With 拡大するd rosters (28 instead of 25), teams have bigger bullpens and その結果 can pull the starter earlier than normal and match up with relievers more frequently.
"There's more guys in the 'pen," Roberts said. "経営者／支配人s are matching up more, and there's a lot of 大国 武器 in 'pens across the league. 経営者／支配人s have 10, 11 guys in the 'pen these days. I think that's probably a big part of it."
Kershaw 行方不明になるd the start of the season with a bad 支援する but had a stellar first start when he shut out the Arizona Diamondbacks on three 攻撃する，衝突するs over 5 2/3 innings on Aug. 2. He struck out six and did not walk a 乱打する. But in his loss to the 巨大（な）s, he didn't make it out of the fifth inning, giving up four runs on seven 攻撃する，衝突するs and one walk in 4 1/3 innings, struggling with his 命令（する）.
Kershaw has been good against the Angels in his career, going 6-2 with a 2.56 ERA in 11 starts. He's had success against 中心 fielder マイク Trout, 持つ／拘留するing him to two 攻撃する，衝突するs in 13 at-bats with four strikeouts. First baseman/DH Albert Pujols, however, has 攻撃する，衝突する Kershaw 井戸／弁護士席, batting .375 (12-for-32) with five （テニスなどの）ダブルス.
Sandoval is still looking for his first victory of the season, but he's pitched impressively in both of his starts. He 産する／生じるd two runs (one earned) on four 攻撃する，衝突するs and one walk in four innings against the Seattle 水夫s on July 28, then held the Texas 特別奇襲隊員s to two runs on four 攻撃する，衝突するs and one walk in six innings last Saturday.
Sandoval has a 2.70 ERA and …に反対するing 乱打するs are hitting just .211 against him. Angels 経営者／支配人 Joe Maddon said he believes Sandoval's 最近の 遠出s weren't flukes.
"This is what I thought we would see with him," Maddon said. "I think he has this 肉親，親類d of 可能性のある. I don't think that's an outlier. I think that's the 肉親，親類d of 業績／成果 he's 有能な of on a more 一貫した basis. Better fastball 命令（する）, really good slider and changeup when he needed it."
Sandoval has never 直面するd the ペテン師.
--Field Level マスコミ
