Kelly leads to way on a packed Friday schedule

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: We have a full day of baseball action today, starting with the Mets and Pirates at 6:40 pm ET. The weather has been heating up across the country, and the offensive explosions have followed. We have a lot of mediocre pitching today, and we have at least three games with projected totals of nine or more.  

 

Notable Starts:

Merrill Kelly has been a different pitcher since May 7. He has a 2.93 ERA and 2.78 SIERA over nine starts, but more impressively, his strikeout skills are spiking. Kelly has struck out at least six in each of the nine starts for 66 strikeouts over 55.1 innings pitched with a 24.2% K-BB. Today, he faces a Marlins team hitting .263 versus RHP over the past month with a .108 ISO and a...

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