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James Russell, LHP
Stats
1-3, 8.31 ERA
Russell has been a spot starter and reliever during the first month of the season, starting three times in his seven appearances. His last two appearances were starts. He combined to allow eight earned runs on 12 hits, six homers.
Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Stats
2-3, 3.52 ERA
Kershaw has allowed five homers in six starts. He served up 13 last year in 32 starts, and only seven in 30 starts in '09. In his last start, he pitched efficiently until the sixth, when he walked a pair of Fish, giving him 15 walks in 38 1/3 frames.
Ryan Dempster, RHP
Stats
1-3, 9.58 ERA
Dempster had the worst start of his career in a loss vs. the D-backs on Thursday. He faced 10 batters and got one out, allowing seven runs on four hits with four walks. He also hit a batter and allowed a grand slam.
Chad Billingsley, RHP
Stats
2-1, 4.46 ERA
Billingsley gave up just one earned run in 6 1/3 innings on April 22. He struck out three, but also walked three batters, and walked three more in his last start. Walks have a problem this year -- he's issued at least two in five of his six startsn
Carlos Zambrano, RHP
Stats
3-1, 4.91 ERA
Big Z is 11-1 in his past 17 starts, dating back to last August. On Friday vs. the D-backs, he won for the third time by settling down after allowing a first-inning, two-run homer to Justin Upton.
Ted Lilly, LHP
Stats
2-2, 4.45 ERA
Lilly responded from a tough outing in Chicago (11 hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings) to hold the Padres to one run on five hits his last time out. Lilly also struck out four batters to pick up his second win of the year.