Merrill Kelly holds Rangers to one run

Kelly fanned nine, topping his previous season high for strikeouts by two, but that wasn’t enough tonight. He walked two in a two-run second and then gave up a two-run homer in the third. Kelly is 1-6 with a 5.32 ERA since the beginning of August and 9-14 with a 5.00 ERA overall. He’ll pitch in Colorado next week.

Kelly gave up seven hits, walked none and struck out four. He fell to 9-13 with the loss. Kelly dominated the Giants for seven innings in his last start. He wasn’t quite as good against the Astros on Friday, though he still put up a quality start. Kelly has a 5.06 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Rangers at home next weekend.

The 37-year-old righty allowed just two hits in the ballgame — both singles — while issuing four free passes. Kelly got 13 swings and misses on 100 pitches in the ballgame — six of those on his changeup — while registering a CSW of 30 percent. Now 9-12 on the season, he’ll look to further improve upon his 5.08 ERA and 1.48 WHIP when he takes on the Astros in Houston on Friday.

Kelly gave up five hits, walked three and struck out four. He fell to 8-12 with the loss. Kelly has now lost four of his last five starts. He has a 5.35 ERA on the season. Kelly is lined up to face the Giants on the road this weekend.

Kelly surrendered seven hits with just four hard-hit balls allowed, which seems like awful luck. Still, when your strikeout rate is just 15 percent, you’re going to have bad luck sometimes. Kelly is 8-11 with a 5.37 ERA, and things don’t figure to get any easier against the Cubs next week.

Kelly got rocked in what was supposed to be an easy matchup against the Rockies at home. They jumped on him for four runs in the second – three of which came via a three-run shot by back-up catcher Brett Sullivan – and then Zac Veen hit a two-run homer in the fourth. In total, Kelly allowed 11 hard-hit balls and only forced five swings-and-misses. This is now two clunkers over his last three outings after seemingly turning the corner in July with a 1.95 ERA. He’s scheduled to face the Red Sox in Fenway Park next time out.

That doesn’t sound so bad. He should be ready to go Wednesday against the Rockies. Kelly was charged with one run in 5 2/3 innings before leaving the game against the Dodgers.

With one out in the sixth, Kelly lost his command and issued a pair of walks before getting Freddie Freeman to bounce into a fielder’s choice. He then signaled to the dugout and was visited by the training staff who made the decision to remove him from the game. It’s possible that it was only a cramp, but the Diamondbacks were going to take every possible precaution. Expect an update on his status after the game.

Kelly struck out five and had a 13 percent swinging strike rate, but he also walked four and threw just 58 percent of his pitches for strikes. The 37-year-old hadn’t allowed more than two earned runs in a game since June 28, so we’ll consider this an unfortunate speed bump. The bad news is that he’s set to face the Dodgers his next time out, which is likely a start you’d like to avoid.

Kelly gave up four hits, walked one and struck out six. His only run allowed came in the sixth inning when his throwing error on a pickoff attempt helped lead to a Pirates run. Kelly has completed at least five innings and allowed two runs or less in five consecutive starts. He has a 4.86 ERA and 4.97 xFIP this year. Kelly’s lined up to face the Guardians on the road on Sunday.