Stoney's Play Of The Day: Hot Left Hand Of Francisco Liriano

By Mike Stone

Late last night Jose Fernandez pitched the Miami Marlins to a 5-3 victory over the Diamondbacks, making me 3-0 on my Plays Of The Day.

Today I am going with the hot hand and in this case the hot left hand of Francisco Liriano. He and the Pirates host the Washington Nationals and former Tiger Doug Fister.

The Pirates have won Liriano's last four starts. He has given up just six runs in those four games. The Nats meanwhile have lost four of Fisters five starts since he returned from the Disabled List in mid June.

One thing to keep an eye on is that Liriano is 1-2 when starting against Washington with an ERA that is almost 4.50.

That said, I am going with Liriano and the Pirates (-170) as the PLAY OF THE DAY

Yesterday  Marlins -109 over Diamonbacks       WIN

Overall Record  3-0