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A.J. Burnett has come a long way from where he started the season, but that’s not a good thing. Coming off his latest in a string of terrible outings, Burnett looks to avoid losing five straight starts for the first time in five years when he takes the ball for the visiting New York Yankees on Saturday against the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers. Burnett displayed All-Star form the first month of the season, posting a 1.99 ERA through his first six starts while opening a career-best 4-0. He began to slip a bit over the following four weeks, going 2-2 with a 4.99 ERA, before completely derailing this month. The right-hander has posted a 10.35 ERA while losing his four June starts. Against Arizona on Monday, Burnett was knocked around for seven runs and nine hits in four innings of a 10-4 loss. Most of the damage came in the first inning, when he was tagged for five runs - all scoring on three homers.
This probably won’t happen if he can’t keep the ball in the park. After giving up four homers in his first 11 outings, Burnett has surrendered nine in 20 innings during his skid. It’s the most homers he’s allowed in a four-start span in his 12-year career. Burnett hasn’t lost five straight starts since Aug. 24-Sept. 14, 2005, the worst stretch of his career. Immediately before the start of that losing skid, Burnett held Los Angeles to six hits in eight innings of a 3-0 win for Florida on Aug. 19, 2005 - still his last outing against the Dodgers. He is 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in seven career starts versus Los Angeles. The AL East-leading Yankees won Friday’s series opener 2-1, as Alex Rodriguez homered in the sixth inning to snap a 1-all tie in manager Joe Torre’s first game against New York since leaving as manager following the 2007 season.
