Cueto (4-3) gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk over six innings in a loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday. He struck out six.
Cueto handed Clayton Kershaw a rare loss with seven strong innings back on the first day of May, but the Dodgers' ace got his revenge this time around, cruising through seven scoreless frames. This has been a bit of an up-and-down season for Cueto so far, as his 4.50 ERA and 1.26 WHIP would imply, but he's really only had three unsavory starts out of nine. Keeping the ball on the ground has been a bit of an issue, as he's doing that at his lowest rate since his rookie season of 2008; in fact, his current 39.2 percent mark represents an 11-point drop from last year. Cueto obviously has a lengthy and impressive track record, so he should be able to adjust accordingly; there's no reason to downgrade your opinion of him just yet.