September 18, 2014

Games of the Day

Oakland will break the tie for the two wild card slots in the American League either way this afternoon as they host Texas and Kansas City is idle. Nick Martinez faces Sonny Gray. The Rangers are doing a good job of playing spoiler, having swept three from Atlanta and taken three more from Oakland for six wins in a row. They started the month 1-9. Rookie Martinez pitches poorly in all aspects of the three-true outcomes, including a strikeout to walk ratio close to one. Gray handled the Rangers well this year with a 1.82 ERA in four starts, and just one home run allowed in 29 2/3 innings.

The Dodgers can gain or lose 1/2 game on the Giants as they send Zack Greinke against the Cubs and Tsuyoshi Wada. Greinke comes into the game 30-12 in two seasons with the Dodgers with a 2.64 ERA (2.63 last season, 2.64 this year in slightly more innings). Zack cut his walk rate this season, but saw his home runs allowed go up a bit.

The Brewers try to hang on for a playoff slot as they play their final regular season game against the Cardinals with Kyle Lohse battling Shelby Miller. Lohse appears to have run out of gas, with a 6.88 ERA since August 1. Miller is at about the same number of innings pitched as 2013, but he has struck out 54 fewer batters. Despite the drop in Ks, he allowed two fewer hits than in 2013.

Finally, Felix Hernandez takes on Jered Weaver in the Angels first game as AL West champs. Hernandez is 2-0 with a 1.25 ERA in three starts against LAnaheim this season. Weaver leads the AL in wins and is 9-4 at home with a 2.60 ERA, versus 8-4 with a 4.60 ERA on the road.

Enjoy!

1 thought on “Games of the Day

  1. pft

    Wow, see that lineup the Angels went out with against a team still in the race . Might as well just have forfeited the game and returned their fans the money. Class-less

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