Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 29, 2003
Games of the Day

My favorite Rockies pitcher of all time, Shawn Chacon goes for this 12th win today against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. He's 0-2 in his career against the Pirates, but has not faced them this year. I still believe that if he can keep his ERA under 4.00, he'll be a legitimate Cy Young candidate.

The Diamondbacks go for their 10th win in a row against the hapless Tigers. Last night, the Diamondbacks shut out the Tigers, and it was the 11th time Detroit had been shutout this year. The Tigers are seriously threatening to win fewer games than the 1962 Mets. The Tigers currently are 18-60. Through the same number of games in 1962, the Mets were 21-57.

The City of Big Shoulders offers the best pitching matchup of the day. AL ERA leader Esteban Loaiza goes against NL strikeout leader Kerry Wood. Wood has never beaten the White Sox, and is 0-3 with a 7.06 ERA against the club.

Finally, look for some offense tonight in NY, as Al Leiter faces Jeff Weaver. Both have ERAs over 5.00. Weaver is a good example of why it's important to for a Yankee pitcher to strikeout a lot of batters. He only strikes out about 4.5 per nine; because of that and the Yankees poor offense, he's allowed the 2nd highest BA among pitchers in the AL, .331 (Omar Daal is at .333).

Lots of action today, enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:43 AM | Games | TrackBack (0)