Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 02, 2003
Games of the Day

The mid-afternoon game find David Wells pitching against one of his former teams, the Baltimore Orioles, vs. a pretty good Jason Johnson. Both have good ERAs, but Johnson walks a lot more batters than Wells. Heck, there currently are 12 pitchers this year who have pitched 9 inning or less and have walked more batters than David Wells. Anthony Ferrari has walked 5 in four innings (great name, though). Johnson is 1-6 career vs. the Yankees, despite a 3.88 ERA against them.

If you are looking for potentially lopsided games, check out Toronto at Detroit. Toronto is trying to avoid the embarassment of being swept by the Tigers, and they are sending 11-2 Roy Halladay to face 1-11 Adam Bernero. Bernero's era is over 2 runs higher than Halladay's. Also check out Boston at Tampa Bay, where Pedro Martinez faces Rob Bell, who in 13 innings has given up 14 earned runs. Remember to watch Rey Ordonez. He has two walks this year, and Pedro issued one of them. He's also hit two of his three HR this year against the Red Sox.

The premier pitching matchup in the NL tonight is in Florida, where Dontrelle "What you talking about?" Willis hosts Atlanta's Horacio Ramirez in a battle of lefty rookies. Willis is about 20 innings short of qualifying for the NL ERA leader board; Ramirez should qualify if he can go seven tonight. Both are undefeated in their last five starts.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:54 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)