August 24, 2003
Games of the Day
Brian Kingman of the 1980 Athletics was the last person to lose 20 games in a season. Since then, there have been 10 nineteen loss seasons posted by pitchers. Albie Lopez was the last to accomplish this in 2001, but he did it for two teams in different leagues. The last to lose 19 games for one team was Bobby J. Jones, who lost 19 for San Diego in 2001. Jose DeLeon is the only pitcher to lose 19 twice in that time frame. Today, Mike Maroth goes for his 19th loss as the Tigers host the Angels. The Tigers have now lost 11 in a row, the longest streak in the majors this year. Maroth should have no problem getting the loss, as Scott Shields has an ERA three run lower than Mike.
Jose Contreras returns to the Yankees rotation today against Eric DuBose of the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles are 3-1 in NY this year, but 1-5 against the Yankees in Baltimore.
The Twins will try to salvage a split with the Royals today as they send their best starter, Johan Santana, against Kevin Appier. Santana has a 1.20 ERA over his last four starts.
In the NL, two of the top three leaders in ERA are pitching this evening. Brandon Webb, third with a 2.50 ERA will face Matt Clement in an important wild card game. Webb is looking more and more like the NL rookie of the year.
In LA, NL leader Kevin Brown faces Tom Glavine. Glavine has been great lately, posting a 2.10 ERA over his last five games. Brown has struck out 33 over his last 32 2/3 innings.
Enjoy.
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