August 31, 2003
Games of the Day
Actually, this one will be the game of the night. In the best pitching matchup of this last day of August, Jason Schmidt of the Giants faces Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks. Schmidt is slightly behind Kevin Brown in the ERA race (Brown, 2.2626, Schmidt 2.2631). Webb is fourth and is looking more and more like the rookie of the year in the NL. It's the Sunday Night Baseball game on ESPN.
Over in the AL, the game of the day is between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Roger Clemens is making his last regular season appearance in Fenway Park as he takes on knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. Clemens is 7-4 against Boston since leaving his original team.
The Wild Card game of the day is Montreal at Florida. A good matchup here as well, with Zach Day taking on Mark Redman. Florida is without Mike Lowell for the next four weeks, as his hand was broken yesterday. I'm sure how much he'll be missed; he was in a huge slump in August, hitting only .224, although he managed to drive in 18 runs in 26 games with that average. Needless to say, his slump probably played in a role in the Marlins 13-14 August record.
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