Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 22, 2003
Games of the Day

Boston's quest for the wild card continues tonight as they host the Orioles. Jason Johnson will face the disappointing Jeff Suppan. In four starts against the Red Sox this year, Jason Johnson is 2-1 with a 2.84 ERA. He's only given up 1 HR to the Sox in 25 1/3 innings against them.

Also in the Wild Card hunt, Seattle send Jamie Moyer to the mound in Anaheim to face Jarrod Washburn. Moyer is going for his 20th win, and has been one of the few bright spots for the Mariners lately, going 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA over his last five starts.

In the NL, the Marlins and Braves finish up their four game set, and the Marlins would like to win this game to give themselves a one-game leading going into their series with the Phillies. They'll send Mark Redman to face Mike Hampton. Hampton has emerged as the ace of the staff going 8-2 with a 2.42 ERA starting 7/28/2003.

The Astros also try to extend their lead to one game as they host the Giants tonight. Jerome Williams faces Ron Villone. Although the Giants have clinched the West, they are only a game behind the Braves for home field in the NL playoffs, so I don't expect them to take it easy on the Astros. Villone's strikeouts have been high lately, but so has his ERA. And his left-handedness doesn't seem to bother Barry Bonds, who is 4 for 9 with three HR against Villone. Bonds is three HR away from tying his godfather, Willie Mays, for third on the all-time HR list. Bonds has five HR in 12 games at Minute Maid Park, one every six AB, so it's a good place for him to inch closer to the Say-Hey Kid.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 02:27 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)