Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 13, 2004
Games of the Day

Two more home openers today. The Chicago White Sox host the Kansas City Royals this afternoon in the baddest part of town. Darrell May takes the mound for the Royals; when they met on April 7, the White Sox smacked three home runs against Darrell and may take him deep again. Esteban Loaiza also started that day and got the win, despite a less than stellar four walks in six innings.

The Angels bring Seattle to town to open the former Edison Field, now Angel Stadium. Joel Pineiro faces Kelvim Escobar. The Seattle offense scored nearly a third of their 2004 runs on Sunday. They've shown no power, as the team has only two HR, both by Bret Boone. They are tied with Philadelphia for the fewest HR in the majors. Troy Glaus of the Angels beats them all by himself with three.

Another game of interest on the West Coast pits the Dodgers against the Padres in San Diego. Jeff Weaver makes his second start for LA after a stellar first outing. He's playing in a ball park tonight that seems to be trouble for power hitters, which should be to Weaver's advantage. He'll face Adam Eaton, who threw an eight inning four hitter against the Dodgers on 4/7, but did not get the decision. Smells like a two hour game to me.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 12:33 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Don't forget Ryan Vogelsong's second start after a torrid spring against Matt Clement in a Wrigley day game. Vogelsong has come back from Tommy John surgery stronger and better and sharper. It's amazing. The Pirates' Bobby Hill should get the start against Dusty Baker, the manager who refused to play him when he was a hot prospect. The Pirates will also visit Aramis Ramirez, a guy the Pirates traded in a highly-criticized move after Ramirez stunk up PNC park for a year and a half with sloppy fielding and protracted, ill-timed slumps.

Posted by: Rowdy at April 14, 2004 09:49 AM

Loaiza was not sharp yesterday, but the bats bailed him out. The Cell looked the best it ever has in its 14 years. I have a complete write-up on the day at on my White Sox blog, http://exileinwrigleyville.blogspot.com/. Oh, and Rowdy, here in Chicago, there's no chance that anyone would forget about the Cubs for even 10 seconds. Go Pirates!

Posted by: Vince Galloro at April 14, 2004 11:29 AM

Eaton is looking good!

Posted by: philip at April 14, 2004 12:16 PM