Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 22, 2004
Games of the Day

Lots of afternoon action today, so hook your headphones to your computer and tune in to MLB.com.

Jaret Wright and the Braves face Cory Lidle and the Reds in Cincinnati this afternoon. Wright, of course, is the Braves latest reclamation project. It's hard to believe he's only 28. He's been successful this year, despite walking a ton of batters. He's not (or maybe his defense is not) allowing the hits to drive those runners around.

Jose Lima and Shawn Estes each go for their third win today as the Dodgers face the Rockies at Coors. The Dodgers have five regulars with OBA's over .360, and a team OBA of .351. It's a huge improvement over their .303 OBA of last year. This will be Estes' first start of the year at Coors.

The surprising Texas Rangers send Chan Ho Park to the mound against the Angels Bartolo Colon. Park pitched seven shutout innings in his last start at Seattle. Colon has been everything the Angels expected and more so far. His 1.64 ERA leads the AL.

Third in the AL in ERA is Mark Mulder, who faces fellow lefty Jamie Moyer as Oakland visits Seattle. The Mariners lineup still looks pretty weak; Ichiro's slugging percentage is less than his OBA, for example. I think Seattle got old fast.

And finally, a battle of the KW's in Pittsburgh. Kerry Wood takes the mound for the Cubs against Kip Wells and the Pirates. Wells has a Wood like 20 strikeouts in 19 innings. The batters will likely be generating lots of breezes along the rivers.

Enjoy!


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Comments

No love for the Schilling/Batista match up in Toronto? Well, I don't blame ya ... it IS Toronto ...

Posted by: Randy Booth at April 22, 2004 04:19 PM

will whomever kidnapped the real shawn estes please return him?

Posted by: Brandon at April 22, 2004 05:47 PM

I wish He had pitched HALF that well in Cincinnati..

sigh..

Posted by: Nate at April 22, 2004 11:26 PM

isn't it funny how both seattle and texas improved as soon as a-rod left?

Posted by: lisa gray at April 24, 2004 05:23 PM