Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 28, 2004
Game of the Day

The Angels continue their series with the Tigers, sending Bartolo Colon to the mound against Mike Maroth. Maroth lost 20 games last year, but is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA to start the season. He's striking out more and walking fewer than he has in the past. And there's some evidence his defense is playing better behind him. He's already had four DP's turned behind him. Last year, for the full season, he had only 18. Looks like Dombrowski's moves to strengthen the team up the middle has paid dividends.

Colon is pitching very well. His only weakness so far has been the long ball, allowing five HR in 27 innings. However, he's been keeping runners off base (.279 opposition OBA), so four of the five HR he's allowed have been solo shots. The Angels offensive injuries didn't hurt them last night, and we'll see if they can keep up the barrage against Maroth.

Enjoy!


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