Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 30, 2004
Games of the Day

Two 1 on 1 matchups tonight. The Angels head to the land of 10,000 lakes to face the Twins. Not a great pitching matchup (Ortiz vs. Silva), but the two teams are tied for 2nd in runs scored (Twins have played 1 fewer game) behind the Tigers (who would have thought I would have written that line this year).

The Rangers are tied with the Angels for first place in the AL West, and they'll host the AL East leading Boston Red Sox. Boston leads the American league in ERA by over a run, but the surprising Rangers are fourth. The Sox weak link in their rotation, Bronson Arroyo goes tonight, in what may be his last start now that Kim is back from his injury. The Rangers send Ryan Drese to the mound. Drese is giving up a lot fewer hits than he has in the past; it's not clear why. I would have thought that Soriano at 2nd and Young at short would be a worse defensive arrangement for the Rangers, but maybe getting youngsters taking Palmeiro's and Gonzalez's spots has tightened things up.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 04:55 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Texas Rangers just took a double-header from the Red Sox -- chased Pedro, too. Don't know if this can hold in the long run for the Rangers, but TX fans gotta enjoy it while it lasts. I miss Pudge and Raffy, but ya gotta love Young, Blalock, and Mench. GO RANGERS! -- and Cubbies too.

Posted by: btaffy at May 2, 2004 01:07 AM