Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 30, 2004
Game of the Day

The Angels and the White Sox play the rubber game of their series in Chicago this afternoon. Both teams have put a little breathing room between themselves and the competition. The White Sox lead the Twins by two games, and the Angels are ahead of both Texas and Oakland by 3 1/2.

John Lackey will start for the Angels. The White Sox appear to be a team designed just for him. While Lackey has been successful against righties this year (.250 OBA, .349 slugging), lefties have just pounded him (.394 OBA, .509 slugging). Luckily, the White Sox roster has a distinct lack of left-handed power. Jose Valentin is the only legitimate lefty power threat on the team.

Scott Schoenweis will take the mound for the pale hose. His high number of walks allowed are somewhat offset by his low number of extra-base hits allowed. You don't hear much about the Chicago rotation, but their top four starters all have ERA's between 3.45 and 3.93. The over starting ERA is 4.39, which is 3rd in the AL, but most teams would love to have four starters that consistent.

Enjoy!


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