Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 28, 2004
Games of the Day

Trailing by 4 1/2 games, the Toronoto Blue Jays send Roy Halladay to the mound against Victor Zambrano of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Zambrano continues to be haunted by walks. He's given up 20 in 25 innings this month, and has only struck out 17. For the year, he's walked 69 in 93 2/3 innings. Luckily for him, he doesn't give up many hits; opponents are only hitting .226 against him, but have an OBA of .369. And while he does give up extra-base hits, most of those come with the bases empty. He has not been a good pitcher, but this season his weaknesses have been masked by good luck and his ability to keep the hit column low.

Atlanta host the Marlins trailing Florida by 4 1/2 games. Brad Penny takes the mound for the Marlins with a 7-5 record not in line with his ERA of 2.65. John Thomson will oppose Penny for the Braves. After a decent start, he seems to have reverted to his Texas Rangers form, allowing 18 runs, 17 earned over his last three starts. Watch the Andrew Jones/Penny matchup; Jones has 6 HR in 38 career AB vs. Brad.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 01:54 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)