Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 31, 2005
Games of the Day

Brad Halsey returns to New York this evening as the Diamondbacks visit the Mets at Shea Stadium. Both teams are within three games of first place in their respective divisions. With Brad's ERA at 3.34, he's put up a better mark than any regular Yankees starter this season. Halsey has cut back on the walks this season; last year he issued 14 free passes in just 32 IP; in 2005, he's up to 12 in 59 1/3 frames.

He'll be opposed by Kris Benson. Since being ripped by his former team and New York pundits, Benson's posted a 3-0 record and a 2.29 ERA. He's walked too many in that time, but he's only allowed 1 home run.

The Indians are slowly chipping away at their division rivals, and get another chance to gain ground tonight as they face the Twins. They'll face Carlos Silva, one of the stingiest pitchers when it comes to walks on the Twins staff.

Four of the Twins' five starters -- Carlos Silva (.30), Brad Radke (.36), Johan Santana (1.19) and Kyle Lohse (1.65) are in the top 10 in the American League in fewest walks per nine innings.

The Twins also lead the majors by holding opponents to a .292 on-base percentage, as well as with a 3.68 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Carlos goes against the big lefty, C.C. Sabathia. This will be Milliliter's fourth start against Minnesota this season. He's walked 10 in 18 2/3 innings against the Twins, 5 in 27 2/3 innings vs. all other clubs.

A very nice pitching matchup on the West Coast tonight as Wes Obermueller faces undefeated Jake Peavy. Obermueller started two games, fared poorly, went back to the bullpen, and now is in the rotation again. He's greatly improved in his last two starts, allowing just 1 run and five hits in fourteen innings. Peavy has not allowed a run in his last 17 innings pitched, including a bullpen saving complete game his last time out. He's striking out over six times the number of men he's walking this season.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:44 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Brewers starters are on some kind of roll: 9 starts in a row with 0 or 1 earned runs allowed. (Sheets gave up 4 runs on Saturday, but 3 were unearned.) In those games, the Crew is 4-5.

Posted by: diddy at May 31, 2005 02:32 PM

Sounds like the Brewers are turning into the Reds.

Posted by: David Pinto at May 31, 2005 02:39 PM
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