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Baseball Musings
June 05, 2005
Games of the Day

Roger Clemens and Mark Mulder meet again this afternoon in Houston. The last time they faced off, Mulder threw a ten-inning shutout, only the 2nd in 15 years. Clemens continues to pitch amazingly well for any age. He also continues to lose or get no decisions. Clemens has allowed just 12 runs this season, but the Astros have scored only 16 with Roger on the mound. Four times he's started games in which the Astros failed to score at all.

Mulder's offense has scored 54 times with him on the mound, more than enough for the 33 runs Mark has seen cross the plate. Mulder has been vulnerable with men in scoring position this season, allowing a .321 BA and a .500 slugging percentage.

The Washington Nationals go for a sweep of the Marlins this afternoon. A.J. Burnett takes the hill against John Patterson. Both have sub-3.00 ERAs. Four of the five home runs hit against Burnett this season have come on the road. Patterson hasn't allowed any in his ballpark, and only one for the entire season so far.

Mark Buehrle goes for his 8th win as the unstoppable White Sox try to sweep the Indians. He'll face C.C. Sabathia. Buehrle is 1 1/3 innings behind Livan Hernandez for most innings pitched this century. The Indians have only scored 14 runs in losing their first four games in June.

Finally, Carlos Zambrano visits PETCO Park and Jake Peavy as the Cubs face the Padres. Zambrano allowed just 1 home run in his last six starts while striking out 41 in 41 1/3 innings. You can hit Peavy for power at PETCO this year; he's allowed a .410 slugging percentage at home vs. just .287 on the road.

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