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Baseball Musings
July 16, 2005
Games of the Day

The Yankees and Red Sox send their aces against each other this afternoon as Randy Johnson faces Matt Clement. Johnson hasn't pitched great against the Red Sox, but he's pitched well enough to be 2-0 in three starts. He's getting his strikeouts, but the selective Red Sox lineup is drawing walks against the Big Unit. Clement has only allowed 2 earned runs in 10 1/3 innings against New York despite allowing 10 hits and seven walks.

The Oakland Athletics can move into second place in the AL West today with a win over the Rangers. Kenny Rogers will face Joe Blanton. I believe this is the third day in a row I've seen Rogers listed as the starter. The Rangers offense is doing nothing against the A's starters in this series. Barry Zito copied Rich Harden last night and took a no-hitter into the eighth. The A's are outscoring their opponents by over two runs a game in July.

The Nationals started the second half by losing two games late, the opposite of how they played the first half. They'll send Esteban Loaiza against Chris Capuano today. Capuano is the de facto Brewers ace this season, even with Ben Sheets throwing a good game last night. Capuano is riding a five game winning streak, although he hasn't been outstanding in that streak, posting a 3.94 ERA with poor strikeout, walk and home run numbers.

Finally, the Angels try to make it three in a row over the Twins as both teams send their aces to the mound. All-Stars Bartolo Colon and Johan Santana go head-to-head this evening. Both pitchers are showing tremendous control this year. Each has walked 26 batters, and they only differ in innings pitched by 2/3 an inning.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 10:07 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Slight typo in first sentence of the second paragraph :)

Posted by: Phil at July 16, 2005 11:23 AM
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