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Baseball Musings
September 10, 2005
Games of the Day

Today's filled with compelling matchups. After long evening, the Angels and White Sox get an early start today with Bartolo Colon facing Jon Garland. Colon's back is better so he'll be going for his 19th win. He's 7-0 in his last nine starts, walking only six batters in 66 innings. Garland's been up and down since the start of August, pitching everything from a complete game shutout to allowing eight runs in less than five innings.

The Yankees try once again to cut the Red Sox lead in the AL East with an early game as well. Curt Schilling faces Shawn Chacon. Watching Schilling last Monday it became clear to me that Curt can no longer drive off the mound. When Clemens faced Carpenter last Saturday, the announcer was describing the pitching mechanics of the Cy Young candidates. Roger used his legs to generate speed. Carpenter uses a method described as "tall and fall." He stands tall and lets gravity generate the speed. Schilling used to be the leg driver, but Monday he was falling. Watch today and see if you agree with me.

This afternoon, Clay Hensley gets his first start for the Padres. He's starting in place of Jake Peavy, who has a sore shoulder. Hensely's pitched well out of the bullpen, his zero home runs allowed being his biggest asset. He'll be opposed by Derek Lowe, who's regained his form after a month long slide. Derek's allowed just two earned runs in his last 24 innings.

The NL Wild Card action heats up tonight as the Phillies phace Phlorida in the City of Brotherly Love and the Astros try to get back on the winning track in Milwaukee. The Brewers aren't out of it yet. A win tonight against Andy Pettitte would put them at .500 and no more than five games back in the race.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 10:25 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Phlorida. Heh.

Posted by: Mark at September 10, 2005 12:33 PM

You're pretty quiet about Cleveland getting the Wild Card lead and extending it. To me, it's a big surprise...the Yankees and A's/Angels were the only teams I really thought would be in this so seriously. Sure, the Indians are good and improving, but a 1.5 lead in the WC going into Sept 11? I didn't see that coming. I figured they'd probably be 2.0-3.0 back.

Posted by: Devon at September 10, 2005 11:00 PM
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