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September 15, 2005
Games of the Day

The Washington Nationals are hanging on the edge of the Wild Card race, and they'll go for a sweep of the Mets today. It's a good matchup, as Livan Hernandez faces Jae Seo. Livan is giving up many more home runs since the All-Star break, accounting for his 3-4 record in that time. Seo is going for his 8th win in 11 starts. Batters are just 5 for 38 against Jay with runners in scoring position, a .132 batting average.

The Athletics put themselves in a tough spot, losing two out of three to the Indians. They're 3 1/2 back in the wild card race and one back in the West. The weekend favors the Angels, as Oakland plays in Boston and LAnaheim hosts Detroit. Joe Blanton faces Curt Schilling this evening. Red Sox Nation will be watching to see if Schilling can put together two good starts in a row. Meanwhile, Angels' ace Bartolo Colon starts against Mike Maroth and the men from Motor City. Colon's eight game winning streak is on the line, and so is a 20 win season. He's 0-1 against the Tigers this season despite a 2.57 ERA.

In the NL Wild Card race, the Phillies go for a sweep of the Braves and the Astros look for a split with the Marlins. One-half game separate the three clubs. Sosa will face Myers in Philadelphia in a great matchup. Vargas takes the hill against Pettitte in Houston. A Phillies win today means a race for the wild card and the division down the stretch.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 08:50 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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The Beerleaguer.com guy and I will be in attendance. Go Phils!

Posted by: Tom G at September 15, 2005 11:30 AM

And in minor (league) news, the Mudhens are now one win away from the Governors' Cup. Weird scoring last night. The Indians would score 1 run in the 1st, 6th, and 7th innings, the Mudhens then answered with 2 runs in the 1st, 6th, and 7th, for all the scoring.

And yes, it is s apostrophe. Apparently there is more than one governor.

Posted by: rbj at September 15, 2005 02:31 PM
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