September 17, 2005
Games of the Day
Johan Santana, despite not pitching as well as last season, is still a good candidate for the Cy Young award. His strikeouts, walks, home runs allowed are all very good, he just doesn't have the wins to go with them this season. A great game against the White Sox today would help nudge voters in his direction. He's done some of his best work against the south side Sox this season, going 3-0 with a 1.66 ERA. He's struck out 28 and walked just 3 in 23 1/3 innings against the division rival.
The Marlins try to move back into a tie with the Phillies this afternoon, and the matchup of Vicente Padilla and Dontrelle Willis gives hope to Fish fans. Padilla gave up two homers to the Astros in his last start after giving up just 1 in his previous 50 1/3 innings. Willis is working on a 1.11 ERA over his last 10 starts. Interestingly, he's not striking out a lot of batters, just 5.2 per 9 in that time. He's been pretty unhittable, however, giving up 50 hits in 72 2/3 innings. The Marlins defense is doing a great job behind him.
Whatever you do, don't miss Chacon-Chacin 2, Electric Boogaloo. Shawn was the victor in round one, but Gustavo predicts the I's will have it this time. :-)
Enjoy!
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