June 02, 2006
Games of the Day
It's a battle of first place teams tonight in Detroit as the Boston Red Sox send Curt Schilling to the mound against Kenny Rogers. Except for an impressive start against the Yankees, Schilling's been less than impressive, posting a 5.12 ERA in six starts. A lot of that came from two bad starts in which he gave up 3 homers in each. His strikeouts and walks are still excellent. And the Sox are scoring enough to keep Curt on the winning side of the ledger. Maybe part of it is the Red Sox defense?
Rogers is not seeing very many lefties, despite lefties having better numbers than righties against him this year. I suspect the Red Sox will start Ortiz, who is hitting lefties well this year. That should be a fun matchup.
The Padres are hitting and pitching better away from PETCO this year. They visit the Pirates in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates are on a roll. While the team doesn't hit away from PNC, they're generating good offense at home, and have a 16-12 record at the source of the Ohio. Unfortunately, for the Padres, Chan Ho Park isn't one of the pitchers who is better on the road. Opposition hitters are batting .301 against the righty away from PETCO. Oliver Perez is coming off three good starts in a row, striking out 18 in his last 20 innings. He's still needs to get his walks down, however, as he's walked 11 in that time.
Enjoy!
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Maybe part of it is the Red Sox defense?
The Sox are 4th o/o 14 AL teams in DER and team FIP (4.75) is higher than team ERA (4.64), so it looks like the defense is helping, if anything...
Hardball Times Team Stats