June 06, 2006
Games of the Day
This is one of those days with so many good games it's tough to choose just a few. We'll start with the cage match in Chicago where the Tigers and White Sox meet to battle for first place in the AL Central. The Tigers lead by 2 1/2 game, but neither team played well over their last ten games. Nate Robertson opposes Freddy Garcia. Nate's opposition batting number are worse on the road, but his ERA is better. Garcia's allowing extra-base hits, but he's keeping batters off base in general, so the two are balancing things outs.
Chris Carpenter returns from the DL tonight to host the Reds and Eric Milton. Milton had problems in his first start after coming off the DL, but in his last two he's allowed just 3 runs in 15 2/3 innings, walking none. The Cardinals record was 8-7 in Carpenter's absence.
In the second of what we hope are many battles between two promising young pitchers, Francisco Liriano faces Felix Hernandez in Seattle. Liriano prevailed in the May 26th battle 3-1. Both make batters miss; Liriano's strikeouts per 9 is 11.03, Hernandez 9.1 this season.
Finally, Pedro Martinez battles Derek Lowe in Los Angeles. They're ranked 3rd and 7th respectively in the NL in ERA, despite being separated by just 0.18 runs. It's a tight race for the NL ERA lead this season. Pedro's generating his number with lots of strikeouts and few walks. Lowe is keeping the ball in the park and batters off base backed up by a good defense. Lowe's been especially tough with two out and men in scoring position.
Enjoy!
Posted by David Pinto at
12:52 PM
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