Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 08, 2006
Games of the Day

There's a nice matchup of first-year rookies in Cleveland as Jered Weaver faces Jeremy Sowers. Sowers is making his sixth start at home vs. only two on the road. He's holding opponents to a .256 OBA in Cleveland and a .325 slugging percentage. His main strength so far is not walking batters, just one every five innings. Weaver walks a few more, but his high strikeout numbers keep the hits down. Opponents are batting just .192 against him with a .246 OBA.

The Yankees visit Chicago in a game with implications for both the AL Wild Card and the AL East. Freddy Garcia hosts Chien-Ming Wang. Garcia is susceptible to the long ball on the south side, giving up over two per game at his home park. Wang keeps saving the Yankees bullpen, averaging over seven innings over his last eleven starts. He also comes into he game with 18 consecutive scoreless innings pitched.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 04:20 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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