September 05, 2006
Games of the Day
Roy Halladay makes his second attempt at 17 wins as he faces Jeremy Sowers and the Cleveland Indians tonight. Sowers is a lot like Chien-Ming Wang. He gets a lot of ground balls without striking out many batters. He keeps his walks low so the hits don't hurt as much. Only Curt Schilling has a better walks per 9 rate than Halladay. Expect a lot of balls in play in this game, so the defense will be on their toes.
Cincinnati needs a win to stay in the playoff hunt. Matt Morris tries to prevent that as he takes on Bronson Arroyo. Morris pitched one of his two complete games against the Reds this year, a one-run three-hitter. Arroyo is a good pitcher for Bonds to face, as 21 of his 29 home runs allowed were off the bats of lefties.
Johan Santana also goes for his 17th win tonight, facing Jae Seo and the Devil Rays. Seo turned his season around in August, posting a 1.96 ERA in four starts and a 3 to 1 K/BB. Santana, despite better opposition batting stats on the road, is only 6-5 away from the HHH Dome.
Mike Mussina returns to the mound for the Yankees against Jorge de la Rosa and the Royals. de la Rosa's lack of control should play right into the Yankees strength. New York starters had a good stretch without Mike in the rotation, going 7-2 with a 3.32 ERA.
Enjoy!
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Instead, the Yankees make him look like Jorge de la Cy Young .....
though i guess with the KC pen it's not over till its over.