Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 12, 2006
Games of the Day

Florida tries to stave off NL East elimination once again as they send Josh Johnson to batter Oliver Perez and the New York Mets. Perez is trying to keep his momentum going after a complete game shutout of the Braves. He's pitched a couple of good streaks of two or three games this season, always followed by a run of low inning, high run games. Johnson is fading as the year progresses with his ERA going up in July, August and so far in September.

The Padres and Reds start and important three game series in regards to the wild card race. A sweep by Cincinnati will leave the Reds 1/2 game behind San Diego. Chris Young takes on Eric Milton. Young and Milton both give up many more home runs at home than on the road. That makes perfect sense for Eric given his home park is GAB, but Young plays half his games at PETCO. We'll see how Great American Ballpark treats him tonight.

The Ryan Howard home run watch continues as the Phillies visit the Braves. Howard is 2 for 4 vs. Kyle Davies, but without a home run against him. He's four away from the magic number of 60.

Kirk Saarloos tries to even the series with the Twins as he faces Matt Guerrier. Frank Thomas is the slugger to watch in this game as he trying to homer in seven straight games. A win by the Twins and a loss by the Tigers puts Minnesota just 1/2 game back in the AL Central, and even in the All Freaking Important Loss Column (AFILC).

Jason Bergmann gets the start for Washington against the Diamondbacks tonight. His ERA is 6.66. It would be really cool if his head spun all the way around while he was in the windup. Fernando Valenzuela possessed by the Devil.

Enjoy!


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