Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 10, 2007
Games of the Day

I'm not sure if the Boston Red Sox are playing the final home opener of the season or the penultimate one. Cleveland fell one out short of playing their first home game before the snow wiped out their weekend, so they did go through opening ceremonies and such. But playing their first official home game in Milwaukee is hardly a home opener. Nonetheless, Boston hosts the Mariners, who haven't played since last Wednesday. For some reason, the Seattle scheduled Jeff Weaver for tonight, instead of trying to get an extra start out of Felix Hernandez. (However, we do get Hernandez vs. Matsuzaka tomorrow!) Jeff faces Josh Beckett, who turned in five solid innings against the Royals in his season debut. Fenway treats Weaver poorly, as Jeff amassed a 6.28 ERA in eight appearances there, mostly on a 1.88 HR per 9 IP.

And as mentioned, Cleveland is home on the road as they face the Angels in Milwaukee. It's Magic Santana vs. Milliliter Sabathia in a faux home opener for the Tribe. C.C. cruised in his first start as the Indians scored early and often against Jose Contreras. Santana pitched a stellar game in his debut, holding the Rangers to 4 hits and 1 walk over seven innings.

Zack Greinke hopes for more support from the Royals tonight as he face the Blue Jays and Josh Towers tonight in Toronto. Greinke pitched an excellent game against Matsuzaka, striking out seven and walking just one. The Royals need a lot more performances like that from Zack to have a chance at being decent this season. He's can't do it alone, however, and the Royals managed just 19 runs in their first seven games. Towers isn't likely to have that problem, as the Blue Jays are averaging seven runs per contest in their first six games.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:28 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Had to read that first sentence three times to figuire it out, so take my comments lightly. Sox get easy win today, but The King vs. Dice-K is gonna be a great game and very much up for grabs. I hope one of them gets a decision.

Posted by: Jay at April 10, 2007 11:56 AM
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