Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 19, 2007
Games of the Day

The best pitching matchups of the day are in the western afternoon games. Livan Hernandez and Jake Peavy go head-to-head in San Diego. Livan is walking lots of batters, but so far his hits allowed are low, and no balls left the park against him. Low numbers of home runs isn't his forte, so those walks may eventually come back to bite him. Peavy's not producing his usual high rate of strikeouts, but batters are having a tough time hitting him. He's allowed a .157 oppositions batting average so far, with an great .221 OBA. None of the hits he allowed went for extra bases.

In San Francisco, Kip Wells continues his recovery from a blood clot against Noah Lowry. Left-handers find Kip tough to hit this season, as they're just 3 for 30 against the righty. Lowry comes into today's game with 6 walks and five strikeouts in 13 innings. Still, his OBA allowed is in the mid .200s, a fine place for any pitcher.

Seattle sends Jarrod Washburn against Johan Santana as they await word on Felix Hernandez. Although not a strikeout pitcher, Washburn does well against the Twins in that category, striking out 57 and walking 15 in 71 2/3 innings during his career. With 25 K in 20 innings, Johan Santana comes in with the best K per 9 in the AL.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 10:57 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments
Post a comment









Remember personal info?