Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 25, 2007
Games of the Day

The Reds try to make it two in a row against the Cardinals as Bronson Arroyo takes on Braden Looper. With Carpenter out of action, Looper emerged as the staff ace, pitching the only decent start in the last eight games for the Cardinals. Braden keeps the ball on the ground, and induced five double plays so far this season. Arroyo pitches better than his 0-2 record indicates. His strikeouts are high and his walks and home runs are low. It may just be he's being left in the game too long. Eight of the fourteen runs against him came from the seventh inning on.

In a matchup of potential Cy Young candidates, Jake Peavy faces Brandon Webb in Arizona. Peavy's been too different pitchers at Chase Field. Early in his career, the ball flew out of the park against him as he allowed 10 home runs in his first 15 innings there. But since, he's controlled the long ball and posted a 2.18 ERA at the park. Webb strikes out better than a batter per inning, but the DER behind him is exceptionally low this season. Given that his line drive percentage is up this year, that's not all the fault of the defense.

Finally, Noah Lowry and Randy Wolf battle in Los Angeles as the Giants and Dodgers continue their series. Noah is suffering from a lack of run support as San Francisco scored a mere five runs in his 20 innings pitched. Mr. Wolf's strike out rate represents a career high for him, and the Dodgers make life easy with generous run support. They've scored 28 runs in his 24 innings pitched.

Enjoy!

Correction: Fixed Lowry's first name.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:39 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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"Noah" Lowry

Posted by: BAMM at April 25, 2007 11:24 AM

The offenses have roused themselves from a deep, satisfying slumber. They've been cranking out ten runs a game for the last few days, and the season average is now up to 9.1. That's still a little low compared to much of the 1993-2006 bash 'em era, but it's a lot better than earlier this month.

Maybe it's warmer weather, maybe it's dumb luck, maybe it's the Yankee pitching staff.

Posted by: Casey Abell at April 25, 2007 01:11 PM

Oh, I'm a little ashamed of my swipe at the pinstriped hurlers. After all, there are THREE - count 'em, THREE - teams in the AL with a worse staff ERA.

Posted by: Casey Abell at April 25, 2007 01:19 PM
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