May 05, 2007
Games of the Day
It's Jon vs. John as the White Sox Garland takes on the Angels Lackey. With a weak offense behind him, Garland suffers from a lack of run support. He's allowed 16 runs this season, but Chicago scored just 14 while he's in the game. Lackey stands third in the league in ERA at 2.19. He's given up more hits than innings pitched, but most of those came with the bases empty, including both home runs.
The Yankees hold a 5.92 ERA in The Bronx this season, and Chien-Ming Wang is close to that with a 5.84 overall ERA. The Mariners send out former Yankee Jeff Weaver, who averages over 2 earned runs per inning. I'd say the slugfest from last night has a good chance of continuing today.
Tim Hudson tried to regain his NL lead in ERA against Derek Lowe and the Dodgers. John Maine kept his lead last night with six innings and one earned run against the Diamondbacks. Hudson is nearly unhittable at the start of the game. In the first four innings this season, Hudson has allowed five hits in 73 at bats, an .068 batting average. Lowe doubled his walk rate over 2006, and it shows in an ERA that's a run higher than last year.
Enjoy!
Update: Corrected Maine's outing from last night.
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Maine gave up 1 ER in 6 innings and his ERA went up.