Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 24, 2007
Games of the Day

The Pirates try to move ahead of the Cardinals this afternoon as Tom Gorzelanny faces Braden Looper. Tom's pitched well on the road this season, picking up four of his five wins away from Pittsburgh. Looper's become the staff ace with the injury to Carpenter, but is coming off his worst start of the season. He did shutout the Pirates for seven inning back in April, however.

In his last two starts, Jeremy Guthrie received either no bullpen support or no run support. He'll try to keep the Orioles in third place today against the Blue Jays. Since moving permanently into the rotation, Guthrie is walking less than a batter per nine and hasn't allowed a home run. He should be 3-0. He'll face Shaun Marcum, also recently added to the rotation. In his two starts, he's struck out 13 in 12 innings and allowed a mere 1.50 ERA.

The "Battle of the Golfing Buddies" takes place in Atlanta as the Mets and Braves play the rubber game of their three-game series. John Smoltz and Tom Glavine face each other for the third time this season. Tom is 0-1 with a 3.97 ERA, while John pitched one good game and one bad one, making him 1-0 with a 6.17 ERA.

The day ends with the Padres going for a sweep of the Cubs as Jason Marquis visits Chris Young. Marquis is unhittable over the first three innings this season, giving up 16 hits in 95 at bats. He stays tough throughout the game, as well. Marquis will need to stay tough tonight, as Young only allowed one earned run in three starts at home.

Enjoy!


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