The Indians and Tigers continue their battle for supremacy in the AL Central as C.C. Sabathia faces Justin Verlander. C.C. gives up home runs, with nine hit against him so far, but with so few walks allowed most of those were solo shots. Like Sabathia, Verlander tallied just one loss this season. He's 2-2 lifetime vs. Cleveland, but with a 4.60 K/BB.

Two pitchers with good ERAs but losing records face off in Baltimore today as Joe Kennedy takes on Brian Burres. Brian makes his fourth start of the year, but his hits allowed skyrocketed when be moved out of the bullpen. The opposition's batting average against Kennedy drops 100 points when he's on the road, but he's trading some of those hits for walks as his OBA allowed goes down about 50 points.

The Nationals at the Cardinals doesn't boast great teams or a great pitching matchup, but Washington is hot. They've won four in a row and eleven of their last fifteen. They're third in the NL in runs per game since the start of the period on May 11th. One of the stars for the Nats in that time frame is Ryan Zimmerman, who despite not hitting for average is bashing the ball, picking up just thirteen hits but nine for extra bases.

Finally, the Astros face the Diamondbacks with Brandon Webb hosting Chris Sampson. Both sport good ERAs and .500 records. Sampson's been tough with runners in scoring position, allowing a .231 BA in that situation. Webb's walk rate rose this season. He's walked 27 versus 50 in 2006 in just 1/3 the starts.

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