Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 04, 2007
Games of the Day

The Royals finish up in Tampa Bay today as Gil Meche takes on James Shields. Shields emerged as the Devil Rays ace this season, despite a multitude of no decisions that kept his record at 4-0. The Devil Rays lost three games in which Shields allowed two runs or less, including nine shutout innings against the Orioles. After a great start, Meche looked like he was reverting to his Seattle self against the Mariners and Rockies, but came back with a solid start against Baltimore his last time out.

The Marlins are not quite out of and not quite in the NL East race at nine games back. They get a chance to gain on the second place Braves as Sergio Mitre visits Tim Hudson. Both of Sergio's wins came on the road this season where he's only allowed one walk and one home run in nineteen innings. Hudson continues to take advantage of the decrease in power this year, cutting his home run rate by a third compared to 2006.

Boof Bonser faces Jered Weaver in Anaheim this evening. Over his last seven starts Bonser's ERA is 2.16 and he's striking out more than a batter an inning. Weaver struggled in his last two starts, throwing 193 pitches combined in just 9 2/3 innings.

The Red Sox start a west coast trip with their worst starter going against Oakland's best. Julian Tavarez may not be pitching that well, but the Red Sox won the two games he started against the Yankees, which makes his holding a place for Jon Lester worthwhile. Dan Haren has allowed just one home run to a left-handed batter this year, and the group is slugging just .201 against him.

Enjoy!


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