June 11, 2007
Games of the Day
In the middle of interleague baseball we get a day with an AL game, two NL games and two interleague games. The Mariners and Indians make up the second of their April rainouts. Seattle is rolling, having won eight of their last ten. Unfortunately, the Angels are 7-3 and Oakland is 8-2 over the same stretch. The offense is on fire, scoring sixty six runs in that time. Amazingly, they've done it with just five home runs. But the team is batting .317 with twenty doubles. This is exactly the kind of offense that should do well against Paul Byrd, who allows a high batting average but makes up with it by walking few batters. The Mariners don't walk much anyway.
Houston and the Chicago Cubs also make up a rain out. With Woody Williams and Carlos Zambrano on the mound, this came could easily turn into a slugfest. This is one time the Cubs need Zambrano to step up and go the distance, as their bullpen is worn out after 13 2/3 relief innings the last two days.
The best pitching matchup of the day takes place in Los Angeles as the Mets and Dodgers send Orlando Hernandez and Randy Wolf to the mound. Over 51 innings, opponents are hitting just .173 against Hernandez, and only .111 with runners on base. Wolf has an extreme OBA platoon difference. Lefties get on base at a .214 clip, righties .343.
Enjoy!
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