June 16, 2007
Games of the Day
Chris Young and Carlos Zambrano go head-to-head in Chicago this afternoon as the Padres and Cubs play the NL game. Zambrano is coming off his best start of the season. He's been controlling the long ball better lately. After giving up home runs in 10 of his first eleven starts, he's only allowed one in his last three. Young only allowed three home runs all season, all three to left-handers on the road. Maybe Zambrano can take Young deep. His twelve home runs this decade are second only to Mike Hampton's fifteen.
Matt Cain takes on Daisuke Matsuzaka in Boston this afternoon. The pitchers experienced opposite sides of the lucky coin this year. Cain posts a 3.31 ERA on the strength of five home runs allowed. But that's only earned him a 2-6 record as the Giants are 1-10 in one and two runs games when Cain pitches. Matsuzaka owns a winning record despite a high ERA. And for some reason, he doesn't strike out batters at Fenway:
| Matsuzaka 2007 | Home | Road |
| Innings | 41 2/3 | 44 |
| Strikeouts | 27 | 58 |
| Strikeouts per 9 | 5.83 | 11.86 |
Could it be a better hitter's background at Fenway?
Enjoy!
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He has faced better hitting teams at home, Seattle(x2), NYY, Det, Atl, Cle and on the road Oak, Tex, KC, Ari, Tor (x2), NYY.
Today against a weak Giant lineup he proved that bad hitters can make you look pretty good. He still had to make his pitches, but that is a sad lineup.