Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 19, 2007
Games of the Day

Shea Stadium holds the matchup of the day as Johan Santana faces Jorge Sosa. Shea is the kind of ballpark that should suit Johan perfectly. Santana strikes out a ton of batters while not walking many, and Shea should hurt the long ball a bit. Sosa has as many wins as Santana in only eight starts. He doesn't strikeout batters like Johan does, but Jorge is stingy with walks and doesn't allow too many home runs. It should be a good battle.

Two pitchers with histories against their opponent from time in the other league take the mound in Atlanta. Josh Beckett is 5-7 against the Braves in his career despite a 2.62 ERA against Atlanta. He lost four games in which he pitched well but the defense or offense let him down. Hudson is 3-8 against Boston in his career, and deservedly so. The Red Sox are very selective with Tim as he's issued nearly five walks per 9 innings to Boston batters. He's lost all three starts with the Braves against the Red Sox and five in a row (regular season) overall.

J.P. Howell is another youngster that looks like part of a solid future rotation for the Devil Rays. The lefty is allowing just a .304 OBA to right-handed batters. He'll face Arizona's Doug Davis. Doug was meant to be a stabilizing force in the Diamondbacks rotation. And with a 3.70 ERA, he should be doing much better than a 4-8 record. But the Arizona offense scored just 28 runs when Doug's in the game. In five of the games he started, the DBacks scored two runs or less.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 02:56 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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