Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 21, 2007
Games of the Day

The majors scheduled just five games for today. Ted Lilly takes on the Texas Rangers and Vicente Padilla. Padillia pitched much better at home this year, posting a 3.93 ERA in Texas vs. 9.00 on the road. Lilly's had trouble away from Wrigley, posting a 5.04 ERA on the road, but he still has a 2-1 record.

Roger Clemens gets to toil in the thin air of Colorado vs. the undefeated Rodrigo Lopez. Roger pitched well over his three starts at Coors. He gave up four home runs in 16 2/3 innings, but managed a 3.78 ERA. Lopez has only allowed four home runs in his seven starts, but all four came at Coors.

Erik Bedard takes on former Orioles pitcher David Wells..(Is there a team Wells hasn't pitched for?) David gives up a lot of hits now, but he makes up for that with few walks and home runs. Bedard this season holds righties to a lower OBA than lefties, .301 to .326.

After two blowouts of each other, the Dodgers and Blue Jays play the rubber game of their three game series. Chad Billingsly is one reason the Dodgers are able to sustain so many pitching injuries. He's making his first start of the year, but is 4-0 out of the bullpen with an excellent strikeout rate. Shaun Marcum moved into the Blue Jays rotation earlier in the year because of injuries and is 3-0 with a 2.38 ERA in seven starts.

Finally, the Pirates take on the Mariners in Seattle. John Van Benschoten makes his second start of the year. He needs to do better than 3 walks in 5 2/3 innings. Felix Hernandez just hasn't recovered from his early season injury, allowing 25 earned runs in 37 1/3 innings since his return.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:46 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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The better question about David Wells is: Is there any team that does not have a former teammate of his playing for them. At the end of the 80's the Orioles were the only without a former teammate of Dave LaPoint on their team.

Posted by: soccer dad at June 22, 2007 01:20 AM
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