Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 25, 2007
Games of the Day

Chad Gaudin was running second to his teammate Dan Haren until he ran into the Astros and Reds in consecutive starts. He's allowed nine runs in his last eleven innings to raise his ERA from 2.43 to 3.05. He'll face good offense and a good mound opponent as he takes on the Indians and C.C. Sabathia. At age 26, C.C. is having his best year in terms of walks allowed. His BB per 9 this season is 1.35 vs. a career mark 3.13.

Jason Bergmann gets to improve his ERA against the hapless Atlanta Braves offense. He's done well against them so far this season with a 1-0 record and a 0.64 ERA in two starts. He's struck out eighteen Braves in just fourteen innings of work. Tim Hudson as the exact same ERA against the Nationals, but he's stuck out eleven in his 14 innings of work. He may need to pitch a shutout tonight to win.

The Astros and Brewers sport opposite records, but if Houston is going to climb back into the NL Central race, tonight's a good night to start. Jason Jennings faces Ben Sheets. Jennings walks a batter once every four innings, but allowed a home run every eight. He'll be on the road tonight, however, where he hasn't allowed a long ball all season. Sheets is keeping runners off base. He's only been in one bases loaded situation all season, and that resulted in a HBP.

The Dodgers trail the Diamondbacks by 1 1/2 games as Los Angeles visits Phoenix for a four game series. Brad Penny gets first crack at the DBacks lineup as he faces Micah Owings. Penny's control keeps getting better every month. In June, he's walked just three in 27 2/3 innings. Despite giving up all five of his home runs at home, Owings' ERA is almost two runs better in Arizona.

Enjoy!


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