Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 12, 2007
Games of the Day

There's only six games on the schedule today. Toronto tries to climb back into the AL East race as they open a four-game series in Boston. It's an important stretch for the Blue Jays as they follow the Red Sox series with ten games against wild card rivals New York, Seattle and Minnesota. Toronto sends ace Roy Halliday against Tim Wakefield. Roy's been getting great run support lately, as the Jays won two games in which Roy allowed five runs. Tim hasn't pitched well at Fenway this season, posting a 5.01 ERA there vs. 3.88 on the road. He's simply giving up more hits.

The best matchup of the day takes place on the west coast as Felix Hernandez hosts the Tigers and Andrew Miller. I'm not sure that Miller's ERA is for real. His walk and strikeout numbers aren't impressive, but he doesn't allow many hits. Look for his luck to change. In three of Hernandez's last four starts, he went eight innings, allowing two runs or less. On top of that, the two teams are both trying to top Cleveland for a playoff berth!

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 02:45 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The big storyline for internet baseball followers, as far as I'm concerned, is watching Felix' pitch selection. Apparently, both he and his pitching coach have listened to a USS Mariner writer who implored Felix to mix up his pitch selection more in the first few innings. Previously, he had been throwing almost exclusively fastballs.

Posted by: Mike at July 12, 2007 03:33 PM

Yep, keep betting against the Tigers, between Miller who just over powers batters and that line up that just smoked Sabathia and the Red Sox, I'd say that's a prudent move....geniuses.

Posted by: fidel lasorda at July 12, 2007 03:41 PM

The Tigers are a big underdog tonight according to Vegas, Fidel. Mortgage your house and take advantage of its stupidity...you'll be rich in no time.

Posted by: Paul at July 12, 2007 06:29 PM

The Tigers at +130 is certainly a better bet than the Mariners -140. You'd be damn fool not to take that win or lose!

Posted by: fidel lasorda at July 12, 2007 06:42 PM
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