Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 13, 2007
Games of the Day

A nice matchup of left-handers in Baltimore tonight as Mark Buehrle pitches for the first time under his new contract, facing Erik Bedard. Buehrle does a great job of keeping the running game in check. The opposition only managed two steals in five attempts against Mark this year. No one has attempted a steal against Buehrle on the road. Bedard is coming off the best game of his career, a two-hit, fifteen K game. In four of his last five starts, he's allowed two runs or less.

The Reds and Mets match aces tonight as John Maine hosts Aaron Harang. The Mets Maine man has pitched at least seven innings in his last four starts, allowing two runs or less each time. Aaron's cut down on his extra-hits allowed this season. His slugging percentage allowed (.370)is about sixty points lower than his career mark (.432).

Pittsburgh is the only National League team with a 7-3 record over their last ten games, and they try to keep the hot streak going with Ian Snell facing Tim Hudson. Snell is doing a great job against left-handed batters this season, holding them to a .312 OBA and a .358 slugging percentage. Hudson is even better vs. lefties at .309/.335.

Lenny DiNardo's ERA is 2.72, 0.03 lower than his opponent tonight, Johan Santana. But with a 2-3 record, Dinardo suffers from both poor run support and poor defense. One third of the runs scored against him are unearned. For the sixth year in a row, Santana struck out more batters than he pitched innings. That's one batter an inning the defense doesn't worry about.

Detroit and Seattle continue their series with Jeremy Bonderman taking on Jarrod Washburn. Bonderman made two quality starts at Safeco, although his record there is just 1-1 with a 2.30 ERA. Washburn lost his last five starts to the Tigers.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 01:21 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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It wasn't just Bedard's best of the year, it was the best pitched game of the year or at least the highest game score!

Posted by: soccer dad at July 13, 2007 04:32 PM

"It wasn't just Bedard's best of the year, it was the best pitched game of the year..."

???

Didn't Mark Buehrle pitch a 27-batter no-hitter this year? Seems to me that counts among who-knows-how-many games so far that were better pitched than Bedard's last game.

Posted by: Mark at July 13, 2007 05:20 PM
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