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

The Yankees go for a sweep of the Blue Jays this afternoon as Chien-Ming Wang takes on Dustin McGowan. Dustin match up well against the Yankees as left-handed batters slug .487 against the righty. In his third season, Wang is off to an impressive start for his career. He owns a .712 winning percentage and has allowed a .316 OBA and a .371 slugging percentage. His .365 opposition slugging this season is the lowest of his career.

The Sox will win today as Chicago comes to Boston. Javier Vazquez battles Daisuke Matsuzaka in the battle of the great Scrabble names. Vazquez year seems pretty typical for him, but his ERA is lower to a .204 batting average allowed with runners in scoring position. Dice-K is coming off two rough starts in which he allowed 19 hits and 10 runs in 11 innings pitched.

The best pitching matchup of the day takes place in San Diego where Cole Hamels faces Chris Young. Hamels comes into the game third in strikeouts and second in wins, but could finish the day first in both. Young, however, leads the NL in ERA with a 1.97 mark. The main difference between the two is the hits allowed. Batters are hitting just .192 against Young, .258 against Hamels.

Finally, in LA, Glavine goes for career win 299 vs. Derek Lowe in a matchup of first place teams. Tom is just 9-9 at Dodger Stadium in his career, with a 4.09 ERA. He's won his last three starts at the park, however.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 08:50 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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