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

The Giants/Pirates doesn't sound like much of a double header, but folks in Pittsburgh might want to venture out to the ballpark this evening to catch two good young pitchers in Matt Cain and Noah Lowry. Cain is the new poster child for poor support, although he deserved his 1-3 record in July. Since then, however, he's posted a 1.35 ERA in two starts, walking two and striking out fourteen. He even managed to win one of those games! Lowry's forte is keeping the ball in the park. He's allowed just six long balls so far this season, and it's a good thing because he walks as many as he strikes out.

The Yankees have the chance to gain 1/2 game on the idle Red Sox, but they're facing a tough pitcher in Baltimore's Jeremy Guthrie. One of Mazzone's success stories, Guthrie walked 21 batters in 37 innings with Cleveland, and 34 batters in 134 innings with Baltimore. He'll face Chien-Ming Wang, who did not get out of the third inning in his last outing. The Orioles have given Wang trouble lately, tagging him with a 6.38 ERA in his last three starts against them.

The pitching matchup of the night takes place in Seattle where Johan Santana faces Felix Hernandez. One reason Santana may want to leave the Twins is that he's made seven quality start this season in which he lost or received a no decision. Felix has a tendency to give up home runs with men on base, which brings up his ERA a bit.

Enjoy!

Correction: The Red Sox are in action tonight. Sorry, I missed that.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:50 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Hopefully "the idle Red Sox" will not actually describe their behavior as they are scheduled to play the Satan Fish tonight at 7:05

Posted by: rocksfan at August 13, 2007 03:53 PM

Folks in Pittsburgh get to see 2 very good young pitchers of their own (although neither is pitching tonight), in Gorzellany and Snell! Lincecum was the Giants pitcher I would have wanted to see, even though he didn't have a good outing over the weekend.

Posted by: krusecontrol at August 13, 2007 04:55 PM

Felix also has been getting lit up by left-handed batters this year.

Posted by: Geoff Young at August 13, 2007 04:59 PM
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