Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 18, 2007
Games of the Day

Lots of old pitchers on the mound today as Steve Trachsel, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling and Jamie Moyer all get a start in games related to pennant races. The Blue Jays remain on the edge of the AL Wild Card race, six games behind Seattle as they face Trachsel in the early afternoon game. Jesse Litsch takes on the Orioles in this battle of the birds. Litsch is another low strikeout pitcher who survives by keeping his walks even lower. His 14 GDP induced in just 61 innings shows his Wang like ability to keep the ball on the ground and reduced his overall OBA allowed.

Clemens tries to climb back to .500 against the Tigers and Chad Durbin. Only once before has Roger finished a season with a losing record, and that was in 1993. Chad's nickname might be "Hanging," since he's allowing 1.3 home runs per nine innings this season. Lefties, however, haven't hit many off him, something he'll see a lot of today with the Yankees lineup.

Curt Schilling takes on young stud Jered Weaver at Fenway this afternoon. This might actually be a low K game. Since the start of June, Weaver's only struck out 35 batters in 66 innings. That's well below his career mark of 7.0 per game. And Schilling only has five K in twelve innings since returning from the DL.

Jamie Moyer battles another lefty today as he visits Paul Maholm in Pittsburgh. Maholm uses PNC Park to his advantage, lowering his ERA about a run vs. on the road by keeping the ball in the park. Moyer faced the Pirates once this season, picking up a seven inning complete game shutout.

Enjoy!


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