Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 30, 2007
Games of the Day

It's a New York afternoon as both the Yankees and Mets work on sweeps, one good and one bad. Curt Schilling faces Chien-Ming Wang as the Yankees go for a sweep of the Red Sox in order to keep hope alive that they can win their tenth straight division title. Schilling is showing signs of aging, as his strike out rate hasn't recovered from his injury. He struck out 11 in 23 1/3 innings in June, and since his return, 11 in 24 innings. Wang's benefited from good run support in August, going 3-1 despite a 5.46 ERA.

The Mets try not to get swept in Philadelphia. A win by the Phillies today leaves them just two games back of the NL East leading Mets. The Mets have a decent shot at this game as Orlando Hernandez faces Kyle Lohse. But El Duque is susceptible to the long ball away from Shea, and Lohse pitches very well in Philadelphia, posting a 2.72 ERA at home this season.

Who does Detroit root for tonight? The Tigers try to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Royals this afternoon, but tonight Seattle plays Cleveland. Detroit is closer to the wild card lead, but two teams are ahead of them. They only need to worry about the Indians for the AL Central lead. On the other hand, maybe Detroit should just worry about winning.

The Brewers and Cubs play the rubber game of their series tonight as both fight for the NL Central lead. Manny Parra makes his second start after pitching very well out of the bullpen. Ted Lilly takes the hill for Chicago. Ted still gives up a good amount of home runs, but he's limited his runners on base this year so most of the long balls have been solo shots.

Finally, the Padres go for a sweep and a one-game lead in the NL West. Chris Young says his back is fine, which give the Padres an edge as the Diamondbacks send Doug Davis to the mound. And for those of you wondering if Chris Young facing Chris Young will cause a rift in the space-time continuum, they've faced each other six times already, Chris Young going 0 for 6 with one strikeout against Chris Young.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 08:44 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Wang's August era is thrown off by the 8/8 start against Toronto in which he gave up 8 er in 2.2ip.

While it's true that he got good run support in the 3 wins, he also pitched well. 1 er in 7ip vs KC 8/3m 3 er in 6ip vs Detroit 8/19, and 1 er in 8ip vs. Det 8/25.

Posted by: Yankee Fan in Chicago at August 30, 2007 09:27 AM
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