Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 02, 2007
Games of the Day

On this Labor Day weekend, the Mets and Braves give us a classic matchup of two of the best pitchers of their generation. Tom Glavine faces John Smoltz at Turner Field. Both own similar records, but Smoltz remains effective in terms of strikeouts, walks and home runs allowed, while Glavine requires much more support from his team to maintain his winning ways.

The Mariners are fading fast as they send Jeff Weaver against A.J. Burnett. Burnett's been a mixed bag for the Blue Jays. In his two seasons in Toronto he's pitched well, but he's only made 40 starts. Of course, given the way pitching contracts skyrocketted last winter, his salary looks pretty good right now.

The Padres try to put the final nail in the coffin of the Dodgers' post season hopes as Chad Billingsley faces Justin Germano. Billingsly is 2-0 vs. the Padres this season, however, with a 1.42 ERA. He's struck out 20 Dodgers in 12 2/3 innings. The Dodgers had no trouble with Germano the first time they faced him, hitting two home runs and scoring five runs.

Finally, after Haren and Escobar failed to solidify their Cy Young credentials yesterday, John Lackey goes for the major league lead in wins as he faces the Texas Rangers. He walked just five batters in 34 2/3 innings during August. He'll face 6-1 Kason Gabbard, 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA since joining Texas. That should make him the staff ace.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:36 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Er, if Billingsley has struck out 20 Dodgers in his previous starts, it's equivalent to Wrong Way Corrigan's touchdown in the 40s. ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister at September 2, 2007 04:11 PM

Oops. Corrigan was a flyer who flew the wrong way. Riegles was the Cal football player who scored for the wrong team.

Posted by: Linkmeister at September 2, 2007 05:14 PM
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