Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 04, 2007
Games of the Day

There's an excellent pitching matchup in Fenway tonight as the Blue Jays send Roy Halladay against Josh Beckett. Halladay's ability to strike out batter went down over the last two season, but he's still able to get outs on contact. Beckett tries to become the first seventeen game winner in the majors. He's received tremendous run support, the Red Sox ouscoring the opposition 124-64 with Beckett in the game.

Chien-Ming Wang might have an easier path to seventeen wins, however. He's facing Horacio Ramirez who is 8-4 despite a 6.55 ERA. A win for the Yankees tonight means Seattle leaves New York in second place in the AL Wild Card race.

The Tigers are 2 1/2 games behind New York, and get to play the reeling White Sox. Chicago won just two of their last twelve games, so this is a golden opportunity for Detroit to put together a three game winning streak.

Kyle Lohse and Tim Hudson continue the Philles-Braves series tonight. Atlanta needs to win every game, especially against wild card opponents to try to stay in the race. Lohse has posted a 4.35 ERA since joining Philadelphia, but he's kept the ball in the park, allowing just three home runs. Hudson allowed just seven home runs all season.

The Dodgers send ace Brad Penny against the Cubs this evening as a win for the Dodgers means they move up in either the NL Wild Card or NL West races. Not only has Penny held opponents to just five home runs this season, four of them were solo shots. Steve Trachsel makes his 2007 Cubs debut. Right-handed batters are hitting .303 off Steve this season.

Chris Young tries to show his back is better after pitching in the Padres only loss to the Diamondbacks last week. This time the two teams meet in Arizona as Young visits Doug Davis. Davis cut down on his hits allowed since the start of July, posting a 7-2 record in that time. Young let the ERA title slip out of his hands with a 5.48 August ERA, but opponents are still hitting just .182 against the big Ivy Leaguer.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 01:03 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Hi David,

Great web site you have! I'm enjoying reading your articles.

How about that no-hitter the other night?

Hope everybody is doing well! Hope to see you all during the holidays!
Jimmy

Posted by: Jim at September 4, 2007 02:02 PM
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