September 15, 2007
Games of the Day
The Phillies were written off earlier in the week, but they're still in the hunt for the wild card. They'll face a tough opponent today as Pedro Martinez makes his third start of the season. He's only allowed one hit with runners in scoring position this season. Kyle Lohse takes the hill for the Phillies. He hasn't pitched that much better than he did for the Reds, but he's gotten much better run support.
Josh Beckett and Chien-Ming Wang matchup in a battle of 18-6 pitchers. Only one might come out with nineteen wins. Their approaches are very different as Beckett strikes out almost twice as many as Wang, but Chien-Ming allows fewer home runs. Beckett has struck out 18 Yankees in 19 2/3 innings, but they've still managed 30 hits off him. Wang's only struck out 12 in 25 innings against the Red Sox, but he's allowed just 24 hits. The Yankees are doing a better job of getting outs on balls in play.
Johan Santana leads the AL in ERA, but he's reduced to trying to spoil Detroit's playoff hopes this evening. If it wasn't for a career high in home runs allowed, Santana might be posting another sub-3.00 ERA. Yorman Bazardo gets his first major league start. He's struck out eight and walked none in twelve innings of work this season.
Enjoy!
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