Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 26, 2008
Games of the Day

Baltimore and Chicago play two after rain postponed Friday night's game. A sweep by the Orioles would assure a tie for first place in the AL East, while a sweep by Chicago will help them fend off the surging Indians. Game one offers the most interesting matchup as Brian Burres faces John Danks.

John Danks

John Danks
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Burres's last two outings are quite a contrast. He allowed five hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings against Tampa Bay, resulting in six runs, then allowed five hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings against the Yankees, and left with a shutout intact. Danks is turning out to be very tough to hit this year. Not only has he limited opponents to a .202 batting average, only one of his seventeen hits allowed went for extra bases, a double.

A pair of aces pitch in St. Louis as Roy Oswalt faces Adam Wainwright. Oswalt found his groove after a rough start, allowing four runs in his last fourteen innings pitched. It's interesting that his walks have gone up a bit but the hits against him went down. Maybe he was around the plate too much. Adam is doing everything right so far this season as he's struck out three times as many as he's walked and only allowed one home run.

The Diamondbacks are 8-4 on the road with a 2.23 ERA this season. They send the undefeated Micah Owings against the Padres and the winless Justin Germano. The opposition is getting the bat on the ball versus Justin as he's only struck out seven in 23 1/3 innings. That's not going to cut it in the majors. All three home runs allowed by Owings this season came off the bats of left handers.

Finally, Oakland continues to win while rebuilding and sends Justin Duchscherer against Seattle's Erik Bedard. Justin pitched well in his first start since 2003, striking out six in five innings and allowing just one run. Bedard makes his first start in three weeks. So far this season, he's been a bit wild and hit hard as he's walked eight and allowed three home runs in eleven innings pitched.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 11:45 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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I'm looking forward to today's White Sox games. If the Sox are to continue to surprise than Danks will have to keep pitching well. His development will be a point to follow this season.

Posted by: MattNYC at April 26, 2008 12:37 PM
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