Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 20, 2008
Games of the Day

Alex Rodriguez returns to the Yankees lineup tonight as the Baltimore Orioles come into town. The Orioles sit in third place, 3 1/2 games ahead of the bottom dwelling Yankees. They'll send Daniel Cabrera against Mike Mussina. Both pitchers are showing improvement in their recent starts. Cabrera only walked three batters in his three May starts after issuing 21 in his six April starts. And he's done this while keeping his strikeouts high. Mussina allowed two runs or less in four of his last five starts, ever since he reduced the velocity of both his fast ball and changeup, increasing the difference between the two.

First place teams battle in southern Florida as the Diamondbacks visit the Marlins. Micah Owings gets the call for Arizona. Owings upped his K per 9 by over a strikeout this season, and he's seen his ERA go down half a run. Mark Hendrickson owns a low walk and strikeout rate, but he's kept his hits down as well. He has given up a .309 BA with runners in scoring position, however.

Winning pitchers on losing teams face off in Colorado as Tim Lincecum faces Aaron Cook. Tim's only loss of the season came against Aaron at the end of April. Lincecum allowed just three runs in seven innings, but Cook was better, letting in two unearned runs in the same span.

Finally, the good, young pitchers series continues in Oakland as Scott Kazmir takes on Greg Smith. After a rough first start off the DL, Kazmir hasn't allowed a run in his last two starts, giving up just six hits in twelve innings. Smith is another Athletics pitcher suffering from poor supporting offense. In his last four starts, the A's have scored a total of five runs.

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