Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 28, 2008
Games of the Day

The White Sox and Indians play a business lunch for the rubber game of their three game set. Gavin Floyd takes the hill for Chicago with Jake Westbrook pitching for Cleveland. Both pitchers have done a tremendous job keeping batters off base this season, holding the opposition to a .291 OBA. Floyd holds their hits low, while Westbrook keeps the walks in check. That gives Floyd a bit of an advantage, as his walks don't advance runners as much as Westbrook's hits.

Wandy Rodriguez returns from the disabled list with a chance to move the Astros into sole possession of second place in the NL Central. He was pitching well before he went down, striking out more than a batter an inning for the first time in his career. He won't have an easy time as the Cardinals are sending out Adam Wainwright. All seven home runs allowed by Wainwright came as solo shots this season.

Finally, the pitching duel of the day goes to the RH factor, Roy Halladay versus Rich Harden in Oakland. Roy's upped his strikeouts this season, which brought down his batting average allowed and ERA. With eight strikeouts tonight, he'll be halfway to his 2007 total. Harden's been hard to score on at home, allowing three runs in three starts, all against Boston (one home game in Japan).

Speaking of Boston, keep you eye on that game as Manny Ramirez needs one home run to reach 500.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 10:03 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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David, very nice article on the Sox.

Posted by: John at May 28, 2008 12:06 PM
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