Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 15, 2008
Games of the Day

The fans in Cleveland get a treat today as Greg Maddux faces C.C. Sabathia. Maddux pitched at Jacobs Field twice before, in 1995 World Series and in 2006 with the Cubs. Both times he gave up four runs in about seven innings. Maddux has a 1.38 ERA this June but has a no decision in both starts. C.C. is also pitching well this month, posting a 2.40 ERA with thirteen strikeouts and three walks.

The Rockies and White Sox play the rubber game of their series with Aaron Cook and Jose Contreras on the mound. Cook represents the only consistently good starter on Colorado this year. He's pitched well both at home on the road this season, and is almost as effective against lefty batters as righties. Contreras's opponents have a combined OPS of .601.

Finally, a great pitching matchup on ESPN this evening as Atlanta send Jorge Campillo against Joe Saunders. Campillo stepped into a rotation destroyed by injuries and so far posted a 2.96 ERA as a starter, striking out 21 in 24 1/3 innings. Saunders is coming off the worst start of his season and is looking a bit more human lately. He's allowed 17 runs, 14 earned over his last three starts.

Enjoy!

Correction: Maddux was in Cleveland in 1995, not 1996.

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Posted by David Pinto at 10:40 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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You made a typo. Maddux pitched in Cleveland during the '95 series, the '96 series was the return to Yankee Power

Posted by: Dev at June 15, 2008 11:43 AM

By the way, after Sunday's games the AL has stretched their lead in interleague play to 47-36. Still early but a lot of NL teams look underwhelming this year. Ten of the sixteen clubs are underwater on run diff, which means it might be tough for the league to catch up to the junior circuit in interleague play.

Posted by: Casey Abell at June 16, 2008 07:59 AM
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