Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 18, 2008
Games of the Day

The Red Sox and Phillies play the rubber game of their series this afternoon as Justin Masterson faces Kyle Kendrick. The Phillies have done a good job of holding Boston's offense in check, allowing just five runs in two games. Kendrick, with few strikeouts and walks, allows a lot of balls in play. The Red Sox have a .310 BABIP, the second highest in the American League, so they're in a good position to score some runs against Kyle. Masterson doesn't give up many hits, but most of the ones he does allow go for extra bases. That's doesn't bode well against a powerful Phillies lineup. This could be a high scoring affair today.

In New York, Jake Peavy takes on Darrell Rasner as Jake tries to cool the Yankees offense. In winning five in a row, New York scored 35 runs. Peavy hasn't repeated his great road performance of 2007, allowing five of his six home runs on the road. Rasner is posting a 1.71 ERA at Yankee Stadium, allowing just one walk and one home run in 21 innings of work there.

Shaun Marcum and Ben Sheets meet as two players pitching well for disappointing teams. Marcum's knocked a run off his ERA every month so far this season, posting a 1.29 ERA in June. Opponents are hitting just .194 against him overall. Sheets ability to keep batters off base resulted in nine of the eleven home runs he allowed going for solo shots.

Finally, Dan Haren faces his former teammates as he takes on Joe Blanton in Arizona. Blanton's stock is falling as his low K rate is resulting in opponents hitting .278 against him with a .425 slugging percentage. Haren is just as good as Joe in limiting walks, but with a higher K rate, opponents are batting just .229 against Dan.

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Posted by David Pinto at 10:33 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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So far the Red Sox have scored some runs off Kyle. They've sent four guys to the plate in the top of the first, and they're leading 4-0.

Back-to-back homers by Drew and Lowell.

Posted by: Casey Abell at June 18, 2008 01:21 PM

They got 6 R in 3IP - He's gone now and his ERA is around 5 now - maybe he wasn't having such a great year

Posted by: Bandit at June 18, 2008 02:37 PM
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