Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 02, 2008
Games of the Day

The Yankees make one last ditch effort at getting themselves back in the AL East race as they open a three-game series in Tampa Bay. Mike Mussina takes on Matt Garza in what looks like the best pitching matchup of the series. With 16 wins, Mussina is going to need to stay at his best through September to have a chance at four more wins and his first 20 win season. He's pitched extremely well against the Rays this season, 2-0 with a 1.46 ERA in 12 1/3 innings. Matt Garza has been all or nothing over the last two months. He's allowed 0 earned runs in five of his last 11 starts and four or more earned runs in another five of those.

Washington tries to extend their winning streak to eight games as John Lannan host Cole Hamels and the Phillies. In 15 innings of work this season, Hamels allowed just one run to the Nationals on a solo home run. He struck out 17, walked four and allowed nine hits. He's 0-1 in two starts. Lannan is a lefty who is extremely effective against right-handed hitters. That gives him an advantage with switch hitters Rollins and Victorino in the lineup.

Carlos Zambrano was supposed to start Sunday but instead goes tonight against the Astros. We'll keep our eye on his performance to see if he's more injured than the Cubs believe. Brandon Backe goes for the Astros. The Cubs took Brandon Backe the woodshed this season, scoring 17 runs in 16 innings off the Astros starter.

Finally, Tim Lincecum faces Livan Hernandez once again, this time in Colorado. Hernandez held his own against Tim for 6 2/3 innings in their last start in San Francisco. Lincecum's had great success at Coors, going 2-0 with a 3.13 ERA in four starts.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 02:42 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Go NYY - If they sweeo maybe Boston can cut into the DRays lead - however if they lose that's good too. It's the proverbial win-win.

Posted by: Bandit at September 2, 2008 03:31 PM
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