Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 11, 2008
Games of the Day

The Twins go for a sweep of the Royals this afternoon as Brandon Duckworth faces Francisco Liriano. Duckworth pitched poorly in his three starts, walking 10 and striking out five in 15 innings. At least no one hit a home run off him. Liriano is getting better with each start. He lasted seven innings in his last two starts, allowing a total of 10 hits while walking one and striking out 15.

The Brewers and Phillies open a four game weekend series, with the Phillies four games back in the wild card standings. Ben Sheets tries to get the Brewers off on the right track. He matches up well against the Phillies lefty power as he's only allowed five home runs in 355 at bats without the platoon advantage. Jamie Moyer goes for Philadelphia. He's 5-1 since the All-Star break, converting his 3.95 ERA pre-break into a 3.05 mark post-break. He's brought his home runs way down.

Rich Harden returns to the Cubs rotation after missing a start to face the Cardinals and Todd Wellemeyer. Harden is a K machine since joining the Cubs, striking out 75 in 54 innings. He's been amazingly good against #3 hitters in the lineup, as they've gone 2 for 25 with 12 strikeouts. We'll see how he handles Pujols. Wellemeyer gets hit hard at home. He's allowed a .448 slugging percentage at Busch, .368 on the road.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 08:55 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

The Cubs better hope that Harden and Zambrano are back to reasonable health. Otherwise, that 5.65 staff ERA for September could get even uglier.

Not even the alleged lovables can avoid the playoffs this year. But they've got to pitch better if they don't want another three-and-out.

Posted by: Casey Abell at September 11, 2008 10:35 AM

Playing KC down the stretch certainly won't hurt your chances.

Posted by: Bandit at September 11, 2008 10:54 AM
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