Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 14, 2008
Games of the Day

Although their playoff odds are slim, Toronto fights on with a great pitching matchup in Boston. Roy Halladay faces Jon Lester. Halladay and Lester are tied with six others for the AL lead in shutouts with two. It's possible one of them can break the tie today. Those are Lester's only two complete games, while Roy's eight CGs are twice as much as the next nearest pitcher, Cliff Lee.

Milwaukee and Philadelphia make up their Friday rain out with a split admission double header. The second game provides the best pitching matchup as Jeff Suppan faces Brett Myers. Suppan wasn't able to extend his great August into September. He's allowed three home runs in his last 10 2/3 innings during the current month. Myers hasn't lost a beat, however, striking out 19 in his 15 1/3 September innings. A sweep puts the Phillies into a tie for the wild card.

The Cubs and the Astros meet in Houston's temporary home in Milwaukee. Carlos Zambrano returns to the hill for Chicago, while late acquisition Randy Wolf faces the Cubs. Houston played well so far against Zambrano in 2008. They've drawn nine walks in 18 1/3 innings, that in a season in which Carlos greatly lowered his walk rate. Wolf lowered his ERA nearly a run compared to his stint in San Diego, mostly by lowering his home runs allowed.

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Posted by David Pinto at 11:49 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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