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

The Brewers get a tough opponent this afternoon as the Cubs send Rich Harden against David Bush. Harden's allowed a bit more power since moving to the National League, but his walks and especially his hits allowed are down. Bush brings an 8.53 ERA in two starts against the Cubs into the game. Chicago hit four home runs in 12 2/3 innings against David.

Joe Saunders faces Josh Outman in Oakland this afternoon. The game isn't a big deal, but I just love that a person named Outman is pitching in the majors. The Angels lead for home field advantage is down to 1 1/2 games over Tampa Bay, however. Maybe it means less to LAnaheim because they are a fine road team, but they did lose five of the six games they played at Topicana Field this season.

The White Sox maintained their 2 1/2 game lead on the Twins despite their loss to the Yankees last night. They'll try to take another from New York as Javier Vazquez takes on Mike Mussina. The Yankees lit up Javy in his only start against his former team this season, scoring six runs in 5 1/3 innings. Mussina tries for his 18th win, last reached by him in 2002. He pitched seven strong innings against the White Sox in his only start against them this season.

It's a porcine battle in Atlanta as Cole Hamels takes on Mike Hampton. Can Cole bring home the bacon for Philadelphia, or will Mike pork the Phillies?

Enjoy!

Correction: It's Josh, not David Outman.

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Posted by David Pinto at 11:26 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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i don't get the porcine joke.

Posted by: Tom at September 18, 2008 01:26 PM

Both their last names start with Ham.

Posted by: David Pinto at September 18, 2008 01:33 PM

How in the world does the manager get fired with the post season so close. This is a first for me. Can you recall this happening any other time in basesball?

Posted by: Christain Debt Reduction at September 18, 2008 02:00 PM

That's Josh Outman, not David.

Posted by: TC at September 18, 2008 09:24 PM
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