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Baseball Musings
September 24, 2008
Games of the Day

Two pitchers get to try to prove their last starts were just flukes this evening. The Phillies send Brett Myers against Jo-Jo Reyes of the Braves. Myers pitched brilliantly since his return from the minors until his last start against Florida. The Marlins pounded him for 10 runs in four innings, collecting nine hits, two walks and a home run.

In New York, while the Cubs as a team already clinched the division and home field, Zambrano needs to show the follow up to his no-hitter was the outlier. He had just returned from his grand mother's funeral, so he was likely as shell-shocked as when the Astros faced him. Oliver Perez pitches for the Mets, who are sandwiched between the Phillies and Brewers in the battle for the NL East/Wild Card. Perez has an interesting disconnect in his home road splits. The opposition hits worse against Perez at Shea in terms of BA/OBA/Slug, but Perez's Shea ERA is higher than on the road.

CC Sabathia starts for the second time in a row on short rest, this time against the Pirates. The last time he took on Pittsburgh, he threw the controversial one-hitter that seemed to mark the start of the Brewers slide. He'll face Paul Maholm 0-2 against the Brewers in four starts.

The White Sox send Mark Buehrle against Nick Blackburn and the Twins as Chicago tries to get at least one win against Minnesota in this series. One win and Chicago controls their own destiny in the AL Central. Buehrle pitches poorly on the road, 4-8 with a 5.14 ERA. Blackburn pitches great at home, 7-3 with a 2.92 ERA.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 12:20 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Zambrano needs to show the follow up to his no-hitter was the outlier.

Yup... because his bad outing had NOTHING to do with flying to and from Venezuela in the 48 hours before his start in order to be at the funeral of his grandmother.

Posted by: dave at September 24, 2008 01:40 PM

Zambrano needs to show the follow up to his no-hitter was the outlier.

Yup... because his bad outing had NOTHING to do with flying to and from Venezuela in the 48 hours before his start in order to be at the funeral of his grandmother.

Posted by: dave at September 24, 2008 01:40 PM
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