June 30, 2016

Games of the Day

Kenta Maeda takes on Zach Davies as the Dodgers and Brewers play in Milwaukee on getaway day. Maeda posted good three-true outcome numbers in his first year in MLB: 83 strikeouts, 26 walks, and eight home runs in 86 2/3 innings. While he pitches well home and road, four of his six wins came on the road. Davies makes his 20th start in the majors. He owns a solid, steady career so far, with 3.73 ERA, 3.71 in 2015 and 3.74 in 2016.

John Lackey and Steven Matz go into the Cubs game at the Mets with 3.29 ERAs. Lackey’s three-true outcomes are a bit better on the road than at home, but his ERA away stands at 4.59, as he allowed many more hits. Matz tries to end a bad June on a high note, as he posted a 5.91 ERA in the month so far. He allowed 15 runs this month after allowing 16 runs in April and May combined.

Finally, Madison Bumgarner tries to keep his ERA under 2.00 as he visits the Athletics and Dillon Overton. Bumgarner allowed a .141 BA with runners in scoring position so far this season. What’s even more impressive is that he only faced 85 batters in that situation out of the 434 he faced in total. Making his second start, Overton tries to move his window toward a lower ERA. He showed the ability to keep the ball in the park in the minors, but gave up three home runs in his first start.

Enjoy!

3 thoughts on “Games of the Day

  1. David Pinto Post author

    Hans » Yes, just saw that. I don’t know what it says about the Giants that they don’t have a position player on the bench who can hit better than Bumgarner. Guess you can take risks with a six game lead. I hope Madison doesn’t get hurt batting.

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  2. rbj

    And congratulations on the Chanticleers for winning the CWS. Always nice to see a fresh face win once in a while.

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