The battle for Ohio continues today with Fausto Carmona facing Aaron Harang. You could call it a battle of aces since at the moment it’s tough to identify a single ace on the Cleveland staff. Harang is suffering from poor run support this season, getting just 3.32 runs while he’s in the game. Carmona is enjoy plenty from the Tribe, 5.92 for every nine innings he pitches.
Tim Hudson will run into some old friends today as he pitches against the Athletics. Hudson pitched well overall this season, but mixed in two bad outings. Otherwise, he might lead the league in ERA. This May, it’s at a misery 0.76. He’ll face Rich Harden, making his second start since his latest injury. He has one start in March, one in April and one in May. Two starts in one month might be a minor miracle.
Finally, the nominee for slugfest of the night goes to the battle between Mark Buehrle and Barry Zito by the bay. Both are expected to be aces on their teams, and both are struggling. Mark increase his strikeouts this season, but in an unusual occurrence, increased his hits allowed as well. Zito brought his ERA down over his last two starts, but no run support by the Giants means he’s still hasn’t recorded a win. He is back to striking out more than he walks, however.
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