After the Cubs and Pirates finish their suspended game, the regularly scheduled game presents a good matchup as Jason Marquis faces Ian Snell. The big change for Jason this season is the longball. He's allowed just one home run in 30 2/3 innings. Last season, opponents took him deep 35 times. Snell also cut way down on his long balls. In addition, he's also cut his walk rate, which leaves him fourth in the NL in ERA.

The Marlins go for a sweep of the Mets at Shea this afternoon. Anibal Sanchez throws a lot of pitches early, so he's been limited to five innings in most of his starts. That wasn't the case last season when he routinely went seven. His high number of walks may have something to do with it. Oliver Perez started four games and issued seven walks, all in one game. If he can keep the majority of his starts walk-less, he'll continue to perform just fine.

Mark Hendrickson continues to fill in for Jason Schmidt today as he faces Doug Davis and the Arizona Diamondbacks. A good outing by Mark this afternoon puts him in among the NL leaders in ERA. Davis is also up there, but mostly due to timing. With no runners on, batters are reaching base at a .446 clip, but hitting just .237 with men on base.

Andy Pettitte tries to break the injury streak tonight. Karstens broke his leg Saturday, Wang broke a nail on Sunday, and Hughes pulled a hamstring last night. Pettitte's pitching well against right-handed batters this season, holding them to a .327 OBA and a .357 slugging percentage. Robinson Tejeda takes the hill for the Rangers. Tejeda is vulnerable to the long ball, but otherwise is pitching well. He's putting up good strikeout and walk numbers.

Finally, Roy Oswalt tries to break the Astros out of their slump against Kyle Lohse and the Reds. Lohse holds opponents to a .291 OBA on the strength of issuing just four walks this season. Oswalt, on the other hand, shows shaky control this season. He's already walked 17 in 2007 after giving up just 38 walks in all of 2006.

Enjoy!