The second place Orioles take on the first place Red Sox as Steve Trachsel faced Curt Schilling. Baltimore holds a four game winning streak which moved them up in the division. Trachsel's pitched well this year, although he's walked more than he's struck out. However, he's kept lefties off base, which helps when you're facing the Red Sox. Schilling's done the same, as lefties post a .221 OBA against Curt, righties, .360.

The Diamondbacks look to hold onto second place in the NL West as Livan Hernandez visits Houston and Roy Oswalt. Roy walked 17 batters in April. Before his first start in May he reviewed video tape, fixed the problem, and walked just one in each of his two May starts. Livan allowed just one home run so far, but his strikeouts are way down, below his walks allowed. If those two number stay that way, I expect his ERA to start to rise. Right now, however, the reduction in home runs compensates for the other weaknesses.

The Braden Looper experiment continues to succeed, and he'll face Chris Young tonight in San Diego. He's kept his walks and home runs low, and he's even striking out a reasonable number of batters. He's made the transition to starter seamlessly. In what appears to be a theme today, he also does a better job of keeping lefties off base than he does against righties. In two starts at PETCO this season, Young's opponents are 7 for 50 and have yet to score a run.

Enjoy!