The World Series moves to Philadelphia as Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays faces Jamie Moyer of the Phillies. The age difference between the pitchers almost exactly 20 years. Both were born in November, Moyer in 1962, Garza in 1982. The two nearly matched regular season ERAs as well, Garza posting a 3.70 mark, Moyer 3.71. They also earned those ERAs in very similar ways:

Garza's walks are up this post season, as he issued 10 in 19 innings, but so are his strikeouts, taking down 18 batters without the help of this defense. He was especially tough in the ALCs, striking out 14 Red Sox batters in 13 innings, helping him earn the series MVP.

Moyer's strikeouts are up on a per inning basis, as he's struck out five in 5 1/3 innings. The problem is that he's faced 29 batters in that time, meaning he's getting too many opportunities in that short amount of time. The opposition is 10 for 20 against Moyer when they put the ball in play, leading to his early exits in both this starts.

Garza presents the Phillies with another challenge. The Phillies are hitting very poorly with runners in scoring position in this series. Garza allowed a .245 batting average overall this season, but just .218 with runners in scoring position. He does allow long hits with men on base. His slugging percentage allowed jumps from .360 with the bases empty to .406 with men on. His overall OBA is low enough, however, that Matt doesn't get into the men on base situations too often.

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