September 21, 2024

Games of the Day

The Phillies can clinch the NL East title with a win over the Mets Saturday afternoon. Ranger Suarez takes on Sean Manaea. Suarez reach a single season high in wins with 12 thanks to all three of his true outcomes better than his career averages. He allowed just eleven home runs in 143 2/3 innings. Manaea turned out to be a key addition to the Mets, both eating innings and posting a very good 3.26 ERA. He allowed just 124 hits in 171 innings.

The Royals try to break a five-game losing streak that brought them to the edge of AL Central title elimination. A loss by Kansas City this afternoon give Cleveland the title. The Giants send Landen Roupp against Brady Singer. The games starts 5 PM EDT due to weather, as it appears it won’t be a sunshine day in the Midwest. Roupp makes his third start and twenty second appearance of his rookie season. He allowed two runs in 10 innings as a stater. Singer lowered his ERA by two runs compared to last season, but he was only able to improve his 8-11 record to 9-11.

The Guardians begin their game for the title across the state in St. Louis at 7:15 PM EDT Matthew Boyd faces Miles Mikolas. Boyd made the most of his short season, owning a 2.52 ERA in seven starts. He just averages five innings per start. Mikolas may be approaching the end of his career at seasonal age 35. Opponents slugged .454 and .487 against him the last two season, leading to high ERAs both year.

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