The Red Sox travel to Detroit with Alfredo Aceves facing Max Scherzer. Aceves moved from the bullpen to the rotation due to the injuries to John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka and allowed just one run in five innings against the Cubs. He allows opponents to put the ball in play, with only 11 K in 22 1/3 innings. Scherzer blows away batters with 60 K in 63 1/3 innings. He’s given up a decent number of hits despite the high K totals, but batters are hitting just .136 against him with runners in scoring position.

The Reds and Phillies make a quick turnaround after their six hour game last night, with Homer Bailey and Cliff Lee battling in a 1 PM EDT start. Bailey found the control that eluded him during most of his first four seasons in the majors. He’s walked just four batters in 26 innings this season. Lee, of course, is the master of control. Over 1/3 of his 15 walks this season game in one game against the Cardinals two starts ago. He is getting hit, however, and with men in scoring position batters are knocking those balls in the strike zone for a .328 BA.

Finally, Anibal Sanchez and Ryan Vogelsong square off in San Francisco. Sanchez sports a 4.03 ERA on the road, where he allows a batting average 126 points higher than at home with over twice the extra base hits. Vogelsong has yet to allow an earned run in San Francisco this season.

Enjoy!