August 17, 2011

Games of the Day

Arizona tries to make it two games in a row against the Phillies as they send Joe Saunders against Cliff Lee. The Phillies do not hit lefties well, and given Joe’s mastery of LHB, Charlie Manuel may want to stack his batting order with righties. If Lee issues two more walks, he will have doubled the number he walked all of last season. Of course, no one is going to complain too much about a walk rate of 1.8 per nine IP.

Matt Cain and Jair Jurrjens battle in Atlanta as Cain tries to stop the San Francisco free fall. While Matt’s record is just 9-9, the Giants are 14-11 in his starts. Jurrjens stands 7-1 at home this season with just two of his eleven home runs allowed coming in Atlanta.

Finally, rookie Nathan Eovaldi takes on Zack Greinke as the Brewers try to extend their winning streak to six games. Right now, two losses separate seven, six and five games streaks as the Brewers are 18-2 in their last 20 games. Eovaldi struck out 10 in 11 MLB innings so far, although he did walk six. Opponents managed just six hits against him. Greinke seems to be having his good and bad luck cancel out this season. His ERA is higher than it should be given his stats, but his record is better than it should be given his actual ERA. He’s the anti-2005 Kevin Millwood.

Enjoy!

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