April 16, 2013

Games of the Day

The Red Sox travel to Cleveland for the first game pitting former manager Terry Francona against his old pitching coach John Farrell. Felix Doubront faces Ubaldo Jimenez. Neither is off to a great start in terms of ERA, but both are striking out batters at a good clip.

There are a few interleague games this Tuesday, the best of the group featuring Kansas City at Atlanta as Jeremy Guthrie tries to stop Kris Medlen from extending the Braves winning streak. Guthrie won his first two starts despite allowing three home runs. He walked just two batters in 11 innings to help keep the bases empty. Medlen walked more than he struck out, but has yet to allow a long ball. In his brief career he allowed just 24 homers in 327 2/3 innings.

Barry Zito, in the last year of his Giants contract, has yet to allow a run as he takes on Wily Peralta and the Brewers. Zito is holding right-handed batters to a .220/.238/.293 slash line. With San Francisco through 2012, RHB hit .263/.343/.425 against him. Peralta continues to be a high walk, high K pitcher.

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