June 24, 2013

Games of the Day

Monday offers for games, two on the east coast at 7 PM EDT, two in southern California at 10 PM EDT.

The Indians and Orioles start the day with Ubaldo Jimenez facing Zach Britton. Both teams stand in second place in their divisions, but the Orioles hold a much better record. The Indians offense is struggling in June, as the team batting average and slugging percentage plunged. They’re especially bad with men on base. The Orioles are 11-9 this month despite being outscored 102-93. The team keeps winning the close games.

Toronto travels to Tampa Bay to try to extend their winning streak to 12 games. Both teams are five games out of first place, but Toronto’s slightly better winning percentage puts them in fourth place. Esmil Rogers takes on Jeremy Hellickson. Rogers remains more effective as a starter than a reliever this season, having more strikeouts in fewer innings in a starting role. Hellickson’s hits allowed spiked this season despite improved strikeout and walk numbers.

The Giants visit the Dodgers with Madison Bumgarner battling Hyun-Jin Ryu. Bumgarner is a Dodgers killer with a 6-2 record in nine games and a 2.53 ERA. He walks 1.9 LA batters per nine innings. Ryu lost both his starts to the Giants, allowing 18 hits in 12 1/3 innings.

Finally, the Phillies send Cliff Lee against the Padres and Eric Stults. Lee has been a bright spot in a disappointing Phillies season. He owns a 1.88 ERA on the road, and allowed just one of his seven home runs away from Philadelphia, despite more road than home innings. Stults is experiencing a great June, with a 1.84 ERA. He walked just three batters in 29 1/3 innings this month.

Enjoy!

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