Thursday, May 03, 2007

3 Picks: Three from the National League

Friday, May 4: Jamie Moyer (3-1)(PHI) vs. Matt Morris (3-1)(SF)

With Myers demoted to the bullpen... is Jamie Moyer the official ace of the Phillies rotation?(Win Probability graphing by Fangraphs)
Jamie Moyer: 7.0IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 3SO, 0HR - L

Matt Morris: 7.0IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 1SO, 0HR - W
Brad Hennessey: 1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2SO, 0HR - H

There's simply no justice for the Phillies. Both starters go 7 full innings with a quality outing. And the guy with the poor 3:1 base on balls to strikeouts ratio gets the win over the guy with the 1:3 ratio. The Phillies are due several breaks at some point this season.

Saturday, May 5: Aaron Cook (0-1)(COL) vs. Aaron Harang (4-0)(CIN)

It's Aaron versus Aaron. And both should be accustomed to hitting-friendly ballparks at this point.(Win Probability graphing by Fangraphs)
Aaron Cook: 5.1IP, 10H, 5R, 5ER, 3BB, 4SO, 1HR - W
Denny Bautista: 1.2IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR - H
Manny Corpas: 0.1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1SO, 0HR - H
Brian Fuentes: 1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR - SV

Aaron Harang: 5.0IP, 8H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 8SO, 0HR - L

Another high scoring game at the Great American Ballpark. Harang's 8 strikeouts in just 5 innings of work is impressive. As he's saddled with the loss for this outing.

Sunday, May 6: Jake Peavy (3-1)(SD) vs. Scott Olsen (3-1)(FLA)

This is a match-up that should yield plenty of strike outs.(Win Probability graphing by Fangraphs)

Jake Peavy: 7.0IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 10SO, 0HR - W
Cla Meredith: 1.0IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0SO, 0HR - H
Trevor Hoffman: 1.0IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO, 0HR - SV

Scott Olsen: 6.2IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 4SO, 0HR - L

This one was a recipe for strikeouts: 18 of the 54 outs this game came via the K. No home runs allowed on either side as well. A true duel.

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