Matt Fargo's Diamond Preview - A look at the upcoming week in baseball
Monday, May 5th
Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers 7:05 PM ET
Boston took two of three against the Tigers in the first series meeting this year but this is not the same Detroit team. The Tigers are 13-8 since then and they are slowly climbing back into the American League Central. While Boston started the season on fire, there has been some problems of late as it is 4-6 over its last 10 games heading into Sunday. The Red Sox are 13-5 at home but just 6-8 on the road and Daisuke Matsuzaka will be making his first road start since April 1st after tossing four straight at Fenway Park.
Tuesday, May 6th
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds 7:10 PM ET
One of the best pitching matchups of the week takes place Tuesday with Carlos Zambrano and Aaron Harang squaring off. Zambrano has a 2.11 ERA on the season and has tossed six quality outings in his seven starts on the year. He has 11 wins against the Reds which is tied for the most victories against any team. Harang meanwhile is 1-4 but he has a solid 2.98 ERA through seven starts. Like Zambrano, he is 6-7 in quality starts but poor run production has done him in as the Reds average just 3.1 rpg in his outings.
Wednesday, May 7th
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals 8:10 PM ET
The series between the Angels and Royals wraps up with a pitching matchup that has shown complete opposite numbers of what we thought coming into the season. Zack Greinke is having a spectacular season after missing most of 2006 and pitching out of the bullpen most of last year. He is 3-1 with a 1.47 ERA and 1.02 WHIP through six starts.
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Jered Weaver
meanwhile is struggling with a 4.36
ERA on the season as only two of his
last five starts have been quality.
However, he has a 1.93 career ERA against
the Royals.
Thursday,
May 8th
Philadelphia
Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks
3:40 PM ET
Brandon
Webb won the Cy Young in 2006 and is
making a strong case early on in 2008.
He is a perfect 7-0 while posting a
2.49 ERA while opposing hitters are
batting just .197 against him. His
lone non-quality outing came last time
out against the Mets but the offense
more than made up for it again. Arizona
is scoring 5.7 rpg for him and he goes
up against a Phillies team that he
has defeated only twice in eight starts.
His 3.99 ERA against them is second
highest of any team he has started
at least two games against.
Friday,
May 9th
New
York Yankees at Detroit Tigers 7:05
PM ET
The Yankees
will have some payback on their minds
as they look to avenge the three-game
sweep the Tigers gave them at Yankee
Stadium. It marked the sixth loss in
eight games for New York but it responded
well with a series sweep over the Mariners
this past weekend. As mentioned, the
Tigers are a different team now and
playing the Yankees at home has been
a success as they won five of the seven
meetings there last season and have
taken eight of the last 10 in Detroit
dating back to 2006.
Saturday,
May 10th
Los
Angeles Angels at Tampa Devil Rays
7:10 PM ET
A new
name is emerging in the A.L. Cy Young
talk and that is Ervin Santana. He
is 5-0 with a 2.48 ERA heading into
this week with all six of his starts
being quality outings. The amazing
part is that three of those were away
from home and it looks like he has
exercised those road demons. He had
road ERA’s of 8.38 and 5.95 in
the two previous years while his ERA
in Tampa is 8.22 over four starts.
Scott Kazmir is slated to go in his
second start of the season for the
Rays and will face the Angels for just
the third time.
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