8-23-09

[Mr. IWS]

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Re: 8-23-09

Ben Burns 10 star total

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[Mr. IWS]

Re: 8-23-09

Ben Burns

*7 Sunday Afternoon Roast

TORONTO BLUE JAYS (Romero)-130 over Los Angeles Angels(Bell)

Reason: I'm playing on TORONTO. It's tough to go against the Angels, as they're among the best teams in baseball. However, I feel that this will be a favorable situation and matchup to do so. For starters, this is the final game of a long (10 game) Eastern road trip. After this, the Angels return home to LA in preparation for tomorrow's game vs. Detroit. They last played a home game way back on Aug. 12th and it could be easy for them to get caught looking ahead to the return trip. More importantly, I feel that the pitching matchup will favor the Jays. Ricky Romero gets the call and he's been one of Toronto's better pitchers. For the season, he's gone 10-5 with a solid 3.95 ERA, averaging better than six innings per start. When looking closer into Romero's record, we find that he's been much better when pitching during the afternoon, than he has been during the evening. At night, he's just 4-4 with a 4.78 ERA. However, he's an impressive 6-1 with a 2.98 ERA in his eight daytime starts. Trevor Bell has made two starts. While he does have a 1-0 record, he's barely been mediocre. In his first start, which came in the afternoon, he allowed nine hits and four runs in 5 1/3 innings. His second start, which came in the evening, was very similar, as he allowed nine hits and three runs in 5 1/3 innings. That translates to a combined 5.91 ERA and 1.97 WHIP - which isn't very good at all - including a 6.75 ERA in his daytime start. Even with yesterday's setback, the Jays are still 11-7 the last 18 times that they were a host in this series. I expect Romero to be the better of the two young starters and for the Jays to grab the rubber game of this series. *7 Sunday Afternoon Roast