Indians Davis - Home 1-0, 2.57 era, .174 BAA, Night 2-1, 3.86 era, .275 BAA
Det - Verlander - 22 yr old making 1st big league apperarance, only 3 starts above A ball.
Indians on a roll and making a run for a wildcard spot. Won 7 of 10, Detroit 2-8 last 10. Both teams going in different directions. As I type Indians lead gm one the the double header 9-1 in the 8th. Detroit went to pen in the 4th inning with one of their not so great pitchers. Indians pen well rested and Detroit long guy used up. So slight advantage to us here. Main thing is the bats and the roll the Indians are on against a pitcher with no big league experience.
Game 2 starters I expect all the main regulars to play. Pudge caught game one, so he will probably DH, but I don't see much of an affect here on the game. Indians backup catcher caught gm 1 so I expect their regular in the night cap.
Rangers Rodriguez - Home 1-0, 2.45 era, Night 1-1, 3.66 era He has been pitching great since called up from triple A, pitched great there too. He broke a bone in his elbow last year, so they started him off in the minors this year after a great beginning of the year last year before going down with the injury. He has been on his game the past two seasons, what little he has pitched. I look for solid stuff from him tonight.
Boston Miller - Road 0-2, 7.32 era, .317 BAA, Night 2-1, 5.06 era, .233 BAA
Miller has given up 3 HR's in 19.2 IP on the road this year, not good HR ration to be bringing to Arlington. Miller pitching around 5-6 innings per start and the Red Sox pen hasn't done well lately.