I have the Angels HARD tonight....hope they really do a job on Park in Dodgerville.....they are playing solid baseball, and hopefully will get Vlad back from flu-like symptoms (Saunders is putting up VERY SOLID numbers, will take the -125 every time....does anyone else though see this as a trap number???? I would prob. take it up to 140......could it be the same as the Reds last night????
Chan Ho Park (2-2, 2.83, 1.405 WHIP) draws the opening assignment for the Dodgers, making just his third start of the season and second in a row filling in for Brad Penny. The best they can hope for is Park can pitch five innings and allow no more than three runs and hope the bullpen and his own team’s bats can do the rest. For nostalgia buff’s, the Dodgers are 8-2 at home when Park starts against winning teams. He’ll be matchup against a potential all-star Joe Saunders (11-3, 3.03, 1.119 WHIP). The lefty Saunders has the ability to pitch in on right-handed batters, keeping the third baseman and shortstop busy. As well as Saunders has pitched, he’s a bulldog on the road with 6-1 record and evaporating ERA of 1.89. He and the Angels are 12-3 off a loss.
