Arizona at SAN FRAN
This game should come down to the BP's as I doubt if either of these two starters get past the 7th. JENSEN will not be pushed to go past six, as SF BP is in good shape with WORRELL, Christiansen, Rodriguez, and NEN all available and rested. Also, I'm not sure how effective LOPEZ will be with his change up in SAN FRAN, as the air in that stadium tends to do funny things. It may cause it to hang a little more than he would like...
ARIZONA got 17 hits last nite, nine of their hits off the SF bullpen, all off guys I doubt you'll see in the game today. JENSEN has been very tough, especially at home, and they may try to get him to go seven today, and leave it to RODRIGUEZ and NEN to finish up, both who were not used yesterday. If not WORRELL and Christiansen were not used yesterday either, and both have been sharp lately also.
ARIZONA's bullpen is in shambles as evidenced by the SAN DIEGO series. LOPEZ has gone nine before, but in what I figure to be a low scoring game, look for him to get lifted for a PH around the sixth or seventh and then turn the ball over to that BP. In his last start, he left with a 5-1 lead, only to watch in horror as SD won 7-5! KIM is not right at all... he blew two games in SD, and gave up 2 hits, 1 BB, and an ER in one inning last nite. IF it comes down to the BP, which I feel it will, SAN FRAN wins this game.
We also have WOLF behind the plate and he's a big time HT UMP, 18-10 for the home team, and 7-3 in the last 10. Of those 7 wins by the home team, the OVER is 6-0-1. I played the UNDER in this game last nite at 9, but am thinking of buying it back at 8.5 now that the line has changed... we'll decide when I see lineups and wind.
SAN FRAN -115 played last nite.
[This message has been edited by Randercity (edited 09-06-2001).]