6-6 Playoffs
Went with:
LAA ANGELS+119 (KAZMIR VS SABATHIA LISTED)
Kazmir has faced the Yanks plenty in his career and has dominating numbers against many in the Yanks lineup. In 15 gms(14 starts) his career ERA is 2.67 vs them. In those games he's only allowed a total of 5 homers(4 to the current yankees) and basically only 3 players have had success vs him. Here's the Yanks career averages vs him:
Melky Cabrera 8 for 20 .400
Jorge Posada 11 for 25 .440
Mark Teixeira 7 for 11 .636
Johnny Damon 6 for 36 .167
Derek Jeter 4 for 36 .111
Hideki Matsui 5 for 28 .179
Jose Molina 2 for 11 .182
AROD 3 for 24 .125
Nick Swisher 5 for 27 .185
Kazmir should be a little more comfortable pitching in from of the home fans. His career BAA in his home appearances is just .236 (17 pts lower than career away) and likewise his career ERA at home is lower as well.
C.C. has been pitching well, but today he may be tested. He's going on short rest and that short rest is also vs the same team he just faced, so I think if the Angels make some adjustments, they might hit him a little better. CC has never been too impressive vs Anaheim anyways, having just a 6-7 record in 15 career starts with a 4.42 ERA
Should be a good game....gl to all! :0corn
-ndnfan
Went with:
LAA ANGELS+119 (KAZMIR VS SABATHIA LISTED)
Kazmir has faced the Yanks plenty in his career and has dominating numbers against many in the Yanks lineup. In 15 gms(14 starts) his career ERA is 2.67 vs them. In those games he's only allowed a total of 5 homers(4 to the current yankees) and basically only 3 players have had success vs him. Here's the Yanks career averages vs him:
Melky Cabrera 8 for 20 .400
Jorge Posada 11 for 25 .440
Mark Teixeira 7 for 11 .636
Johnny Damon 6 for 36 .167
Derek Jeter 4 for 36 .111
Hideki Matsui 5 for 28 .179
Jose Molina 2 for 11 .182
AROD 3 for 24 .125
Nick Swisher 5 for 27 .185
Kazmir should be a little more comfortable pitching in from of the home fans. His career BAA in his home appearances is just .236 (17 pts lower than career away) and likewise his career ERA at home is lower as well.
C.C. has been pitching well, but today he may be tested. He's going on short rest and that short rest is also vs the same team he just faced, so I think if the Angels make some adjustments, they might hit him a little better. CC has never been too impressive vs Anaheim anyways, having just a 6-7 record in 15 career starts with a 4.42 ERA
Should be a good game....gl to all! :0corn
-ndnfan
