David Wells, LH Daniel Cabrera, RH
(6-4, 5.04) (6-7, 5.07)
SS A Cora 2B B Roberts
3B B Mueller 3B M Mora
DH D Ortiz SS M Tejada
RF T Nixon 1B R Palmeiro
LF K Millar DH S Sosa
1B J Olerud RF J Gibbons
C D Mirabelli CF L Matos
CF A Stern LF E Marrero
2B M Bellhorn C S Fasano
Hell of a morning to say the least.
Game time is 7:05 on CSN and ESPN.
David Wells has given up more homers (11) than he has walks (10). That's unique. Boomer has also been really streaky this year, with an 8.44 ERA after two starts that got lowered to 3.51, then climbed up as high as 6.81 before coming down to 4.54, and now it's back up to 5.04 after three rocky starts at Cleveland and Philly and in Boston against the Jays.
Cabrera, on the other hand, has hovered in the fives most of the year, but he's threatening to get under that mark for the first time since after his May 14 start at Chicago. Last time he pitched, he gave us exactly what we needed: seven strong innings of shutout ball in a 4-0 win over Cleveland. Well, Danny, we need you again today. And again, it's a tall order against a team that can hit.
The big news in the AL East right now is that when Curt Schilling returns from his rehab assignment in Pawtucket, it will be as a member of the Red Sox bullpen. He's going to make his first relief appearance for the PawSox today, in fact, and then a couple more and take it from there with the big club. No matter what you think of Schilling or the Red Sox, there are not a whole lot of veteran ace starters making $12 million that would do that to help their team.