The Rays series at the Yankees concludes with a battle of young starters as Jake Faria tries to prevent a sweep against Jordan Montgomery. Faria comes into the game with a 5-1 record in nine starts. His strength so far is a reverse platoon split. The right-hander holds left-handed batters to a .182/.324/.182 slash line. It looks like he is pitching around power, so the walks don’t hurt him much. Montgomery walked 33 batters in 108 innings, and his weakness is allowing home runs, 15 so far. Ten of those came with men on base.
Kevin Freeland is scheduled to pitch for the Rockies in game one of a double header, Erick Fedde making his Naitonals and major league debut in opposition. Fedde is taking the slot of Stephen Strasburg. Freeland is the rare Rockies pitcher with better results at home than on the road. He allowed 5 home runs in 61 2/3 home innings, eight home runs in 54 2/3 road innings. Fedde has a decent strikeout rate in the minors, but he is very good at limiting walks.
Adrian Beltre needs one hit for 3000 as the Rangers face Wade Miley of the Orioles. Beltre is 6 for 21 against Miley in his career with four strikeouts.
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