The Athletics and Astros play the rubber game of their AL West series with Trevor Cahill facing Gerrit Cole. Cahill tends to walk a lot of batters, but so far this season he’s okay, issuing just four free passes in 12 innings. Cole is exceeding expectations, with a 1.29 ERA, third best in the majors. He greatly reduced his use of the slider this season. That’s something Zack Greinke did many years ago to prevent injury, and it had the added benefit of keeping the pitch a surprise when a strikeout was required.
The Sunday night game features the Yankees and Angels, with CC Sabathia taking on Tyler Skaggs. The Yankees are trading effectiveness for stamina with Sabathia. He owns a 1.86 ERA, but pitched just 19 1/3 innings in four starts. It’s not clear if pitch count or batters faced is the trigger, but he has yet to face more than 22 batters in a game. I’d say he gets a chance to finish an inning in which the opposing lineup comes around for the third time. Skaggs’s strength this season is keeping the ball in the park, with just one home run allowed in 27 1/3 innings. We’ll see how that works against the Yankees powerhouse lineup.
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