Game 47: Texas at Twins

Well. Yesterday. It went extra innings. And the better team lost. And, as I need to remind anyone out there, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again.
Today, the Rangers send Doug Mathis out to the hill to work a miracle. The kid is about as green as money, at least what money used to look like before the makers of Monopoly took over the Mint. Mathis has three shutout innings in the Majors to complete his whole Major League repertoire. At least he's used to putting up some zeros. His fourth appearance and first ML start, it should be entertaining. At least I hope it will be. I kind of get skeptical on the first start. You don't know how many butterflies are working up in the guy... hopefully by the third start (should he get that far), he'll have worked it out some.

Today, I hate the Twins. And that will also be the case for tomorrow and Thursday, just to cue you all in. I am not going to put up any numbers on Mathis, because I already know there isn't any between him and Minnesota. And it is almost not worth mentioning Perkins, either.

Perkins was originally a bullpen guy and began to start this season for the Twins. He is 0-1 with a 3.75 ERA in two starts this season. And that's where we stand. He has 3.2 career innings against the Rangers. That's 11 outs. And he has not given up a run to the Rangers. Now, this can be a good thing or a bad thing... but I have ZERO clue as to what to think. I like Mathis' chances. Perkins has 43.1 career innings more than Mathis. Perkins career ERA is 3.11 higher that Mathis' ERA (which is 0).

Forecast: This is truly a shot in the dark. I'm going with the less greener of the two, Perkins. It will still be a strange game, probably tight: 5-3 Twins.

Home Plate