The pitcher scheduled for tomorrow's game is Jered Weaver. Weaver throws a four-seam fastball in the low-nineties and a two-seamer that travels slightly slower but has a lot of movement. He also has a good slider and a change-up. He has excellent command-he walked only forty-five batters last year (6.5% of the batters he faced.) He does have a tendency to really go after hitters when he doesn't necessarily have the stuff to beat them-leading to giving up quite a few homeruns.
Wednesday's starter for the Angels is Jon Garland. Garland throws a sinking fastball, a good curveball, and a solid change-up. He has good command and most of the pitches he throws are right in the strike zone. As a result, he doesn't walk many batters but he does give up a lot of hits. He also doesn't strike out many batters. He has the ability to go deep into a game-so late inning heroics might not be effective against him.
Los Angeles' last pitcher of the series is scheduled to be Joe Saunders. Saunders has a pretty good fastball and a decent change-up. Last season, Saunders' pitching had become predictable but he's off to a good start this year. He's had four starts on the season and gone eight innings in three of them. In fact, in his first start of the year he threw eight scoreless innings; gave up four hits, one walk, and struck out four.
The Angels have a very impressive lineup. Their best power hitter is Vlad Guerrero but the rest of their outfield isn't made up of slouches either. Their corner outfielders (Chone Figgins and Casey Kotchman) are both very good offensive players. The weak spots in their lineup come in from their middle infielders and the catching position.
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