Tomorrow's pitcher for the Cards will be Kyle Lohse. Lohse has a low-nineties fastball and an excellent curveball. The curve is very effective against righties. Overall, lefties have an easier time against him. He doesn't give up many home runs and he doesn't walk many batters. He does get distracted by baserunners when there are runners. He doesn't often go beyond the sixth inning and he seems to tire and become less effective the longer he goes in a game: he's much more hittable the second or third time through the order.
Saturday's pitcher is scheduled to be Mitchell Boggs. Boggs throws a four-seam fastball, a sinking fastball, a slider, and is working on a changeup. He's aggressive and likes to pitch to contact. He can get swings-and-misses, though. He's made two major league starts; and like any baby pitcher, he's going to have to refine his command. He doesn't actually walk too many batters but he does give up an un-nerving number of hits.
Joel Pineiro returns to Fenway on Sunday. Pineiro throws a fastball with a lot of movement, a good changeup, and an excellent swooping curveball. Lefties have a better time hitting him. He doesn't walk many batters but he has given up a decent number of hits. He also doesn't got a lot of strike outs.
With Albert Pujols out of the lineup, their biggest hitter is Ryan Ludwick. Ludwick is a swinging-for-the-fences type, he leads the team in home runs and doubles but he also leads in strike outs. Their primary catcher, Yadier Molina (brother of Yankees catcher Jose Molina), is an interesting guy-he doesn't hit for power but he very, very rarely strikes out. Their shortstop, Cesar Isturis, is the brother of the Angels' shortstop, Macier Isturis. And the guy they've called up to fill in for Pujols, Chris Duncan, is the brother of Shelly Duncan of the Yankees. What they lack in offense, they make up for in defense. They don't make many errors and they turn a lot of double plays.
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