Opening Day! Edmonds to start
It’s Opening Day and the roof is open at Miller Park, an unprecedented event for the start of the Brewers’ 10th season in their retractable-domed home.
Here we go with lineups:
ROCKIES
Carlos Gonzalez CF
Seth Smith LF
Todd Helton 1B
Troy Tulowitzki SS
Brad Hawpe RF
Chris Ianetta C
Ian Stewart 3B
Clint Barmes 2B
Ubaldo Jimenez RHP
BREWERS
Rickie Weeks 2B
Carlos Gomez CF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Jim Edmonds RF
Jim Edmonds RF
Casey McGehee 3B
Gregg Zaun C
Alcides Escobar SS
Yovani Gallardo RHP
Gallardo will be making his first career Opening Day start. He’s one of nine Major Leaguers starting their first season opener today, joining budding stars like Kansas City’s Zach Greinke and grizzled veterans like the Dodgers’ Vicente Padilla, a 31-year-old starting his first opener after playing 11 seasons, and 29-year-old Jon Garland of the Padres, who is getting his first Opening Day nod after 10 previous seasons. Here’s the list, courtesy of the Brewers:
FIRST OPENING DAY STARTS IN 2010:
PITCHER/CAREER RECORD
JON GARLAND 117-102
VICENTE PADILLA 98-85
ZACK GREINKE 50-53
SCOTT BAKER 43-33
JOSH JOHNSON 34-16
UBALDO JIMINEZ 31-28
SHAUN MARCUM 24-17
SCOTT FELDMAN 24-21
YOVANI GALLARDO 22-17
Gallardo’s 22 career wins are not the fewest for an Opening Day starter this year. Washington’s John Lannon has a career record of 20-30 but is starting the season opener for the second straight season.
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Adam McCalvy
He’s giving up an itdroinane amount of hits, largely due to bad luck and poor defense. I’m not so sure about that last part. I hate to be one of those Have you watched the game? guys, but he’s been hit pretty damn hard at times. In the wonderful 47 pitch inning last weekend against Pittsburgh, he gave up 5 consecutive extra base hits, and pretty much all of them were smoked. The line drives are probably a big reason for the high BABIP. I’m sure that’ll come down and that he’ll be fine eventually, but it’s not like their (obviously crappy) defense has been killing him.
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