Hudson vs. Schilling
Tonight’s pitching matchup should be quite a treat and I will be fortunate enough to be on the Green Monster to witness it. As has been stated here, Tim Hudson comes into the game with some awfully shiny numbers but his K-rate is down by an enormous margin. To say the least, it’s bewildering. Brian Daubach has actually been the Sox’s most successful hitter against Hudson over the course of his career. I imagine he will start tonight. Manny also has a respectable history against Hudson. Pretty much everyone else, like most of the league, has struggled mightily against him.
The only two A’s with any sort of track record against Schilling are Erik Karros and Mark Kotsay, two of Schill’s former AL West foes. Neither have fared particularly well against the big right-hander. It is difficult to imagine this A’s offense, currently ranked 10th in the American League in OPS and 11th in runs scored, getting much going tonight.
It should be a fantastic pitchers duel between two of baseball’s best hurlers.