7/3 What To Look For

Probable Starters: Erik Bedard, BAL (8-6, 4.72) vs. Freddy Garcia, Chi (10-4, 4.65)

For the 38-45 Orioles, Erik Bedard will get the start this evening. Bedard is red hot with a 1.29 ERA in his last three starts, but those starts came against the National League. He is just 5-6 with an ERA of 5.69 against American League teams. Bedard is 2-5 with a 7.60 ERA on the road. He is 5-5 with a 5.58 ERA in night games. Bedard has been victimized by the long ball this year. He is three homruns allowed away from tying his career high of 13 set in 2004.

For the 53-28 White Sox, Freddy Garcia will get the nod. Garcia has also won his last three starts, but they were also all against the National League. In his last American League start, Garcia allowed 8 earned runs over 5.2 innings pitched on June 11 against Cleveland. Garcia has allowed a ton of homeruns. He has already allowed 10 homeruns this month and 19 for the season. Garcia has 60 strikeouts against 26 walks over 102.2 innings pitched. He has allowed 112 hits.