Thursday’s White Sox-Tigers doubleheader in Detroit makes this a week with considerable advantages to some teams, most notably the Sox. Chicago is scheduled to play eight games. That would give its hitters and relief pitchers 33 per cent more games than those from seven other American League teams – the Orioles, Red Sox, Indians, Royals, Mariners, Rangers and Blue Jays. The six other AL teams would play seven games.
The twin bill, which includes a makeup game, also would give the Tigers seven games at home in a pretty good hitters’ park. Scheduled to play seven home games in exceptional parks for hitters are the Yankees in the AL and the Phillies in the National League. The Nationals also would have all seven of their games at home in a good pitchers’ park.
The NL is evenly split. Eight teams are scheduled to play six games, with the other eight – Phillies, Nationals, Diamondbacks, Braves, Pirates, Cardinals, Padres and Giants – playing seven.
Pitchers scheduled to start at home twice this week are RHPs Armando Galarraga, Rick Porcello, Sir Sidney Ponson, Sergio Mitre, Brian Moehler, Rodrigo Lopez and Joe Blanton, and LHPs Andy Pettitte, Brett Cecil, Jorge De La Rosa, Randy Wolf, Scott Olsen and John Lannan. Our highest recommendation is Wolf, with Porcello, Blanton and De La Rosa as live longshots.
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