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GAMES OF INTEREST TONIGHT
...Boston and Toronto features Pedro Martinez (1-1, 4.82) vs. Roy Halladay (1-2, 3.57). In Pedro's last start he got roughed up by Baltimore. Roy Halladay, after having a rocky start threw a CG against Detroit in his last start and looked like the pitcher that won the Cy Young Award in 2003. Toronto is 0-6 at home so far this season.
...Florida visits Philadelphia tonight. These two teams battled for the NL Wild-Card last season, which ultimately saw Florida take care of Philly a few times in September and make the playoffs on the way to a World Series title. Dontrelle Willis (2-0, 0.00) faces Vicente Padilla (0-1, 4.91). After starting 1-6, the Phillies are now 5-6. Florida got swept in Atlanta this week, so they see their record at 8-4. I'm going to go far out on a limb and predict that after tonight the Dtrain's ERA will be above 0.00 and his average will be below 1.000.
...Richie Sexson returns to Milwaukee for the first (and only time) this season. Ben Sheets (2-0, 3.14) squares off against Elmer Dessens (0-1, 8.71). Dessens has dominated the Brewers in the past, so don't let his early season numbers throw you off. It will be interesting to see how the Milwaukee fans welcome back Richie Sexson. I hope that they give him a warm ovation, but unfortunately Milwaukee fans have a bad history of randomly booing players that return for no apparent reason other than the fact that they are no longer in a Brewer uniform. Craig Counsell, Junior Spivey, Lyle Overbay, and Chad Moeller will all make their debuts against their former teams in this series as well.