DAILY MATCHUPS: Bumgarner takes on the Rockies

As a way to preview the day's games, in 2013 Daily Matchups seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on BaseballHQ.com's Starting Pitcher Report (also available as an 8-day scan).  For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Today's schedule overview:  Eleven games are on the schedule today, five of them in the afternoon.  Seven teams host their opening home games of the season:  the Red Sox, Cubs, Indians, Cardinals, Royals, Mariners and Marlins.  There are no interleague games.

 

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  • Madison Bumgarner (LHP, SF) takes on the Padres in his first home start of the season. Bumgarner looks to build off his excellent first start of the season, a PQS-5 win against the...

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