DAILY MATCHUPS: Niese draws Sunday start against struggling Phils
May 31 2014
As a way to preview the day's games, the 2014 Daily Matchups column 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: SD-CHW, TEX-WAS and COL-CLE are Sunday’s interleague games; PIT-LA is the Sunday night affair on ESPN.
Best SP choices
· Kyle Lohse (SP, MIL) owns Sunday’s highest Matchup Rating, a 3.37 for a home turn against the Chicago Cubs. On the road, Chicago is batting just .227 and averaging 3.6 RPG. Lohse has notched a 2.80 ERA while holding foes to a .629 OPS in five home starts (2.97 home ERA in 2013), and he’s fanned 13...
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