Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Evening Shade: Charlie Morton! Live! Tonight!

Some weekday evenings,�the�Stew�looks at a few approaching games that will be worth monitoring Feel free to discuss the night's happenings in the comments below.

Braves at Pirates, 7:05 ET He's a Doc Halladay impersonator by day, a troubadour musician by night. Catch groundball pitcher Charlie Morton (5-1, 2.62 ERA) as he tries to continue his early run of success against the Braves team that included him in a package for Nate McLouth a few years back. A win puts the 22-24 Pirates back to within a game of .500.

Rays at Tigers, 7:05 Over the past two seasons, Tampa Bay has been perfect game'd by Mark Buehrle and Dallas Braden, no-hit by Edwin Jackson and near no-no'ed by Brandon Morrow. In news that could end up being related, Justin Verlander takes the hill for the Tigers tonight.

Marlins at Giants, 10:15 Is it too early to label something as a potential playoff preview? Of course it is. Still, this series between two of the NL's best teams should be a good one.�Ricky Nolasco has pitched well at AT&T Park ? he threw the only shutout of his career there in 2008 ? and the Marlins will definitely need him at the top of his game. The Giants have won five straight games and fourteen of their last 18.

Royals at Orioles, 7:05 Zach Britton's excellent rookie season continues with the lefty bringing a streak of 19 1/3 innings without an earned run into this game. Can you imagine the hype that would be surrounding him had he started off this season 5-2 with a 2.14 ERA for the New York Yankees?

Red Sox at Indians, 7:05 Because Asdrubal Cabrera has somehow become worthy of your attention every time he steps to the plate ...

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