Detroit rookie Rick Porcello (14-9) will take on against Scott Baker (15-9) in Tuesday’s match-up. It’s a bold stroke to put the rookie Porcello on the mound in a one-off tiebreaker game; pro pitchers almost never face this sort of pressure, let alone first-year 20 year olds. What’s more, Porcello doesn’t exactly have good stats in the Metrodome. In 10 innings of work, his ERA is 6.30, his WHIP 1.80. Small sample size, but things don’t exactly bode well.
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As for Scott Baker, he’s been, well, Scott Baker: His 1.18 WHIP and 4.35 ERA in 2009 have kept the Twins in decent shape, but his numbers against the Tigers are right in the Porcello-vs.-the-Twins range: 6.75 ERA, 1.70 WHIP.
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