Phillies starter Roy Oswalt is on the disabled list with a bulging disc in his back, and isn’t expected to return until August.
Roy Oswalt Returns To Phillies Rotation This Weekend
Phils rotation for SF: Lee Thur., Worley Friday, Hamels Saturday, Oswalt Sunday.
Oswalt was in the middle of an okay 2011, with a 3.79 ERA in 71-1/3 innings, but his strikeout rate was way down, moving from 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings to 5.3 strikeouts per nine innings. If the back was bothering Oswalt enough to make him miss over a month, though, that certainly could have had something to do with it.
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