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By the time the end of the season rolls around, Wily Peralta (4.30 ERA, 4.21 FIP) may be able to get his ERA under 4.00 despite a 6.35 ERA at the end of May. That's how good Peralta has been since June. Over his last 14 starts, Peralta has a 2.98 ERA and has held opponents to just a .645 OPS. He may not be striking out many still (6.18 K/9 since June 1), but he has not allowed hitters to make good contact against him.
I took a look at how Peralta has been caught differently by Jonathan Lucroy and Martin Maldonado a week ago.
Peralta has already faced four Reds hitters at ten times in his brief career:
Player | PA | Line |
Zach Cozart | 12 | .167/.167/.250 |
Brandon Phillips | 12 | .091/.167/.091 |
Joey Votto | 12 | .200/.333/.200 |
Jay Bruce | 11 | .200/.273/.333 |
For the Reds, Homer Bailey (3.81 ERA, 3.14 FIP) will take the mound. After a hot start to the season, Bailey has cooled off some. Since May 30, he has a 4.34 ERA and has generally been not as unhittable as he had looked previously. However, he has had a couple of phenomenal starts over that span as well, including a no-hitter against the Giants on July 2 and 8.1 innings against the Padres with one unearned run.
Bailey throws five pitches: A 94 MPH four-seamer (39%), a 94 MPH two-seamer (25%), an 88 MPH slider (16%), an 86 MPH changeup (11%), and a 79 MPH curveball (10%).
Bailey has faced five Brewers at least ten times. Here is how they have fared:
Player | PA | Line |
Aramis Ramirez | 26 | .250/.385/.250 |
Jonathan Lucroy | 16 | .333/.375/.533 |
Norichika Aoki | 15 | .308/.357/.462 |
Carlos Gomez | 15 | .133/.133/.133 |
Juan Francisco | 10 | .429/.500/.857 |
Lineups:
- Brandon Kintzler pitched 1.2 innings (13 pitches) last night.
- Jim Henderson pitched one inning (16 pitches) last night.
- Rob Wooten pitched one inning (19 pitches) Friday.
- Donovan Hand pitched 1.1 innings (24 pitches) Friday.
- Burke Badenhop pitched one inning (6 pitches) Friday.
- John Axford pitched one inning (16 pitches) Friday.
- Michael Gonzalez faced two batters (12 pitches) on Wednesday.
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