Probable Pitchers

May 19, 2008

Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox, 7:05pm ET

44 Luke Hochevar - RHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 1 0 6.0 0 3 5 96 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 2 1 19.0 2.84 9 16 302 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 3 2 3.94 5 0 0 29.2 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 27 13 13 2 14 24 99 VS. Boston   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 --- - - - - - - - Career --- - - - - - - - CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 3-3 3.40 9 0 0 42.1 H R ER HR BB SO 38 17 16 3 18 29 Compare: Red Sox vs. Hochevar

31 Jon Lester - LHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 0 0 6.0 2 2 4 86 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 1 0 17.1 3.12 6 11 292 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 2 2 3.95 10 0 0 57.0 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 55 27 25 6 29 33 95 VS. Kansas City   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 --- - - - - - - - Career 1-1 2.77 2 13.0 7 4 7 9 CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 13-4 4.47 37 0 0 201.1 H R ER HR BB SO 207 103 100 23 103 143 Compare: Royals vs. Lester

Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Oakland Athletics, 10:07pm ET

33 James Shields - RHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 0 1 7.1 2 2 6 102 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 1 2 20.0 4.05 5 17 292 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 4 3 3.05 9 2 2 59.0 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 53 27 20 2 14 45 97 VS. Oakland   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 --- - - - - - - - Career 2-1 4.05 3 20.0 20 9 6 19 CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 22-19 4.04 61 4 2 398.2 H R ER HR BB SO 396 194 179 48 88 333 Compare: Athletics vs. Shields

55 Joe Blanton - RHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 0 1 7.0 2 2 4 101 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 0 2 19.2 2.75 6 8 303 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 2 6 3.69 10 0 0 68.1 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 77 31 28 5 15 29 102 VS. Tampa Bay   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 --- - - - - - - - Career 2-3 6.06 7 35.2 51 24 14 23 CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 44-40 4.06 112 6 2 702.0 H R ER HR BB SO 742 339 317 62 182 398 Compare: Devil Rays vs. Blanton

Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10pm ET

39 Scott Feldman - RHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 0 0 7.0 1 0 4 99 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 1 1 19.1 1.86 5 10 286 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 1 1 3.45 6 0 0 31.1 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 29 15 12 3 10 17 94 VS. Minnesota   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 0-0 13.50 1 2.0 4 3 0 0 Career 0-0 5.79 0 9.1 9 6 3 3 CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 2-6 4.17 79 0 0 121.0 H R ER HR BB SO 124 61 56 10 54 70 Compare: Twins vs. Feldman

26 Boof Bonser - RHP LAST GAME W L IP ER BB SO PC 0 1 6.0 5 3 3 101 LAST 3 GAMES W L IP ERA BB SO PC 0 1 16.0 9.00 6 11 296 SEASON STATS W L ERA G CG SHO IP 2 5 5.37 9 0 0 52.0 H R ER HR BB SO PC/GS 55 34 31 5 15 33 93 VS. Texas   W-L ERA G IP H ER BB SO 2008 --- - - - - - - - Career 1-2 7.24 3 13.2 19 11 7 13 CAREER STATS W-L ERA G CG SHO IP 17-23 4.87 58 0 0 325.1 H R ER HR BB SO 358 192 176 50 104 253 Compare: Rangers vs. Bonser