Great Pitching Matchup

A game between division rivals in the AM sim of Friday, April 11th, should be a great one to watch (or in HBD's case, read the play-by-play of.) Miguel "The Rock" Abreu (19-3, 3.28) faces off against Don "The Don"Masato (20-7, 2.75). Abreu has gone 8 innings in four of his last six starts, winning in the four and getting no decisions in the two games where he threw less than 8. He can be spot on and have a dominating performance, like giving up 8 hits and just 2 runs over 8 innings, but he can also be off and post a line of 7.2 IP/7 runs/8 hits/2 HR. The Devil Rays hope he can replicate his first start of the season, in which he threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits while striking out 10. The Don is 3-2 in his last 6 starts, totaling 45 innings. In that span he's allowed 46 hits, 17 runs (7 homers), but with 50 strikeouts and just 9 walks. The Jayhawks hope Don can also replicate his first appearance (which was against the D-Rays). Because thorku was too drunk to reset his pitch count from Spring Training, Don lasted just 3 innings but didn't allow a baserunner and struck out 4.