World Series Starters On Three Days Rest
October 28th, 2011
It was announced this morning that St. Louis Cardinal RHP Chris Carpenter will start tonight’s Game 7 on just three days. That will make Carpenter just the 12 starting pitcher to start on three days rest since 2000.
Here are the results of the other 11…
| Player | Date | Gm# | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | Pit | Str | GSc | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Lincecum | 2010-10-27 | 1 | SFG | TEX | W 11-7 | GS-6 ,W | 3 | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 64 | 38 | 6.35 |
| Andy Pettitte | 2009-11-04 | 6 | NYY | PHI | W 7-3 | GS-6 ,W | 3 | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 94 | 50 | 47 | 4.76 |
| A.J. Burnett | 2009-11-02 | 5 | NYY | PHI | L 6-8 | GS-3 ,L | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 28 | 22 | 27.00 |
| CC Sabathia | 2009-11-01 | 4 | NYY | PHI | W 7-4 | GS-7 | 3 | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 107 | 67 | 51 | 4.05 |
| Matt Morris | 2004-10-24 | 2 | STL | BOS | L 2-6 | GS-5 ,L | 3 | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 50 | 38 | 8.31 |
| Josh Beckett | 2003-10-25 | 6 | FLA | NYY | W 2-0 | SHO9 ,W | 3 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 107 | 71 | 84 | 0.00 |
| Mark Redman | 2003-10-19 | 2 | FLA | NYY | L 1-6 | GS-3 ,L | 3 | 2.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 24 | 31 | 15.43 |
| Andy Pettitte | 2003-10-19 | 2 | NYY | FLA | W 6-1 | GS-9 ,W | 3 | 8.2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 111 | 70 | 76 | 0.00 |
| John Lackey | 2002-10-27 | 7 | ANA | SFG | W 4-1 | GS-5 ,W | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 56 | 58 | 1.80 |
| Curt Schilling | 2001-11-04 | 7 | ARI | NYY | W 3-2 | GS-8 | 3 | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 103 | 75 | 67 | 2.45 |
| Curt Schilling | 2001-10-31 | 4 | ARI | NYY | L 3-4 | GS-7 | 3 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 88 | 63 | 75 | 1.29 |
For those 11 pitchers, they had a combined 3.84 ERA in 65.2 innings pitched. Their average game score was a 53.
To be honest, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. You take out the Mark Redman, A.J. Burnett, and Matt Morris (three guys shouldn’t be starting a World Series game on four days rest, let alone three) starts, and the rest have represented themselves well.
I am confident tonight Carpenter will pitch into the sixth inning tonight. Six innings, six hits, two runs, two walks, and five K’s tonight for Carpenter. That’s my prediction.
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My God, you had Carp’s pitching line pegged almost perfectly!
One of my best predictions ever. Felt really good about that one too.
Scarily accurate prediction of Carpenter’s stats. Way to go!