One Night Only: Previews for Weekend of June 24th

Chauncey Gardner, of no relation to Brett.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for the exact perfect number of games.

2. Very proprietary Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of this weekend’s myriad games.

3. Equal parts shabby and chic.

Friday, June 24th
Colorado (7) at New York Americans (8) | 19:05 ET
• The Charlie Blackmon is one reason to watch, obviously.
• Which, line so far: 54 PA, .327/.352/.346 (.347 wOBA) .338 wOBA, 104 wRC+, 3.7% BB, 5.8% K.
• Also, knowing for real-real (courtesy Jack Moore) that Brett Gardner is an actual, um, star — that’s worth my time.

Washington (6) at Chicago Americans (8) | 20:10 ET
“Some of them want to abuse you, some of them want to be abused.”

This is:

(a) A lyric from a (an?) Eurythmics’ song.
(b) Somehow relevant to the Whole Jim Riggleman Situation.
(c) Somehow relevant to watching to a Hawk Harrelson-broadcasted Sox’ game.
(d) Both all and none of the above, simultaneously.

Saturday, June 25th
Arizona (10) at Detroit (3) | 19:05 ET
• It’s time to play Compare and Contrast, the new game-show that everybody loves.
• Justin Verlander, average fastball velocity: 95.2 mph.
• Josh Collmenter, average fastball velocity: 86.9 mph.

Toronto (4) at St. Louis (4) | 19:15 ET
• OMG, guys, what’d you do to Jose Bautista?
• Like, look at his line from June, is what I mean: 86 PA, .232/.384/.333 (.269 BABIP), .318 wOBA, 99 wRC+.
• His line from two months before that: 1,345,564,456,564,564.

Sunday, June 26th
Colorado (7) at New York Americans (8) | 14:05 ET
• Dear Future Us-es,
• Check out Juan Nicasio’s line, like, if you’re not doing anything.
• Voila: 28.2 IP, 7.53 K/9, 2.20 BB/9, 40.7% GB, 3.35 xFIP, 90 xFIP-.

Atlanta (6) at Cory Luebke (10) | 16:05 ET
• Hey guys, Cory Luebke’s making his first start of the season.
• His line as a reliever: 39.0 IP, 9.92 K/9, 3.46 BB/9, 48.3% GB, 2.84 xFIP, 76 xFIP-
• Fantasy gold! Fantasy gold! Fantasy gold!

Also Playing
These games are very likely playing at some kind of sporty channel near you.

Friday:

Away		SP	Tm.	Gm.	Tm.	SP	Home		Time
Zach Duke	AZ	5	10	4	3	1	DET	Phil Coke	19:05
Jon Lester	BOS	6	7	5	3	3	PIT	Paul Maholm	19:05
Edinson Volquez	CIN	7	7	6	3	5	BAL	C. Jakubauskas*	19:05
Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	6	7	6	8	5	NYA	A.J. Burnett	19:05
Gu. Moscoso	OAK	0	2	2	3	3	PHI	Vance Worley	19:05
Mike Pelfrey	NYN	3	5	4	8	4	TEX	Matt Harrison	20:05
James Shields	TB	9	5	7	5	5	HOU	Wa. Rodriguez	20:05
Ryan Dempster	CHN	7	0	5	10	2	KC	Bruce Chen	20:10
Scott Baker	MIN	7	0	5	8	3	MIL	Randy Wolf	20:10
Jor. Zimmermann	WAS	7	6	7	1	8	CHA	Edwin Jackson	20:10
Brandon Morrow	TOR	9	8	6	4	3	STL	Jake Westbrook	20:15
Derek Lowe	ATL	6	6	6	5	6	SD	Tim Stauffer	22:05
Dan Haren	LAA	8	5	6	2	5	LAN	R. De La Rosa*	22:10
Felix Hernandez	SEA	9	2	7	3	8	FL	Ricky Nolasco	22:10
Carlos Carrasco	CLE	6	10	5	3	3	SF	Jo. Sanchez	22:15