Previewing Series IX: San Francisco Sea Lions @ Baltimore Black Sox
Series IX is the debut in our featured matchup for both teams.
San Francisco comes into the series at .500, 5 games back in the Marvin Miller Division, while
Baltimore is performing above expectations, only 1 game back in the Cum Posey Division with a record of 19-15. Both teams won 3 out of 4 in their prior series (San Francisco against the Gothams, Baltimore against Philadelphia).
Expected matchups for the four games are (SFS first)
Eddie Plank (2-1, 5.66) v
Bill Byrd (2-2, 4.24);
Jim Devlin (0-2, 6.57) v
Johnny Sain (3-2, 4.57);
Cy Falkenberg (2-0, 4.40) v
Dennis Martinez (3-1, 3.63); and
Dennis Eckersley (1-3, 9.00) v
Mark Baldwin (2-4, 6.62).
Baldwin and Eckersley may be pitching for their lives in the final game; of the rest, perhaps the most interesting thing is Martinez, who is right on the edge of the top tier of WBL starters right now.