The week starts with a public holiday on both sides of the Atlantic.\u00c2\u00a0 Our Spring Bank Holiday aligns with Memorial Day in the States, meaning that we both get to enjoy some live baseball to\u00c2\u00a0bring a perfect end to\u00c2\u00a0the long weekend.<\/p>\n
Wednesday’s a great day for some pre-midnight games as well, although Thursday is unusually light when it come to early games.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, 18 on the week is a very decent number (albeit the two hosted by Tampa only just dip into the pre-midnight bracket) and gives us lots to look forward to.<\/p>\n
All times are in BST.<\/p>\n
Monday 30 May<\/strong><\/p>\n 18.05. Minnesota at Detroit (Blackburn – Penny) The top match-ups on Monday are in the National League, with Tim Hudson starting for the Braves against the Padres and an intriguing pitching contest in Washington featuring Roy Halladay and the veteran Livan Hernandez.<\/p>\n Rodrigo Lopez makes his Cubs debut after being acquired from the Braves last week.\u00c2\u00a0 The Yankees\u00c2\u00a0start their series\u00c2\u00a0in Oakland with Bartolo Colon and Trevor Cahill set to take the mound.<\/p>\n Tuesday 31 May<\/strong><\/p>\n 23.40. Texas at Tampa Bay (Wilson – Sonnanstine)<\/p>\n This should be a good series in Florida between two\u00c2\u00a0play-off contenders.\u00c2\u00a0 As on Monday, this game starts at 6.40 p.m. local time and gets under the\u00c2\u00a0pre-midnight UK barrier by 20 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0Jeff Niemann is currently dealing with a back injury, so Andy Sonnanstine\u00c2\u00a0will take his spot in the rotation.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n Wednesday 1 June<\/strong><\/p>\n 18.05. Philadelphia at Washington (Oswalt – Lannan) * ESPN America The Rangers-Rays series\u00c2\u00a0concludes on Wednesday.\u00c2\u00a0David Price was dominant in his most recent outing against the Indians, while Colby Lewis conceded six runs over\u00c2\u00a0the first two innings against the Royals.\u00c2\u00a0 Phil Humber has had a very promising start to the season for the White Sox and the Red Sox’s line-up will be a good test of that encouraging form.<\/p>\n The veteran Doug Davis struggled for the Cubs on Friday against the Pirates, in a game shown on ESPN America, and you get the feeling that he needs to take advantage of a distinctly average Astros lineup if he wants to keep his spot on a Major League roster.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n At the other end of the age-scale, the pitching match-up in Seattle catches the eye.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian Matusz finished off 2010 in scintillating form but has yet to pitch in 2011 due to an intercostal strain.\u00c2\u00a0 He is scheduled to make his season debut on Wednesday.\u00c2\u00a0 The opposing pitcher should be Michael Pineda, who\u00c2\u00a0has been a revelation for the Mariners in his rookie season.<\/p>\n Thursday 2 June<\/strong><\/p>\n 18.10. 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\n18.05. San Diego at Atlanta (Harang – Hudson)
\n18.05. Philadelphia at Washington (Halladay – Hernandez)
\n19.20. Houston at Chicago Cubs (Rodriguez – Lopez)
\n21.05. NY Yankees at Oakland (Colon – Cahill)
\n21.10. LA Angels at Kansas City (Santana – Hochevar)
\n21.10. Baltimore at Seattle (Arrieta – Fister)
\n21.15. San Francisco at St. Louis (Bumgarner – McClellan)
\n23.40. Texas at Tampa Bay (Holland – Davis)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>18.10. Texas at Tampa Bay (Lewis – Price)
\n18.35. Chicago White Sox at Boston (Humber – Wakefield)
\n19.20. Houston at Chicago Cubs (Myers – Davis)
\n20.35. NY Yankees at Oakland (Burnett – Gonzalez)
\n20.40. Baltimore at Seattle (Matusz – Pineda)
\n21.10. LA Angels at Kansas City (Chatwood – Paulino)<\/p>\n