The following games take place on National League territory.  Saturday and Sunday’s probable starters are listed:

Oakland Athletics @ San Francisco Giants
SAT: D. Haren (6-6, 3.39) vs. J. Wright (5-7, 4.55)
SUN: E. Loaiza (2-4, 6.94) vs. M. Cain (6-5, 4.79)
Dan Haren is starting to come around.  Look for an excellent second half from him.  Matt Cain needs to do some work if he’s going to match the production with the hype.  Remember, after Felix Hernandez’ debut last season, Cain was second in the hype game.

Texas Rangers @ Colorado Rockies
SAT: R. Tejeda (1-2, 7.71) vs. J. Fogg (4-5, 4.94)
SUN: V. Padilla (6-4, 4.78) vs. B. Kim (4-4, 4.84)
I told you last night’s game was going to be a slugfest.  The Rangers beat the Rockies by the score of 8-6.  Expect more of the same the rest of the series.

Los Angeles Angels @ Arizona Diamondbacks
SAT: B. Colón (0-3, 5.57) vs. C. Vargas (6-4, 5.02)
SUN: K. Escobar (5-8, 3.54) vs. M. Batista (6-5, 5.02)
The Angels throw out their ace, Bartolo Colon, but who knows how well he pitches anymore.  On the other hand, I’m really liking Escobar’s stuff.

Seattle Mariners @ San Diego Padres
SAT: J. Moyer (4-6, 3.58) vs. C. Park (5-3, 4.15)
SUN: J. Piñeiro (6-7, 5.34) vs. M. Thompson (3-2, 4.62)
Jamie Moyer, the only active player to have played with Moses, is surprisingly getting it done this season. Chan Ho Park wasn’t worth the money the Rangers through at him years ago, but he’s done pretty well this season.

And the non-interleague game:

Pittsburgh Pirates @ Los Angeles Dodgers.
SAT: Z. Duke (5-6, 4.66) vs. A. Sele (3-2, 3.09)
SUN: K. Wells (0-1, 16.20) vs. B. Penny (7-2, 2.83)
Brad Penny is good.  He’s pitching better than when he was a Florida Marlin as well.  After a string of four losses in a row, Zach Duke has come back with three straight winning decisions.  However, they’ve been ugly wins relative to how well Duke pitched last season.  Was his rookie campaign more of a fluke or is this season thus far the fluke?