DAILY MATCHUPS: Opening Day 2015

As a way to preview the day's games, the 2015 Daily Matchups column seeks to highlight the outliers or notable matchups on BaseballHQ.com's HQ Pitcher Matchups tool (also available as an 8-day scan). For more information on how to leverage the report, see our research article from 2012.

 

Today's schedule overview: It is Opening Day for 28 teams, with 11 games taking place during the day. Boston visits Philadelphia in the lone interleague matchup of the day. 

 

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  • Clayton Kershaw (LHP, LA) faces his former teammate Matt Kemp and the new-look Padres lineup in his first start of the season. He threw a PQS-5 in each of his three starts versus them last year. Over the last three seasons, he has made 50 starts at home, where he...

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