B & G's 8/10/09

Baseballs:

**John Baker, Florida Marlins- John went 2-4 with a double and drive in 2 runs, giving him 34 RBIs. John is now hitting .276.

**Lyle Overbay, Toronto Blue Jays- Lyle went 2-3 with a walk and hit his 12Th Home Run of the season, driving in his 45Th run. Lyle is now hitting .264.

**Mark Ellis, Oakland Athletics- Mark went 5-5 and drove in 4 runs, giving him 35 RBIs. Mark had a double and is hitting .270.

**Nick Green, Boston Red Sox- Nick drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. He drove in 2 runs after a 1-3 evening. He is hitting .239 with 34 RBIs.

**Kyle Lohse, St. Louis Cardinals- 6 strong inning to earn his 1st win in over 2 1/2 months. He gave up 1 run (1 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 3. Kyle now has a 4.34 ERA.

**Troy Tulowitsky, Colorado Rockies- Troy hit for the cycle, and he finished up 5-5 and drove in 7 runs. He now has 21 Home Runs and 60 RBIs. Troy is now hitting .276

**Doug Davis, Arizona Diamondbacks- 7 strong innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 2. Doug won his 7Th game and now has a 3.62 ERA.

**Vladimir Guerrero, LA Angels- Guerrero hit 2 Home Runs, giving him 8 on the season. He went 2-4 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 25 on the season. Vlad is hitting .299.

**Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers- Matt hit a big 3 run double, giving the Dodgers the lead for good. He finished off 1-4 and has 72 RBIs. Matt is hitting .314.

**Kenji Johjima, Seattle Mariners- Kenji got a big hit, a 2 run Home Run, his 4Th of the season, he now has 14 RBIs. Kenji is hitting .252 on the season.

Goofballs:

**Chris Sampson, Houston Astros- Chris gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in 2 innings, he walked 3 and didn't strike anyone out. Chris now has a 4.28 ERA.

**Nick Swisher, New York Yankees- Struck out 3 times.

**Jeremy Guthrie, Baltimore Orioles- Jeremy threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 2. Guthrie now has a 5.43 ERA, losing his 12Th game.

**Tigers Offense- They did come back, but couldn't do enough. 5 runs, on 10 hits, and they left 8 men on base.

**Reds Offense- 1 run on 6 hits, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts.

**Tom Gorzelanny, Chicago Cubs- Tom only threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 1. Tom now has a 6.23 ERA and gave up 2 Home Runs.

**Mets Offense- 4 runs on 9 hits, they left 7 men on base and couldn't get things going until the 9Th inning.

**B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay Rays- He is sulking over being dropped to hitting 9Th, but guess what? B.J. is having a horrible season, injured or not. He struck out 3 times and went 0-4 again. Upton is hitting .237 on the season.

**Giants Offense- They only scored 2 runs on 9 hits, they didn't walk anyone and struck out 3 against their division rivals.

**Jim Thome, Chicago White Sox- Jim struck out 3 times and finished up 0-4. He is hitting .252.