B & G's 8/16/09

Baseballs:

**Josh Willingham, Washington Nationals- Josh went 3-4 at the plate and hit his 19Th Home Run of the season. He drove in 3 runs, giving him 50 RBIs. Josh is now hitting .308.

**Josh Anderson, Kansas City Royals- Josh went 2-4, scored the winning run and he now is hitting .240 on the season.

**Chone Figgins, LA Angels- Figgins went 4-7 and drove in 3 runs with 3 doubles. Figgins now has 43 RBIs and is hitting .312.

**Daniel Murphy, New York Mets- Daniel went 1-4 and drove in his 40Th run of the season. Murphy now is hitting .249.

**Greg Zaun, Tampa Bay Rays- Greg came in to pinch hit, he hit a grand slam, his 6Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 18 RBIs. Greg is now hitting .255.

**Chris Coghan, Florida Marlins-Game 1- Chris went 3-5 at the plate with his 7Th Home Run of the season, driving in 3 runs, giving him 33 RBIs on the season. Chris is hitting .287.

**Jorge De La Rosa, Colorado Rockies-Game 2- Jorge threw 5 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (0 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 9. Jorge now has a 4.58 ERA and he won his 11Th game of the season.

**Geoff Blum, Houston Astros- Blum went 2-5 and he hit his 9Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 44 RBIs and Blum is now hitting .269.

**Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians- Grady went 2-4 with a walk and he hit his 17Th Home Run of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 60 RBIs. Grady is now hitting .244 on the season.

**Colby Rasmus, St. Louis Cardinals- Colby hit a walk off 2 run Home Run, his 12Th of the season, and with the 2 RBIs, he now has 40. Colby went 1-4 with a walk and is now hitting .259.

**Dustin Nippert, Texas Rangers- 6 strong innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 3. Dustin won his 4Th game and now has a 3.52 ERA.

**Randy Wolf, Los Angeles Dodgers- Randy finished the day 3-4 at the plate, he hit his 1st Home Run of the season and was a triple short of a cycle. Randy now has 9 RBIs. And oh yeah, he pitched brilliantly too, going 7 2/3 innings, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 10. Randy now has a 3.43 ERA and won his 7Th game of the season.

**Mark Ellis, Oakland Athletics- Mark went 2-3 with his 6Th Home Run of the season,a walk off, giving his Athletics the win and he drove in 2 runs. He has 42 RBIs, and is hitting .283.

**Jose Lopez, Seattle Mariners- Jose went 3-5 at the plate, hitting 2 doubles and he drove in 3 runs, giving him 71 RBIs. Lopez is now hitting .277.

**Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies- Ryan went 3-3 at the plate with 2 Home Runs, one of them gave the Phillies a 4-1 lead for good. He now has 30 Home Runs and he drove in 4 runs, giving him 91 RBIs and Ryan is hitting .269.

Goofballs:

**Arthur Rhodes, Cincinnati Reds- Lost the game, throwing 2/3 of an inning, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he lost his 1st game and now has a 2.50 ERA.

**Ryan Rayburn, Detroit Tigers- Ryan committed 3 errors, giving him 8 on the season, one of those errors cost the Tigers the game.

**Brian Bass, Baltimore Orioles- Brian threw 1 inning, giving up 4 runs (4 earned), he didn't walk anyone or strikeout anyone and now Brian has a 4.71 ERA.

**Freddy Sanchez, San Francisco Giants- Freddy struck out 3 times after going 0-4. Sanchez is hitting .295.

**Brandon League, Toronto Blue Jays- Brandon only threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs (4 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 1. Brandon lost his 5Th game and he now has a 5.20 ERA.

**Aaron Cook, Colorado Rockies-Game 2- Aaron threw a rare bad start, only lasting 2 1/3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 2. Aaron lost his 5Th game and now has a 4.31 ERA.

**Rick Vandenhurk, Florida Marlins-Game 2- Rick only lasted 5 2/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 3, struck out 9, and gave up 3 Home Runs. Rick now has a 5.12 ERA.

**David Weathers, Milwaukee Brewers- Blew the lead and lost the game. He threw 2 /3 of an inning, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 1. David lost his 4Th game and now has a 3.92 ERA.

**Nick Blackburn, Minnesota Twins- Nick was in control the first 2 innings, then he completely lost it in the 3rd inning. He gave up 6 runs (6 earned) in 2 1/3 innings, he didn't walk anyone and struck out 2. Nick gave up 3 Home Runs, all in the 3rd inning. He now has a 4.29 ERA, Nick has 8 losses.

**Heath Bell, San Diego Padres- Only lasted 1/3 of an inning, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he blew his 2Nd save opportunity and now has a 2.31 ERA.

**Red Sox Offense- 3 runs on 8 hits, 5 walks, and 9 strikeouts, leaving 9 men on base.

**Yusmeiro Petit, Arizona Diamondbacks- Petit gave up 3 Home Runs and threw 4 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he had 0 walks and struck out 4. Yusmeiro now has a 6.47 ERA, losing his 7Th game of the season.

**White Sox Offense- They only scored 2 runs on 8 hits. They had opportunities to sweep the Athletics, but couldn't do it.

**Alfredo Acevas, New York Yankees- Alfredo threw 1 2/3 innings, giving up 4 runs (4 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 2. Acevas now has a 3.66 ERA.

**Braves Offense- 1 run on 4 hits, 7 walks, and 4 strikeouts, leaving 9 men on base.