B & G's 8/17/09

Baseballs:

**Adam Larouche, Atlanta Braves- Adam finished the afternoon 1-3 with a walk, a Home Run, his 17Th of the season. Adam drove in 3 runs, giving him 53 RBIs and he is now hitting .262.

**Vladimir Guerrero, LA Angels- Vlad went 2-4 with 2 Home Runs, he now has 10 on the season and he drove in 5 runs, giving him 31 on the year. Vlad is hitting .306.

**Garrett Jones, Pittsburgh Pirates- Garrett went 2-4 with a walk, he hit his 13Th Home Run of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 22 RBIs. Garrett is now hitting .297.

**Aaron Rowand, San Francisco Giants- Aaron went 4-5, including hitting his 10Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 48 RBIs. Aaron is now hitting .273.

**Marlon Byrd, Texas Rangers- Marlon went 2-4 at the plate with a double and he drove in 3 runs, giving him 60 RBIs. Marlon is now hitting .282.

**Scott Podsednik, Chicago White Sox- Scott went 2-5, despite striking out 3 times, he drove in a run in the 8Th inning to give the White Sox a win. Scott drove in 2 runs with a double and he now has 36 RBIs with a .297 average.

**Kyle Banks, San Diego Padres- Kyle went 2-4 at the plate and hit a 3 run walk off Home Run, his 7Th of the season, with his 3 runs, he has 17 RBIs. Kyle is now hitting .252.

**Brett Tomko, Oakland Athletics- Brett made his Athletic debut, going 5 shutout innings against his former team, he walked 1, struck out 1 and he now has a 4.21 ERA.

**Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals- 8 strong innings against the Dodgers, winning his 13Th game, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 8. Chris now has a 2.27 ERA.

Goofballs:

**Max Scherzer, Arizona Diamondbacks- Max committed an error that caused 6 unearned runs in the 3rd inning. He worked 5 innings, giving up 9 runs (3 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 7. Max now has a 4.00 ERA, losing his 7Th game.

**Cla Meredith, Baltimore Orioles- Cla threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 2. Meredith now has a 4.83 ERA.

**Carlos Villanueva, Milwaukee Brewers- Carlos only threw 4 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2, and now has 10 losses. Carlos has a 6.25 ERA.

**Livan Hernandez, New York Mets- Livan threw 5 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 1, Livan now has a 5.47 ERA.

**Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins- Liriano lasted 2 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 2, and struck out 1. Liriano now has a 5.80 ERA, losing his 12Th game.

**Roman Colon, Kansas City Royals- Colon threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1 and didn't strike anyone out. Colon lost the game and now has a 6.23 ERA.

**Kevin Gregg, Chicago Cubs- Blew his 6Th save and lost his 5Th game of the year. Kevin threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs (4 earned), he walked 2 and didn't strike anyone out. Gregg now has a 4.47 ERA.

**Yankees Offense- They were shutout on just 7 hits and 2 walks. Had no answers for Oakland's pitching.

**Dodgers Offense- 2 runs on 5 hits, 1 walk, and 8 strikeouts.