B & G's 8/4/09

Baseballs:

**Adam Dunn, Washington Nationals- Adam struck out his first 3 times at the plate, but his final at bat made up for everything, a Home Run, his 28Th shot of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 80 RBIs. Adam is now hitting .280.

**Brian Matucz, Baltimore Orioles- Earned his 1st Major League win by going 5 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 5. Brian now has a 1.80 ERA.

**Carlos Gomez, Minnesota Twins- Carlos saved at least an extra base hit from Chris Gimenez shot, and his bat hurt the Indians too. He went 3-4 with his 3rd Home Run of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 26 RBIs. Carlos is now hitting .240.

**Garrett Atkins, Colorado Rockies- Garrett went 2-3 with a walk. He hit his 7Th Home Run of the season, driving in 4 runs, giving him 35 RBIs. Garrett is now hitting .230.

**Yusmeiro Petit, Arizona Diamondbacks- Petit threw 8 strong inning, even throwing a no hitter into the 8Th inning. He didn't give up a run, walked 3 and struck out 4. Yusmeiro had some help from his offense so he wins for the 2Nd time and lowered his ERA to 5.81.

**Andy Pettitte, New York Yankees- Andy was fantastic against the Blue Jays, throwing 6 2/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 4 and struck out 6. Andy won for the first time in over a month and he now has a 4.35 ERA.

**Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays- This kid can hit, and more importantly, he can hit in the clutch. 2 Home Runs, including the walk off in the 13Th to give his Rays the win. Evan now has 23 Home Runs, and with his 3 RBIs, he has 81 on the season. Evan is hitting .274 after a 2-6 evening.

**Tom Gorzelanny, Chicago Cubs- Tom, in his first Cubs start impressed. 7 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he only walked 1 and struck out 6. Tom won his 4Th game and has a 3.38 ERA.

**Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals- The best hitter in baseball had a good night, going 2-5, including hitting 2 Home Runs, one of them a Grand Slam to give his Cardinals the lead for good in the 9Th inning. He has 36 Home Runs, 97 RBIs after driving in 5 runs and he is hitting .321.

**Ichiro, Seattle Mariners- One of the best players in the game showed why he is one. He started the game with a solo shot, his 7Th of the year, and he made a fantastic catch to end the game and rob the Royals a chance to win. He finished off 2-5 with 3 runs scored and a walk. Ichiro is now hitting .364.

**Scott Podsednik, Chicago White Sox- Scott had the walk off single to give his team the win, he drove in his 33rd run of the season and finished up 2-5. Scott is hitting .303.

**Jonathan Sanchez, San Francisco Giants- Jonathan earned his 1st road victory since his no hitter he threw about a month ago. Sanchez pitched 7 shutout innings, he walked 3 and struck out 8. Jonathan lowered his ERA to 4.49 and won his 5Th game of the season.

**Martin Prado, Atlanta Braves- Prado went 3-5 at the plate and hit his 7Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 31 RBIs and is hitting .318.

**Gio Gonzales, Oakland Athletics- Took a no hitter into the 5Th inning and finished up with 6 2/3 scoreless innings, he walked 3 and struck out 7. Gio won his 3rd game and now has a 6.31 ERA.

**Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers- Matt had another great game, going 4-5 with 5 RBIs and a Home Run, his 15Th of the season. Matt is hitting .323 and has 69 RBIs.

Goofballs:

**Dan Meyer, Florida Marlins- Dan gave up the Home Run to Dunn, he pitched 1/3 of an inning, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he now has a 2.21 ERA.

**Jarrod Washburn, Detroit Tigers- Not a good Tigers debut, he worked 5 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 2. Jarrod now has a 2.93 ERA.

**David Huff, Cleveland Indians- David got bad and worse, he survived 4 2/3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 4. Huff now has a 6.81 ERA.

**Jamie Moyer, Philadelphia Phillies- Jamie threw 5 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 4 and struck out 3. Jamie has a 5.55 ERA.

**Pirates Offense- They could only get 1 hit and didn't score any runs.

**Adam Lind, Toronto Blue Jays- Adam struck out 3 times and the entire Blue Jays offense had nothing against Pettitte.

**Josh Reddick, Boston Red Sox- Josh had a rough night striking out 4 times after his 1-5 evening. Josh is hitting .313.

**Reds Offense- Once again, their offense struggled. 3 runs on 6 hits, just 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. They did strike later in the game, but had no answer for Gorzelany.

**Pedro Feliciano, New York Mets- Gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in just 1/3 of an inning. He walked 1 and struck out 1 and now has a 3.07 ERA.

**John Bale, Kansas City Royals- John blew the save and couldn't retire anyone in the order, giving up 2 runs (2 earned) in the process. John now has a 6.75 ERA.

**Angels Offense- Only 4 runs scored with 5 hits. They did fine against Contreras, but had no answers for the White Sox bullpen.

**Astros Offense- 1 run on just 6 hits and they struck out 10.

**Edward Mujica, San Diego Padres- Edward came into the 6Th inning in what was a close game and when he left, he made things nearly impossible for the Padres. 4 runs (4 earned) in 1/3 of an inning. Edward now has a 3.65 ERA.

**Rangers Offense- Were shut out and struck out 11 times.

**Yovani Gallardo, Milwaukee Brewers- He didn't help his team that much, only lasting 5 1/3 innings, giving up 9 runs (9 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 7. Yovani now has a 3.59 ERA and lost his 8Th game.