B & G's 10/3/09

Baseballs:

**Randy Wells, Chicago Cubs- Randy threw 7 shutout innings, he walked 1, struck out 10 and finished his rookie year with a 3.05 ERA and his 12Th win.

**Fernando Tatis, New York Mets- Tatis went 2-4 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 48 RBIs, he hit a double and is hitting ..282.

**Robb Quinlan, LA Angels- Robb went 2-4, he hit a double and drove in 3 runs, giving him 14 RBIs. Quinlan is now hitting .243.

**Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota Twins- Michael finished the game 1-3 while getting hit by a pitch. He hit his 31st Home Run of the season, drove in his 92Nd RBI and now is hitting .277. Minnesota may now play some extra ball Tuesday evening, they tied Detroit with this win.

**Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers- Ryan finished the game 2-5 with his 32Nd Home Run of the year, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 113 RBIs and is now hitting .319.

**Justin Maxwell, Washington Nationals- Justin went 1-3, he hit the game winning Home Run, his 4Th of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 9 RBIs. Justin is now hitting .259.

**Mark Henderson, Baltimore Orioles- Mark threw 6 1/3 innings, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 3, struck out 3, and he won his first start since April. Mark has 6 wins on the year and a 4.37 ERA.

**Brian Anderson, Boston Red Sox- Got the rare start and he responded going 3-3 with a walk, he hit his 4Th Home Run of the season, drove in 3 runs, giving him 18 RBIs. Brian is now hitting .243.

**Freddy Garcia, Chicago White Sox- Freddy threw 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1, struck out 7 and now has a 4.34 ERA with his 3rd win of the season.

**Anibal Sanchez, Florida Marlins- Sanchez threw 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 3 and finished his season with a 3.87 ERA with 4 wins.

**Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds- Joey went 2-3 with 2 walks, he hit his 25Th Home Run of the season, drove in 3 runs, giving him 84 RBIs and he is hitting .318.

**Jeff Niemann, Tampa Bay Rays- Jeff won 13 games on his rookie season, he threw 5 innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1, struck out 5 and now has a 3.94 ERA.

**Wade LeBlanc, San Diego Padres- 7 shutout innings, winning his 3rd game of the season, he walked 1, struck out 8 and now finished the year with a 3.69 ERA.

**Ryan Rowland-Smith, Seattle Mariners- Ryan threw 6 2/3 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 4, giving him his 5Th win and a 3.74 ERA.

**Ronnie Belliard, Los Angeles Dodgers- He helped the Dodgers clinch the NL West with a big pinch hit single to drive in a run, his 39Th RBI of the season. Ronnie is hitting .277 on the year.

Goofballs:

**Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks- Mark struck out 4 times at the plate.

**Diamondbacks Offense- They didn't have many answers, scoring 1 run on 7 hits, they walked 4, struck out 2 and left 9 men on base.

**Athletics Offense- They could only score 2 runs, on 5 hits, they did walk 4 times, and struck out 8, leaving 4 men on base.

**Dusty Hughes, Kansas City Royals- Dusty threw 2/3 of an inning, he gave up 1 run (1 earned), he lost his 2Nd game and now has a 4.61 ERA.

**Cardinals Defense- They played very sloppy with their defense, 3 errors cost them the game. Matt Holliday (5Th) and Julio Lugo committed 2 himself (11). 3 errors led to 3 unearned runs.

**Manny Acosta, Atlanta Braves- Manny gave up the Home Run to lose the game. He gave up 2 runs (2 earned), he now has a 4.46 ERA with his 1st loss of the year.

**Scott Richmond, Toronto Blue Jays- Scott threw 4 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 2, struck out 5 and now has a 5.52 ERA with his 11Th loss.

**Aaron Laffey, Cleveland Indians- Just a horrible start for him, he just lasted 2 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 2, struck out 4 and leaves the 2009 season with 9 losses and a 4.44 ERA.

**Detroit Tigers- The Tigers felt they had the AL Central division in the bag. Gerald Laird, a man who has never been in the postseason was doing most of the talking in early September. Jim Leyland, the veteran who has seen everything in his Major League career told Gerard and other Tiger players to shut up, the season was not decided yet. And here he is, exactly right. The Tigers offense was punchless, getting 1 run on 7 hits, meanwhile heading into Sunday's game, the Minnesota Twins had won 14 of their last 19 games to move up and put themselves in this position. The Tigers have nobody but themselves to blame here.

**Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies- Cole has struggled this year, finishing off at 10-11, after a promising season last year. But the Phillies will still need him to step up big time in the postseason. He threw 3 innings, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2, struck out 2 and finished the year off with a 4.32 ERA.

**Zach Duke, Pittsburgh Pirates- Zach lasted 5 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 5, struck out 2 and ended the 2009 season with a 4.06 ERA and 16 losses.

**Yankees Offense- 3 runs on 9 hits, they walked 3, struck out 9 and left 8 men on base.

**Giants Offense- They were shutout, walked 2, struck out 12.

**Rangers Offense- 1 run on 7 hits, he walked 3, struck out 6.

**Franklin Morales, Colorado Rockies- Franklin threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 2, didn't strike anyone out and has a 4.50 ERA with his 2Nd loss.