B & G's 9/30/09

Baseballs:

**Charlie Morton, Pittsburgh Pirates, Game One- Charlie threw a complete game shutout, giving up 4 hits, he walked 3, struck out 8, won his 5Th game and now has a 4.55 ERA.

**Fausto Carmona, Cleveland Indians, Game One- Fausto threw 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 5 and lowered his ERA to 6.32, winning his 5Th game of the season.

**Justin Maxwell, Washington Nationals- Justin came in to pinch hit and he delivered with a walk-off grand slam Home Run, his 3rd of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 7 RBIs and he now is hitting .247.

**Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox, Game Two- Paul went out and finished the evening 1-2 with 2 walks, he drove in his 88Th run to drive in the only run of the game, and he even stole a base. Very good game for Konerko. He is hitting .280 on the season.

**Brayan Pena, Kansas City Royals- Pena finished the game 2-5 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 18 RBIs. Pena is hitting .272.

**Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers- Maggs helped the Tigers take some much needed fire off the Minnesota Twins. He led the Tigers to a 7-2 win thanks to his 2-4 evening. He drove in 3 runs, giving him 47 RBIs and he is hitting .299.

**Kyle Kendrick, Philadelphia Phillies- Kyle gave his club a big lift by throwing 3 shutout innings, he didn't walk anyone, struck out 4 and won his 3rd game of the season. He has a 2.66 ERA.

**Ricky Nolasco, Florida Marlins- Ricky threw 7 2/3 strong innings, he gave up 2 runs (0 earned), walked 2, and struck out 16, a new Florida Marlins record. He at one time had struck out 9 in a row. Ricky has a 5.06 ERA and 13 wins.

**Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds- Bronson threw 8 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1, struck out 6 and now has a 3.84 ERA with 15 wins.

**Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays- Roy threw a complete game shutout against the Boston Red Sox, he walked 2, struck out 6 and now has a 2.79 ERA with 17 wins.

**Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay Rays- Ben went 2-4 at the plate, he hit his 26Th Home Run of the season, drove in 3 runs, giving him 88 RBIs on the season. Ben is hitting .290.

**Ryan Doumit, Pittsburgh Pirates, Game Two- Ryan went 4-4 at the plate, hitting his 10Th Home Run of the season, drove in 4 runs, which gives him 38 RBIs. Doumit is hitting .254.

**Yorvit Torrealba, Colorado Rockies- Yorvit went 3-4 at the plate with a double and he drove in his 29Th RBI of the season. Torrealba is now hitting .292.

**Clayton Richard. San Diego Padres- Clayton threw 7 shutout innings, he gave up 1 hit, walked 3, struck out 2, and he now has a 4.41 ERA with his 9Th win.

**Matt Palmer, LA Angels- Matt threw 5 shutout innings, he gave up 1 hit, walked 2, struck out 1, Matt won his 11Th game and has a 4.00 ERA.

**Brandon Morrow, Seattle Mariners- Brandon threw 8 shutout innings, giving up 1 hit....1 hit...ah nevermind. He walked 2, struck out 9 and now has a 4.34 ERA with his 2Nd win of the season.

**Eli Whiteside, San Francisco Giants- Eli went 3-3 at the plate, he hit his 2Nd Home Run of the year, drove in 3 runs, giving him 13 RBIs on the season and he is now hitting .228.

Goofballs:

**Cubs Offense- The Cubs were shutout, with just 4 hits, they walked 3 times, struck out 8 and left 7 men on base.

**White Sox Offense, Game One- Made the work look easy for Fausto Carmona. They scored 1 run, on 6 hits, they walked 2 men, and struck out 6, leaving 6 men on base.

**Franklin Rodriguez, New York Mets- He blew his 7Th save opportunity, threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 2, struck out 1 and now has a 3.72 ERA.

**Indians Offense, Game Two- No Travis Hafner, no Asdrubal Cabrera, even no Luis Valbuena in the lineup. Hmmmmmm, that's not even a chance to win.

**Hedeki Matsui, New York Yankees- He struck out 3 times at the plate.

**Carl Pavano, Minnesota Twins- Carl threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 2, struck out 4 and now has a 5.07 ERA with his 12Th loss.

**Brian Moehler, Houston Astros- Brian threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 3, struck out 1 and now has a 5.47 ERA, losing his 12Th game of the season.

**Braves Offense- The Braves scored just 4 runs on 6 hits, they struck out 16 times and left 6 men on base.

**John Smoltz, St. Louis Cardinals- Come on dude, don't complain about the grip of the ball, you got rocked. Just admit it and move on. 4 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 5, struck out 3 and now has a 6.35 ERA.

**Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox- 3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 2, struck out 2 and gave up 2 Home Runs. Tim has a 4.58 ERA and lost his 5Th game of the season.

**Orioles Offense- They scored 3 runs, 7 hits, they didn't walk at all, struck out 9 times and left 3 men on base in route to their 13Th straight loss.

**Cubs Offense, Game Two- The Cubs came in for Game 2, after losing that game and they couldn't get a break, they scored 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts, leaving 4 men on base.

**Jeff Suppan, Milwaukee Brewers- Jeff threw 6 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2, he gave up 2 Home Runs and now has a 5.30 ERA with 12 losses.

**Dodgers Offense- 1 hit, that's all they had was 1 lousy hit. They had 5 walks, 7 strikeouts, but 1 lousy hit.

**Rangers Offense- See above....one thing....1 hit....see above.

**Jack Cust, Oakland Athletics- Jack struck out 4 times at the plate, he went 0-4 and is hitting .240.

**Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks- Justin went 0-4 with 3 strikeouts. Justin is now hitting .304.