B & G's 9/10/09

Baseballs:

**Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays- Gave the Jays enough offense to win, he finished the day 2-2 with his 5Th Home Run of the season, he drove in his 22Nd run of the year, and he walked. Jose is now hitting .229.

**Billy Butler, Kansas City Royals- Billy finished the day 2-5 and drove in the winning run for the Royals, his 77Th RBI of the season. Butler is now hitting .305.

**Juan Rincon, Colorado Rockies- Juan threw 3 shutout innings in a tight spot, with the starter, Jose Contreras coming out of the game to an injury, and he completely shut down the Reds, not walking anyone, struck out 5, won his 4Th game of the year and now has a 5.61 ERA.

**John Lackey, LA Angels- A complete game shutout, giving up 5 hits, walked 1, and struck out 7. Lackey now has a 3.53 ERA with 10 wins.

**Ian Desmond, Washington Nationals- Ian, in his first Major League game, against the defending World series champions went 2-4 for his first career hit and his first career Home Run, he drove in 4 runs and now is hitting .500.

**Nick Johnson, Florida Marlins- Nick went 2-4 with 2 walks, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 59 RBIs and is hitting .304.

**Garrett Anderson, Atlanta Braves- Garrett went2-4 and drove in 3 runs, giving him 54 RBIs. Anderson is now hitting .280 on the year.

Goofballs:

**Twins Offense- 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, not getting many chances to punch in the winning runs. They left 6 men on base.

**Tigers Offense- They got swept by the Royals and they had plenty of chances to score more runs. Instead they only scored 4 runs, on 15 hits, they walked 3 times, struck out 5 and left 10 men on base.

**Reds Offense- Struck out 13 times and had no answers for 3 relievers in 6 innings.

**Mariners Offense- Were shutout, getting only 5 hits, walked 1 time and struck out 7. The Mariners left 4 men on base.

**Joe Blanton, Philadelphia Phillies- Joe lasted 4 2/3 innings, he gave up 8 runs, (8 earned), he walked 4, struck out 4, and gave up 2 Home Runs. Joe lost his 7Th game and has a 4.11 ERA.

**Bobby Parnell, New York Mets- Bobby only threw 5 innings, giving up 6 runs (5 earned), he walked 5, struck out 6 and now has a 5.49 ERA.

**Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros- The Astros ace didn't have it today, only lasting 2 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 2, struck out 5 and now has a 4.03 ERA with 6 losses.