B & G's 9/16/09

Baseballs:

**Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota Twins- Michael led the Twins to a sweep over the Indians. He finished up 3-4 today with his 26Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 78 RBIs and is hitting .274.

**Cody Ross, Florida Marlins- Cody set the tone for the Marlins, he went 3-4 at the plate, drove in 2 runs, giving him 87 RBIs and is now hitting .277.

**Ronnie Belliard, Los Angeles Dodgers- Ronnie went 3-3 with a walk, and he hit his 8Th Home Run, drove in his 30Th run of the season. Ronnie is now hitting .261.

**Everth Cabrera- Cabrera hit a walk off single to end the game, driving in his 28Th RBI of the year, he went 3-6 and is hitting .263.

**Francisco Cervelli, New York Yankees- Picked up the walk off single to drive in his 10Th RBI of the season. Francisco is hitting .268.

**Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles- Matt finished the game 1-3, he hit his 7Th Home Run of the year, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 35 RBIs and is hitting .273.

**Ernie Harwell, Detroit Tigers- The Hall of Fame legend play by play man for the Tigers gave his thanks to the fans, he is battling Cancer right now, so he wanted to say thank you to the fans of Detroit. The Tigers in turn awarded him and the fans to a win 4-3 over the Royals. God bless you Ernie, my prayers are with you.

**Joe Blanton, Philadelphia Phillies- Joe threw 6 shutout innings, he walked 4, struck out 7, and now has a 3.97 ERA with 10 wins.

**Alex Gonzales, Boston Red Sox- Alex drove in the walk off single, he finished the game 2-3 with 3 runs batted in, giving him 40 RBIs and he is hitting .235.

**Omar Infante, Atlanta Braves- Omar went 2-4 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 24 RBIs. Omar is now hitting .306.

**Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds- Joey went 2-2 with 2 walks and he scored the go ahead run in the 7Th inning. Joey is hitting .305.

**Alcides Escobar, Milwaukee Brewers- The young shortstop had a career high 4 hits, he went 4-5 at the plate and drove in 3 runs, giving him 11 RBIs on the year. He is hitting .312.

**Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics- Trevor threw a 1 hitter over 7 shutout innings, he walked 2, struck out 7. Trevor won his 9Th game and now has a 4.54 ERA.

**Ryan Rowland-Smith, Seattle Mariners- Ryan threw 8 strong innings, only giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2 and now has a 3.59 ERA with 4 wins.

**Jorge De La Rosa, Colorado Rockies- 8 shutout innings for the 15 game winner, he walked 2, struck out 9 and now has a 4.17 ERA.

Goofballs:

**Indians Defense- The Indians committed some bad, routine plays that ultimately cost them the game. If you can't hit the cut off man, then you don't have any chance to win the game.

**Cardinals Offense- 2 runs, on 10 hits, they walked 2 times, struck out 6 and left 11 men on base.

**Pirates Offense- The Pirates scored 1 run, they had 6 hits, 0 walks and 11 strikeouts.

**Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks- Mark struck out 4 times, had a tough game.

**Scott Downs, Toronto Blue Jays- Scott blew the save, he threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he now has a 3.09 ERA.

**Russ Springer, Tampa Bay Rays- Springer didn't retire anyone, he gave up 2 runs (2 earned), walked 1, didn't strike anyone out and he now has a 4.39 ERA.

**Royals Offense- The Royals scored 3 runs, 10 hits, 1 walk, and 5 strikeouts. They couldn't get the big hits to drive in runs, leaving 5 men on base.

**Sean Burnett- Put the game away, he didn't retire anyone, gave up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 2, didn't strike anyone out and now has a 3.20 ERA.

**Brian Fuentes, LA Angels- Brian blew yet another save, this time he worked 2/3 of an inning, he walked 2, didn't strike anyone out and now has a 4.41 ERA.

**Daniel Murphy, New York Mets- His 13Th error of the season cost the Mets the game in the bottom of the 9Th inning.

**Astros Offense- 5 runs, but they had 12 hits, and struck out 10 times as a team, leaving 8 men on base and not getting the clutch hits.

**David Patton, Chicago Cubs- David put the game out of reach, only throwing 1 1/3 innings, after starter Rich Harden just went 3 innings, he gave up 4 runs (4 earned), he walked 2, struck out 1 and now has a 6.41 ERA.

**Rangers Offense- They could only get 1 hit throughout the game and was shut out.

**White Sox Offense- 1 run on 9 hits, they walked 1 time and struck out 3. They left 6 men on base.

**Giants Offense- Only scored in the 9Th inning, wound up with 3 runs, 6 hits, they walked 2 times, and struck out 10, ruining a great opportunity to sweep the Rockies and inch closer to the NL Wild card.

Around the MLB on Thursday...

10:00: We heard all the rumors of the Cubs going to shop Carlos Zambrano this offseason and earlier in the year Zambrano will not use his no trade cause. Yesterday Zambrano said he will veto a trade and will then stay in Chicago.

9:55: IF Dan Uggla said he expects the Marlins to trade him. He said "I will be sad to leave Florida, I love it here."

9:47: The Royals are close to signing first round pick Aaron Crow to a bonus between 3-4.5 million. The Royals never had the deadline to sign Crow because he played in Independent ball last years

9:20: Orioles pitcher Mark Hendrickson hopes to return to the season next year. Mark has a era in the 4's and with the young starting pitchers they have in the farm system and on the team, will the O's want him back. If they do will he be a starter or reliver.

More to come.