B & G's 9/18/09

Baseballs:

**Charlie Morton, Pittsburgh Pirates- Charlie gave his team a big lift and his offense awarded him by doing enough to get his 4Th win of the season. 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1, struck out 4 and now has a 5.00 ERA.

**John Baker, Florida Marlins- John finished the night 1-4 and he drove in the go ahead run in the 9Th inning, his 49Th RBI and is now hitting .270 after a 1-4 evening.

**Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox- Once again, Clay was good for 6 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he did walk 3, strike out 1 and now has a 3.49 ERA with his 6Th win of the season.

**Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals- Ryan finished the night 2-4 and hit his 30Th Home Run of the season, drove in 2 runs, giving him 96 RBIs. Ryan is now hitting .291.

**Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies- Ryan went 2-4 with 2 Home Runs, giving him 40 on the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 121 RBIs and he got hit by a pitch. Ryan is now hitting .271.

**Carl Crawford, Tampa Bay Rays- Carl went 4-5 with a triple and he drove in his 64Th RBI of the season, he stole his 59Th base and is hitting .308.

**Casey McGehee, Milwaukee Brewers- Casey drove in the winning run, he finished up 2-4 and he now has 59 RBIs. Casey is hitting .306.

**Brian Duensing, Minnesota Twins- It was the battle of the young rookies. Duensing for the Twins and Rick Porcello for the Tigers. For this night, Duensing won the battle. He threw 6 1/3 shutout innings, walked 1, struck out 1 and now has a 3.22 ERA with his 4Th win, and more importantly, his team is now 3 games behind first place Detroit.

**Luke Hochevar, Kansas City Royals- Luke threw a complete game shutout, a 3 hitter, he walked 1, struck out 5 and now has a 5.79 ERA with his 7Th win.

**Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals- Matt ended the game in the 9Th inning with his 24Th Home Run of the season, he drove in his 103rd run and now is hitting .311 after going 1-4.

**Scott Kazmir, LA Angels- Scott gave his team 6 strong innings and he earned his 9Th win of the season, 1st for the Angels. Kazmir gave up 0 runs, he didn't walk anyone, and struck out 5. Scott now has a 5.08 ERA.

**Gerardo Parra, Arizona Diamondbacks- Parra drove in the winning runs for good, he finished the night 1-2 with 2 walk and he now has 56 RBIs and is hitting .294.

**Brett Anderson, Oakland Athletics- Brett threw 6 shutout innings, he walked 1 man and struck out 10, winning his 10Th game of the year and he now has a 4.21 ERA.

**Ichiro, Seattle Mariners- Ichiro went 4-5 and hit a walk off Home Run, his 10Th shot of the year, and he now has 43 RBIs with a .357 average.

**Eugenio Valez, San Francisco GIants- Eugenio finished the night 3-5 and hit his 5Th Home Run of the season, driving in 2 runs with 27 RBIs. Valez is now hitting .277.

Goofballs:

**Padres Offense- Everth Cabrera and Nick Hundley had 5 of the 6 hits. The Padres could only score 1 run. Not a good night for the offense.

**Wladimir Balentien, Cincinnati Reds- Balentien committed his 2Nd error of the season in the 9Th inning to open up the flood gates and allow 3 unearned runs to score and lose the game for the Reds.

**Orioles Offense- 1 run on 5 hits, they walked 4 times, struck out 4 and left 7 men on base.

**Mets Offense- Left 10 men on base and finished up with 5 runs, 11 hits, and 3 of those 5 runs came late. The Mets are finding different ways to lose every night.

**Vladimir Nunez, Atlanta Braves- Nunez gave up 4 runs (4 earned), he walked 2, struck out 1, and gave up 2 Home Runs. Nunez now has a 36.00 ERA.

**Scott Richmond, Toronto Blue Jays- Scott threw just 2+ innings, he gave up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2 and now has a 5.31 ERA, losing his 10Th game of the year.

**Wesley Wright, Houston Astros- Wesley lost his 4Th game, he didn't throw any innings, gave up 1 run (1 earned) and gave up the go ahead run. He now has a 5.86 ERA.

**Tigers Offense- Rick Porcello did well, but his offense gave him nothing to work with. They were shutout, on 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts and they left 8 men on base.

**White Sox Offense- They were shutout, only collecting 3 hits, walked 1 time, and struck out 5. They showed no energy out there after the bad loss in extra innings to the Mariners the day before.

**Aaron Heilman, Chicago Cubs- Aaron didn't retire anyone and gave up the Home Run, so after giving up 1 run (1 earned) in 0 innings, he lost his 4Th game and has a 4.23 ERA.

**Rangers Offense- They were shut out, they had only 8 hits, 2 walks, and 7 strikeouts. They truly need Josh Hamilton in their lineup everyday.

**Rockies Offense- Had a nice early lead, but after that, absolutely nothing. 5 runs on 6 hits, they walked 5 times, and struck out 10, missing opportunities to come back.

**Indians Offense- Struck out 15 times, they didn't even give themselves many chances to score runs.

**Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees- Blew only his 2Nd save of the year, he threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he didn't walk anyone, struck out 2 and now has a 1.94 ERA with his 3rd loss of the season.

**Ramon Tronsoco, Los Angeles Dodgers- Ramon threw 2/3 of an inning, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), losing his 4Th game of the season and he now carries a 2.75 ERA.