B & G's 9/20/09

Baseballs:

**Corky Miller, Cincinnati Reds- Corky finished the game 2-4 with his 1st Home Run of the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 11 RBIs and is now hitting .181.

**Daniel Murphy, New York Mets- Daniel led the Mets to a 2-4 afternoon, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 60 RBIs and he hit a triple. Murphy now is hitting .264.

**Pedro Feliz, Philadelphia Phillies- Pedro went 2-4 and drove in his 70Th RBI of the season, he is hitting .264 on the year.

**Howie Kendrick, LA Angels- Howie finished the day 3-5 and drove in 5 runs, he hit a triple and his 10Th Home Run of the season. With his 5 runs he drove in, it gives him 60 RBIs and a .302 average.

**Jacoby Ellsworth, Boston Red Sox- Jacoby went 3-4 with a walk, he hit his 8Th Home Run of the season, drove in 3 runs, giving him 55 RBIs. Ellsbury is now hitting .304.

**Kevin Correia, San Diego Padres- Kevin has thrown 7 shutout innings, he didn't walk anyone, struck out 5 and he now has a 4.08 ERA, with his 11Th win of the season.

**David Price, Tampa Bay Rays- David went head to head with Roy Halladay and he matched him up and then some. He threw 6 2/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 2 and now has a 4.41 ERA, winning his 9Th game of the season.

**Robinson Tejada, Kansas City Royals- Tejada threw 6 solid innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 5 and now has a 2.94 ERA with his 4Th win.

**Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers- Prince went 1-2 with 2 walks, he hit his 40Th Home Run of the season, drove in his 128Th RBI of the season and he now hits .299.

**Placido Polanco, Detroit Tigers- Polanco finished the day 2-4 and drove in 3 runs to lead his team to a win. Polanco now has 68 RBIs and is hitting .283.

**Adam Kennedy, Oakland Athletics- Adam went 3-5 at the plate, he hit his 11Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 59 RBIs. He is hitting .291, he also hit a double and very effective.

**Andre Ethier, Los Angeles Dodgers- Andre hit the go ahead Home Runs, his 31st of the season to give the Dodgers the lead for good. He now has 101 RBIs and after a 1-3 with a walk afternoon, he is hitting .283.

**Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado Rockies- Jimenez won his 14Th win of the season, he threw 7 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 3, struck out 8. Ubaldo now has a 3.47 ERA.

**Ken Griffey Jr, Seattle Mariners- Ken went 2-3 with a walk, he hit his 16Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 50 RBIs. Ken is now hitting .219.

**Jake Fox, Chicago Cubs- Jake came in late, and he responded by going 1-1 with a walk, he hit his 11Th Home Run of the season, giving the Cubs the lead for good in the 11Th inning. He now has 41 RBIs and is hitting .286.

Goofballs:

**Marlins Offense- 1 run on just 5 hits all day long. They didn't walk anyone, struck out 3 and left 4 men on base.

**Nationals Offense- The Nationals had some bad approaches at the plate, could only get 2 runs on 5 hits, they walked 2 times, struck out 3 and left 5 men on base.

**Braves Offense- 2 runs on 7 hits, they struck out 11 times and left 8 men on base, and they quite possibly ended their chance of missing the playoffs.

**Derek Holland, Texas Rangers- Derek threw 5 2/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 1, struck out 5, and he gave up 3 Home Runs now he has a 6.17 ERA with 12 losses.

**Jason Berken, Baltimore Orioles- 3 innings for Jason, he gave up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 2, struck out 3, and now has a 6.41 ERA, losing his 12Th game of the year.

**Pirates Offense- The Pirates were shutout, they did get 8 hits, but not many clutch hits.

**Blue Jays Offense- They didn't have many answers for David Price. Scored just 1 run, 5 hits, they walked 3, struck out 4, and left 7 men on base.

**White Sox Offense- They were flat after Saturday's win, 1 run on 6 hits, they walked 4 times, struck out 7 and left 8 men on base.

**Michael Bourn, Houston Astros- Michael went 0-4 and struck out 4 times. A very tough day at the plate, he is hitting .291.

**Denard Span, Minnesota Twins- Struck out 4 times, going 0-4 and is hitting .306.

**Fausto Carmona, Cleveland Indians- Fausto couldn't finish off the Athletics hitters, he would be ahead 0-2, but the offense found a way to get on base against him. He threw 5 2/3 innings, giving up 9 runs (8 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2 and he now has a 6.89 ERA, losing his 12Th game of the year.

**Tim Linecum, San Francisco Giants- Tim threw just 4 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 4, struck out 3 and now has a 2.47 ERA with 6 losses.

**Diamondbacks Offense- 1 run on 5 hits, they struck out 11 times and left 7 men on base.

**Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees- Joba worked 3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 3, struck out 2 and now has a 4.73 ERA.

**Mitchell Boggs, St. Louis Cardinals- Mitchell threw 1 2/3 innings, he gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in the 11Th inning to lose his 3rd game, he walked 3, struck out 2 and now has a 4.37 ERA.