B & G's 9/28/09

Baseballs:

**Adam Laroche, Pittsburgh Pirates- Adam faced off with his former team and finished the day 5-5 with 2 doubles, 2 Home Runs, giving him 12 on the year and he drove in 6 runs. Adam has 61 RBIs and is hitting .259.

**Jair Jurrgens, Atlanta Braves- Jair threw 7 shutout innings, he walked 1, struck out 3 and lowered his ERA to 2.61. Jurrgens won his 14Th game of the season.

**Rod Barajas, Toronto Blue Jays- Rod went 2-4, he hit his 19Th Home Run of the season, drove in 3 runs, giving him 71 RBIs. Rod is now hitting .234.

**John Danks, Chicago White Sox- John threw a complete game, he gave up 1 run (1 earned), walked 1, struck out 7 and earned his 13Th win of the season and his 1St career complete game. John now has a 3.69 ERA.

**Robinson Cano, New York Yankees- Cano went 2-4 at the plate, he hit his 25Th Home Run of the season, drove in 4 runs, giving him 84 RBIs and is hitting .322.

**Miguel Tejada, Houston Astros- Tejada went 4-5 at the plate, he drove in his 82Nd RBI of the season and is hitting .313.

**Pat Burrell, Tampa Bay Rays- Pat went 1-3 with a sacrifice fly, his 63Rd RBI of the season to put the Rays ahead for good. He is hitting .226.

**Mike Morse, Washington Nationals- Mike went 3-4, he hit a game winning 3Rd Home Run of the season, drove in his 10Th RBI and is hitting .306.

**Ervin Santana, LA Angels- A complete game shutout, giving up 7 hits, he walked 1, struck out 2 and lowered his ERA to 5.10 ERA with his 8Th win and helped clinch the AL Western Division.

Goofballs:

**Dodgers Offense- 1 run on just 4 hits, it didn't help matters that Hiroki Kurada was bad, but his offense didn't help at all. They have clinched a playoff birth, but not the division yet.

**Anibal Sanchez, Florida Marlins- Sanchez threw 5 innings, he gave up 3 runs (3 earned), but he walked 8 men, struck out 4 and now has a 4.10 ERA with 8 losses.

**Michael Bowden, Boston Red Sox- Started the game because of a late scratch by Josh Beckett. He didn't fare too well. Throwing 3 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 1, struck out 3, and gave up 2 Home Runs. Bowden lost his 1St game and has a 10.80 ERA.

**Jensen Lewis, Cleveland Indians- Put the game away in the 9Th inning. The deficit was only 3-1, but he gave up 3 runs (2 earned), he walked 1, struck out 1 and now has a 4.60 ERA.

**Luke Hochevar, Kansas City Royals- Luke threw 6 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 2, struck out 2 and now has a 6.24 ERA with his 12Th loss of the season.

**Phillies Offense- 2 runs on 4 hits, they walked 4 times, struck out 5 and left 6 men on base.

**Orioles Offense- They had 6 runs on 13 hits, 6 walks, 7 strikeouts, no clutch hitting and they left 14 men on base.

**Mets Offense- They had no answers for the Nationals. They scored 1 run on 7 hits, walked 3 times, struck out 4 times and left 10 men on bases.

**Tommy Hunter, Texas Rangers- Tommy threw 2 1/3 innings, giving up 7 runs (6 earned), he walked 2, struck out 1 and now has a 4.10 ERA with his 5Th loss.

New Cubs Owner Keeping Coaching Staff...

The Sun Times is reporting that soon to be owner Tom Ricketts is expected to keep the same coaching staff that includes manager Lou Pinella and general manager Jim Hendry.

Tom Ricketts is expected to be in full control as the new owner of the Cubs by the end of October. Bruce Levine is hearing October 15th and David Kaplan sources are indicating 11 days later on October 16th.

Tome Rickett has a lot of payroll to handle with the third highest payroll behind the Yankees and Mets, the payroll stands as of heading into the offseason at $134,809,000.

The Cubs are expected to trade disgruntled Milton Bradley with all the talk of him going to the Giants for Aaron Rowand, or to the Rays for Pat Burrell. The Cubs will most likely have to take on most of his contract if the trade does not off set contracts.