B & G's 10/1/09

Baseballs:

**Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals- Chris decided to put matters into his own hands. He went 2-3, hit his 1st Home Run of the season, a grand slam. He drove in 6 runs, giving him 7 RBIs and is hitting .177. Oh yeah, his pitching was fine too. He threw 5 shutout innings, walking 1, struck out 6 and now has a 2.24 ERA with 17 wins.

**Orlando Cabrera, Minnesota Twins- Cabrera went 2-5 at the plate, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 73 RBIs, he is hitting .278.

**Aaron Cook, Colorado Rockies- Aaron threw 8 strong innings to lead his Rockies to a playoff spot. He gave up 1 run (1 earned), walked 1, struck out 2. Aaron has 11 wins and a 4.16 ERA. He also walked 3 times and drove in 2 runs, giving him 6 RBIs.

**Kevin Millwood, Texas Rangers- Kevin threw a complete game, he gave up 3 runs (2 earned), he walked 1, struck out 10 and now has a 3.67 ERA with his 13Th win.

**Andres Torres, San Francisco Giants- Andres went 3-4 at the plate, he hit a triple, a Home Run, his 6Th of the season and drove in 2 runs, giving him 21 RBIs on the year. Andres is hitting .271.

**Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox- Jon had a nice tune up heading into the playoffs. He had to see if he was okay after being hit by the ball, and he found out he was. 6 1/3 shutout innings, he walked 1, struck out 7 and now has 15 wins with a 3.41 ERA.

**Pete Orr, Washington Nationals- Pete went 1-4, he drove in the go ahead run in the 9Th inning, his 10Th RBI of the season and is hitting .270.

**Nick Markakis, Baltimore Orioles- Nick went 1-3 with a walk, he drove in his 97Th RBI of the season. He is hitting .289.

**Miguel Tejada, Houston Astros- Miguel went 2-3 with his 14Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 3 runs, giving him 85 RBIs. Tejada is now hitting .314.

**Mike Sweeney, Seattle Mariners- Mike went 1-4, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 34 RBIs on the season. Mike is hitting .282.

Goofballs:

**Reds Offense- The Reds were shutout, only could get 5 hits, they walked 2, struck out 8 and left 9 men on base.

**Bobby Seay, Detroit Tigers- Bobby didn't retire anyone, he gave up 2 runs (2 earned), walked 1, didn't strike anyone out and now has a 4.25 ERA.

**Manny Parra- Manny only lasted 2 2/3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 5, struck out 5 and now has a 6.36 ERA.

**Trevor Bell, LA Angels- Trevor threw 2 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (3 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2 and now has a 9.74 ERA with his 2Nd loss.

**Diamondbacks Offense- 3 runs on 6 hits, they walked 2 times and struck out 8, leaving 4 men on base.

**Indians Offense- They were shutout again, on 3 hits, they walked 1 time, and struck out 10. Just a bad effort against a very good Red Sox team.

**Braves Offense- 1 run on 6 hits, they walked 6 men, struck out 6 and left 8 men on base.

**Rays Offense- 2 runs on 5 hits, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, leaving 7 men on base.

**Phillies Offense- 3 runs on 13 hits, 5 walks, 8 strikeouts, leaving 15 men on base.

**Athletics Offense- They only scored 2 runs, 7 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts. They left 5 men on base.