B & G's 8/25/09

Baseballs:

**Andrew McCutcheon, Pittsburgh Pirates- Andrew went 2-4 with a walk off Home Run, his 8Th of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 38 RBIs. Andrew is now hitting .287.

**David Eckstein, San Diego Padres- David went 2-6 with a double and he drove in his 39Th run of the season. David is now hitting .255

**Shane West, Florida Marlins- Shane threw 6 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 3, and struck out 2. West won his 5Th game and he now has a 4.44 ERA.

**Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers- Josh finished the evening 4-6 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 43 RBIs and he set the tone on an offensive night between two playoff contending teams. Josh is now hitting .270.

**Carlos Pena, Tampa Bay Rays- Carlos hit 2 Home Runs, giving him 37 Home Runs on the year. He drove in 4 runs, giving him 91 RBIs and he now is hitting .223.

**Victor Martinez, Boston Red Sox- Came into the game as a pinch hitter and Victor responded by going 2-2, he drove in the tying run and he later drove in an insurance run, with those 2 RBIs, it gives him 85 RBIs. Victor is now hitting .294.

**Josh Willingham, Washington Nationals- Josh couldn't get out, he finished up 4-4 with a walk and 2 Home Runs, giving him 21 on the year and he drove in a career high 6 runs, giving him 56 RBIs. Josh is now hitting .301 on the season.

**Zack Greinke- Zack was cruising for 8 innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1, and struck out a new career high 15 Indians. It also was a new franchise record, breaking Mark Gubicza's record of 14 strikeouts.

**Laynce Nix, Cincinnati Reds- Laynce went 2-7 with 2 Home Runs, giving him 12 on the year, he drove in 3 runs 36 RBIs. Laynce is now hitting .253.

**Delmon Young, Pittsburgh Pirates- Delmon had 4 hits, going 4-5, including hitting a walk off single to win the game, his 42Nd RBI. Young is now hitting .266 on the season.

**Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals- Adam threw 8 shutout innings, winning his NL leading 15Th win, he didn't walk anyone and struck out 5. Adam now has a 2.50 ERA.

**Troy Tulowitski, Colorado Rockies- Troy delivered a walk off single to drive home the winning run. On the night, he finished up 2-5 with driving in 2 runs, giving him 69 RBIs. Troy is now hitting .276.

**Placido Polanco, Detroit Tigers- Polanco drove in the game winning triple and finished up 2-5 with his 55Th RBI. He is now hitting .273 on the year.

**Travis Ishikawa, San Francisco Giants- Travis hit a big 3 run Home Run to give the Giants the lead for good, it's his 9Th Home Run of the season and with the 3 runs he drove in, it gives him 35 RBIs. Travis is hitting .262.

**Ryan Langerhans, Seattle Mariners- Ryan came into the game as a defensive replacement, and his only at bat was a dozy, a 2 run walk off Home Run, his 3rd of the season and with the 2 runs, he has 9 RBIs. Ryan is hitting .221 on the year.

Goofballs:

**Brad Lidge, Philadelphia Phillies- Blew his 9Th save, he didn't retire a hitter, giving up 3 runs (3 earned). Brad has a 7.33 ERA.

**Kris Melden, Atlanta Braves- Kris threw an inning, gave up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2, struck out 3 and now has a 4.10 ERA.

**Mets Offense- 1 run on 7 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts and they left 9 men on base.

**Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees- Joba only lasted 4 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he walked 3, struck out 5 and he now has a 4.34 ERA, losing his 4Th game.

**Brett Cecil, Toronto Blue Jays- Brett lasted 3 1/3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 3, struck out 3, and he now has a 4.96 ERA, losing his 3rd game of the season.

**Scott Linebrink, Chicago White Sox- Scott gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in 1 inning, he didn't walk anyone and struck out 1. Scott now has a 3.97 ERA.

**Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs- Carlos lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 3, struck out 4 and Carlos now has a 3.80 ERA with his 5Th loss.

**Shin-Soo Choo & Kelly Shoppach- They both struck out 3 times and the entire Indians offense struck out 16 times.

**Todd Coffee, Milwaukee Brewers- Threw 3 innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 3. Todd now has a 2.66 ERA, losing his 3rd game.

**Brian Bass, Baltimore Orioles- Brian gave up the lead early in the game, he didn't retire anyone and gave up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2, and didn't strike anyone out. Brian now has a 5.01 ERA.

**Astros Offense- They were shutout, only had 3 hits, 1 walk, and 5 strikeouts, leaving 4 men on base.

**James McDonald, Los Angeles Dodgers- Gave up the single to lose the game, he threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up 1 run (1 earned), walked 2, struck out 1 and he now has a 4.20 ERA.

**Angels Offense- They had their chances to at least tie the game late, but couldn't get that big clutch hit. They left 11 men on base.

**Jon Rauch, Arizona Diamondbacks- Lost the game for the D-Backs, his 2Nd game. Jon threw 1 inning, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2, didn't strike anyone out and now has a 4.14 ERA.

**Craig Blewsow, Oakland Athletics- Lost his 7Th game, he threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 2. Craig now has a 4.14 ERA.