B & G's 8/27/09

Baseballs:

**Angel Pagen, New York Mets- Pagen went 2-4 at the plate with 2 walks. He hit his 6Th Home Run of the season, driving in his 26Th run. Angel is now hitting .290.

**Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers- Ian went 2-4 with 2 Home Runs, he now has 28 on the year, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 73 RBIs. Ian is now hitting .247.

**Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds- Joey went 3-4 at the plate and hit his 20Th Home Run of the season, driving in 2 runs, giving him 64 RBIs. Joey is hitting .314.

**Jeff Keppinger, Houston Astros- Jeff hit his 4Th Home Run of the season, driving in his 22Nd RBI, despite going 1-5. Jeff is hitting .263.

**Adam Dunn, Washington Nationals- Adam went 1-3 with a walk and he hit his 34Th Home Run of the season, he drove in his 90Th run. Adam is now hitting .283.

**Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers- Matt went 3-5 and hit his 19Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 80 RBIs. Kemp is hitting .313 on the season.

**Andy Marte, Cleveland Indians- Andy finished the evening 2-4 and he hit his 2Nd Home Run of the season. He drove in 2 runs, to give him 11 RBIs. Andy is now hitting .275.

**Jayson Nix, Chicago White Sox- Jayson went 2-4 with 3 RBIs, giving him 29 RBIs. Nix is now hitting .229.

**Andrew McCutcheon, Pittsburgh Pirates- Andrew went 2-4 with his 9Th Home Run of the season, driving in his 39Th RBI. McCutcheon is now hitting .290.

**Javier Vazquez, Atlanta Braves- Javier threw 7 shutout innings, didn't walk anyone and he struck out 6. Vazquez now has a 3.02 ERA, winning his 11Th game.

**Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics- Trevor threw 7 shutout innings, he walked 2, struck out 2 and now has a 4.64 ERA with his 7Th win.

**Brandon Allen, Arizona Diamondbacks- Brandon finished up 2-5 and he hit his 1st Major league Home Run, driving in 4 runs, giving him 5 RBIs. Brandon is now hitting .235.

Goofballs:

**Cristhian Martinez, Florida Marlins- He put the game out of reach, throwing 3 1/3 innings, giving up 4 runs (4 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 2. Martinez now has a 5.71 ERA.

**Yankees Offense- 2 runs, on 6 hits, they walked 8 times and struck out 10. The Yankees left 12 men on base.

**Dave Bush, Milwaukee Brewers- Dave threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 3. Bush now has a 5.88 ERA, losing his 5Th game.

**Kyle McClellan, St. Louis Cardinals- Kyle threw 1 2/3 innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1, didn't strike anyone out and he now has a 3.06 ERA, losing his 3rd game.

**Cubs Offense- 4 runs on 6 hits, they walked 4 times, struck out 7 and left 6 men on base, not getting that big clutch hit to get them over Washington.

**Rockies Offense- 2 runs on 11 hits, they walked once and struck out 11 men. The Rockies lost 2 of 3 to the Dodgers.

**Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles- Jim blew the save, his 4Th of the season. Jim threw an inning, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he now has a 3.17 ERA.

**Junichi Tazawa, Boston red Sox- Junichi went 4 innings, giving up 9 runs (9 earned), he walked 1, struck out 2 and now has a 6.65 ERA, losing his 3rd game.

**Raul Ibanez, Philadelphis Phillies- Struck out 3 times and finished up 0-4. He is hitting .281.

**Clayton Richard, San Diego Padres- Clayton threw 2 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 2, struck out 2. Clayton now has a 4.79 ERA, losing his 4Th game.

**Angels Offense- They were shutout with 3 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts.

**Joe Martinez, San Francisco Giants- Joe threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 2, struck out 5 and now has a 4.72 ERA.