B & G's 8/29/09

Baseballs:

**Sergio Mitre, New York Yankees- Mitre threw a 1 hitter for 6 1/3 innings, his team gave him some runs to work with, but he also was working it. He walked 1 and struck out 2, now has a 5.65 ERA with 3 wins.

**Jake Fox, Chicago Cubs- Jake went 2-4 and hit his 10Th Home Run of the season, driving in 5 runs, giving him 39 RBIs. Jake is now hitting .300

**Jeff Weaver, Los Angeles Dodgers- Jeff came in when Charlie Haeger wasn't effective, he threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, he walked 1 and struck out 4. Jeff earned his 6Th win of the season and now has a 3.52 ERA.

**David Price, Tampa Bay Rays- David threw 7 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 4 and now has a 4.63 ERA with 7 wins.

**Andy Marte, Cleveland Indians- Andy gave the Indians the lead for good again, this time hitting a 3 run shot, his 3rd of the year and it now gives him 15 RBIs. Marte has a 10 game hitting streak going and is now hitting .289.

**Tony Gwynn Jr, San Diego Padres- Tony hit the winning triple, driving in 2 run after a 1-4 evening. Tony is hitting .273 with 13 RBIs.

**Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox- Clay threw 8 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 9. Clay won his 3rd game and has a 4.38 ERA.

**Craig Counsell, Milwaukee Brewers- Craig went 3-4 at the plate with a triple and score a run. He is hitting .288.

**Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers- Ian went 2-3 with a walk and he drove in his 74Th run of the year. Kinsler is hitting .250 on the season.

**Garrett Anderson, Atlanta Braves- Garrett went 3-4 with his 12Th Home Run of the season, a 3 run shot, giving him 50 RBIs. Garrett is now hitting .292.

**Colby Rasmus, St. Louis Cardinals- The Young rookie went 2-4 with a 3 run Home Run, giving him 14 Home Runs on the season, driving in 3 runs, giving him 44 RBIs. Colby is now hitting .252.

**Jon Garland, Arizona Diamondbacks- Garland threw 7 shutout innings, giving up 5 hits, walked 1 and struck out 5. Garland now has a 4.29 ERA, winning his 8Th game of the year.

**Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants- Barry threw like a Cy Young award winner when his team needed it the most. 8 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 7. Zito now has a 3.94 ERA, he won his 9Th game of the year.

**Rajai Davis, Oakland Athletics- Davis had a big night, going 3-5 and driving in 2 runs, including the go ahead run in the 8Th inning. Davis now has 29 RBIs and is hitting .294.

**Mike Sweeney, Seattle Mariners- Mike set the tone with a 2 run double in the 1st inning. Mike finished the night 2-4 and he now has 26 RBIs, with a .266 average.

Goofballs:

**White Sox Offense- Had no answers, more errors (3) than hits (1). Ozzie Guillen went nuts after the game, and I don't blame him.

**Bobby Parnell, new York Mets- Bobby threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up 8 runs (8 earned), he walked 2 and struck out and now has a 5.81 ERA.

**Carlos Fisher- Carlos gave up 5 runs (5 earned) in 0 innings, he walked 1 and didn't strike anyone out and he now has a 3.94 ERA.

**Adam Everett, Detroit Tigers- Committed 2 errors, giving him 14 on the season.

**Chris Ray- Gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in 1 inning, losing his 2Nd game and now has a 6.10 ERA.

**Luis Ayala, Florida Marlins- Luis threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 1 and didn't strike anyone out. Luis lost his 5Th game and now has a 5.63 ERA.

**Blue Jays Offense- Made things interesting towards the end, but they still could only score 2 runs on 5 hits, they walked 2 times and struck out 9.

**Brian Bixler, Pittsburgh Pirates- Struck out 3 times in 3 at bats.

**Twins Offense- Didn't give Carl Pavano any run support, was shut out on 4 hits, they walked 4 times and struck out 7, leaving 6 men on base.

**Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies- A rare bad start for Cliff, he threw 5 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he didn't walk anyone, struck out 5, and gave up 3 Home Runs. Cliff now has a 2.83 ERA.

**Nationals Offense- 4 runs on 11 hits, leaving 8 men on base.

**Bud Norris, Houston Astros- Bud threw 5 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 4, struck out 3 and gave up 2 Home Runs. Bud has a 6.61 ERA.

**Rockies Offense- 3 runs on 12 hits, leaving 8 men on base and failing to get that big hit when they needed it.

**Chone Figgins, LA Angels- Figgins was on base with 1 out in the 9Th inning. he was the tying run, Bobby Abreau hit a pop fly ball to Scott Hairiston and Chone thought it would be nice to tag up and he was out instead. I am all for being aggressive, but when your team is down by 1 run and the 3...4...5 hitters are due up, I wouldn't do that, especially with one swing at the bat could win the game for you. Just a dumb decision in my opinion.

**Gil Meche, Kansas City Royals- Gil lost his 10Th game, he threw 4 innings, giving up 7 runs (7 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 1. Meche has a 5.09 ERA.