B & G's 9/3/09

Baseballs:

**Placido Polanco, Detroit Tigers- Polanco did what he had to do, with the bases loaded, nobody out in the 10Th inning, he hit a fly ball to drive in the winning run, his 60Th of the season. Polanco now is hitting .273.

**Casey McGehee, Milwaukee Brewers- Casey went 1-3 with a sacrifice fly and he hit his 13Th Home Run of the season, driving in 3 runs, giving him 49 RBIs. Casey is now hitting .299.

**Carlos Torres, Chicago White Sox- 7 shutout innings, he didn't walk anyone, struck out 6 and earned his 1st Major league win. Carlos now has a 3.86 ERA.

**David Wright, New York Mets- David finished the day 3-4 and he drove in 3 runs, giving him 58 RBIs. Wright is now hitting .327.

**Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies- Pedro dominated the Giants hitters, throwing 7 strong innings, giving up 1 run (1 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 9. Pedro now has a 3.52 ERA.

**Jorge Posada, New York Yankees- Jorge finished the night 4-5 and hit his 20Th Home Run of the season, he drove in 4 runs, giving him 70 RBIs. Posada is now hitting .288.

**Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins- Hanley came into the game to pinch hit and he drove in the tying run, his 86Th RBI of the season. Hanley is now hitting .356.

**Jason Bay, Boston Red Sox- Jason finished the night 2-4 with 2 doubles, he drove in 2 runs, giving him 96 RBIs and is hitting .260.

**Bill Hall, Seattle Mariners- Bill went 2-4 and hit his 7Th Home Run of the season, drove in 2 runs, giving him 32 RBIs and Bill is hitting .210 on the year.

**Jon Garland, Los Angeles Dodgers- Made his Dodgers debut, throwing 7 strong innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 6. Jon now has a 4.23 ERA, winning his 9Th game.

Goofballs:

**Rafael Perez, Cleveland Indians- Lost his 3rd game, giving up 1 run (1 earned) in 1/3 of an inning. He walked 2, didn't strike anyone out and now has a 7.15 ERA.

**Cardinals Offense- They left 9 men on base, not getting the clutch hits, 3 runs, 8 hits, 6 walks, and 10 strikeouts.

**Cubs Offense- The Cubs were shutout, striking out 9 times and not walking at all. They could only get 6 hits the entire game.

**Rockies Offense- 3 runs on 6 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, leaving 5 men on base, not having any answers for the Mets pitching.

**Giants Offense- They struck out 11 as a team and couldn't get enough runs for Tim Linecum.

**Jason Frasor, Toronto Blue Jays- Jason threw an inning, giving up 3 runs (3 earned), he walked 2 and struck out 2. Jason now has a 2.33 ERA.

**Kris Medlen, Atlanta Braves- Kris threw 1/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs (2 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 1. Kris lost his 5Th game and now has a 4.68 ERA.

**Rays Offense- They only scored 3 runs, 6 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts, they left 6 men on base. Had a big opportunity to getting back into the playoff hunt, but lost the series to the Red Sox instead.

**Brett Tomko, Oakland Athletics- Brett had some trouble today, he worked 5 2/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he walked 1, and struck out 2. Brett lost his 3rd game, gave up 3 Home Runs and now has a 4.40 ERA.

**Diamondbacks Offense- They were shut down by the Dodgers pitching, just didn't get those breaks to score more runs when they had their chances. 2 runs on 7 hits, 1 walk, and 8 strikeouts.