The Good
R.A. Dickey- The Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won his 6th straight start and in similar fashion to his last outing. For the 2nd straight start R.A. Dickey gave up just 1 hit. Dickey went 9 scoreless innings while 13 lowering his ERA to a staggering 2.00 on the season. Dickey now leads the league in wins (11), strikeouts(101), ERA(2.00), and whip(0.89).
Joey Votto- The Reds 1st baseman added to his league leading average to .368 going 2-4 with a homer and 2 RBIs in Mondays 9-10 loss against the Cleveland Indians. After lossing his 14 game hit streak, Votto has started another 7 game hit streak.
Brian Bixler- The Astros 2nd baseman improved his average to .313 on the season after going 3-5 including a homer, a double, 2 runs scored, and 3 RBIs. It was Bixler’s first home run of the season as he has just played in 13 games this year after returning from injury in April.
Cubs bats- The Chicago Cubs batters slugged 5 homers, 12 runs, and 15 hits against the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox. 5 Cubs players had at least 2 hits including Castro(3), Lahair(2), Soriano(2), Valbuena(3), and Soto(2) and 8 of the 9 starters had a hit. This was the Cubs highest scoring game of the season.
Aramis Ramirez- The Brewers 3rd baseman improved his average by .10 points to .262 after going 3-3 including a double, a homer, a walk, and 3 RBIs. Aramis went 3-3 a day after having just 1 hit in 7 at bats.
Aaron Hill- The Diamondbacks 2nd baseman had a career day going 4-4 including a homer, a triple, a double, and a single to wrap up his first career cycle. Hill is the 297th player in MLB history to hit for the cycle. Hill improved his average by .12 points to .284 on the season.
Melky Cabrera- The Giants outfielder continued to keep pace with Joey Votto on the N.L. lead for batting average going 3-5 including 3 singles while improving his average to .364 on the season.
The Bad
Pablo Sandoval- the Giants DH for the day went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts on the day. Sandoval’s average dropped .12 points to .302 on season ending his 7 game hit streak.
David DeJesus- The Cubs outfielder was the only Cub batter to not have a hit against the Chicago White Sox. DeJesus went 0-3 Monday while the rest of the team had 15 hits.
Mike Minor- The Braves Starting pitcher went 5.2 innings while giving up 4 hits, 4 runs, and 3 walks. Minor’s ERA is now a staggering 6.04 on the season and Minor has won just 1 game over his last 10 games.
The Ugly
Brett Myers- The Astros relief pitcher was only able to get 2 outs in his outing Monday against the Kansas City Royals giving up 8 hits and 5 earned runs. This was by far Myers worst outing of the season raising his ERA from 1.99 to 3.86 on the season
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