The Good
Miguel Montero- The Diamondbacks catcher improved his average to .270 on the season after going 2-4 in Friday’s matchup vs. the Chicago Cubs. Montero had a triple and 2 RBIs in Arizona’s 6-1 victory over the Cubs and now has 7 hits over his last 3 games.
Andre Either- Despite Friday’s loss to the Angels, Either broke out of his 2 game slump and went 3-4 with all 3 hits being singles, and a walk. Either was 0 for his last 7 over the past 2 games, and after tonights game brought his average back up to .290 on the season.
A.J. Burnett- The Pirates starting pitcher won his 8th game of the season now making him 8-2 for the year. Burnett went 6 innings while giving up no earned runs off 2 hits and striking out 4. Burnett won his 7th straight start of the season and now has a 3.24 ERA on the season for the Pirates.
Jason Heyward- The Braves outfielder made his way onto the good list for the second straight day, going 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in Friday’s 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Heyward had 2 homers the night before and after having 5 hits in his last 2 games his average is up to .270 on the season
Jair Jurrjens- The Braves starting pitcher returned from the dl is orderly fashion going 7.2 innings while giving up just 1 run off 3 hits. This was Jurrjens first victory of the season and he is now 1-2 on the year.
Zack Greinke- The Brewers starting pitcher had his best outing of the season in a complete game shutout vs. the Chicago White Sox. Greinke went 9 innings giving up no runs while giving up just 3 hits and striking out 4. Greinke is now 8-2 on the season with a 2.81 ERA.
St.Louis Cardinals Bats- The Cardinals lineup had 17 hits with 5 players having at least 2 hits, Holliday(3), Beltran(2), Molina(2), Freese(3), Carpenter(2). Also every Cardinals starting position player had a hit. Cardinals also scored 11 runs with the help of 4 RBIs from Beltran, 2 from Freese, and 2 from Greene.
Clayton Richard- The Padres starting pitcher becomes the first pitcher of the year to make it on to the good list no because of his arm. Richards did get the victory Friday night, but alot of it was because of his bat. Richard’s was 2-2 with 2 RBIs Friday night helping himself to his 5th win on the season.
The Bad
Chicago Cubs Bats- The Cubs lost 6-1 Friday and mainly because they left 11 men on base. The Cubs had 9 hits on the day, but were just 1-8 with men in scoring position, including the bases loaded in the 2nd inning. The Cubs are now and N.L. worst 24-46 with a .343 winning percentage on the season.
Jeff Samardzija- The Cubs starting pitcher found his 6th loss on the season only going 5 innings while giving up 5 runs off 7 hits and 2 walks. Samardzija has now had 3 terrible starts in a row seeing his ERA go from 3.19 to 4.34. Samardzija is now 5-6.
Nationals 2-5 hitters- The Nationals 2-5 hitters including Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman, Adam LaRoche, Michael Morse combined to go 1-16 with 6 strikeouts in a 1-2 loss to the Orioles.
Anibal Sanchez- The Miami Marlins starting pitcher fell to 3-6 on the season after going just 3.1 innings Friday night vs the Blue Jays. Sanchez gave up 6 runs on 7 hits in the Marlins 12-5 loss.
Ryan Webb- The Marlins relief pitcher went just 2 innings while giving up 6 uns off 6 hits. This outing was clearly Webb’s worst outing of the season raising his ERA from 3.56 to 5.01 for the season
Astros 1-5 hitters- The Houston Astros top 5 players in the lineup managed to go 0-17 with 8 strikeouts combined. The Astros could only manage 4 hits on the night and loss 2-0 to the Indians.
The Ugly
The Miami Marlins- The Marlins have now loss 5 in a row and are just 2-8 over their last ten and have won just 5 of their last 20. The problem with the Marlins in scoring runs. In 11 of the 20 games the Marlins scored 4 or less runs and 9 of the 20 they scored 3 or less runs. The Marlins are now 33-37 on the season and in 4th place in the N.L. East.
Coach Tom
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