Players of the Day for Monday, June 7, 2010
American League
With the Rays, Blue Jays and Yankees taking a day off, the Boston Red sox took advantage of the opportunity to tighen up the race in the AL East by
topping the Cleveland Indians, 4-1, pulling into sole possession of third place, 4 games behind the Rays, but just 1/2 game ahead of Toronto.
The Sox amassed only eight hits and four runs off a quartet of Cleveland hurlers, but it was more than enough, as
Daisuke Matsuzaka turned in a solid performance, tossing eight scoreless innings at the Indians, allowing just 4 hits and a pair of harmless walks while fanning five. By the time Dice-K was done, all there was left to do was hand the ball over to Daniel Bard, who mopped up what remained of the Indians, but not before Austin Kearns spanked a solo homer in the 9th for the sole Cleveland run.
Matsuzaka, who spent all of April on the disabled list, improved to 5-2, lowering his ERA to 4.59, though he's given up just six earned runs over his last four starts (3 wins, 1 loss), a span of 29 1/3 innings.
National League
While the San Diego Padres were taking care of Philly, 3-1, they may have been looking over their shoulders at the fast-charging Dodgers, winners of 7 of their last 9, who welcomed the St. Louis Cardinals to the West coast with a
12-4 demonstration of the art of hitting.
Every position player in the lineup had at least one hit, as LA wrecked a pair of Cardinal hurlers for 14 hits, getting exactly 7 hits, 3 walks and 6 runs off both starter Blake Hawksworth and long reliever P.J. Walters, both of whom worked four innings.
Going 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBI was second baseman
Blake DeWitt, who also drove in runs with a single and a sac fly. The home run was the first of the season for DeWitt, and the five RBI a career high. DeWitt has had two hits in each of his last three games.
The win kept Los Angeles just 1/2 game behind the Padres, who have held first place in the NL West longer than anyone could have imagined at the start of the season.
With the Rays, Blue Jays and Yankees taking a day off, the Boston Red sox took advantage of the opportunity to tighen up the race in the AL East by topping the Cleveland Indians, 4-1, pulling into sole possession of third place, 4 games behind the Rays, but just 1/2 game ahead of Toronto.
The Sox amassed only eight hits and four runs off a quartet of Cleveland hurlers, but it was more than enough, as Daisuke Matsuzaka turned in a solid performance, tossing eight scoreless innings at the Indians, allowing just 4 hits and a pair of harmless walks while fanning five. By the time Dice-K was done, all there was left to do was hand the ball over to Daniel Bard, who mopped up what remained of the Indians, but not before Austin Kearns spanked a solo homer in the 9th for the sole Cleveland run.
Matsuzaka, who spent all of April on the disabled list, improved to 5-2, lowering his ERA to 4.59, though he's given up just six earned runs over his last four starts (3 wins, 1 loss), a span of 29 1/3 innings.
National League
While the San Diego Padres were taking care of Philly, 3-1, they may have been looking over their shoulders at the fast-charging Dodgers, winners of 7 of their last 9, who welcomed the St. Louis Cardinals to the West coast with a 12-4 demonstration of the art of hitting.
Every position player in the lineup had at least one hit, as LA wrecked a pair of Cardinal hurlers for 14 hits, getting exactly 7 hits, 3 walks and 6 runs off both starter Blake Hawksworth and long reliever P.J. Walters, both of whom worked four innings.
Going 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBI was second baseman Blake DeWitt, who also drove in runs with a single and a sac fly. The home run was the first of the season for DeWitt, and the five RBI a career high. DeWitt has had two hits in each of his last three games.
The win kept Los Angeles just 1/2 game behind the Padres, who have held first place in the NL West longer than anyone could have imagined at the start of the season.
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