Apr
28
2009
News from around the league….
CC Sabathia pitched less than desired last night giving up 4 runs in 8 innings in another Yankees loss. Phil Hughes gets his first start this year in replace of Chien Ming Wang. Hopefully newly added Mark Melancon can add a nice arm to the Yankees bullpen. Hey, he can’t be any worse than anyone else they got! A-Rod could be taking BP very soon, and is needed back because Cody Ransom is now on the 60 day DL.
Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez both hit Grand Slams in another Phillies comeback victory against the Nationals. It was a HR fiest for sure; Nick Johnson, Adam Dunn, and Elijah Dukes also went yard in the 13-11 loss.
Hanley Ramirez got hit by a pitch by John Maine last night. A 95 MPH fastball to the wrist, he left the game. He is day to day
Dexter Fowler, a leading candidate for NL ROY, stole 5 bases last night. The record is 6 by Eric Young, but this kid has a great future.
Dan Haren continued his great start, pitching a CG, giving up 3 hits, 2 runs, and struck out 10. He finally got some run support to improve to 2-3, but he has a 1.53 ERA. If he can get his wins up, it should be a nice CY Young race between him and Johan Santana.
2 top premier closers are trying to stay off the DL; Brad Lidge and Jose Valverde. As this news comes out, another closer comes off the DL in Trevor Hoffman who nailed down his first save last night for the Brewers.
Albert Pujols and Mike Lowell were named Players of the Week.
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