Fantasy Baseball Players of the Day – 7/8/08
Tuesday, July 8th
Miguel Cabrera went 4 for 4 with 2 Runs, 2 HRs, and 3 RBI. Carlos Beltran went 3 for 4 with a HR and 4 RBI. Jim Thome went 4 for 5 with 3 Runs, 2 Doubles, and a Walk. Esteban German went 4 for 6 with 3 Runs, a Double, an RBI, and a SB. Alexei Ramirez and Mike Aviles also had 4 Hits. Chase Headley went 3 for 5 with 4 RBI. Scott Hairston went 3 for 5 with 2 Runs, 2 Doubles, an HR, and 3 RBI. Brian McCann hit a pair of solo shots. Kevin Youkilis, Adam LaRoche, Richie Weeks (3 Runs), and Mark Kotsay each had 3 Hits. Marcus Thames, Alex Rios, Ryan Braun, Geovany Soto, Yunel Escobar, and Nate McLouth each had 3 RBI. Kelly Johnson scored 3 Runs.
Justin Duchscherer pitched a Complete Game two-hit Shutout to improve to 10-5 with a 1.78 ERA. He’s got to be the early AL Cy Young favorite. Andy Pettitte gave up 4 Hits with 5 Ks in 8 scoreless Innings to improve to 10-6 with a 3.93 ERA. Justin Verlander gave up 2 Runs on 2 Hits with 7 Ks to improve to 6-9. Nick Blackburn gave up 2 Runs in a 6-2/3 Inning no-decision. Scott Kazmir gave up 2 Runs in 5 Innings with 9 Ks, but took a Loss. Joel Pineiro tossed 6-1/3 scoreless Innings to improve to 3-4. Cole Hamels gave up 2 Runs on 3 Hits with 8 Ks, but took the Loss. Brandon Webb delivered a Devil’s line with 6 scoreless Innings, 6 Hits, and 6 Ks to improve to 13-4 with a 3.27 ERA. Mike Pelfrey threw 7 scoreless Innings allowing 3 Hits with 5 Ks to improve to 7-6 with a 3.93 ERA. C.C. Sabathia gave up 2 Earned Runs in 6 Innings to win his Milwaukee debut. Matt Harrison dominated his Big Leauge debut going 7 Innings and allowing 2 Runs on 5 Hits. Ryan Dempster gave up 1 Run on 2 Hits in 7 Innings with 5 Ks to improve to 10-3 with a 3.13 ERA. Carlos “Hi Ho” Silva gave up 2 Runs in a Complete Game loss. Randy Wolf gave up 1 Run on 5 Hits in 7 Innings with 7 Ks to improve to 6-8. Jair Jurrjens gave up 1 Run on 5 Hits with 6 Ks in 6 Innings to improve to 9-4 with a 3.00 ERA.
Anonymous
July 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am #
nice recap Lester. That always sucks when you have a great game like Kaz did and then you end up losing.
LestersLegends
July 9th, 2008 at 10:50 am #
Agree. At least in fantasy terms you still benefit from his performance. He needs to last longer in games.