Here’s a look at some unheralded players who played well yesterday.
David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals
DeJesus went 3-for-6 with two runs and an RBI to bring his average to .321.
Scott Podsednik, Kansas City Royals
Pods went 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting .444 on the year.
Marlon Byrd, Chicago Cubs
Byrd went 3-for-5 with a run, a RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting just .208 on the year.
Xavier Nady, Chicago Cubs
Nady went 2-for-4 with a HR and three RBI to bring his average to .429.
Placido Polanco, Philadelphia Phillies
Polanco is tearing the cover off the ball. He went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. He’s hitting .484 on the year with 10 RBI.
Joaquin Arias, Texas Rangers
Arias went 2-for-5 with a run and a SB to raise his average to .458. He has some value until Ian Kinsler returns.
Fausto Carmona, Cleveland Indians
Carmona went eight innings, allowing two runs in a no-decision.
Justin Duchscherer, Oakland A’s
Justin went 7.1 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, to pick up his first win of the year.
Kyle Blanks, San Diego Padres
Blanks went 3-for-6 with three runs, a double, a HR, and five RBI. He’s hitting .240 on the year, so don’t move him into your lineup just yet.
Will Venable, San Diego Padres
Venable went 3-for-5 with four runs, a triple, a HR, two RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting .296 on the year.
Scott Rolen, Cincinnati Reds
Rolen went 3-for-5 with two HRs and three RBI. He’s hitting .318 on the year.
Andruw Jones, Chicago White Sox
Jones went 3-for-4 with two HRs and four RBI. He’s hitting .333 on the year.
Mark Teahen, Chicago White Sox
Teahen went 3-for-5 with a HR, three RBI, and a SB. He’s hitting just .211.
Aubrey Huff, San Francisco Giants
Huff went 2-for-2 with three runs, a triple, an RBI, and a walk. He’s hitting .280 on the year.
Bengie Molina, San Francisco Giants
Don’t put a fork in Bengie just yet. He went 4-for-4 with two runs, a double, a HR, four RBI, and a walk. He’s hitting a robust .421 on the year.
Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants
Don’t look now, but Zito is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA. He gave up three runs in six innings to beat the Pirates.
Potent Middle Relievers
Chris Narveson, Milwaukee Brewers: 2 IP, 0 Runs, 4 Ks
Carlos Villanueva, Milwaukee Brewers: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
James Russell, Chicago Cubs: 0.2 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Jose Contreras, Philadelphia Phillies: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Jesse Chavez, Atlanta Braves: 1.1 IP, 0 Runs, 4 Ks
Edward Mujica, San Diego Padres: 1.1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Adam Russell, San Diego Padres: 2 IP, 0 Runs, 3 Ks
Mark Hendrickson, Baltimore Orioles: 1.1 IP, 1 Run, 3 Ks
Nick Masset, Cincinnati Reds: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Sergio Santos, Chicago White Sox: 1.1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
J.J. Putz, Chicago White Sox: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Matt Thornton, Chicago White Sox: Win, 2 IP, 0 Runs, 4 Ks
Sergio Romo, San Francisco Giants: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 3 Ks
D.J. Carrasco, Pittsburgh Pirates: 2 IP, 1 Run, 4 Ks
Joel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh Pirates: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks
Originally published at LestersLegends.com.
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