Here’s a look at the unheralded players who played well yesterday.
Fred Lewis, Toronto Blue Jays
Lewis is on fire. He went 3 for 5 with a run to raise his average to .273. He’s 13 for 42 (.310) with 9 runs in his last ten games.
Alex Avila, Detroit Tigers
Avila went 2 for 3 with a pair of HRs. He’s hitting .200, but has been better of late.
Angel Pagan, New York Mets
Pagan went 3 for 4 with a run and a SB to raise his average to .264. He has scored seven runs in his last seven games.
Orlando Cabrera, Cincinnati Reds
Cabrera went 3 for 5 with a HR and 2 RBIs. He’s hitting .257 with 16 RBIs.
Nick Johnson, New York Yankees
Johnson went 3 for 3 with 2 runs, a HR, and 2 RBIs. He’s still hitting just .171.
Trevor Cahill, Oakland A’s
Cahill gave up one unearned run in 5 innings to get the win and improve to 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA.
Kyle Kendrick, Philadelphia Phillies
Kendrick threw 7 scoreless innings to improve to 1-1 with a 5.87 ERA.
Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox
Beltre went 3 for 4 with a HR and 2 RBIs to run his average to .340.
Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants (pictured)
Zito remained red hot going 7 innings for the win. He gave up 1 run to improve to 5-0 with a 1.49 ERA.
Andruw Jones, Chicago White Sox
Jones went 1 for 4 with a HR (9) and 3 RBIs. He’s hitting .270 with 16 RBIs.
Clint Barmes, Colorado Rockies
Barmes went 3 for 5 with a run and 3 RBIs. He’s hitting just .229.
Potent Middle Relievers :
Hisanori Takahashi, NYM: 3 IP, 0 Runs, 4 Ks (26 Ks, 18-2/3 IP)
Nick Masset, CIN: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (24 Ks, 14 IP)
Joel Hanrahan, PIT: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (14 Ks, 9-1/3 IP)
Daniel Bard, BOS: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (22 Ks, 16-2/3 IP)
Jason Bulger, LAA: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (10 Ks, 11 IP)
Rafael Betancourt, SD: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 3 Ks (13 Ks, 11-1/3 IP)
LaTroy Hawkins, MIL: 1 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Ks (15 Ks, 11-1/3 IP)
Originally published at LestersLegends.com .
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