Well, the theory went that the Red Sox were going to win this season almost entirely on pitching and defense. Clearly, yesterday wasn't one of those days, as they and the Blue Jays both went nuts on offense, with the Red Sox winning 13-12. The scariest part is that they combined to leave 38 runners on base as well. Jason Varitek continued his hot start, going 3-4 with 2 runs and 4 rbi in the victory. The Red Sox' struggle to get offense out of the DH continued with Mike Lowell going 1 for 6 and leaving 8 runners on base. If Varitek continues to hit like this, could the Red Sox move Martinez to DH permanently and slot in Varitek behind the plate as the starter?
Onto Monday's top performers...
Hitters:
- Dan Uggla (FLA): 2-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, SB
- Cody Ross (FLA): 2-3, 2 R, RBI
- Josh Johnson (FLA): 3-4, 3 RBI
- Marco Scutaro (BOS): 3-5, 4 R, RBI
- Dustin Pedroia (BOS): 3-6, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB
- Kevin Youkilis (BOS): 3-4, 2 R, RBI
- Jason Varitek (BOS): 3-5, 2 R, 4 RBI
- Adrian Beltre (BOS): 3-5, R, 2 RBI
- Fred Lewis (TOR): 2-6, 2 R
- Adam Lind (TOR): 3-4, 2 R, RBI
- Vernon Wells (TOR): 3-5, 2 R
- Lyle Overbay (TOR): 3-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
- Jose Bautista (TOR): 1-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
- Adam Dunn (WAS): 3-5
- Marlon Byrd (CHC): 3-5, R, RBI
- Brandon Inge (DET): 3-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
- Miguel Cabrera (DET): 3-5, 3 R, HR, 2 RBI
- Andrew McCutchen (PIT): 2-5, 2 RBI
- Ryan Braun (MIL): 1-4, 3 R, SB
- Prince Fielder (MIL): 3-5, 3 R, RBI
- Gregg Zaun (MIL): 4-4, 3 R, 5 RBI
- Alcides Escobar (MIL): 2-5, 2 R, HR, RBI
- Yovani Gallardo (MIL): 2-2, 3 RBI
- Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 2-5, 2 SB
- Billy Butler (KC): 2-4, R, HR, RBI
- Albert Pujols (STL): 3-4, R, RBI
- Colby Rasmus (STL): 2-3, R, HR, RBI
- Adam LaRoche (ARI): 1-2, R, HR, 3 RBI
- Justin Upton (ARI): 1-3, R, RBI, SB
- Carlos Gonzalez (COL): 2-3, R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
- Austin Kearns (CLE): 3-4, R, HR, RBI, SB
- Bobby Abreu (LAA): 2-4, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, SB
- Shane Victorino (PHI): 3-5, R, SB
- Eli Whiteside (SF): 2-3, R, HR, RBI
Pitchers:
- Josh Johnson (FLA): 9 IP, 12 K, 1 ER, 4 BR, W, CG
- Carlos Silva (CHC): 7 IP, 3 K, 3 ER, 8 BR
- Yovani Gallardo (MIL): 6 IP, 4 K, 0 ER, 8 BR, W
- Joel Hanrahan (WAS): 1 IP, 3 K, 0 ER, 0 BR
- Felix Hernandez (SEA): 7 IP, 7 K, 2 ER, 10 BR
- Kyle Davies (KC): 6 IP, 5 K, 0 ER, 4 BR, W
- Tim Hudson (ATL): 6 IP, 4 K, 3 ER, 9 BR
- Kyle Lohse (STL): 6 IP, 2 K, 3 ER, 10 BR
- Dan Haren (ARI): 8 IP, 10 K, 2 ER, 7 BR, W
- Jered Weaver (LAA): 6 IP, 7 K, 1 ER, 8 BR, W
- Brian Fuentes (LAA): 1 IP, 3 K, 1 BR, SV