Pretty clearly the top stories of yesterday were the Ken Griffey Jr. retirement and the near perfecto of Armando Galarraga. As agitated as I was watching the 27th hitter of that game and seeing him called safe, I have to give umpire Jim Joyce a lot of credit for coming out very quickly after seeing a replay and at least acknowledging that he had missed the call. Unfortunately there's nothing that can be done to make it a perfect game at this point, and unfortunately Joyce is looking at a lot of boo birds for the foreseeable future. Hopefully over time he'll be forgiven by the fans, as even the team was saying the right things after the game yesterday. Definitely not sure what it says about baseball at this point as there was nearly a 3rd perfect game in the same season, after only have 18 total coming into the season.
Onto Wednesday's Top Performers...
Hitters | ||||||
Name | Team | H/AB | R | HR | RBI | SB |
Jamey Carroll | Dodgers | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jason Bay | Mets | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Adrian Gonzalez | Padres | 4/6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Tony Gwynn | Padres | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Miguel Tejada | Orioles | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Swisher | Yankees | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Robinson Cano | Yankees | 3/4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Curtis Granderson | Yankees | 3/4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Austin Jackson | Tigers | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Miguel Cabrera | Tigers | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Carl Crawford | Rays | 2/5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Lyle Overbay | Blue Jays | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Carlos Gomez | Brewers | 2/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
George Kottaras | Brewers | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Kurt Suzuki | Athletics | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Marco Scutaro | Red Sox | 3/5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
David Ortiz | Red Sox | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Carlos Lee | Astros | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Torii Hunter | Angels | 3/5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Michael Young | Rangers | 3/5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Josh Hamilton | Rangers | 3/5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Matt Treanor | Rangers | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Paul Konerko | White Sox | 3/4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Troy Tulowitzki | Rockies | 2/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pitchers | ||||||
Name | Team | IP | W/SV | K | ER | BR |
Kyle Kendrick | Phillies | 7 | ND | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Derek Lowe | Braves | 8 | W | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Edwin Jackson | Diamondbacks | 9 | ND | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Carlos Monasterios | Dodgers | 5 | ND | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Trevor Schlictling | Dodgers | 4 | W | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Johan Santana | Mets | 7 | ND | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Clayton Richard | Padres | 6 | ND | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Phil Hughes | Yankees | 7 | W | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Fausto Carmona | Indians | 8 | L, CG | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Armando Galarraga | Tigers | 9 | W, SHO | 3 | 0 | 1 |
David Price | Rays | 8 | W | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Yovani Gallardo | Brewers | 7 | W | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Chris Volstad | Marlins | 5 2/3 | ND | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | Red Sox | 6 2/3 | W | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Wandy Rodriguez | Astros | 5 | W | 8 | 1 | 8 |
Chris Carpenter | Cardinals | 8 | W | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Kevin Slowey | Twins | 7 | ND | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Cliff Lee | Mariners | 8 | ND | 8 | 1 | 6 |
Matt Cain | Giants | 8 | W | 5 | 1 | 7 |