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Date | Player | News |
9/21/2013 | CC Sabathia, P (NYY) | Sabathia gave up one run and seven hits over seven innings as the Yankees kept their playoff hopes alive with a 5-1 win over the Giants on Friday. Analysis: Sabathia had been struggling with a 4-5 record and 6.58 ERA over his previous 11 starts. |
9/21/2013 | Robbie Erlin, P (SD) | Erlin struck out seven and allowed four hits over 7 2-3 innings in a 2-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday. Analysis: Erlin is 2-1 with a 1.80 ERA over his last four starts. |
9/21/2013 | Norichika Aoki, RF (Mil) | Aoki went 4 for 4 with three runs scored in Friday's 7-6, 10-inning loss to St. Louis. Analysis: Aoki went 2 for 22 over his previous seven games. |
9/21/2013 | Daniel Murphy, 2B (NYM) | Murphy went 3 for 5 with three runs scored as the Mets beat Philadelphia 6-4 on Friday. Analysis: Murphy is 10 for 26 over his last six games. |
9/21/2013 | Jordan Zimmermann, P (Was) | Zimmermann fired a complete-game, two-hitter as Washington stayed in contention with an 8-0 victory over Miami on Friday. Analysis: Zimmermann struck out nine en route to his fourth straight win. He has a 2.25 ERA over that span. |
9/21/2013 | Chris Johnson, 3B (Atl) | Johnson went 3 for 4 with a home run, double and two RBIs in a 9-5 win at Wrigley Field on Friday. Analysis: Johnson is battling for the NL batting title with a .331 average. |
9/21/2013 | David DeJesus, CF (TB) | DeJesus had four hits, including a double, and two RBIs in Tampa Bay's 5-4, 18-inning victory over Baltimore on Friday. Analysis: DeJesus had been 9 for 48 (.188) over his previous 20 games. |
9/21/2013 | Jon Lester, P (Bos) | Lester allowed one run and five hits over seven innings in a 6-3 win over Toronto on Friday. Analysis: The left-hander, who struck out eight, is 5-1 with a 1.74 ERA over his last seven starts. |
9/21/2013 | Torii Hunter, RF (Det) | Hunter went 4 for 5 with three RBI as Detroit pounded the White Sox 12-5 on Friday. Analysis: Hunter is 6 for 10 with four RBIs in his last two games. |
9/21/2013 | Colby Rasmus, CF (Tor) | Toronto placed Rasmus on the 15-day disabled list prior to Saturday's game versus Boston due to an injured left eye. Analysis: Rasmus was hurt Friday before the bottom of the first while the Blue Jays were warming up and right fielder Anthony Gose hit him with a throw. |
9/20/2013 | Colby Rasmus, CF (Tor) | Rasmus left Friday night's game against the Boston Red Sox after he was hit in the face with a ball while jogging out to the field in the middle of the first inning. Analysis: Rasmus was replaced by Kevin Pillar in the lineup. Rasmus was heading to center field when a ball came from the direction of right fielder Anthony Gose and hit him in the face. A Blue Jays trainer went out to help Rasmus and then led him off the field. |
9/20/2013 | Andre Rienzo, P (CWS) | Rienzo was scratched from his start against Detroit on Friday night because of a blister on his throwing hand. Analysis: Right-hander Dylan Axelrod started in Rienzo's place. Rienzo is 2-2 with a 5.04 ERA this season. |
9/20/2013 | Troy Tulowitzki, SS (Col) | Tulowitzki went 1 for 6 with a home run in Thursday's 15-inning game with the Cardinals. Analysis: It was Tulowitzki's 23rd homer of the season and his first since Aug. 20. |
9/20/2013 | Matt Holliday, LF (StL) | Holliday went 3 for 4 with three walks and two RBIs in Thursday's extra-inning affair in Colorado. Analysis: He's batting .524 with seven RBIs over his last five games. |
9/20/2013 | Gerrit Cole, P (Pit) | Cole (9-7) struck out a career-high 12 while allowing one run and four hits in six innings Thursday against the Padres. Analysis: He's now fanned 28 batters in his last three starts after averaging 4.4 strikeouts in his previous 15 starts. |
9/20/2013 | Neil Walker, 2B (Pit) | Walker had four hits, including his 11th homer of the season, and drove in three runs on Thursday. Analysis: The big day at the plate broke a 2 for 36 slump with just one RBI Walker had been suffering through since Sept. 7. |
9/20/2013 | Pedro Alvarez, 3B (Pit) | Alvarez hit his NL-leading 34th homer Thursday. Analysis: Alvarez has only homered twice since Aug. 27 and his average has dipped to .227. He went hitless in five games between this bomb and his last on Sept. 13. |
9/20/2013 | Jake Arrieta, P (ChC) | Arrieta allowed three hits, struck out five, walked one and drove in a run Thursday for the Cubs. Analysis: Making a bid for a spot in the 2014 Cubs rotation, Arrieta (3-2) didn't allow a hit until two outs in the fourth when former-Cub Aramis Ramirez singled between second and third. |
9/20/2013 | Nate Schierholtz, RF (ChC) | Schierholtz hit a two-run homer for the Cubs on Thursday. Analysis: He's hit a career-high 21 long balls this season. |
9/20/2013 | Jonathon Niese, P (NYM) | Niese (7-8) threw seven solid innings for the Mets in Thursday's loss. Analysis: He's 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA in four September starts. |
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