Category: Linescores of the Day

Albert Pujols, St Louis Cardinals

3 for 4, 2B, HR, 4 runs, 2 rbis

A.P. got on base four times Monday against the Brewers pitching and managed to scored all four times. 

From Baseball Reference, here’s the list of top ten players most similar to Albert Pujols at age 24:

1. Joe DiMaggio *
2. Jimmie Foxx *
3. Ted Williams *
4. Vladimir Guerrero 
5. Frank Robinson *
6. Hal Trosky 
7. Hank Aaron *
8. Joe Medwick *
9. Orlando Cepeda *
10. Ken Griffey

Nice bit o’ company to associate with. 

Chris Carpenter, St Louis Cardinals

9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

What a gem by Carpenter! 

He was faced by Clemens who once again, got no support from his fellow Astros either in the form of bat or glove.  Clemens allowed one earned run in 7 IP.  He is now 7-4 with a 1.47 ERA.

But back to Carpenter.  Up until this year, he was a solid but mediocre pitcher.  He had a 4.59 ERA and usually seemed to find a way to win 10-12 games a season.  This year, he has come into his own to the delight of Cardinal fans.  With a 14-4 record and 2.34 ERA, he is putting up stats like never before.  He’s one win away from his career high last year.

As good as his season has been, his performance this past month has been simply phenomenal.  Since June 14th, he’s allowed only 2 runs in 50 2/3 innings.  He is 6-0 in that period. 

 

 

Hank Blalock, Texas Rangers

4 for 5, 2 2B, HR, 4 runs, rbi

Hank matched his career high in hits in a game with four.  In the same game, Kenny Rogers pitched his last game before he finds out whether his suspension will be shortened.

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox

1 for 6, HR, 2 runs, 6 rbis

This is an unusual LSOTD by Ortiz during the Bosox’ 17-1 drubbing of the Yanks.  He had a grand slam in the 6th inning.  The addtional run and rbi came courtesy of a fielder’s choice.

Ortiz was Fenway Nation’s 2004 Player of the Year.

Matt Stairs, Kansas City Royals

2 for 4, 2 HR, 2 runs, 6 rbis

KC needed all the production they could get from Stairs.  Going into the 8th inning, it was 6-5 Royals.  Ten runs were scored that inning; six by KC (including Stairs’ second homer), four by the Tigers.  KC ended up winning 12-9.

 

 

Brad Lidge, National League

1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

I’m going against conventional wisdom and not choosing Tejada.  For one full inning, Lidge owned the AL.

Mark Teixeira, Texas Rangers

4 for 5, 2 HR, 3 runs, 6 rbis

The more I see this guy, the more I’m convinced he is the the firstbaseman of the future.  The only reason you don’t hear more about him is that folks can’t pronounce his name.  I was in the Embassy, my favorite hangout, watching a game the Rangers were playing.  Of course the sound was down and the closed captioning was on.  This guy was saying, “Check it out, here’s this guy Mark Tex-eera, he’s s’posed to be pretty good”.  I rest my case.

Craig Monroe, Detroit Tigers

2 for 3, HR, run, 5 rbis

Monroe’s 5 ribbies came from a homer, single and a sac fly. 

Detroit starting pitcher pitcher pitched 0 innings as a result of being ejected in the first inning for throwing at Carl Crawford.

 

Jason Repko, Los Angeles Dodgers

4 for 5, SB

This is a kind of a back-handed LSOTD.  Repko had 4 hits in 5 at-bats but scored no runs nor did he drive in any.