Saturday, August 27, 2011

Valencia's Dramatic Turnaround

Batting 3rd, Ryan Braun was 1-4 with 1 double (his 34th), 1 RBI, and 1 run scored against the Cubs. Braun has hit 5 doubles in his last 4 games.

Batting 5th, Danny Valencia was 1-3 with 1 BB and 1 run scored against the Tigers. In July and August, Valencia has put up a line of .300/.337/.463 for an OPS of .800 in 202 PAs.

Batting 2nd, Sam Fuld was 0-3 with 1 BB, 1 sacrifice bunt, and 1 run scored against the Blue Jays.

Batting leadoff, Ian Kinsler was 0-3 with 1 HBP and 1 run scored against the Angels.

In the 1st game of a doubleheader against the Red Sox, Craig Breslow pitched 1 inning and gave up 1 run on 3 hits and 1 BB.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice blurb on David Kopp, one of two Jews (I think) in our farm system. Had a chance to meet him last year at the annual Cardinals Winter Warm-Up - seems like a good guy.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/article_17e08b8b-51af-535e-83a0-7ca17dd83753.html