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Home , Beltway Series, Bradenton Marauders, Chris Young (pitcher), Mark Teixeira, National League West, Rick Wise

. - . B5 H WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012 REGIONAL WWW KY NEWS COM

Compiled by Charlie Miller. Follow Charlie on @AthlonCharlie or email him at [email protected]  /&('12#3  .(',2 1. Dodgers Dodgers and opponents batting .239 in June. Just 11 days after their first series ended with 2. Yankees Rafael Soriano had five saves during nine-game win streak. the Angels taking two of three at Dodger Sta- )/13/02 3. Rangers Just one game over .500 since their torrid April. dium, the two Los Angeles clubs will be back at • L stands for Win? When Lance Lynn and Kyle 4. Reds New Mat Latos is 5-0 over last 10 starts. it. In the previous series, all three winning runs Lohse start for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Red- 5. Rays Two shutouts and extra-inning loss in series win over Miami. were scored in either the eighth or ninth in- birds are in good shape, winning 19-of-27 6. Orioles Tossed back-to-back shutouts at . nings, and the same kind of tight, low-scoring games. When a whose name does not 7. Nationals Swept Red Sox and Blue Jays, then swept by Yankees. games can be expected this weekend. begin with L starts, the Cardinals are 15-25. 8. Angels D’backs hitters were no match for Halos’ pitching. !#2)*.(3/.#3#,3*-/1' • Jay Bruce of the Reds is 1-for-7 9. Braves Losing woes at continue. won two one- games at Wash- with a pair of walks with the bases loaded this 10. Giants Seven games above .500 vs. NL Central. ington — one of them in extra innings — to season, but he has driven home 10. His lone 11. Blue Jays Lost three key starting to injury in matter of few days. take this season. Ace was a double, but he’s added four sac flies. 12. White Sox Won three of nine vs. NL. put the Nats on his back to • There are 21 players who have logged more 13. Mets Lost nine of 10 when not playing the Rays. avoid the sweep. He struck out eight over five than 150 plate appearances out of the leadoff 14. Marlins 8-14 in April, 21-8 in May and 4-10 in June. innings and left with a 6-3 lead after hitting a spot in the order. Best bet for getting on base? 15. Pirates Where would lineup be without Andrew McCutchen? solo . The Nats are sitting atop the NL That would be Austin Jackson of the Tigers, 16. Diamondbacks Entire infield batting .300 or better in June. East while the Orioles are looking up at the who has an OBP of .418. Most home runs? Give 17. Cardinals Closer Jason Motte couldn’t preserve series vs. Royals. hated Yankees in the AL East. yourself bonus points if you knew Boston’s 18. Indians Pitchers hit .333 in . ""#.+''2#3"'32 Mike Aviles, with only 152 at-bats in the lead- 19. Red Sox Big Papi leads Sox in just about every offensive category. The will always be a bit over- off spot, led leadoff men with eight home runs 20. Tigers Won two of three in each of three interleague series. hyped, but the Yankees spanked the Mets dur- this season. More likely candidates would be 21. Phillies swatted 100th homer for third team. ing their last meeting, beginning the Yanks’ Jackson and Ian Kinsler, who have seven each. 22. A’s Five different pitchers have saves already this season. winning streak that reached nine games. The 23. Brewers Need to get Rickie Weeks going. Yankees knocked around as !''3!'',4$ Robinson Cano homered off the lefty on the 24. Mariners Lowest OBP in the . • It may not be as prestigious as ’ first two pitches he saw. Mark Teixeira hit a go- 25. Royals Fewest runs scored in AL. 500-500 Club (in which Bonds is the only ahead home run in the sixth of the second 26. Twins Drawn at least 30,000 to every game at this year. member), but Carlos Beltran became only the game, and Russell Martin added a walk-off eighth member of the 300-300 Club (300 27. Astros Lost 16 of 21 — 0-11 when scoring less than five runs. home run to complete the sweep. , home runs and 300 stolen bases). Beltran is 28. Rockies Were .500 on May 2, now 15 games under. Ivan Nova and CC Sabathia will pitch for the the only switch-hitter to join the club, but not 29. Padres Enjoying interleague play. Yankees, and Jonathon Niese, and the most unlikely. In addition to the usual sus- 30. Cubs Last four saves have come from four different pitchers. R. A. Dickey will throw for the Mets. pects (, , Andre Daw- AP Images son and ), and Reggie Sanders are members of the club.

1#.&/./22#+,#.& Best and Worst MLB Surprises The Oakland rightfielder had eight extra-base hits over six games — all wins for the A’s. (R` WE8W `BeUB PRUB WE8Q W`R '31/*3 Moss, who found West pitch- PRQWEVFQWRWEBVB8VRQFWeVC8FUWR8V #WARBVQeWW8HBPRUBWE8Q8TXF@H ing to his liking, delivered five home runs in a VBVVWEB9FDDBVWVXUSUFVBV8QAAFV8S DI8Q@B8WWEB&BQWU8IURVWBUVWRVBB four-game span against Colorado and San SRFQWPBQWVVRC8UWEFVVB8VRQ2XUB WE8W WEB 3FDBUV VERXIA 9B UXQQFQD Diego. 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4.' "" $( ! Grand slams for the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez, which tied for most all-time. The Yankees’ Hall of Over the weekend, Jim Thome of the While fans at New York’s were cel- Phillies became the ebrating Father’s Day, there was little on the field Famer had held the record all alone since hitting his 17th on July 5, 1934, off Washington’s Lefty Stewart. fourth major leaguer to hit 100 home for Mets fans to enjoy during the with "! Runs batted in by Philadelphia’s Jim Thome over a six-game span. He had zero RBIs in his first 14 games runs with three different clubs. Can the . In the opener, Hall of of the season. Famer became the first pitcher to toss you name the other three? no-hitters in both leagues as he pitched a perfect "! Blown saves by the this season, the higest total in the majors.

game. In the nightcap, 18-year-old Rick Wise, mak- Cubs. the with 94 and Mets, the and ! Starting pitchers for the Giants with an ERA below 3.00. And none are named . Oakland with 100 hitting well, as close ing his second major league start, earned the first

Consecutive games in which the Angels’ had two hits. It marked the first time in his stellar career that came Kingman Dave Bay. Tampa with

of his 188 wins despite the second baseman, 99 just but Atlanta, and Toronto with

and third baseman combining for four er- he had more than six multi-hit games in a row. During the seven-game stretch, he had seven doubles, seven RBIs and 100 than more hit Dog Crime The rors behind Wise. scored seven runs. guess. good a been have would

4.' !" " $ At-bats for the Yankees with the bases loaded this season, the most in the majors. New York hitters are batting just .174 in McGriff Fred Tigers. and Giants more than 100 with the Braves, the with 100 than more

Rick Wise made news again, this time throwing a those situations — only the Astros (.170) are worse. hit Evans Darrell and Angels; and no-hitter himself as the Phillies defeated the Reds &'$ ERA for the Yankees’ pitching staff in June. It is more than a run better than the second-best in the American League Yankees A’s, the with it did Jackson

at Cincinnati. Wise faced just 28 hitters allowing a (Boston, 3.25). Reggie Yankees; the and

walk to Dave Concepcion and struck out three. The Seattle, for feat the plished

righthander also hit two home runs, driving in three ( Rank (out of 30 teams) for Oakland with 254 runs scored this season. However, the A’s lead the majors with 90 runs accom- Rodriguez Alex of the Phillies’ four runs in the 4-0 win. so far in June. Athlon Sports   !