Once again the head to head series continues between two ex Diamond Heels, while the rest of the Major Leaguers either lost their games or were on their day off. So, all in all, the players in the pro’s didn’t have a great showing today. The only bright point might be that the ex AAA’er did get to play for the main club, and had a hit. As far as the minor leaguers are concerned, so-so performances across the board, with the exceptioon of one ex UNC player, who went 4 for 5 with an RBI. And it’s all there, on this edition of “Heels in the League” (MLB) for 06/25/09…
Major Leaguers:
2B Brian Roberts (Baltimore Orioles)
0 for 2 with two walks and a strike out (batting first and playing 2B)
Baltimore (32-40, 11-23 away) lost to Florida (38-36, 20-20 home) 11-3 at Land Shark Stadium, in front of 12,822 fans (33.3% capacity)
P Andrew Miller (Florida Marlins)
Did not pitch in this game
Florida (38-36, 20-20 home) beat Baltimore (32-40, 11-23 away) 11-3 at Land Shark Stadium, in front of 12,822 fans (33.3% capacity)
C Chris Iannetta (Colorado Rockies)
No game Today (Team’s Day Off)
2B Daniel Bard (Boston Red Sox)
1.0 IP (7 batters faced) giving up two runs (both earned) on two hits and a hit, while striking out one (31 pitches/16 strikes)
Boston (44-28, 19-18 away) lost to Washington (21-49, 13-25 home) 9-3 at National Park, in front of 41,985 fans (100.2% capacity)
SS Russ Adams (Toronto Blue Jays)
1 for 4 (single) with a run scored (batting ninth and DH’ing)
Toronto (40-34, 23-14 home) lost to Cincinnati (35-36, 18-19 away) 7-5 at Rogers Centre, in front of 15,329 fans (30.9% capacity)
In Triple A:
P Kyle Snyder (Buffalo Bisons – affiliate of the Mets)
Did not pitch in this game
In Double A:
OF Michael Daniel (Harrisburgh Senators – affiliate of the Nationals)
1 for 5 (single) with a strike out (batting first and playing CF)
Harrisburgh lost to New Britain 8-5
1B Marshall Hubbard (West Tenn Diamond Jaxx – affiliate of the Mariners)
1 for 4 (single) with a run scored, a walk and a strike out (batting third and playing 1B)
SS Joshua Horton (Midland RockHounds – affiliate of the Athletics)
4 for 5 (double {14} and 3 singles) with an RBI {39} and a run scored (batting second and playing SS)
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