Heels in the League 08/23/09
(MLB) - 08/23/09
Due to many things both online and real life, including one that will be shown to all of you in the next few days this (not so) daily post is once again in trouble of falling so behind it’s not funny. So, be sure to check out The Fifth Corner several times today/tomorrow/Sunday as I will make an attempt to catch it all up. For now enjoy this edition of “Heels in the League” (MLB) for the games from August 23, 2009 where there were plenty of good perfomances by ex Diamond Heels both in the Majors and in the minors.
Major Leaguers:
2B Brian Roberts (Baltimore Orioles)
3 for 4 (double {47} & 2 singles) with two runs scored and a walk (batting first and playing 2B) ~ Batt Avg: .295 – OBP: .362
Baltimore (51-73, 21-42 away) beat Chicago WS (63-61, 36-30 home) 5-4 at U.S. Cellular Field, in front of 32,742 fans (80.6% capacity)
C Chris Iannetta (Colorado Rockies)
0 for 1 with two walks and a strike out (batting seventh and catching) ~ Batt Avg: .221 – OBP: .334
Colorado (70-54, 34-24 home) beat San Francisco (67-57, 28-37 away) 4-2 at Coors Field, in front of 48,704 fans (96.5% capacity)
2B Daniel Bard (Boston Red Sox)
Did not pitch in this game
Boston (70-53, 39-20 home) lost to NY Yankees (78-46, 37-28 away) 8-4 at Fenway Park, in front of 38,008 fans (102.9% capacity)
In Triple A:
P Kyle Snyder (Buffalo Bisons – affiliate of the Mets)
Did not pitch in this game
Buffalo lost to Scranton/WB 2-1
P Andrew Miller (New Orleans Zephyrs – affiliate of the Marlins)
Did not pitch in this game
New Orleans beat Iowa 6-0 (in 7 innings)
Did not pitch in this game
New Orleans lost to Iowa 2-1 (in 7 innings)
In Double A:
OF Michael Daniel (Harrisburgh Senators – affiliate of the Nationals)
2 for 5 (double {14} & single) with a run scored (batting second and playing RF) ~ Batt Avg: .249
Harrisburgh lost to Portland 3-2 (in 10 innings)
1B Marshall Hubbard (West Tenn Diamond Jaxx – affiliate of the Mariners)
1 for 4 (single) with a strike out (batting third and playing 1B) ~ Batt Avg: .275
West Tenn lost to Birmingham 9-2
SS Joshua Horton (Midland RockHounds – affiliate of the Athletics)
2 for 2 (2 singles) with two RBIs {}, two runs scored and three walks (batting second and playing SS) ~ Batt Avg: .272
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