Craig Monroe, Detroit Tigers
5 for 5, 3 2B, run, 6 rbis
Monroe capitalized on his 3 doubles and drove in a career high 6 rbis in the Tigers’ 12-6 drubbing of the Twinkies.
Monroe had 5 rbis in game on July 8.
Special Mention: The Houston Astros.
14 runs, 19 hits, 0 errors
Why the Astros? Because Clemens was pitching. The Rocket had a sub-1.50 ERA and yet still had a 7-4 record. On Friday, he pitched his typical game allowing no runs on 6 innings. The difference was that he had the lead when he left.
The ironic thing was that the ‘Stros waited till he left the game before they scored the bulk of their runs. After six innings, they led 4-0. In the next three freames, they managed to score 10 more.
Do visitors get to nominate “Line of the Day” candidates?
If so, I again nominate our buddy, Kevin Brown. This time, for his putrid performance against the Angels on Saturday night. In fact, his line for his two starts this week would be very entertaining. And, again, it fails to do justice to how badly he is stinking the joint up.
But I’m sure it doesn’t bother him much, because HE IS STILL GETTING PAID. In his world, the only more ideal situation would be to go on the DL, where he could get paid to do NOTHING.
Can’t Buy Me Love – Everybody Tells Me So.
DonS – Totally Negative Individual.