Sunday MLB Recap
-Kansas City SP Zack Greinke only went to a 2-0 count once all day. He retired all 8 leadoff men he faced. The right-hander has yielded just 3 runs over 22 innings in his last 3 starts.
-Atlanta outscored the Astros 21-4 in their first 3-game sweep of Houston since 2003.
-Orioles 3B Miguel Tejada has 7 multi-hit games in his last 10.
-Baltimore has 7 wins on the season with 4 of them coming versus the Red Sox. IT was the 1st sweep of a 3-game sereies or more since the Orioles took all 4 games of a July 1998 series.
-Minnesota C Wilson Ramos is the 21st player and 1st catcher in the modern era to record four hits in his MLB debut.
-Twins SP Francisco Liriano (4-0) was 11-17 with a 5.12 ERA the past 2 years, but has a 1.50 ERA this season.
-Cleveland OF Austin Kearns is 14-for-34 with 11RBIs over his last 8 games.
-Detroit SP Justin Verlander threw 71.7 percent of his pitches for strikes and 62.5 percent of his pitches in the strike zone. He retired the leadoff batter in each inning.
-The Tigers have won a season-high 5 straight games and improved to 9-3 at home.
-The Angels were swept in a 3-game series at Detroit for the 1st time since 1996. They had won 10 of 15 after a 2-6 start.
-Chicago 1B Paul Konerko went 6-for-19 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs on the 2-4 road trip.
-The Yankees set a season-high for runs (12) and hits (16) in Sunday's victory.
-Oakland has lost 9 of 13 and saw its starting pitchers go 1-5 with an 11.96 ERA on the six-game road trip.
-Toronto SS Alex Gonzalez hit his 8th home run of the year on Sunday. He hit 8 home runs in 291 at-bats last season.
-Florida Marlins outscored the Nationals 16-4 and out-hit them 23-10 in the last 2 games of the series.
-Kansas City SP Zack Greinke only went to a 2-0 count once all day. He retired all 8 leadoff men he faced. The right-hander has yielded just 3 runs over 22 innings in his last 3 starts.
-Atlanta outscored the Astros 21-4 in their first 3-game sweep of Houston since 2003.
-Orioles 3B Miguel Tejada has 7 multi-hit games in his last 10.
-Baltimore has 7 wins on the season with 4 of them coming versus the Red Sox. IT was the 1st sweep of a 3-game sereies or more since the Orioles took all 4 games of a July 1998 series.
-Minnesota C Wilson Ramos is the 21st player and 1st catcher in the modern era to record four hits in his MLB debut.
-Twins SP Francisco Liriano (4-0) was 11-17 with a 5.12 ERA the past 2 years, but has a 1.50 ERA this season.
-Cleveland OF Austin Kearns is 14-for-34 with 11RBIs over his last 8 games.
-Detroit SP Justin Verlander threw 71.7 percent of his pitches for strikes and 62.5 percent of his pitches in the strike zone. He retired the leadoff batter in each inning.
-The Tigers have won a season-high 5 straight games and improved to 9-3 at home.
-The Angels were swept in a 3-game series at Detroit for the 1st time since 1996. They had won 10 of 15 after a 2-6 start.
-Chicago 1B Paul Konerko went 6-for-19 with 4 HRs and 10 RBIs on the 2-4 road trip.
-The Yankees set a season-high for runs (12) and hits (16) in Sunday's victory.
-Oakland has lost 9 of 13 and saw its starting pitchers go 1-5 with an 11.96 ERA on the six-game road trip.
-Toronto SS Alex Gonzalez hit his 8th home run of the year on Sunday. He hit 8 home runs in 291 at-bats last season.
-Florida Marlins outscored the Nationals 16-4 and out-hit them 23-10 in the last 2 games of the series.
