It was a day for the five home run club as several hitters clubbed home run numero cinco on the year. Vernon Wells (Toronto), Nelson Cruz (Texas) and Albert Pujols (St. Louis) all went deep to take the major league lead in home runs. In other fantasy baseball news around the diamond on Monday…
Hitters:
Scott Podsednik went 4-for-5 with three RBI and stole his 5th base of the season.
Ryan Braun went 2-for-4 and knocked in four runs, three coming on his second home run of the year.
Shin-Soo Choo went 3-for-3 with two runs scored as he hit his second home run of the season and stole his third base of the year.
Kyle Blanks went 3-for-5 with five RBI as he blasted his second home run of the year to lead the San Diego Padres to a 17-2 win over the Atlanta Braves. Will Venable chipped in by going 3-for-5 with four runs scored. Venable hit his second home run of the year and also stole his first base of the season.
Carl Crawford went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and hit his first home run of the year.
Scott Rolen went 3-for-5 with three RBI and two home runs, giving him three long balls on the season.
Andruw Jones went 3-for-4 with four RBI and knocked out his first two home runs of the season.
Bengie Molina went 4-for-4 with four RBI and hit his first home run of the season for the San Francisco Giants.
Not a good day for Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles as he was placed on the disabled list and also received an epidural injection in his back. Julio Lugo should see the majority of time at second base while Roberts is out.
Pitchers:
Carl Pavano picked up his second win of the year, allowing one run in six innings with four strikeouts.
Adam Wainwright tossed eight shutout innings with seven strikeouts to pick up victory number two on the year.
Justin Duchscherer worked 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits with four strikeouts.
Matt Garza allowed one run in eight innings with five strikeouts to earn his second win of the season.
Closers:
Neftali Feliz picked up his first save of the season for the Texas Rangers, working a scoreless inning with one strikeout.
Chris Perez was pulled from a tie game in the ninth inning after allowing a double, committing an error on a bunt and then surrendering a walk to load the bases without recording an out
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