by Todd Lammi
Nick Swisher homered for the 13th time this season and drove in two runs, giving him 38 RBI on the season. The home run was the first for Swisher in the last two weeks, after hitting home runs on June 7th and 8th. June has been a much better month for Swisher who became home run happy in May, striking out 29 times in 80 at bats and hitting a measly .150. Swisher is currently hitting .267 in June with three home runs and nine RBI. In other fantasy baseball news around the diamond on Wednesday…
Hitters:
Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-4 with two RBI and delivered his 15th home run of the season. Cabrera has homered four times in his last eight games with eight RBI.
David Ortiz went 2-for-3 with three RBI and blasted his seventh home run of the season. Ortiz homered for the second straight game and for the sixth time in the month of June.
Adam LaRoche went 3-for-4 with three RBI and connected for his 11th home run of the season. The home run was his second in as many days and gives LaRoche four home runs in his last nine games with eight RBI.
After missing two games with an illness, Jason Kubel returned to the lineup and hit his 13th home run of the season. It was the fourth home in the last 10 games for Kubel who is hitting .311 on the season with 40 RBI.
Paul Konerko homered for the second consecutive game and the third time in his last five games. Konerko is currently hitting .293 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI on the season.
Pitchers:
Joba Chamberlain allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings with five strikeouts to pick up his fourth win of the season. It was the first start for Chamberlain in which he did not walk a batter outside of his start on May 21 that he left after 2/3 of an injury due to an injury.
Zach Duke allowed one run in six innings with four strikeouts to improve his record to 8-5 on the season. After surrendering six home runs in his previous three starts, Duke was able to get the ball in the park on Wednesday.
Matt Garza allowed one run in eight innings with seven strikeouts to even his record at 5-5. The win for Garza was his first since May 16th who has been the victim of a lack of offensive support in his previous starts.
Fernando Nieve tossed six shutout innings with five strikeouts to notch his third win of the season. Nieve has a 1.31 ERA and a 0.97 whip ratio through 20 2/3 innings for the year. Nieve should get another start with Oliver Perez and John Maine both slated to get at least one more start in the minor leagues before they are activated from the disabled list.
Ricky Nolasco worked seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts to earn his fourth victory of the season. Nolasco has a 1.80 ERA in his four starts since returning from the minor leagues.
Roy Oswalt allowed one run in six innings with eight strikeouts in a no decision. It has been an uneven season for Oswalt who had alternated wins and losses in his previous four outings. In addition to a career high batting average against of .282 this season, Oswalt is also on pace to give up a career high 30 home runs this year.
Gavin Floyd allowed one run in six innings with three strikeouts to earn his fifth win of the year. It marked the fourth straight start that Floyd allowed one earned run, lowering his ERA to 4.45 on the year.
Vincente Padilla allowed one run in seven innings and struck out three to gain his sixth win of the year. Padilla has a 2.16 ERA in his last four starts while going 3-0 during that stretch.
Closers:
Dan Meyer picked up his first save of the season in place of injured closer Matt Lindstrom who was placed on the disabled list and will miss a minimum of four weeks.
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