Here’s a look at the unheralded fantasy baseball players who played well yesterday.
Baltimore Orioles @ Cleveland Indians
Travis Hafner went 2-for-3 with a home run. Fausto Carmona gave up one earned run on five hits in seven innings for the win.
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds
Miguel Cairo went 3-for-4 with a home run. Paul Janish went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Garrett Jones went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays
Jed Lowrie scored two runs. Jarrod Saltalamacchia went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBI.
New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves
Josh Thole went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI. Ike Davis went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Dillon Gee gave up one run in 5.2 innings for the win.
Florida Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies
Placido Polanco went 3-for-4 with a home run. Ben Francisco went 2-for-3. Gaby Sanchez went 2-for-4.
Milwaukee Brewers @ Washington Nationals (Game 1)
Rick Ankiel went two 2-for-4. Ian Desmond went 2-for-4 with two runs and a home run. Pudge Rodriguez hit a three-run homer. Jason Marquis gave up two runs in seven innings for the win.
Milwaukee Brewers @ Washington Nationals (Game 2)
Danny Espinosa drove in three runs. Adam LaRoche went 2-for-3 with a home run. Livan Hernandez gave up one run in seven innings to improve to 3-2 with a 2.88 ERA.
Minnesota Twins @ Tampa Bay Rays
Steve Holm went 2-for-4 with a run. Jason Repko went 2-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base. Sam Fuld went 2-for-5. Brian Duensing gave up two runs with five strikeouts in seven innings for the win.
San Diego Padres @ Houston Astros
Will Venable went 1-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and a stolen base. Chase Headley went 2-for-5 with a run. Jorge Cantu hit a three-run homer. Nick Hundley went 2-for-5 with two runs and a home run. Cameron Maybin went 2-for-5 with a run and a stolen base. Jason Bartlett went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Chris Johnson went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Bill Hall had a pair of RBI.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim @ Chicago White Sox
Maicer Izturis went 3-for-4 with two runs to raise his average to .383. Mark Trumbo went 2-for-4 with a home run. Carlos Quentin and A.J. Pierzynski each had a pair of hits.
Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals
Justin Smoak went 2-for-4 with a run to raise his average to .300. Brendan Ryan drove in two runs. Michael Pineda gave up one run on three hits in six innings to improve to 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA.
Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies
Dexter Fowler had a pair of RBI. Seth Smith went 2-for-2 with two runs, a home run and two RBI. Darwin Barney had two hits.
Detroit Tigers @ Oakland A’s
Josh Willingham had two RBI. Mark Ellis had two hits.
St. Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers
This game belonged to Matt Kemp, Matt Holliday, Chris Carpenter and Chad Billingsley.
San Francisco Giants @ Arizona Diamondbacks
Willie Bloomquist went 2-for-6 with a run. Ryan Roberts went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Aaron Rowand raised his average to .364 by going 2-for-5 with a run.
Texas Rangers @ New York Yankees
Russell Martin went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Eric Chavez went 2-for-4 with a run and the winning RBI.
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