Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Happ bests Hamels

In Houston Tuesday, the HomeSide had a matchup of Jay Happ and Cole Hamels, and it was the Astros lefty who came out on top in a 5-2 Astros' win. Happ was still not himself, but he got through 6 innings and allowed just 1 run, 4 hits, 4 walks (again) to improve to 6-15 on the season. Hamels went 5, and gave up 5 runs (4 earned) on 9 hits and a walk, striking out 6. The Phillies runs came on home runs by Hunter Pence (#20) and Carlos Ruiz (his 9th). Mike Schwimer got through a scoreless inning despite allowing 2 hits and hitting a batter.

The win for Happ was #84 for the HomeSide.

In Baltimore, Alfredo Simon had a good outing, going 6 innings against the surging Rays. Simon allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk, striking out 9 and receiving no decision in an eventual 5-2 Orioles victory............In Atlanta, Michael Bourn (.301) had a hit and an RBI, and stole 2 more bases, increasing his major league leading total to 54, as the Braves stifled the Marlins, 7-1..........In Chicago, Justin Verlander won his 23rd game of the year with a 5-0 blanking of the White Sox. Gavin Floyd (12-11) was the starter and loser for the Sox, giving up 4 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks in 5.1 innings of work against the streaking Tigers..............In Oakland, Michael Taylor had a hit and a walk, and scored a run for the Athletics in their 6-3 loss to the Angels.

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