| Bobby Jenks, P, Chicago White Sox | Saturday 5/17, 11:55 PM CT |
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| Bobby Jenks worked a perfect ninth inning for his 10th save in 12 chances as the White Sox defeated Barry Zito and the Giants on Saturday night. |
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| Scott Linebrink, who has become the primary setup man for the White Sox, pitched the eighth before giving way to Bobby Jenks who worked the ninth for his 10th save in 12 chances on Saturday night. |
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| Barry Zito, P, San Francisco Giants | Saturday 5/17, 11:43 PM CT |
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| Barry Zito, allowed two runs on eight hits, walked six and struck out four but was still the pitcher of record as the Giants lost 3-1 to the White Sox. |
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| Mark Buehrle, P, Chicago White Sox | Saturday 5/17, 11:39 PM CT |
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| Mark Buehrle allowed one run on seven hits, walked three and struck out one while pitching into the seventh inning as the Chicago White Sox scored a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. |
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| Dave Bush, P, Milwaukee Brewers | Saturday 5/17, 11:35 PM CT |
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| Dave Bush allowed four runs on five hits, walked two and struck out two in a no-decision versus the Red Sox on Saturday night. |
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| Boston starter Tim Wakefield gave up three runs and six hits in 5.1 innings and left the second game of the doubleheader with a 5-1 lead. Unfortunately the Sox were unable to hold the lead resulting in a no-decision for the knuckleballer. |
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| Mike Timlin, P, Boston Red Sox | Saturday 5/17, 11:27 PM CT |
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| Mike Timlin pitched the ninth for his first save and the Boston Red Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday to complete a sweep of their day-night doubleheader. |
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| Mike Lowell, 3B, Boston Red Sox | Saturday 5/17, 11:25 PM CT |
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| Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer and doubled in a pair of runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday and complete a sweep of their day-night doubleheader. |
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| Brian Fuentes worked the ninth for his fifth save in seven chances and the Colorado Rockies scored a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. |
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| Matt Herges, P, Colorado Rockies | Saturday 5/17, 11:15 PM CT |
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| Matt Herges, pitching in relief of Roks rookie Greg Reynolds, threw a scoreless seventh and eighth innings to earn his second win of the season. |
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| Carlos Gomez was out of the Saturday night lineup at Coors Field with a sore right wrist, injured while making a catch against the wall in center field in the ninth inning of Friday's game. |
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| Greg Reynolds, Colorado's first-round draft choice and the second selection overall in the 2006 draft, worked six scoreless innings, allowing three hits. The right-hander walked two and struck out two in the no-decision. |
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| Livan Hernandez retired the first 15 batters he faced before Jeff Baker hit a double to left leading off the sixth inning in Saturday night's loss to the Rockies. Hernandez allowed eight hits and three runs in 7.1 innings, and drove in a run with a bunt. |
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| Max Scherzer, P, Arizona Diamondbacks | Saturday 5/17, 11:03 PM CT |
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| Max Scherzer isn't quite ready for the big time. In his second loss, and the teams third in his starts, the big right-hander has command issues. While Scherzer didn't allow an earned run, he put his teammates in a position to fail by walking an American League pitcher, who had all of three minor league at bats, with two outs in the fifth inning. The result were two unearned runs and ultimately a Diamondbacks loss. |
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| Todd Jones, P, Detroit Tigers | Saturday 5/17, 10:56 PM CT |
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| Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his sixth save in six chances. |
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| Armando Galarraga allowed two runs on one hit, walked five and struck out three and the the Detroit Tigers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Saturday, snapping a five-game losing streak. |
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| Tim Hudson, P, Atlanta Braves | Saturday 5/17, 10:43 PM CT |
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| Tim Hudson suffered his third loss of the season as the Oakland Athletics beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Saturday night. In the loss the right hander allowed five runs on five hits, walked five and struck out three. |
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| The Braves rallied from a 5-1 deficit with three runs in the ninth off Huston Street, who came into the game in a non-save situation. Street allowed three runs on three hits, didn't allow a walk and struck out one. |
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| Rich Harden allowed one run on four hits, walked one and struck out eight over seven innings for his second win of the season. |
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| Jack Cust, LF, Oakland Athletics | Saturday 5/17, 10:30 PM CT |
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| Jack Cust hit a solo home run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Saturday night to end a season-worst four-game losing streak. |
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| George Sherrill pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, for his 17th save in 19 chances. |
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| Ryan Zimmerman remained hot on by hitting a solo home run off winning pitcher Brian Burres on Saturday night. |
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| Brian Burres, P, Baltimore Orioles | Saturday 5/17, 10:15 PM CT |
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| Brian Burres allowed two runs on four hits, walked two and struck out three and the Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Saturday night. |
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| Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory. |
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| Roy Oswalt, P, Houston Astros | Saturday 5/17, 10:09 PM CT |
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| Roy Oswalt, who reportedly was pitching hurt, left in the seventh after allowing consecutive singles and throwing 111 pitches. Oswalt was hit hard for most of the night allowing six runs on 11 hits, waling one and striking out only one. |
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| Lance Berkman extended his hitting streak to 16 games and matched Pete Rose as the only players since 1956 with 31 hits in a span of 50 at-bats. Berkman finished 2-for-3 with a walk to raise his season average to .399.
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| Vicente Padilla matched his victory total from last season by winning his fourth consecutive decision over five starts and his sixth of the year as the Rangers wore out the Rangers for the second consecutive game. The right-hander allowed two runs and five hits over seven innings. |
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| Adam Eaton, P, Philadelphia Phillies | Saturday 5/17, 10:02 PM CT |
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| Phillies starter Adam Eaton allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings to remain winless in nine starts this season. |
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| Rod Barajas, C, Toronto Blue Jays | Saturday 5/17, 9:57 PM CT |
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| Rod Barajas pitched 6.1 strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Saturday night.
Burnett allowed two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out eight. |
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| Rod Barajas, C, Toronto Blue Jays | Saturday 5/17, 9:57 PM CT |
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| Rod Barajas hit two homers, including a grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Saturday night. |
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| Rod Barajas, C, Toronto Blue Jays | Saturday 5/17, 9:53 PM CT |
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| Rod Barajas hit two homers, including a grand slam, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Saturday night. |
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| Scott Olsen, P, Washington Nationals | Saturday 5/17, 9:40 PM CT |
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| Scott Olsen allowed three runs on seven hits, walked five (two intentionally) and struck out three in a no-decision on Saturday night. |
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| Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez was 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts in Saturday night's win over the Royals. Earlier in the day, the Marlins formally announced the $70 million, six-year contract extension for Ramirez at the site of their future ballpark.
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| Following up on an earlier report, Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton , the major league RBI leader, left Saturday night's game against Houston because of general soreness, this according to ESPN. Hamilton asked manager Ron Washington to move him to right field for Saturday night's game and had already talked about taking Sunday off as well.
"I'm sore from that first-inning catch, or almost-catch," Hamilton said before the game. "I landed on my shoulder and right hip. I must have kicked myself in my left calf or something, because it's killing me." |
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| Mike Jacobs, 1B, Kansas City Royals | Saturday 5/17, 9:19 PM CT |
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| Mike Jacobs was in the starting lineup for the first time since May 7, when he had a tight right quad. His triple to right-center in the fourth inning and hit his 10th home run in the seventh helping the Marlins to a 7-3 victory over the Royals on Saturday night. |
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| Brian Bannister gave up six runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings of work falling to the Marlins 7-3 on Saturday night. The right-hander walked two and struck out five in the loss. |
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| Wes Helms, 3B, Florida Marlins | Saturday 5/17, 9:13 PM CT |
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| Wes Helms hit a three-run, pinch-hit homer and the Florida Marlins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 snapping a season-high four-game losing streak. |
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| Josh Hamilton was forced to leave Saturday's game in the fifth inning due to what is being reported as "exhaustion."
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| Shawn Hill, P, Washington Nationals | Saturday 5/17, 8:30 PM CT |
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| A day after losing his first game of the season, Nationals right-hander Shawn Hill had a cortisone shot and fluid taken out of his right elbow on Saturday, this according to MLB.com.
The injury is not considered serious, but there is a possibility he may not make his next start, against the Phillies at Nationals Park on Wednesday. |
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| Joakim Soria, P, Kansas City Royals | Saturday 5/17, 8:29 PM CT |
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| The Royals extended Joakim Soria to a three-year contract with an additional three options for 2012, '13 and '14.
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| Jeff Suppan, P, Milwaukee Brewers | Saturday 5/17, 7:50 PM CT |
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| Jeff Suppan gave up four runs on nine hits in six innings, and lost for the third time in four starts as the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday. The Brewers have lost three straight overall.
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| Jonathan Papelbon got the final three outs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday. The right-hander recorded his 12th save, despite giving up a solo homer to Ryan Braun with two out. |
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| David Ortiz, DH, Boston Red Sox | Saturday 5/17, 7:44 PM CT |
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| David Ortiz hit a three-run home run to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday in the opener of a doubleheader. |
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| Daisuke Matsuzaka remained unbeaten, holding Milwaukee to a pair of unearned runs pitching into the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3 on Saturday.
Matsuzaka, who won his seventh game of the season, gave up seven hits over 6.2 innings and tied the Angels' Joe Saunders for the AL lead in wins. |
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| Ervin Santana, who was coming off his worst outing of the season, gave up four runs on five hits in six innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Dodgers. He walked three, hit a batter and struck out five.
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| Chan Ho Park, P, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 7:33 PM CT |
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| Chan Ho Park made his first start for the Dodgers in almost seven years, limiting the Angels to two runs -- one earned -- over four innings. The 34-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, walked two and struck out three. He left with the Dodgers up 4-2.
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| Blake DeWitt, 3B, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 7:31 PM CT |
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| Blake DeWitt hit a two-run home run in the second inning to help defeat Ervin Santana and the Angels 6-3 on Saturday. |
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| With the demotion of Chuck James, Jorge Campillo is a candidate to take over the empty slot in the starting rotation. |
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| Delmon Young, who was 3-for-4 on Friday night, added 13 points to his average. In 15 May games he has six multi-hit games. |
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| Dana Eveland fell a third of an inning short of recording a quality start on Friday night. The left-hander allowed two runs on six hits in 5.2 innings. |
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| Joakim Soria, P, Kansas City Royals | Saturday 5/17, 6:49 PM CT |
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| It had to eventually happen to Joakim Soria. The KC closer was finally scored on Friday night as Jeremy Hermida hit a 2-run home run in the ninth inning to pull the Fish within one run. Soria was able to strike out the next two hitters and secure his 11th save of the season. |
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| Joey Gathright is starting in center field on Saturday night with David DeJesus in right. Gathright is leading off as the Royals square off against Florida and left-hander Scott Olsen. |
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| After giving up a second inning run, Aaron Harang scattered six hits over five scoreless innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out five in a game the Reds won 4-2. |
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| Adam Dunn, LF, Arizona Diamondbacks | Saturday 5/17, 6:10 PM CT |
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| Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Masa Kobayashi, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to their season-high fifth straight victory Saturday, 4-2 over the Cleveland Indians. |
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| Just when the closer-less Indians believed they had a replacement for the injured Joe Borowski, the player blows up in the ninth inning. Adam Dunn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Masa Kobayashi , rallying the Cincinnati Reds to their season-high fifth straight victory Saturday, 4-2 over the Cleveland Indians. |
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| Ubaldo Jimenez tossed his second straight quality start against the Twins on Friday night. While throwing a quality effort against the Twins isn't anything to do flips over, the right-hander has looked good in his last two efforts. |
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| Gary Sheffield is scheduled to get Saturday night off with Matt Joyce playing left field for the second straight game. |
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| George Sherrill picked up his 16th save in 18 opportunities on Friday night, pitching a perfect ninth inning. Sherrill has been good despite his lack of command. His 10 walks in 20 innings is concerning and his K Rate is south of his 2007 numbers. |
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| Joaquin Benoit earned his seventh hold of the season on Friday by setting down the side in the eighth inning. The right-hander has held opponents scoreless in seven of his eight appearances in May. |
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| Brian Giles, RF, San Diego Padres | Saturday 5/17, 5:23 PM CT |
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| Brian Giles' four hits on Friday night offers evidence that the Padres right fielder is the hottest hitter on a club with cold bats. The four hit performance brought his numbers to a respectable - .288/.386/.436. While his slugging percentage is soft, the veteran has learned that elevating the ball in PETCO is a fruitless effort. |
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| The egnigmatic Jonathan Sanchez had one of his good starts on Friday night. The left-hander allowed only a two-run homer to Alexei Ramirez in the seventh inning over 6.2 innings of work. |
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| Adam Wainwright struggled for the second straight start against Tampa Bay on Saturday. The right hander allowed four runs on 12 hits in 5.2 innings. It would have been worst but the Rays continued to run themselves out of innings. |
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| Matt Garza, P, Tampa Bay Rays | Saturday 5/17, 4:42 PM CT |
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| Matt Garza failed to make it out of the fifth inning on Saturday versus the Cardinals. It ended what had been a brilliant run by Tampa starters. A run in which the rotation had combined for a 1.03 ERA.
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| Albert Pujols homered and had two RBI on Saturday, beginning a new streak, a day after his 42-game streak of reaching base ended. |
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| Ryan Ludwick, RF, St. Louis Cardinals | Saturday 5/17, 4:34 PM CT |
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| Ryan Ludwick hit his second home run of the game on Saturday afternoon and the Cardinals won in 10 innings 9-8 over the Tampa Bay Rays. |
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| B.J. Upton, CF, Tampa Bay Rays | Saturday 5/17, 4:30 PM CT |
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| B.J. Upton was 3-for-5 in Saturday afternoon's loss to the Cardinals. The center fielder added two runs to his stat line. Upton's power numbers can't be found. His at-bat to home run ratio is just under 50:1, far below last year when the young outfielder hit 24 home runs in 474. |
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| Andy Pettitte was dealt his fifth loss of the season on Saturday, as the Yankees were defeated by the Mets 7-4 at Yankee Stadium. Pettitte allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings, with two walks and seven strikeouts. |
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| Derek Jeter, SS, New York Yankees | Saturday 5/17, 3:46 PM CT |
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| Derek Jeter had a solid outing in Saturday's 7-4 loss to the Mets. Jeter went 3-for-4 with two RBI and notched his second homer of the year, which came off of Mets' ace Johan Santana. |
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| David Wright went 3-for-5 with two RBI and blasted his eighth homer of the season in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Yankees. |
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| Johan Santana collected his fifth win with the Mets in Saturday's 7-4 victory over the Yankees. Santana allowed four runs on seven hits over 7.2 innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. |
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| Brad Penny, P, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 3:32 PM CT |
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| Brad Penny has been scratched from his next start due to arm stiffness, according to the AP. Penny was scheduled to take the hill on Sunday in the finale of the "Freeway Series" against the Angels. |
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| Matt Capps, P, Pittsburgh Pirates | Saturday 5/17, 3:13 PM CT |
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| Matt Capps claimed his 10th save of the season on Saturday, as he helped Pittsburgh edge the Cubs 7-6. His save wasn't pretty though, as he allowed one run on two hits in the ninth inning (with one strikeout). |
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| Nate McLouth, CF, Pittsburgh Pirates | Saturday 5/17, 3:09 PM CT |
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| Nate McLouth went 3-for-5 and racked up three RBI in Saturday's close 7-6 win over the Cubs in Chicago. One of his hits went for a two-run homer, and he now has 12 for the season. |
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| Alfonso Soriano went 5-for-5 with three RBI and blasted a pair of homers in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates at Wrigley Field. |
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| Carlos Zambrano was rocked over four innings of work and ended with a no decision in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. The Cubs' ace allowed five runs on seven hits, with three walks and three strikeouts. |
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| Matt Kemp, CF, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 2:49 PM CT |
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| Matt Kemp will ride the pine when the Dodgers battle the Angels today, according to the LA Daily News. Juan Pierre bats leadoff and starts in left field, Andruw Jones roams center field, and Andre Ethier covers right field today. |
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| Jeff Kent, 2B, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 2:43 PM CT |
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| Jeff Kent only has two hits over his last 33 at-bats and Manager Joe Torre commented on his slump, according to the LA Daily News. Torre said, "I have never been that age and doing that. But I am assuming that sometimes, your body doesn't listen to your mind. One thing you see in a lot of sports is that when you get older, I think the number of times you're able to do what you want to do is curtailed somewhat. That's why you try to manage how many games he plays. But I think he can still stand at the plate and believe he is going to do what he can do. I think he can still put up numbers and be a force, but I think it may take a little bit more work for him to do it."
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| Aaron Harang has fared well over his career against the inter-league state rival Indians, according to MLB.com. Harang is 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA over eight career appearances against Cleveland. |
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| Fausto Carmona is set to battle the Reds today, according to MLB.com. Carmona is 4-1 this season with a 2.40 ERA, but still has a poor 1.64 WHIP, due to 35 walks over 48.2 innings. He only has 18 strikeouts as well. |
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| James Loney, 1B, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 2:24 PM CT |
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| James Loney is riding a nine-game hitting streak and will try to extend it to 10 today against undefeated hurler Ervin Santana (6-0) and the Angels, according to MLB.com. |
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| Chan Ho Park, P, Los Angeles Dodgers | Saturday 5/17, 2:19 PM CT |
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| Chan Ho Park has a poor track record against the Angels, according to MLB.com. Park is 5-7 with a 5.90 ERA in 17 career appearances against the Angels. |
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| Ervin Santana will aim to remain unbeaten when the Angels host the Dodgers today, according to MLB.com. Santana is 6-0 with a 2.63 ERA and stellar 0.97 WHIP over eight starts. |
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| Nick Johnson, 1B, Washington Nationals | Saturday 5/17, 2:03 PM CT |
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| Nick Johnson stated that he will not need surgery after tearing the tendon in his right wrist, according to CBSsports.com. |
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| Rich Hill, P, Chicago Cubs | Saturday 5/17, 1:53 PM CT |
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| Rich Hill has been set back in his bid to rejoin the Cubs, as he left Friday night's start for Triple-A Iowa with what is being called a stiff back, according to the Chicago Tribune. Hill's status won't be known for at least another day. His record is 1-2 and holds a 3.38 ERA at Iowa. Manager Lou Piniella said, "He didn't have a back problem last year, he didn't have it earlier in the year. Let's not make it too serious. It might not be serious at all."
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| Hector Luna, 3B, Toronto Blue Jays | Saturday 5/17, 1:45 PM CT |
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| Hector Luna has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse, according to the AP. Pitcher David Purcey has been sent back to Syracuse to make room on the roster for Luna. |
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| David Purcey has been sent back to Triple-A Syracuse, according to the AP. Shortstop Hector Luna has been called up as well. |
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| Joe Dillon, 2B, Oakland Athletics | Saturday 5/17, 1:32 PM CT |
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| Joe Dillon is going to start at first base today in inter-league play with the Red Sox at Fenway Park, according to the Boston Globe. Dillon will hit eighth in the order, between JJ Hardy and Bill Hall. Prince Fielder will serve as the DH. |
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| Sean Casey, 1B, Boston Red Sox | Saturday 5/17, 1:28 PM CT |
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| Sean Casey is penciled in to start at first base today against Jeff Suppan and the Brewers, according to the Boston Globe. Kevin Youkilis will man third base in place of Mike Lowell, who gets the game off with three games to be played in about a 36 hour span. They are playing a double-header today. |
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| Jacoby Ellsbury will start in center field today against Jeff Suppan and the Brewers, according to the Boston Globe. Coco Crisp is not quite 100%, after working through his illness earlier this week, but said he can pinch run or play defense (or even pinch hit). |
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| Manager John Russell has started Doug Mientkiewicz at third base for the third straight game today, but insists that there is not a platoon at the position with Jose Bautista, according to MLB.com. While downplaying the lefty-righty platoon possibility, Russell said that his choice to start the left-handed-hitting Mientkiewicz again on Saturday was designed more to give Bautista a few extra days to focus on his approach at the plate and his swing. Russell added, "Jose has been working awfully hard and got into a little bit of a rut. I don't know if you can say it's a platoon. We're just trying to get Jose back on track. He's played good defense for us, but with his bat, sometimes it's good to take a couple of days and get it straightened out a little bit."
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| Andy Pettitte is dueling with Mets' ace Johan Santana today at Yankee Stadium, according to MLB.com. Pettitte has made 16 starts against the Mets dating back to 1997, while going 7-3 with a 3.42 ERA. Pettitte is only 3-4 this season with a 4.40 ERA and 1.45 WHIP and is in need of a solid performance as he only lasted four innings in his last game against the Rays. |
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| Johan Santana takes the hill today against the Yankees, according to MLB.com. He was set to start last night, but the game was postponed due to rain. Santana commented, "I was ready to go. I was ready to pitch. My mind was set for Friday. You can't control Mother Nature. These kinds of things are going to happen once in a while." Santana is 4-2 this season, with a 3.10 ERA and 1.11 WHIP over 52.1 innings, with 52 strikeouts. The game will take place in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium.
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| Mark Mulder, P, St. Louis Cardinals | Saturday 5/17, 12:30 PM CT |
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| Mark Mulder took another positive step toward rejoining the Cardinals when he threw off the mound in the bullpen prior to Saturday's game against Tampa Bay, according to MLB.com. Mulder commented that the session went favorably and that he felt good following the workout. He will make another rehab start, likely on Tuesday, for Triple-A Memphis. Pitching coach Dave Duncan said, "He's making progress. He still has some things he needs to accomplish, but he's showing that all of the pitches he needs to pitch are in there now. He just needs to develop some consistency with those pitches." Mulder threw 40-45 pitches. Both he and Duncan said velocity is not what they are focusing on, but rather the movement on Mulder's pitches. Duncan added that Mulder "is not the same guy" without an effective sinker, which is a pitch he is very dependant on, so it is more important to focus on that instead of how hard he can throw the baseball. Mulder stated, "I've never cared about velocity. For some reason, people want to make a big deal about that. That has nothing to do with it. It's all about having your hand behind the ball and getting on top of it, and getting the downward plane that you need."
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| Dmitri Young, 1B, Washington Nationals | Saturday 5/17, 12:23 PM CT |
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| Dmitri Young returned to the diamond on Friday after spending a month on the shelf due to his lower back sprain, according to CBSsports.com. He will be worked in slowly as the DH, and then will be ready to play first base in place of the injured Nick Johnson. |
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| Austin Kearns, RF, Washington Nationals | Saturday 5/17, 12:16 PM CT |
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| Austin Kearns was forced to ride the pine on Friday due to his hitting slump, according to CBSsports.com. He is only hitting .192 over 146 at-bats and Manager Manny Acta benched him on Friday to work on mechanical changes in his swing. He is getting his hands back a little bit too late on his current swing. |
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| Pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija was rocked for six runs on 10 hits over a mere four innings in Double-A on Thursday, with five walks and one strikeout, according to MLB.com. |
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| Manager Lou Piniella said he wants to give Henry Blanco one start per week as the temperatures rise, according to MLB.com. Piniella wants to rest Geovany Soto a little bit more. |
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| Carlos Zambrano will be aiming for his seventh win of the season when the Cubs host the Pirates at Wrigley Field today, according to MLB.com. Zambrano is 6-1 with a 2.03 ERA and 1.11 WHIP over 62 innings. |
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| Jim Edmonds, CF, Chicago Cubs | Saturday 5/17, 11:57 AM CT |
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