Fantasy Baseball - the Daily Dirt for Sunday

by Todd Lammi

The Toronto Blue Jays, first in all of baseball in runs scored, continue to plate runners in bunches, scoring eight runs on Sunday. Adam Lind hit his seventh home run and now has 35 RBI on the year. Aaron Hill hit his 11th home run of the season and is up to 33 RBI on the season. Roy Halladay allowed one run in seven innings and struck out eight to move to 8-1 on the season. In other fantasy baseball news around the diamond on Sunday...

Hitters:

It was going to good to be true for Rickie Weeks owners. Weeks is scheduled to see a specialist after injuring his left wrist after striking out in the first inning on Sunday. He will be seeing the same doctor that operated on his wrist back in 2006.

Ramon Santiago went 4 for 4 with three runs scored and four RBI, including his third home run of the year. Santiago has driven in eight runs in his last five games.

Curtis Granderson hit his 10th home run of the year and drove in three runs. It was Granderson's first home run since May 5th.

Johnny Damon hit a walk-off home run to give the New York Yankees a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Damon now has 10 home runs on the season and is hitting .324.

Nate McLouth went 3 for 5 with 4 RBI and collected his seventh home run of the season. He knocked in three runs in a 10-run seventh inning in two plate appearances.

Ben Francisco hit two home runs and drove in four runs. He is currently batting .248, with his average being suppressed by his .207 average against right-handed pitching.

Prince Fielder hit his ninth home run of the season and drove in three runs in the Milwaukee Brewers 8-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ivan Rodriguez hit his fifth home run of the season and his 300th of his career. He currently sits seventh on the all-time list for home runs by a catcher.

Pitchers:

Clayton Kershaw had his no-hit bid broken up in the eighth inning by a Cody Ross double. Kershaw allowed one run in seven innings with nine strikeouts to gain his second win of the year.

Jake Peavy picked up a complete game victory, allowing one run with eight strikeouts against the Cincinnati Reds. Peavy has struck out eight or more in four consecutive starts.

Kevin Slowey allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings with eight strikeouts in a no decision against the Yankees.

Scott Feldman tossed six shutout innings with three strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 4.04 on the year. He has now allowed three runs in his last 18 1/3 innings.

Matt Cain hurled six scoreless innings and struck out two to move to 4-1 on the season. He currently holds a 2.65 ERA, but he is going to have trouble maintaining that going forward if he cannot improve his control. He currently is fourth in the National League for most walks, with 25 in 51 innings.

Recent call up David Huff (Indians) was shelled in his major league debut, allowing seven runs in 3 2/3 innings. He allowed four walks and seven hits while recording two strikeouts.

Ross Detwiler was recalled from AA by the Washington Nationals and will start on Monday, replacing Scott Olsen who was placed on the disabled list.

Closers:

Brad Lidge pitching his fourth consecutive day picked up his seventh save of the year.

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella confirmed that closer Kevin Gregg is still his closer, a day after Gregg allowed four runs without recording an out.

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