2011 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: A-Rod Runs the Bases, Uggla Streaks to 30
Chien-Ming Wang got his first win since 2009. Wang went six innings giving up zero runs on one hit and two walks.
Backed by a 4 RBI game from
Evan Longoria, Big Game James Shields threw a complete game shutout against the Royals. That is Shields’s 8th complete game and 4th shutout of the season.After blowing a save to the Red Sox on Sunday,
Mariano Rivera was credited with a loss after giving up a two-run home run to Bobby Abreu in a tied game in the bottom of the 9th. Abreu’s home run was his second of the game.Edwin Encarnacion continues his hot second half with a 2-2 performance that included a solo Home Run.
Dontrelle Willis threw a good game but got the loss. Willis went 8 strong innings giving up 3 earned runs while striking out 10 Reds.
Miguel Montero continues to be one of the best fantasy players at the catcher position. Tuesday Montero went 3-4 with 3 RBI.
Alexi Ogando lasted only 2 2/3 innings Tuesday givng up 6 earned runs.
The Padres
Jesus Guzman continues to be a RBI machine. Tuesday Guzman went 2-4 with a RBI. Guzman has 29 RBI in only 39 games this season.Also take a look at Houston’s J.D. Martinez who hit his 4th home run in the last 6 games. He is only owned in 4% of Y! leagues at the moment.
Erik Bedard survived a rough first inning to go 5 innings giving up 2 earned runs but was robbed of a win when the bullpen blew his lead.
Dan Uggla's hit streak is now at 30.
Madison Bumgarner slapped the Bucs silly. He held the Pirates to 4 hits over 7 innings and struckout 10.
(July 5, 2011 – Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images North America)
Written by JJ Omar exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com.
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