Raul Ibanez produced a monster line on Sunday, finishing 3/5 with two runs, two HR and 4 RBI, including the game winning double in the tenth inning. He came to the aid of Vance Worley who allowed four ER in six innings after having allowed only six ER in seven prior starts. 

Justin Verlander lost his no-hit bid in the eighth inning, but earned his 15th W in a 3-2 win over Jered Weaver and the Angels. Verlander allowed a lone base hit and struck out nine over eight powerful frames. Weaver was ejected in the seventh inning after throwing towards the head of Alex Avila in retaliation for a Carlos Guillen showboat performance.

Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman extended hitting steaks to 22 and 18 games respectively. Their teammate Jason Heyward has endured a miserable month (.198) and season (.223), but he snapped out of a 4/29 skid with two knocks against Ricky Nolasco.

Juan Nicasio rebounded from a poor showing at LA with seven dominant innings against the Padres. He allowed five hits and one ER, striking out ten against two walks. Unfortunately the Rockies pen coughed up the game, but take nothing away from the power-armed rookie.

Colby Rasmus, welcome to Toronto. After starting out 0/12 with five K in his first three games in a new league, Rasmus picked up two hits, two RBI and a run (against a tough left-hander, no less) as the Jays took the rubber game against Texas. Any positive sign has to be embraced at this juncture.

With Michael Bourn and Hunter Pence no longer with the franchise, the door is wide open for Jason Bourgeois to roam the Houston outfield. The speedster launched his first HR of the season, a three run shot, scored two runs and swiped two bags (22 total) in a comprehensive effort. Mixed league owners: the race to the computer is on.

Ben Zobrist’s hit streak has reached 11 games, as the second baseman went 3/5 with three RBI in the series finale at Seattle. Over that stretch he’s batting .413 (19/46) with three dingers and 13 runs batted in.

The Reds Todd Frazier and Indians Jason Kipnis both connected on their first big league homers on Sunday afternoon. A much needed breakthrough for Kipnis who was batting just .118 in his first six starts.

Despite entering the game in the 7th inning, Scott Hairston was responsible for the entirety of the Mets offense. He went 2/2 with two HR, and tied the game in the 9th with a blast off Drew Storen. It wasn’t enough, however, as NY fell short in the bottom of the inning.

(July 30, 2011 – Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America)

Written by Adam Ganeles exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com

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