Mormon Baseball

It was the best game of his year. Jeremy Guthrie blanked the Oakland As over 6 innings, striking out 6 and giving up just 3 hits and two walks. This performance marked the first time this season he shut out his opponents.

Unfortunately, Guthrie has otherwise not been that good. His season era is now 4.50—which represents on average a run every other inning pitched. His strength remains in his durability; Guthrie has started 22 games for the Royals this year and has accumulated a total of 138 innings.

At the plate the best performance came from Bryce Harper, who was 7 for 24 (.292) with 2 rbis and 3 runs scored. This is far from Harper’s best, but above average for this year, in which his season average is just .259.

Josh Johnson and Matt Lindstrom remain on the DL. Darwin Barney, who was released for assignment last week, was picked up by the Los Angeles Dodgers and reassigned to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast League.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 29 stolen bases (5th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Jeremy Guthrie — 22 games started (tied 25th)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Los Angeles Dodgers
  Did not play — Reassigned
  YTD: .230, 18 runs, 16 rbi, 2 hr, 9 bb, 1 sb, 31 so in 204 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Los Angeles Angeles
  Signed with Angels – Did not play
  YTD: .226, 9 runs, 6 rbi, 1 hr, 8 bb, 0 sb, 24 so in 84 at bats.
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• Jacoby Ellsbury — centerfield — New York Yankees
  2 for 22 (.091), 3 runs, 2 rbi, 1 hr, 2 bb, 1 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .272, 52 runs, 49 rbi, 9 hr, 41 bb, 29 sb, 69 so in 415 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth — relief pitcher — Houston Astros
  Released — Free Agent
  YTD: 0-3, era 4.40, 32 hits, 14 er, 15 bb and 18 k in 28.2 innings; 1.64 WHIP
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• Doug Fister — starting pitcher — Washington Nationals
  0-1, era 2.57, 6 hits, 2 er, 2 bb and 5 k in 7.0 innings; 1.14 WHIP
  YTD: 10-3, era 2.68, 93 hits, 29 er, 13 bb and 59 k in 97.1 innings; 1.09 WHIP
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  1-0, era 0.00, 3 hits, 0 er, 2 bb and 6 k in 6.0 innings; 0.83 WHIP
  YTD: 7-9, era 4.50, 148 hits, 69 er, 39 bb and 90 k in 138.0 innings; 1.36 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  7 for 24 (.292), 3 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 6 so
  YTD: .259, 20 runs, 14 rbi, 3 hr, 22 bb, 1 sb, 53 so in 174 at bats.
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• Elliot Johnson — second base — Cleveland Indians
  Reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: .105, 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 7 so in 19 at bats.
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• Josh Johnson — starting pitcher — San Diego Padres
  Injured, did not pitch (60-day DL — Tommy John Surgery)
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Matt Lindstrom — Chicago White Sox, closer
  Injured, 15-day DL
  YTD: 2-1, era 3.32, 19 hits, 7 er, 9 bb and 11 k in 19.0 innings; 1.47 WHIP
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• Brandon Lyon — relief pitcher — Los Angeles Angels
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Shane Peterson — Oakland As minor league affiliate, infield
  Did not play — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: .000, 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so in 0 at bats.
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• Adam Rosales — Texas Rangers, backup infielder
  1 for 2 (.500), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .269, 4 runs, 5 rbi, 1 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 7 so in 26 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  0 for 6 (.000), 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .198, 27 runs, 11 rbi, 0 hr, 18 bb, 8 sb, 23 so in 182 at bats.
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