Mormon Baseball

The Washington National’s Bryce Harper found a groove last week, hitting 2 home runs and earning 7 rbis in 21 at bats. After an injury-diminished and less-productive season than might be expected from Harper, last week had to be very welcome; his 2 home runs last week are a third of his total for the year so far and his 7 rbis raised his season total to 23. No doubt Harper hopes that he is back to his expected form.

On the mound, Doug Fister continued his fantastic pitching, working 14 innings in 2 starts without giving up an earned run. His season era is down to 2.20, but he needed another 3.1 innings on the mound to qualify for the leader board. He could make up those innings in as little as a couple of weeks.

Matt Lindstrom returned from the DL this past week, but didn’t do very well in his two starts last week. Darwin Barney also returned, from AAA, as a backup infielder for the Dodgers, and in his 9 at bats, he played week, scoring a run and earning 2 rbis. Josh Johnson remains on the DL.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 31 stolen bases (5th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Doug Fister — 12 wins (tied 17th)
• Jeremy Guthrie — 158.2 innings (tied 23rd); 1 complete game (tied 16th); 25 games started (tied 15th)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Los Angeles Dodgers
  3 for 9 (.333), 1 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .235, 19 runs, 18 rbi, 2 hr, 10 bb, 1 sb, 31 so in 213 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Los Angeles Angeles
  Signed with Angels – Did not play — assigned to the minors
  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
  1 for 20 (.050), 0 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 1 sb, 7 so
  YTD: .270, 56 runs, 53 rbi, 10 hr, 46 bb, 31 sb, 80 so in 459 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
  1-0, era 0.00, 12 hits, 0 er, 1 bb and 8 k in 14.0 innings; 0.93 WHIP
  YTD: 12-3, era 2.20, 111 hits, 29 er, 14 bb and 74 k in 118.2 innings; 1.05 WHIP
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  1-1, era 6.17, 16 hits, 8 er, 2 bb and 11 k in 11.2 innings; 1.54 WHIP
  YTD: 9-10, era 4.48, 171 hits, 79 er, 41 bb and 105 k in 158.2 innings; 1.34 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  6 for 21 (.286), 3 runs, 7 rbi, 2 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 6 so
  YTD: .252, 27 runs, 23 rbi, 6 hr, 28 bb, 1 sb, 71 so in 222 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
  0-1, era 13.50, 4 hits, 3 er, 0 bb and 3 k in 2.0 innings; 2.00 WHIP
  YTD: 2-2, era 4.29, 23 hits, 10 er, 9 bb and 14 k in 21.0 innings; 1.52 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
  2 for 10 (.200), 1 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 1 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .320, 10 runs, 12 rbi, 3 hr, 7 bb, 1 sb, 13 so in 50 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  3 for 16 (.188), 1 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .214, 32 runs, 16 rbi, 1 hr, 25 bb, 10 sb, 28 so in 215 at bats.
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