MLB Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts: May 16, 2011

Here’s a look at the unheralded fantasy baseball players who played well yesterday.

New York Yankees at Tampa Bay

Sam Fuld went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI (15). Casey Kotchman went 2-for-3 to raise his average to .352. Russell Martin went 2-for-4 with a run.

Philadelphia at St. Louis

Ryan Theriot went 2-for-2 with an RBI to raise his average to .295. Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .296. Nick Punto went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Jake Westbrook gave up one run on four hits for the win.

Pittsburgh at Washington

Danny Espinosa went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI (22). Ronny Cedeno went 2-for-3 with a run. John Lannan gave up two runs in 6.1 innings but got a no-decision.

Toronto at Detroit

Yunel Escobar went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Edwin Encarnacion went 2-for-5 with a run. Aaron Hill went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Rajai Davis went 2-for-4. Kyle Drabek gave up one run on three hits in seven innings to improve to 3-2 with a 4.32 ERA. Max Scherzer gave up one unearned run in seven innings but got a no-decision. He lowered his ERA to 2.81.

Houston at Atlanta

Eric Hinske went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI to raise his average to .356. Joe Mather went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Jason Heyward was out again. Matt Downs went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Tommy Hanson tossed a gem. Brett Myers gave up two runs with six strikeouts in six innings but got a no-decision.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati

Jonny Gomes went 1-for-4 with a home run (seven) and two RBI (19). Darwin Barney went 3-for-4 with an RBI to raise his average to .345. Marlon Byrd went 2-for-4 with a run to raise his average to .316. Carlos Pena went 2-for-4 with two runs, a home run and two RBI.

Texas at Chicago White Sox

Endy Chavez went 3-for-5 with two runs and a stolen base. A.J. Pierzynski went 2-for-3. Colby Lewis struck out seven in a five-hit shutout. He improved to 4-4 with a 3.81 ERA.

Baltimore at Boston

J.D. Drew went 2-for-4 with a run. Jed Lowrie went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI (18) to raise his average to .320. Jason Varitek went 2-for-5 with a run and two RBI. Chris Tillman threw five scoreless innings but got a no-decision.

Cleveland at Kansas City

The Tribe scored 19 runs, so pretty much everybody went off. Michael Brantley, both Cabreras and Matt LaPorta did most of the damage. Josh Tomlin gave up one run in six innings to improve to 5-1 with a 2.56 ERA.

San Francisco at Colorado

Dexter Fowler went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI. Jonathan Herrera went 2-for-4 with a run to raise his average to .292. Jose Lopez went 2-for-3 with a run. Freddy Sanchez went 3-for-4. Nate Schierholtz went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-4 with a run.

Florida at New York Mets

Omar Infante went 3-for-4. Justin Turner went 2-for-5. Mike Pelfrey gave up one run in seven innings but got a no-decision. Mike Dunn struck out five in two scoreless innings.

San Diego at Arizona

Jason Bartlett went 2-for-5 with two runs and two RBI (15). Cameron Maybin went 1-for-3 with two RBI (15). Ryan Ludwick went 2-for-3 with a home run (seven) and three RBI (26). Henry Blanco went 2-for-3 with a pair of home runs.

Minnesota at Seattle

Adam Kennedy went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Michael Pineda did his thing as the Twins’ bats remained quiet.

Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers

Shaun Marcum gave up one run on five hits in seven innings to improve to 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA. Jon Garland gave up two runs in six innings but took the loss.

Los Angeles Angels at Oakland

Coco Crisp went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base (13). Daric Barton went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Alberto Callaspo went 2-for-5 with an RBI (20) to raise his average to .315. Bobby Wilson went 2-for-4.

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