MLB Fantasy Baseball Box Score Breakouts – 5/22/11

Ryan LesterMay 23, 2011

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

Tampa Bay at Florida
James Shields struck out 13 in a three-hit shutout. He improve to 5-2 with a 2.00 ERA. Casey Kotchman supplied the offense going 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.

Houston at Toronto
Angel Sanchez went 2-for-5 with a run. Brett Wallace went 2-for-3 with an RBI to raise his average to .318. Yunel Escobar went 2-for-3. J.P. Arencibia went 2-for-4 with his eighth home run. Wandy Rodriguez gave up two runs with six strikeouts in six innings to improve to 3-3 with a 3.41 ERA.

Texas at Philadelphia
Matt Harrison gave up five hits in 8-1/3 scoreless innings to improve to 4-4 with a 3.62 ERA. David Murphy went 2-for-4.

New York Mets at New York Yankees
Brett Gardner went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Chris Dickerson went 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI. Fernando Martinez went 2-for-4 with a run. Willie Harris went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.

Cincinnati at Cleveland
Michael Brantley went 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI (22), and a stolen base. Asdrubal Cabrera went 5-for-5 with two home runs (9) and five RBI (32). Austin Kearns went 1-for-3 with two runs. Jack Hannahan went 1-for-3 with two runs and an RBI (17).

Detroit at Pittsburgh
Rick Porcello gave up one hit in eight scoreless innings to improve to 4-2 with a 3.08 ERA. Jhonny Peralta went 2-for-4 with a home run.

Washington at Baltimore
Chris Tillman gave up one run in five innings. He got a no-decision. Jordan Zimmermann, yesterday’s streaming pitching option, gave up two runs on four hits with five strikeouts in 6-1/3 innings, but took the loss. Ian Desmond and Michael Morse each went 2-for-4. Vladimir Guerrero did the damage for the Orioles.

Colorado at Milwaukee
Randy Wolf gave up one run on four hits with five strikeouts in seven innings to improve to 4-4 with a 3.70 ERA. Ubaldo Jiminez took the loss, but only allowed two earned runs on two hits over eight innings. He did walk five batters though.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago White Sox
Juan Pierre went 3-for-4 with two runs. Alexei Ramirez went 4-for-5 with two runs, a home run, and five RBI. James Loney went 2-for-3 with a run. Jerry Sands went 4-for-4 with a run and a stolen base. Edwin Jackson gave up one run with seven strikeouts in 5-2/3 innings for the win.

St. Louis at Kansas City
Jon Jay went 2-for-5 to raise his average to .312. Allen Craig went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Yadier Molina went 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI. Daniel Descalsco went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Alex Gordon went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI (25). Mike Aviles went 2-for-5 with an RBI (25). Wilson Betemit went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI (20). Alcides Escobar went 2-for-5. Jeff Francoeur went 1-for-4 with two runs, a homer, and a stolen base.

Minnesota at Arizona
Willie Bloomquist went 2-for-4 with a run. Henry Blanco went 2-for-3. Ben Revere went 2-for-4. Delmon Young went 2-for-4 with two runs and a homer. Daniel Hudson gave up two runs with six strikeouts in eight innings to improve to 5-5 with a 3.82 ERA. Francisco Liriano gave up two runs in six innings, but got a no-decision.

Atlanta at Los Angeles Angels
Maicer Izturis went 2-for-4. Freddie Freeman went 2-for-4 with a run. Tyler Chatwood gave up one run on five hits with six strikeouts in seven innings to improve to 3-2.

Seattle at San Diego
Justin Smoak and Adam Kennedy each went 2-for-5 with a run. Kennedy also stole a base. Miguel Olivo went 3-for-5 with three runs and a stolen base. Carlos Peguero went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Brendan Ryan went 2-for-5 with a run and two RBI. King Felix tossed a gem.

Oakland at San Francisco
Freddy Sanchez went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Miguel Tejada went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Coco Crisp went 2-for-6 with a run, an RBI, and a stolen base. Daric Barton went 2-for-6 with an RBI. Cliff Pennington went 3-for-5 with a run.

Chicago Cubs at Boston
Tim Wakefield gave up one run on four hits in 6-2/3 innings to pick up the win.