Posted on April 30, 2006 by Andrew Flynn
Overnight Dispatches
Courtesty of RotoWorld:
Jason Vargas was pulled after giving up four runs — three earned — in 2 1/3 innings against the Rockies on Saturday. All four runs scored in the third. Ricky Nolasco came on, and the Marlins got out of the jam with a caught stealing and a fly out. That Vargas couldn’t do better than this against Colorado is discouraging, but NL-only leaguers will want him active for his upcoming start at Washington.
Thanks to Randy Winn’s defense in left field and Moises Alou’s walk-off homer, Armando Benitez picked up the victory in the Giants’ 3-2 defeat of the Diamondbacks on Saturday. In the top of the ninth, Winn made a sliding catch of a Shawn Green fly to left field and then went over the fence to rob Eric Byrnes of a homer, allowing Benitez to pitch a scoreless inning. Alou won it in the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot. We’re still not thrilled with the way Benitez is throwing, but he hasn’t allowed a run in 4 1/3 innings since coming off the disabled list.
Juan Cruz allowed one run and two hits over five innings against the Giants Saturday in his first major league start in 2 1/2 years. Cruz struck out three and walked none. He’s quite a sleeper now that he’s in the rotation, and it’d be a good idea to pick him up in any NL-only leagues in which he’s still available. That said, it probably isn’t worth using him right now.
Prince Fielder hit two of the Brewers’ six homers in a 16-2 shellacking of the Cubs on Saturday. Rickie Weeks, Bill Hall, Carlos Lee and J.J. Hardy also homered. It was Fielder’s first ever two-homer game. Both homers came off Glendon Rusch, so four of his five homers this year have come off lefties. He’s batting .348.
Doug Davis walked five more batters today, but he only gave up one run in 6 1/3 innings against the Cubs. That was more than good enough to earn him his first win of the season. Davis still won’t be recommended until he demonstrates better command. He’s walked 26 batters in 31 innings.
Tom Glavine pitched seven innings and combined with Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner on a five-hitter as the Mets beat the Braves 1-0 on Saturday night. Glavine earned this after taking a loss in a duel with Tim Hudson 10 days ago. He barely outpitched John Thomson for the win tonight, making him 3-2 with a 2.29 ERA.