Posted on July 28, 2006 by Andrew Flynn
Overnight Dispatches
Cardinals pitching coah Dave Duncan said Thursday that, barring any setbacks, Mark Mulder could head out on a rehab assignment as early as August 6, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mulder felt great after a 122-pitch simulated game on Wednesday. Mulder has been out since June 20 with a shoulder strain.
Stephen Drew missed Thursday’s game after fouling a ball off his ankle on Wednesday, according to the Diamondbacks website. Drew, who was replaced in the lineup by Damion Easley, was available to pinch-hit. “He could have played if he had to, but it was a day I was looking to get Easley in anyway,” manager Bob Melvin said.
Chipper Jones, who sat out Thursday’s game to rest his sore oblique, will play all three games of this weekend’s series against the Mets. Jones ended his 20-game hit streak on Wednesday. During the streak he hit .512 (42-for-82) with 18 extra-base hits (eight home runs) and 24 RBIs.
Adam Dunn reached five times, hit his 31st homer and drove in four runs in the Reds’ 8-4 win over the Astros on Thursday. Ken Griffey Jr. also homered, but the Reds’ best hitter stole the show. Dunn, who recently switched to a lighter bat, has seven hits in two games and is batting .356 during July. Maybe he’s finally on his way to convincing Jerry Narron to simply leave him in the second spot in the order. He hit there tonight.