Atomic RoadRunners | Andrew Flynn’s High-Energy Fantasy Baseball

Joe Blanton pitched five innings of two-run ball and struck out nine in the Phillies’ 3-2 win over the Marlins on Saturday. The Phillies need to send C.B. Bucknor a gift basket after the home-plate umpire found himself in awful position and botched a call when Jorge Cantu slid into home with what should have been the game-tying run in the eighth. It was hardly the only call that went the Phillies’ way during the final innings, and the Marlins may have even added another run or two with one more out to work with. Blanton moved to 3-0 in his 12 starts for Philadelphia. Phillies pitchers struck out 16 batters in all tonight, with Cameron Maybin going down four times. (Rotoworld)

Phillies OF Shane Victorino homered for the 14th time on Saturday in a win over the Marlins. Victorino went 2-for-4 and is batting .289. Victorino is on a nine-game hitting streak and is a run-scoring machine. He looks like a must-start outfielder in all leagues during Fantasy crunch time. (CBS Sports)

Chipper Jones is sitting out Saturday’s game with right shoulder tendinitis. “I can’t really throw, as you saw last night,” Jones said. “My throws have been terrible. I can’t get it across the infield, and swinging is worse. I couldn’t get the bat head where I needed to get it last night. I’m having to cut off my swing. I’m a detriment to us right now. I’ve been in a lot of pain,” Jones said. “I might have to get this checked out after the season. Hopefully it’s just tendinitis like they said nothing structural.” Still, he’s hoping to return in a day or two. Jones decided against a cortisone shot in part because he knew it’d cost him a few days. (Rotoworld, Rotowire)

Overall Standings

Rank Team                Batting Pitching Total Dif  Behind
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 1   Atomic Roadrunners  45.0    38.0     83.0  2.0  0.0
 2   X-Men               33.0    38.0     71.0  1.5  12.0
 3   Shoeless Jews       33.0    33.0     66.0  2.0  17.0
 4   Goodfellas          38.0    23.0     61.0  -1.0 22.0
 4   Stanimals           24.0    37.0     61.0  -1.0 22.0
 6   The Pi Train        24.0    27.0     51.0  -1.0 32.0
 7   Uncle Lester        12.0    38.0     50.0  0.0  33.0
 8   Cover Zero          26.0    16.0     42.0  -0.5 41.0
 9   Get Off Kong!       23.0    13.0     36.0  0.0  47.0
 10  Misogynistic Padres 17.0    12.0     29.0  -2.0 54.0

Yesterday's Stats

Atomic Roadrunners Players Yesterday (9/20/08)
Player                        BA HR R RBI   SB
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Blake, Casey 3B LA        0.2500  0 1   0    0
DeWitt, Blake 3B LA       0.3333  0 0   0    0
Dickerson, Chris OF CIN   0.0000  0 0   0    0
Fielder, Prince 1B MIL    0.2000  0 0   1    0
Headley, Chase 3B SD      0.2500  0 0   1    0
Iannetta, Chris C COL     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Jones, Chipper 3B ATL     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Milledge, Lastings LF WAS 0.0000  0 0   0    0
Moss, Brandon OF PIT      0.2500  0 1   1    0
Reyes, Jose B. SS NYM     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Sandoval, Pablo C SF      1.0000  0 0   2    0
Teixeira, Mark 1B ANA     0.0000  0 0   0    0
Theriot, Ryan SS CHC      0.0000  0 0   0    0
Victorino, Shane CF PHI   0.5000  1 1   1    0

Atomic Roadrunners Players Yesterday (9/20/08)
Player                       ERA  K S   W WHIP
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Gonzalez, Mike RP ATL       0.00  2 1   0 0.00