Two Aussies in action today:
Grant Balfour pitched in the Rays' loss to the Rangers. He came into the game in the bottom of the 8th with one out and a runner on first. He battled Frank Catalanotto, throwing a couple of pickoff attempts on the way to walking him on 6 pitches. He was steady in the mid-90s against the next batter, David Murphy, and struck him out swinging on a 2-2 fastball. Balfour really pitched around Ranger's DH Milton Bradley, who is hitting .340 this year. He walked him on four pitches to load the bases and come up against Brandon Boggs. He again hit the mid-90s on his fastball, as he struck him out looking at a 2-2 fastball.
Justin Huber did himself a favour today, picking up a pinch hit single as the Padres swept the Mets. In the 4th inning Khalil Greene led off with a single, and was then out as Luke Carlin grounded into a force out at two, leaving Carlin on one. Huber came in to pinch hit and, after taking the first pitch for a strike, he kept things moving along by slapping a single to left field, moving Carlin over to second. Jody Gerut then hit a single to centre, scoring Carlin. Huber ended up being left on base. The Padres went on to win 8-6 on the back of a pinch hit homer from Tony Clark (at last), and Huber took his average back over .200; to .212.
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