Fantasy Baseball Players of the Day - 8/3/08

Sunday, August 3rd

Xavier Nady went 4 for 5 with a Run, a Double, a HR, and 6 RBI. Manny Ramirez went 4 for 5 with 2 Runs, a Double, a HR, and 3 RBI. Gerald Laird hit a pair of HRs and had 4 RBI. Mike Aviles went 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs. Chone Figgins went 4 for 5 with 3 Runs. Mark Teixeira hit a Grand Slam. Bobby Abreu (3 Runs), Joey Votto, Austin Kearns, Placido Polanco, Carlos Delgado, Billy Butler, Mitch Maier, Alfonso Soriano, Matt Kemp (3 Runs), Stephen Drew, each had 3 Hits. Erick Aybar, Raul Ibanez, and Miguel Olivo each had 3 RBI. A-Rod, Alex Gordon, and Jose Guillen each scored 3 Runs.

Jorge Campillo tossed 7 scoreless Innings with 6 Ks to improve to 6-4 with a 2.58 ERA. Francisco Liriano tossed 6 scoreless Innings giving up 3 Hits while striking out 5 for his first Win of the year. Dice-K gave up 2 Runs on 4 Hits in 6 Innings with 8 Ks to improve to 12-2 with a 3.04 ERA. Randy Wolf tossed 5 scoreless Innings with 7 Ks to improve to 7-10. Zack Greinke gave up 2 Runs in 6-1/3 Innings with 6 Ksd to improve to 9-7 with a 3.93 ERA. Greg Maddux gave up 1 Run on 2 Hits in 6 Innings to improve to 5-8. Scott Olsen (1 Hit in 6 scoreless Inning), Armando Galarraga (7 Innings, 1 Run, 4 Hits), James Shields (6-1/3 Innings, 2 Runs), Brett Myers (6 Innings, 2 Runs, 4 Hits), and Todd Wellemeyer (6 Innings, 1 Run, 4 Hits) but got no-decisions. Kevin Correia gave up 2 Runs on 3 Hits in 6-1/3 Innings, but lost.