Dunn Goes Upper
Deck in Arlington
Everyone seemed to noticed but it is still fun to mention
that Adam Dunn may have put last season’s disastrous effort behind him. He came to bat in the top of the 6th
and worked Colby Lewis to a full count. And then this happened. Patience and power, Dunny
might be back.
According to Twitter's @sporer, Dunn tied Ken Griffy Jr. and Frank
Robinson with his 8th opening day HR, an MLB record. Looks like ESPN Stats and Research referenced
this as well. Credit where credit is
due.
Baltimore – 4,
Minnesota – 2
Baltimore opening day pitcher Jake Arrieta had a pretty
solid day on the hill on Friday. It is
still too early to tell if he was actually good or if the Twins are simply
terrible. Time will tell but the past
would seem to shine some light on Arrieta and lean more towards the Twins being
terrible.
Arrieta – 7IP, 4K, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 97p
Staying in Baltimore, it has to me mentioned that Nick
Markakis had a monster game. It must be
noted that Markakis owns Twins pitcher Carl Pavano with an AVG/OBP/SLG triple slash
of 381/458/667. Now we must all kneel at
the altar of sabermetrictis and Orwellianly say batter and pitcher matchups
mean nothing. In their favor, Markakis’ triple
in the bottom of the 6th had more to do with the Ryan Doumit right field experience then stellar hitting.
Noted
Carlos Beltre got the green light on a 3-0 count against Milwaukie’s
Yovani Gallardo in the top of the 3rd and smacked a home. This was followed by a Matt Holliday HR, a
Lance Berkman walk and a David Freese home run.
All three can be seen here. The
Cardinals look like they are coping pretty well with the loss of King Albert. Freese seems to have entered this season just as hot as he
left the last.
Fantasy sleeper and Brewer first baseman Mat Gamel got
two hits on Friday but it is interesting to note that he got both hits off left
handed hitters (Jamie Garcia and J.C. Romero).
However, he had an ugly strikeout against righty Kyle McClellan. So who knows…
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