Joe Saunders Tonight

[Pedro Cerrano]

This gd Encarnacion. He misses the series (I believe) against Tampa and New York but is back in time for us!!!

I really really hate Toronto.

[whynot38]

Laffey shelled vs. Yankees: Toronto starting pitcher Aaron Laffey did not last very long during Thursday's outing against the Yankees. Laffey, who was making his 14th start of the year, surrendered five runs -- four earned -- and two hits in three innings of work in a 10-7 defeat. Ichiro Suzuki took him deep for a solo home run in the third and then doubled in two more runs in the fourth to account for most of Laffey's damage on the night. He struck out three and walked five in 86 pitches while his ERA went up to 4.80 on the year.

(Updated 9/20/12)

Laffey endured his worst outing of the year since July 31 when he allowed seven run in 4 2/3 innings of work. He has surrendered 10 runs in the last 11 1/3 innings of work through his last three starts. Laffey has been a bit shaky as of late as he'll try to get back on track during his next scheduled outing against the Orioles in Baltimore on Tuesday.

[OFFNY]

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JOE SAUNDERS O(vs. BLUE JAYS, 9/25)

IP:O 6.33

H:o. 11

R:O. 4

ER:) 3

BB:. 0

SO:. 2

Pitches: 94 (62 Strikes, 32 Balls)

2012 ERA: 4.09

[6-10, 4.22 ERA * DIAMONDBACKS] OO [2-1, 3.62 ERA * ORIOLES]

[LookitsPuck]

Didn't get hit particularly hard today. I think he pitched pretty well. That Machado error really screwed Joe out of going 7 strong, IMHO.

[OFFNY]

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JOE SAUNDERS O(vs. RED SOX, 9/30)

IP:O 7.33

H:o. 8

R:O. 3

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 90 (64 Strikes, 26 Balls)

2012 ERA: 4.07

[6-10, 4.22 ERA * DIAMONDBACKS] OO [3-3, 3.63 ERA * ORIOLES]

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

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JOE SAUNDERS O(vs. RED SOX, 9/30)

IP:O 7.33

H:o. 8

R:O. 3

BB:. 0

SO:. 5

Pitches: 90 (64 Strikes, 26 Balls)

2012 ERA: 4.07

[6-10, 4.22 ERA * DIAMONDBACKS] OO [3-3, 3.63 ERA * ORIOLES]

He has been more valuable to us than Zach Greinke has been short term for the angels. Amazing pickup and absolutely huge for this surge we have had. Such a steady guy to throw in there every 5th day.

[OFFNY]

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Let's go, Joe.

[LookitsPuck]

Adrian Beltre

vs. LHP:

.299, .737 OPS

vs. RHP

.339, .984 OPS

Josh Hamilton

vs. LHP

.291, .853 OPS

vs. RHP

.282, .965 OPS

....gotta be very careful with Hamilton.

...and Nelson Cruz

vs. LHP:

.309, .944 OPS

vs. RHP:

.244, .727 OPS

Mike Napoli

vs. LHP:

.179, .706 OPS

vs. RHP:

.250, .861 OPS

[Greg]

Gonna be a long night.

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

Calling it! - No Hitter for Saunders tonight

[BmoreMatt]

Best of luck Joe, but I don't think there's much room for error here. I'm pretty sure Buck has something up his sleeve for a quick hook situation.

[Frobby]

Ten years from now, Joe Saunders will probably be remembered in Baltimore for whatever he did in this game.

[Big#3fan]

Calling it! - No Hitter for Saunders tonight

IF that happens I will dance around naked in front of the White House.

Now, I don't think he's going to get rocked, but I don't see him pitching a no hitter either

[jaygdevil11]

Wow

Texas Rangers Career statistics vs. Joe Saunders

BATTER AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS

Elvis Andrus 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .571 .400 .971

Adrian Beltre 25 7 3 0 0 5 0 4 .280 .280 .400 .680

Nelson Cruz 20 6 1 0 2 3 0 3 .300 .300 .650 .950

Josh Hamilton 10 4 0 1 1 6 1 2 .400 .417 .900 1.317

Ian Kinsler 24 10 2 0 4 8 3 1 .417 .464 1.000 1.464

Luis Martinez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

David Murphy 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333

Geovany Soto 6 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 .667 .750 1.333 2.083

Michael Young 28 10 2 1 1 3 4 6 .357 .438 .607 1.045

Totals 123 43 9 2 9 26 13 16 .350 .410 .675 1.085

[Frobby]

IF that happens I will dance around naked in front of the White House.

Now, I don't think he's going to get rocked, but I don't see him pitching a no hitter either

Considering that Joe Saunders has thrown 7 complete games and 3 shutouts in 189 starts, I'd put the odds of a no hitter at 100,000 to 1. His three shutouts were a 3-hitter, a 4-hitter, and a 5-hitter. I will settle for any of those.