Alumni In The Majors
CF Marlon Byrd (.315) was 0-for-2 with a walk. 2BEric Patterson (.211) went 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
Alumni In The Minors
CF Charlie Blackmon (.284) was 3-for-6 with a double and agrand slam home run. LF Brandon Boggs (.278) returned from the disabled list andwent 0-for-2 with three walks and two strikeouts. 1B Chase Burnette (.300) was 0-for-4 including a strikeout. SSDerek Dietrich (.270) extended his hitting streak to sixgames while 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a sacrifice fly.Dietrich has also homered in three straight games. 2B Michael Fisher (.394) extended his hitting streak to fivegames while going 2-for-5 with a stolen base. In his first gamesince May 24, RF Jeff Kindel (.273) went 2-for-6 with a double, and RBI andstrikeout. CF Danny Payne (.257) went 1-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and twostrikeouts. CF Jay Payton (.326) was 0-for-4. RHPAndrew Robinson faced eight batters in relief. His line: 2IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR.
Previously: Wednesday In Professional Baseball (July 14 action)