NOTABLE
Atlanta and Pittsburgh will play a split doubleheader today after their game yesterday was postponed by rain.
Cincinnati batted out of order in the ninth against the Mets after an earlier double switch, with backup catcher David Ross coming to the plate in the No. 8 spot instead of Corey Patterson. Ross flied out to right. Once Mets manager Willie Randolph informed the umpires of the mistake, the out was charged to Patterson after a prolonged discussion by the umpires, and Ross batted again. This time, he singled.
Milwaukee starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo will have surgery tomorrow to repair a torn ligament in his right knee and will likely miss the rest of the season.
BY THE NUMBERS
1 Times Houston's Miguel Tejada was hit by a pitch in his first 154 plate appearances this season.
2 Times Tejada has been hit by a pitch the past two days.
54 Home runs this season by Philadelphia, leading the major leagues.
WHO'S HOT
Hiroki Kuroda
Dodgers pitcher takes a no-hitter into the seventh against Houston. He allowed one run and one hit in 6 2/3 innings.
WHO'S NOT
David Ross
Reds backup catcher was a little too eager to get to the plate after double switch, batting out of order against the Mets.
QUOTABLE
“Batting out of order can be one of the more confusing rules, you have to really think it through. ... We wanted to make sure we were applying the rule correctly.”
– Plate umpire Dale Scott, after
Cincinnati batted out of order
against the Mets. It was the first
time it happened in Scott's 23
years as a major league ump.
