| Breaking News |  | Friday, October 9th, 2009:
Philip Hughes of the St. Louis Cardinals just toyed with the Arizona Diamondbacks today, blanking them 6-0. He was almost untouchable, baffling them on a 3-hit shutout with 5 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"I'm sweating now because it's hot in here," Hughes said in the clubhouse after the game. "But it didn't even feel like I was sweating out there."
One of his teammates said it was easy to play behind him today. "It was like he's just playing with the hitters and doing whatever he wanted to do."
In the 2009 season Hughes has recorded a 21-5 mark. In 36 starts he has fanned 287 batters in 264 innings with a 2.01 ERA.
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 | Friday, September 25th, 2009: Grayson Bashes 5 Base Hits
Luke Grayson told the press after his 5-hit day, "Every batter wants to have a quality at-bat every time he steps up to the plate. He wants to hit the ball hard."
Well, that's just what Grayson of the Los Angeles (N) Dodgers did against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He went to the plate 7 times and 5 times he delivered base hits, much to the chagrin of the Diamondbacks, who suffered a 10-8 defeat.
"Not much that I can say," offered the losing manager, "he just hammered the heck out of us."
L. Grayson singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, hit an RBI double in the 5th, flied out in the 7th, singled in the 10th, struck out in the 12th and hit a two-run home run off W. Startup in the 14th.
Grayson is hitting .258 in 2009 with 11 home runs, 49 RBIs and 47 runs scored. He has 90 hits in 349 at-bats and played in 139 games.
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 | Thursday, September 17th, 2009: Diamondbacks Ink LF Crawford to Extension
Team officials triumphantly announced that the Diamondbacks and superstar left fielder Carl Crawford have closed a deal that keeps the 28-year-old in a Arizona uniform for another 4 years.
Crawford will earn $55,700,000 as part of the settlement.
So far this season Crawford is batting .311 with 18 home runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 100-62, .617 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 18.0 GB | | Record at home | 53-28, .654 PCT | | Record on the road | 47-34, .580 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 13-5, .722 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 27-16, .628 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 25-21, .543 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 75-41, .647 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 13-9, .591 PCT | | Record in May | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in June | 14-13, .519 PCT | | Record in July | 17-8, .680 PCT | | Record in August | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in September | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in October | 3-1, .750 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .266 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .334 - 5th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .422 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .755 - 5th in NL | | Runs Scored | 846 - 2nd in NL | | Hits | 1511 - 2nd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 474 - 7th in NL | | Home Runs | 182 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 554 - 8th in NL | | Strikeouts | 1200 - 7th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 123 - 6th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.97 - 8th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.87 - 7th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.17 - 9th in NL | | Runs allowed | 696 - 6th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1338 - 4th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .239 - 4th in NL | | BABIP | .296 - 5th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 155 - 11th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 562 - 7th in NL | | Strikeouts | 1431 - 3rd in NL |
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