Tim Wakefield reaches 10 plunked Twins
HBPs of Note: April 22, 2009
Tim Wakefield threw two plunks against the Twins yesterday, hitting Alexei Casilla and Denard Span. That brings Wakefield's career total to 166, and his total against the Twins to 10. The Twins are the 7th team Wakefield has reached double figures in hit batsmen against. Wake's 2nd plunk was also his 80th thrown at Fenway Park.
Yesterday was the first day since July 28, 1989 on which the Twins got hit by a pitch at least once in both games of a double-header.
Adrian Gonzalez got hit by a pitch for the Padres yesterday, which means that all 30 teams now have at least 1 HBP. The Padres were a stubborn holdout from the 2009 HBP stats column, avoiding all plunks for their first 14 games, despite having David Eckstein and Kevin Kouzmanoff on the team. But, they didn't last as long as last year's Braves, who made it to their 26th game before getting a plunking. Gonzalez got plunked by Barry Zito, who despite that plunk pitched 7 shutout innings. Really. Barry Zito.
And, Jamey Wright threw the 128th plunk of his career, but only his 2nd against Cleveland. That's still 12 short of Justin Verlander's plunk total against the Indians.
posted by pbr @ 4/23/2009 06:15:00 AM
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