Friday, November 03, 2006

Nov. 3 -- MLB 3, JAPAN 2

No homers for Ryan Howard in the opener of the five-game series against Japan. Just a "routine" 2-for-3 (double, single) with a run and a walk. Chase Utley went 1-for-3 with an RBI groundout in the second inning that scored Howard.

By the way, MLB's starting infield is Howard, Utley, Jose Reyes and David Wright. Not bad, right?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Should be Morneau at first.

Scott Lauber said...

You can have him, Herby. I'll take the guy who just went deep 58 times.

Anonymous said...

Hey, I like Ryan. Morneau can field though

Scott Lauber said...

Anonymous is right. Morneau can field. And one of Art Howe's main responsibilities with the Phillies is going to be turning Howard into a better defensive first baseman. Howard is an excellent athlete, so I'd bet on him improving.

Anonymous said...

I'm with you. Howard's a great kid.