National League notes
Arizona: Class AAA Reno RHP
Charles Brewer, ejected in the third inning of his start Sunday for having a foreign substance on his left forearm, was suspended for 10 games by the Pacific Coast League.
Atlanta:
RHP Brandon Beachy’s scheduled start today was pushed to Saturday because of concerns over lower velocity of late. RHP Tim
Hudson will take his turn. Chicago: Hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo was fired, and James Rowson, the organization’s minor league hitting coordinator, was named the interim coach. Team President Theo Epstein said, “It’s not based on results. It’s more of try to get a new voice or a new message.” Epstein pointed out the Cubs’ onbase percentage had fallen every year since 2008.
Cincinnati: SS Zack Cozart was out of the lineup because of a flu-like illness that had hit others in the Reds clubhouse.
Colorado:
RH reliever Matt Belisle had walked three and struck out 24 in his first 31Z innings this season and had allowed four of 21 inherited runners to score.
Houston: had the
Jed Lowrie highest slugging percentage (.533) of any shortstop in the major leagues going into Tuesday. He led injured Colorado SS Troy Tulowitzki by 47 points in that department, though he was not in the top five among NL shortstops in All-Star voting.
Los Angeles: C A.J. Ellis on Monday became the seventh Dodgers player in history to have four walks in a game. Ellis ranked third in the NL through Monday with a .434 on-base percentage.
Miami:
Manager Ozzie Guillen said he was shocked that 3B Hanley
Ramirez was batting .309 at home and .195 on the road through Monday. “Kind of weird,” Guillen said. “Every day we don’t know what we’re going to get.”
Milwaukee:
The Brewers spiced up their trip to Kansas City by wearing 1980s-style outfits. RH closer
John Axford was among a group of four players dressed up like a hairmetal band, and LF Ryan Braun
wore a white shirt and shorts, mimicking Tom Cruise’s get-up in
the 1983 film Risky Business.
New York: RH reliever Jon Rauch is no longer the setup man, manager Terry Collins said. RH relievers Bobby Parnell and Miguel Batista will receive more opportunities late in games, according to Collins.
Philadelphia: 3B Placido Po
lanco (left hand) was out of the lineup for the sixth game in a row.
Pittsburgh: 1B Matt Hague was the DH, a mild surprise in light of 1B
Jeff Clement batting .301 with Class AAA Indianapolis. Hague went into the game batting .208 with two extra-base hits in 53 major league at-bats.
St. Louis: The Cardinals’ top draft pick, Texas A&M RHP Michael
Wacha, was scheduled to be in St. Louis today to take a physical, which should complete his contract process. Wacha was the 19th player chosen in the draft.
San Diego: Prosecutors in Glendale, Ariz., on Monday dismissed domestic violence charges against SS
Everth Cabrera stemming from an incident during spring training. Cabrera was charged with misdemeanor assault March 16 after police responded to a call about a fight between Cabrera and his wife. According to the police report, Cabrera assaulted his wife by hitting her in the face with a closed fist and slamming her head against the wall. Cabrera said he was defending himself.
San Francisco:
OF Melky Cabre
ra (right hamstring) was back in the lineup after missing three games. His return enabled manager Bruce
Bochy to rest CF Angel Pagan, something he’d been wanting to do for several days.
Washington:
IF-OF Mark De
Rosa’s father, Jack, died after a five-year battle with cancer. DeRosa, on the disabled list because of a strained muscle in his side, had traveled with the team to Toronto and was expected to rejoin the Nationals on Friday in Washington.