Jul 23
Galarraga allowed one run and three hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings of a 7-1 win at Kansas City on Wednesday.
Advice: Galarraga carried a perfect game into the seventh inning before David DeJesus led off the inning with a single to right. To that point, the 26-year-old rookie right-hander had allowed just two fly balls to the outfield and struck out six. This was an impressive outing for Galarraga, who allowed five runs and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings of his last game, a 7-4 loss at Baltimore on Friday.
Jul 23
The Associated Press reports Detroit Tigers SP Armando Galarraga allowed one run on three hits in seven innings Wednesday, July 23, to pick up his eighth win of the season. He struck out a career-high seven batters and walked one batter in the game.
Jul 23
RHP Armando Galarraga can expect to face more and more left-handed hitters as he builds up a track record in the majors. Galarraga, 7-4, has a terrific slider -- two of them, in fact -- but they break in to left-handed hitters. Lefties are hitting .280 against him with a .342 on-base percentage whereas Galarraga holds right-handed hitters to a .237 average. Ten of the 13 home runs he has allowed have come off the bats of left-handed hitters. His next start will be Wednesday at Kansas City. On the road he has a 2.85 ERA vs. a 4.24 mark at Comerica Park.
