After carrying a shutout into the eighth inning Friday at St. Louis, Rays SP Andy Sonnanstine has won his past five decisions. Sonnanstine, now with as many wins as last year's 6-10 season, yielded one run and eight hits with four strikeouts and no walks in eight innings. "Having a guy on the mound that's competitive is sometimes better than having someone with great stuff," closer Troy Percival said. "He really kept them off-balance and that's hard to do with that kind of lineup." (Updated 05/17/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/18/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Despite his impressive record, Sonnanstine has a 4.53 ERA. He had allowed a total of nine earned runs in his last two starts and has allowed a total of 26 hits in his last three. Don't think of him as a Fantasy ace by any means, but he should continue to win games as long as he goes deep into games and the Rays stay hot. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday at Oakland. (Updated 05/17/2008).
Sonnanstine gave up just one run and eight hits over eight innings on Friday as the visiting Rays beat St. Louis, 3-1, in the opener of their weekend interleague series. (Updated 05/17/2008)
Advice
Sonnanstine improved to 5-0 with a 2.98 ERA over his last six starts, and is 6-1 with a 4.53 ERA in nine starts overall. On Friday, Sonnanstine also walked none and struck out four, but he was also 2-for-3 for his second career two-hit performance.
After carrying a shutout into the eighth inning Friday at St. Louis, Rays SP Andy Sonnanstine has won his past five decisions. Sonnanstine, now with as many wins as last year's 6-10 season, yielded one run and eight hits with four strikeouts and no walks in eight innings. "Having a guy on the mound that's competitive is sometimes better than having someone with great stuff," closer Troy Percival said. "He really kept them off-balance and that's hard to do with that kind of lineup." (Updated 05/17/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/18/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Despite his impressive record, Sonnanstine has a 4.53 ERA. He had allowed a total of nine earned runs in his last two starts and has allowed a total of 26 hits in his last three. Don't think of him as a Fantasy ace by any means, but he should continue to win games as long as he goes deep into games and the Rays stay hot. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday at Oakland. (Updated 05/17/2008).
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