Jerry Hairston, Jr. might have an acting career when his baseball days are over.
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The Fifth Five
Jerry Hairston, Jr. turned in the fifth five-hit game of the season as the Dodgers beat the Astros 5-1. That brought his batting average up to .381, as Hairston is having a production season in part-time duty. By coincidence, two of the other four players to collect five hits in a game also had the initials J.H.; Josh Hamilton and J.J. Hardy.
Jerry Cycle?
Jerry Hairston, Jr. came up in the ninth needing a double for the cycle. He grounds out for the second out of the inning with the Dodgers trailing 5-4.
Update: Rafael Dolis hits a batter after a disputed strike call, but gets out of the ninth with no other damage for his first save as the Cubs closer. The Dodgers fall 5-4.
Matt Kemp goes one for four with a triple, lowering his batting average to .404. The probability of him hitting .400 for the season drops to .00000065.
Another Club Member
Jerry Hairston, Jr. joins the “I Homered Before Albert Pujols” club with a solo shot in the top of the third inning. The Cubs lead the Dodgers 2-1 as Jerry cuts the lead in half.
Good Throw, Tough Catch
The Dodgers put men on first and second in the bottom of the seventh against Stephen Strasburg with a hit batter and an infield single. With one out, A.J. Ellis singled to left. Harper charged the ball, made a perfect pick-up and threw a strike to Wilson Ramos at the plate. It was in time to get Jerry Hairston, Jr., but the ball comes loose when Hairston collides with the glove. The Dodgers tie the game at one as the teams go to the top of the eighth.
So far, Harper hit a laser and threw a laser.
Double Trouble
Back to back doubles in the bottom of the fourth bring a Brewers a bit closer as the Cardinals now lead 9-5. Jerry Hairston, Jr. hit the first one and scored, his fourth double of the series. He has scored six times in the NLCS.
Update: Casey McGehee draws a two-out walk as he pinch-hit for the pitcher. That puts two runners on for Corey Hart, who homered earlier in the game.
Update: Hart works the count to 3-2, fouling off pitches, making Salas work, but strikes out to end the inning. The teams go to the fifth with the Cardinals leading the Brewers 9-5.
Hart and Hairston
Corey Hart singles and Jerry Hairston, Jr. drives him home with a double to cut the Diamondbacks lead to 5-3 with none out in the top of the third. The Brewers scored in each inning so far, and might score more here.
Update: Ryan Braun walks, putting the tying run on base for Prince Fielder.
Update: That’s all the Brewers get, but they are on a pace to score nine runs in the game.
Players A to Z, Jerry Hairston, Jr.
Jerry Hairston, Jr. played the middle infield for the Padres in 2010. He currently looks for work as a free agent. Hairston’s career peaked between 2000 and 2005, his age 24 through 29 seasons. Those are the roughly the ages when a player should be at his best. His offensive strength during that time came from his OBP, .336. That’s not great, but not bad for a middle infielder. Managers used him to sacrifice often, accumulating 45 in that time. He spent most of those years in Baltimore so that was a high total. The list of players with more in those years overflows with pitchers and light hitting middle infielders.
Since 2006, Hairston’s value moved entirely to his fielding. He can still help a team with his glove, but at seasonal age 35 in 2011, he probably shouldn’t be an every day player any more.
Fractured Tibia, Sargent
Jerry Hairston, Jr. was playing on a broken leg for two months.
For two months now Jerry Hairston Jr. has been playing through leg pain that he believed was shin splints, but the Padres announced this afternoon that he has a fractured tibia. He’ll miss the remainder of the regular season and also won’t be available if San Diego makes the playoffs.
As you can see, he’s hit rather poorly over the last two months.
If the Padres want him back for the playoffs, they should send him here.
Winning by a Hairston
The Hairston brothers did some damage against the Rockies as San Diego salvaged the final game of their series to go into the All-Star break with a two-game lead in the NL West. Jerry and Scott combined to go a very lucky seven for 11 in the game, all singles, driving in two runs and scoring three. It was the Padres who launched the late comeback in this game, scoring two runs in each of the last three innings to down the Rockies 9-7.
The Padres pen deservedly got the win in the game as they allowed three hits and one run over 3 1/3 innings of work.
Four games separate 1 through four in the NL West, as the Dodgers will either be two or three games back in second or third place depending on their outcome against the Cubs later tonight.
Home Run Happy Hairston
For the second game in a row, Jerry Hairston, Jr. provides the winning margin for the San Diego Padres with a home run. This time, he hits it in the bottom of the 13th, allowing the Padres to walk off with a 2-1 win over the Cardinals. Neither team scored until the 8th inning when Matt Stairs pinch hit double in the bottom of the eighth broke the deadlock, then a Ryan Ludwick single in the top of the ninth tied the game.
For Hairston, these are the only two home runs he hit this season, and only seven of his 32 hits have gone for extra bases. Add in the dimension that PETCO Park is a tough place to hit home runs, and you get a very unlikely pair of long balls.
With a number of low scoring games the last two days, it’s worth pointing out again that offense is down to 8.9 runs per game this season, compared to 9.6 runs per game through the same point in the season last year.
One Mistake
Sticking with the great pitching Tuesday theme, Adam Wainwright and Jon Garland dueled for seven innings, with Wainwright making the one mistake of the game. He gave up a home run to Jerry Hairston, Jr. that would prove to be the only run of the game. That was the ninth 1-0 game of the season. Over the last four years, there have been about 36 1-0 games a season, so we’re right on pace for that. It’s also the third 1-0 game decided on a solo home run.