Lisa Winston of mlb.com is reporting that Missouri Tigers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson has a stress fracture in his right forearm. The injury could certainly affect his status in the upcoming first year player draft on Tuesday.
Gibson struggled with tightness in his arm during the NCAA regional tournament on May 30 th when he faced Monmouth University. Despite throwing 14 shutout innings in his final two starts of the season, his fastball was clocked in the low 80′s compared with his usual top speeds in the low 90′s.
Gibson was a potential first round selection, some possibly thought as high as the top 10. Gibson was 11-3 with a 3.21 ERA this season. He pitched 106.2 innings and struck out 131 for the season which tied him with former Tiger Max Scherzer who now pitches with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gibson would still have the opportunity to come back his senior season at Missouri. His injury will take several weeks to recover from, but should not require surgery.
MU’s Gibson has stress fracture in arm
Cardinals lose third straight to Colorado
After a sacrifice fly from Albert Pujols in the first inning that scored two runs, the Cardinals bats went silent again and the bullpen had another meltdown leading to the Cardinals’ third straight loss to Colorado, a 7-2 final at Busch Stadium Sunday. (Kyle McClellan tries to regroup after giving up a HR, Bill Greenblatt, UPI)
Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez retired 17 Cardinal hitters at one point who continue to struggle at the plate. Meanwhile it was another tough outing for the bullpen. Down 3-2 in the eighth, the game got away again. Kyle McClellan gave up a solo home run to catcher Paul Phillips. Then the pitcher Jimenez singled. Dexter Fowler singled to put runners on first and third and then Clint Barmes doubled both runs in and scored after Trever Miller gave up an RBI single to Brad Hawpe.
The Rockies have now scored 28 runs in the first three games of this series. The Cardinals remain two games behind Milwaukee with both Chicago and Cincinnati a game and a half behind St. Louis for second place.
Davies outpitched in Royals loss
Toronto’s answer to Zack Greinke is Roy Halladay. Their ace starter moved to 10-1 on the season as a rare feat took place in the series finale…both starting pitchers went the distance in a 4-0 Blue Jays win on Sunday as the Royals were unable to build a winning streak.
Halladay threw his second complete game in a row pitching the shutout on seven hits, no walks and six strikeouts. Kyle Davies settled down after the first three innings to go the distance, but by then the damage was done both figuratively and literally.
The Blue Jays got a run on a sac fly in the first inning from Vernon Wells. Then Lyle Overbay led off the second with a deep home run that smashed a window in one of the restaurants in center field. Then Aaron Hill blasted a two run shot to left in the third.
The damage first came on a first-inning sacrifice fly by Vernon Wells. Then, a mammoth, glass-crashing home run high atop the restaurant in center field on a fastball to Lyle Overbay led off the second. Lastly came a hanging curveball that Aaron Hill did what hitters do with that pitch, redirecting it over the wall in left field for a two-run homer in the third.
The Royals have an off day Monday, then travel to Cleveland where the Indians are just a half game behind the Royals for fourth place.
