| Breaking News |  | Monday, June 14th, 2010: AL Names Devil Rays Right Fielder Winner
Ichiro Suzuki, known affectionately as "the old man" by the younger players in the Devil Rays clubhouse, showed his teammates how to do it last week -- and in the process the 36-year-old vet beat out all competition for the American League Player of the Week Award.
He put up a .593 batting average, 16 hits in 27 at-bats, 1 home run and 4 RBIs. Suzuki also scored 10 runs.
Looking at his stats this year, Suzuki has compiled a .375 batting average, while hitting 1 home run and driving in 18 runs. He has played in 62 games and scored 46 runs.
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 | Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010: Tampa Bay Wins, Blanks Seattle
Johan Santana of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays was lights out in a 5-hit whitewash of the Seattle Mariners.
He told SION reporters, "I had my good stuff and it went where I wanted it to go."
He registered 10 strikeouts and 3 walks in shutting out Seattle 2-0.
To date this year in 12 starts, Santana has crafted a 5-6 mark with a 3.64 ERA.
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| Saturday, May 22nd, 2010: Santana Shuts Out Athletics
Speaking after the game, the Tampa Bay manager said, "Johan Santana had everything going for him. He controlled their bat speed, stayed down, had a lot of movement... he had it all...masterful."
Santana held the Oakland Athletics to 1 hit and fashioned a fine 7-0 shutout. He had 1 walk and 11 strikeouts in the game.
"We couldn't get anything going. He certainly had our number," the Oakland skipper told reporters.
In 10 starts this year Santana has fashioned a 4-5 record and a 4.26 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 35-39, .473 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 6.0 GB | | Record at home | 17-20, .459 PCT | | Record on the road | 18-19, .486 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-6, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 9-15, .375 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 9-8, .529 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 26-31, .456 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 8-2, .800 PCT | | Record in April | 8-18, .308 PCT | | Record in May | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in June | 15-5, .750 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .282 - 6th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .337 - 10th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .406 - 10th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .743 - 10th in AL | | Runs Scored | 356 - 8th in AL | | Hits | 742 - 3rd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 203 - 8th in AL | | Home Runs | 50 - 12th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 214 - 11th in AL | | Strikeouts | 573 - 3rd in AL | | Stolen Bases | 117 - 4th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.47 - 8th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.67 - 13th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.04 - 6th in AL | | Runs allowed | 359 - 9th in AL | | Hits allowed | 690 - 9th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .268 - 8th in AL | | BABIP | .342 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 74 - 10th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 258 - 8th in AL | | Strikeouts | 702 - 3rd in AL |
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