SALAMI SANDWICH

Carlos Quentin did the honors last night in Toronto, plating four with his second homer of the season.  David Wright homered in his second straight game, this one a two-run shot that I caught on MLB.tv before going to bed and missing another crushing Mets defeat.  At least David is making the most of those trips to Coors. The team as a whole had an OPS of .964, built mostly on singles.  The whole middle of the infield sat out, as Alexi Ramirez was benched for a youngster by the name of Omar Vizquel.  Yeah, Ozzie, he's the answer.

But the real story was the pitchers.  Jonathan Sanchez, who actually is a guy you can leave out for eight innings in April, completed eight shutout innings against the lowly Pirates.  Luke Gregerson and  Darren Oliver each contributed a scoreless relief inning, although they had three base runners between them.  I'll take 10 scoreless innings any way I can get them.

Down on the farm, Chris Withrow was hammered by the Tennessee Smokies, who have Cubs phenom Starlin Castro on their team.  A non-prospect named Jake Opitz doubled and homered off him.  Mike Trout has the OBP up to .406, but still has no extra-base hits.  Switch-hitting Justin Smoak keeps chugging along with an 1.167 OPS in Oklahoma City, while the Rangers sit Chris Davis against lefties.  Looks like an opportunity there, Nolan.