--RHP Kevin Millwood pitched into the eighth inning Monday. He has pitched at least seven innings in all six of his starts and he has outlasted his opponent in all but one outing this year. The one time he didn't outlast the opponent was against Kansas City's Zack Greinke. Both pitchers threw nine-inning complete games.
--SS Elvis Andrus, who made a dazzling, lunging play on Kenji Johima's sharp grounder in the ninth, has been moved into the No. 2 spot in the order with Josh Hamilton on the disabled list. Manager Ron Washington wants a bat-handler high in the order to give 3B Michael Young and cleanup hitters LF Andruw Jones and DH Hank Blalock more opportunities to hit with men in scoring position. Andrus is 4-for-9 with a sacrifice bunt since moving into the No. 2 spot. --It appears pitchers are starting to catch up with OF Nelson Cruz. He began Sunday in a 5-for-27 skid that dropped his batting average to .262. It was as high as .298 on April 23. Cruz had a double on Saturday. It was his first extra-base hit since an April 21 homer.
BY THE NUMBERS: 8 -- Leadoff homers for 2B Ian Kinsler in his Texas career which ties the club record held by Mike Hargrove, Oddibe McDowell and Michael Young. Kinsler hit leadoff homers in two of three games over the weekend series against Chicago to tie the mark. He has only been hitting leadoff since the start of the 2008 season.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I definitely lead the league in weird injuries. I'm embarrassed, really. Somebody asks you why you came out and you say, 'Um, I was dizzy.' And then they ask you again and you say, 'I think I got something in my eye.' I'd much rather be run over, that's more manly. I played last year with some injuries and I want to play every day. I don't want anything to keep me out of the lineup." -- C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, on the pair of strange injuries (dizziness, eye irritation) that have forced him to miss time this season.
