Ruiz smacked a solo home run in his only plate appearance during Wednesday's win over the Twins. Ruiz made it back-to-back round trippers for the Mariners in the third when he launched a foot shot to left immediately following fellow backstop Mike Zunino's solo blast. The year-old has provided solid offense throughout his career, although he's found success at the plate hard to come by thus far in a Seattle uniform.
Ruiz could be starting to snap out of his funk, however, as he's hit safely in five of his last eight contests overall, raising his average 86 points to. Ruiz went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's win over the Red Sox.
The three-hit effort was Ruiz's first of the season and only his second multi-hit game of the year in 60 plate appearances.
Chooch is hitting just. He's unlikely to see consistent at-bats as the current backup to Mike Zunino. With the Mariners bringing Mike Zunino back from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the week, Ruiz has been stuck on the bench for the previous two games and looks like he'll resume serving in a backup capacity for the time being.
It was take another prolonged cold spell from Zunino before Ruiz sees regular at-bats again. Ruiz is not in the lineup Sunday against the White Sox. Ruiz is off to a disappointing start at the plate this season, hitting just. He'll head to the bench Sunday with Tuffy Gosewisch drawing the start behind the plate.
Tuffy Gosewisch will take over for Ruiz for the evening. Ruiz is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Athletics. Halladay, who died in a plane crash on Nov. But he went with a 3. The ceremony, which lasted approximately 25 minutes and was emceed by longtime public-address announcer Dan Baker, was attended by several former teammates, including Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard.
In a lighter moment, he recalled once asking then-Toronto catcher Gregg Zaun during an at-bat if the always-intense Halladay was having any fun. Zaun, typically talkative behind the plate, offered a curt answer and looked down. I took it as a serious responsibility as well. Now he'll also need a backup catcher for Kratz for the first month. Brian Schneider served as the team's primary backup the last three seasons, but only batted. The Phillies have two top prospects catching in the minors.
Sebastian Valle hit. Ruiz became the eighth player suspended this year under the major league testing program, the second for amphetamines following Baltimore shortstop Ryan Adams. The eight suspensions are the most since This had to be Ruiz's second positive test for a stimulant.
An initial positive for a stimulant does not trigger a suspension, only that the player must undergo follow-up testing. There have been suspensions this year under the minor league testing program.
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