Find out which visiting player will be sorry to see Yankee Stadium go, which youngster is succeeding despite a .606 contact rate, which team started a veteran with a .284 slugging mark at first base, which Chris Young owns the other and a whole lot more.

One of the basic tenets of fantasy baseball is to zig when everyone else is zagging. So while hacks tell you to think outside of the box, here we are looking inside the box or more to the point the boxscores to see what nuggets we can learn about players, teams and trends.

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Cardinals reliever Kyle McClellan made his 52^nd appearance of the season and lowered his ERA to 2.79 for the year. McClellan made his major league debut this season after spending five years in rookie or Low-A ball. His big break came last year, when he was switched to the bullpen and advanced to Double-A. There was talk in Spring Training about moving him back to the rotation, but he went north with the Cardinals and has found a home in the bullpen. McClellan has a full repertoire with a fastball in the low 90s.

Angels starter John Lackey took a no-hitter into the ninth inning but lost it after giving up a single to Dustin Pedroia with one out. Next batter Kevin Youkilis broke up the shutout with a two-run homer but Lackey still ended up with a complete-game win to up his record to 9-2 for the season. Lackey missed the first month and a half of the season with an elbow injury

Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera had two hits, two runs and an RBI. In his last 27 games Cabrera is batting .342 with 15 runs and 31 RBIs.

Orioles designated hitter Aubrey Huff had a four-hit game with a home run and four RBIs. He now has a .308 career average in Yankee Stadium with six homers and 40 RBIs in 182 at-bats.

Rockies third baseman Ian Stewart went 2-3 with a double and a walk. The only time he did not reach base he struck out. Stewart’s BABIP is .472 and his contact rate is .606! I’m not sure which one of those numbers is more amazing.

Rays pitcher Matt Garza threw his first career shutout. In three starts against the Blue Jays this year, Garza has allowed just one earned run in 23.1 innings for a 0.39 ERA.

Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca played his 15^th game of the year at first base. The Nationals are struggling at the position with injuries to both Nick Johnson and Dmitri Young but it is never a good idea to start a guy with a .284 slugging percentage at a power position. Meanwhile Bill Rhinehart has a .301/.407/.485 line in 103 at-bats in Double-A. Sure, he started the year in the Low-A South Atlantic League but does anyone doubt he’d be more productive at the plate than Lo Duca at this point?

Marlins reliever Matt Lindstrom pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings against the Mets. When facing the organization that originally signed him, Lindstrom has a 0.77 ERA in 11.2 innings with two walks and 10 strikeouts.

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez had a rare successful night against Brewers starter Ben Sheets. Ramirez came into the game with a .192 average versus Sheets in 52 at-bats but went 2-3 with two doubles versus his nemesis. Ramirez ended the game with four hits.

Rangers third baseman Ramon Vazquez had a four-hit game with four RBIs to raise his average to .320 for the season. His previous high in average came in 2002 when he hit .274 for the Padres. As you might have guessed, his BABIP is .390 so far.

Astros reliever Wesley Wright retired the only batter he faced to record his first Major League save. Houston picked Wright in the Rule 5 draft this year from the Los Angeles Dodgers and the lefty has recorded 33 strikeouts in 37.1 innings.

Twins outfielder Carlos Gomez went 3-3 with two runs and an RBI. It was his first start since being carried off the field on a stretcher on July 25^th.

Royals starter Gil Meche gave up two runs in seven innings and fanned eight to earn his third straight win. Meche has a 1.33 ERA in his last three games and has evened his record at 9-9. The Royals have won eight of the last nine games that Meche has taken the mound.

Padres pitcher Chris Young continued his mastery over Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young. The two faced off three times and Young fanned his namesake twice and walked him the other plate appearance. The San Diego pitcher has fanned the Diamondback hitter eight times in 14 at-bats and has not allowed a single hit.

Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp had two hits and scored the go-ahead run in the team’s 2-0 win over the Giants. Kemp extended his hitting streak to 16 games and he has hit safely in 23 of his last 24 games. During the 16-game streak, Kemp is batting .368 with 13 runs, 5 HR and 11 RBIs.