Here are the 5-hit games so far in 2009:

  Cnt Player            Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 Julio Lugo        2009-05-14    BOS @LAA L  4-5   6  6  1  5  1  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 9th SS        
    2 Willy Taveras     2009-05-11    CIN @ARI W 13-5   5  5  4  5  1  0  0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 1st CF        
    3 Russell Branyan   2009-04-28(2) SEA @CHW W  9-1   5  5  2  5  2  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th 1B        
    4 Ryan Braun        2009-04-21    MIL @PHI L  4-11  5  5  2  5  0  0  2   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 3rd LF        
    5 Mark Teahen       2009-04-17    KCR @TEX W 12-3   6  6  3  5  1  0  1   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 5th 3B        
    6 Ian Kinsler       2009-04-15    TEX  BAL W 19-6   6  6  5  6  2  1  1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 1st 2B        
    7 Marlon Byrd       2009-04-15    TEX  BAL W 19-6   6  6  1  5  1  0  0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 6th LF        
    8 Cristian Guzman   2009-04-13    WSN  PHI L  8-9   5  5  2  5  0  0  0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 2nd SS        

There are a few unlikely names on there, with Russell Branyan (a career .235 hitter) sticking out the most. If you check out Branyan's top career games by number of hits, he never even had a 4-hit game before his 5-hit job last month!

Julio Lugo had 3 different 5-hit games before the one from last Thursday, but in all other cases, his team scored at least 13 runs:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 2009-05-14    BOS @LAA L  4-5   6  6  1    5    1  0  0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 9th SS        
    2 2004-06-24    TBD @TOR W 19-13  7  7  3    5    1  0  0   3  0   0  1   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 6th SS        
    3 2001-05-06    HOU @MON W 13-7   5  5  3    5    2  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  1 1st SS        
    4 2000-09-08    HOU @CHC W 13-10  6  6  1    5    0  0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  1 2nd 2B        

Christian Guzman, who's having a very weird season as part of a very weird career, had one prior 5-hit game, coming 5 years ago:

  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt PA AB  R  **H** 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+--+--+--+------+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
    1 2009-04-13    WSN  PHI L  8-9   5  5  2    5    0  0  0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  1  0 2nd SS        
    2 2004-05-07    MIN @OAK L  9-11  7  6  2    5    2  0  0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0 2nd SS        

Guy's poor team lost both times.

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