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THT Daily: 22 inningsby Dave StudemanApril 18, 2008 Major League News for April 17Player NewsYesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldWilly Taveras went 3-for-10 and scored the go-ahead run on Troy Tulowitzki's double as the Rockies beat the Padres 2-1 in 22 innings on Thursday. Fatigue seemed to set in at the last. Taveras reached base on an error from Khalil Greene with two outs in the 22nd, reached third on a throwing error after stealing second and then scored on Tulo's gapper. Matt Holliday was the other offensive star for Colorado, going 3-for-6 with three walks. Brad Hawpe and Tadahito Iguchi had the most hitless at-bats, each finishing 0-for-7. Amazingly, neither team had to turn to a starting pitcher in the contest. Kip Wells was the winner for Colorado after going four scoreless. The unearned run Glendon Rusch allowed in his third inning made him the loser. In all, there were 37 strikeouts and 25 hits in the contest. It was the longest game since Aug. 31, 1993, when Minnesota beat Cleveland 5-4 in 22 innings. John Smoltz fanned 10 in five innings and combined with four relievers on a shutout of the Marlins on Thursday. It looked like Florida was conceding this one from the get go with Jeremy Hermida and Dan Uggla out of the lineup. Smoltz allowed just three hits before leaving with a 6-0 lead, and Will Ohman, Chris Resop, Manny Acosta and Buddy Carlyle all turned in hitless innings out of the pen. In all, the five pitches struck out 16 batters. Smoltz is now just four strikeouts away from 3,000 for his career. Carlos Pena is being called day-to-day with tightness in his right hamstring. Good news. If Pena can't play on Friday, the Rays will likely have the entire trio of Eric Hinske, Jonny Gomes and Nathan Haynes in the lineup. Prince Fielder had a game-tying RBI double in the top of the eighth and a go-ahead two-run homer in the 10th to lead the Brewers to a 5-3 win over the Cardinals on Thursday. Fielder's first homer of the year was worth the wait, as he yanked one down the right-field line off Brad Thompson to help the Brewers avoid being swept. Eric Gagne was shaky in the bottom of the 10th, but he got out of the inning without a run scoring. Of guys coming off 50-homer seasons, Fielder took the longest to hit his first homer the next year since his father in 1991. Cecil hit his first bomb on April 18 of that year, though that was in just his ninth game of the season. Prince's homer came in his 15th game and 54th official at-bat. Miguel Tejada admitted to Astros GM Ed Wade that he is actually 33, two years older than listed in his baseball records. Like many poor kids from Caribbean countries, Tejada was encouraged to lie about his age when he signed with the Oakland A's in 1993. The interesting thing is that all his legal papers in the United States reflect his actual birthday. It's doubtful that any team that's thought about acquiring him over the years is particularly surprised by this news. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BAL 6 CHA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 11 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 7 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 OAK 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 8 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 9 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 2 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Ian Snell (2-0) vs. (L) Rich Hill (0-0) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (1-2) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (2-1) Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Tim Redding (2-1) vs. (L) Andrew Miller (0-2) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Ben Sheets (2-0) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (0-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Derek Lowe (1-0) vs. (R) Buddy Carlyle (0-0) Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (L) Franklin Morales (0-1) vs. (R) Chris Sampson (0-1) San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Matt Cain (0-1) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (1-0) San Diego Padres at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Chris Young (1-1) vs. (R) Dan Haren (2-0) American League --------------- Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Luis Mendoza (0-1) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-0) New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Phil Hughes (0-2) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (0-0) Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Kenny Rogers (0-3) vs. (R) AJ Burnett (1-1) Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (2-1) vs. (R) Jeff Niemann (1-0) Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Cliff Lee (2-0) vs. (L) Francisco Liriano (0-1) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) RA Dickey (0-0) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (2-0) Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (3-0) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (0-1) StandingsThe graphics next to each team are called "sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each "up" bar is a victory and a "down" bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and red bars represent games decided by two runs or less. "PWins" is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.American League East Pwins Diff BOS 10 7 .588 0.0 8 2 Game of the DayI love to read boxscores of extra-inning, low-scoring games, because there are always some remarkable pitching heroes—long relief guys that you typically don’t hear much about. The Rockies’ 2-1 win over the Padres in 22 innings yesterday was no exception. Will Ledezma pitched five innings of shutout ball for the Pads, and Kip Wells tossed four innings of one-hit ball (and earned the win) for the Rockies. And the two starters, Jeff Francis and Jake Peavy, pitched shutout ball for seven and eight innings, respectively.Rockies 2, Padres 1 - FINAL
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 10 2 3 0 0 3 3 .259
T Tulowitzki ss 8 0 2 1 1 2 3 .167
T Helton 1b 9 0 1 0 1 0 2 .242
M Holliday lf 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 .333
G Atkins 3b 6 0 1 0 0 3 6 .306
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
vd-C Iannetta ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .438
R Speier p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
K Wells p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
B Hawpe rf 7 0 0 1 2 4 4 .188
C Barmes 2b-3b 9 0 2 0 0 1 6 .400
Y Torrealba c 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214
J Francis p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167
va-S Podsednik ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
vb-R Spilborghs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
M Bowie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
vc-J Baker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077
M Herges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Nix 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143
Totals 73 2 14 2 8 20 29 ###
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 .298
T Iguchi 2b 7 0 0 0 2 1 2 .235
K Kouzmanoff 3b 9 1 2 0 0 3 1 .300
T Clark 1b 8 0 1 0 1 4 2 .250
S Hairston cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .214
hb-J Edmonds ph-cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .233
K Greene ss 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 .238
J Bard c 9 0 2 1 0 0 4 .292
J Huber lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
hc-P McAnulty ph-lf 5 0 1 0 1 1 2 .222
J Peavy p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222
ha-C Crabbe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
T Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
hd-A Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
he-R Wolf ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
K Cameron p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
hf-C Morton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
W Ledezma p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Rusch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Totals 74 1 11 1 5 17 22 ###
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COLORADO - 000 000 000 000 010 000 000 1 -- 2 14 1
SAN DIEGO - 000 000 000 000 010 000 000 0 -- 1 11 2
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va-walked for J Francis in the 8th; ha-struck out looking for J Peavy in the
8th; hb-grounded to second for S Hairston in the 10th; hc-struck out swinging
for J Huber in the 10th; vb-flied out to right for T Buchholz in the 11th;
hd-lined out to right for H Bell in the 11th; vc-struck out looking for M
Bowie in the 13th; he-singled to left center for J Thatcher in the 13th;
hf-grounded to third for K Cameron in the 14th; vd-singled to left center for
M Corpas in the 16th.
BATTING: 2B - C Barmes (2, W Ledezma); T Tulowitzki (4, G Rusch); P McAnulty
(1, M Herges). S - Y Torrealba 2, T Tulowitzki , J Edmonds. RBI - B Hawpe (5),
T Tulowitzki (3), J Bard (3). 2-out RBI - B Hawpe, T Tulowitzki. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - B Hawpe 1, T Helton 1, G Atkins 1, C Barmes 2, R
Speier 1, W Taveras 1, T Tulowitzki 1, B Giles 1, S Hairston 1, C Morton 2.
GIDP - C Barmes, T Tulowitzki, G Atkins, M Holliday, J Edmonds, J Bard. Team
LOB - COLORADO 16, SAN DIEGO 14. BASERUNNING: SB - M Holliday 2 (4, 2nd base
off J Peavy/J Bard 2), W Taveras (5, 2nd base off G Rusch/J Bard). CS - W
Taveras (1, 2nd base by J Peavy/J Bard). FIELDING: E - G Atkins (3, ground
ball); K Greene (1, throw); J Bard (2, throw). Outfield assists - B Hawpe (P
McAnulty at 3rd base). DP: (T Tulowitzki-J Nix-T Helton, C Barmes-J Nix-T
Helton, K Greene-T Iguchi-T Clark 2, T Iguchi-K Greene-T Clark, K Kouzmanoff-T
Iguchi-T Clark).
COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 7 3 0 0 1 7 0 5.89
B Fuentes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
T Buchholz 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.00
M Bowie 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6.00
M Herges 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.79
M Corpas (B, 2) 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 5.00
R Speier 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.17
K Wells (W, 1-0) 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1.84
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Peavy 8 4 0 0 3 11 0 1.20
T Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.10
H Bell 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.84
J Thatcher 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.75
K Cameron 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3.00
W Ledezma 5 3 0 0 2 3 0 2.00
G Rusch (L, 0-1) 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 8.10
IBB - T Helton (by K Cameron), K Greene (by M Corpas). HBP - K Greene (by K
Wells). Pitches-strikes: J Francis 111-70; B Fuentes 17-11; T Buchholz 23-16; M
Bowie 31-18; M Herges 13-9; M Corpas 33-18; R Speier 40-27; K Wells 53-31; J
Peavy 113-70; T Hoffman 11-7; H Bell 29-21; J Thatcher 24-19; K Cameron 27-12;
W Ledezma 80-50; G Rusch 53-34. Ground balls-fly balls: J Francis 10-4; B
Fuentes 2-0; T Buchholz 2-1; M Bowie 2-3; M Herges 0-2; M Corpas 4-1; R Speier
3-5; K Wells 8-1; J Peavy 6-6; T Hoffman 0-2; H Bell 3-1; J Thatcher 3-1; K
Cameron 1-2; W Ledezma 7-5; G Rusch 5-3. Batters faced: J Francis 25; B Fuentes
3; T Buchholz 7; M Bowie 8; M Herges 4; M Corpas 10; R Speier 11; K Wells 13; J
Peavy 29; T Hoffman 3; H Bell 6; J Thatcher 7; K Cameron 7; W Ledezma 19; G
Rusch 13. UMPIRES: HP--Alfonso Marquez. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly.
3B--Bob Davidson. T--6:16. Att--25,984. Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8
mph, left to right.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. The game went so long that the graph "gave up" after 17 innings. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.  Top Minor League GamesThe following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes BOS AAA George Kottaras... 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 STL AA Bryan Anderson.... 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 R PIT AAA Steven Pearce..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 RBI ! SEA AAA Jeff Clement...... 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 TEX AAA J. Saltalamacchi.. 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 BOS AA J. Corsaletti..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 DET AA Jeffrey Frazier... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 OAK AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 ARI AAA Miguel Montero.... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 SD A+ Cedric Hunter..... 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 ARI AAA Emilio Bonifacio.. 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes MIN AAA Kevin Mulvey...... 7 6 1 1 9 0 0 PHI AA Fabio Castro...... 7 3 0 0 7 2 0 FLA AAA G. Hernandez...... 7 7 2 2 5 0 0 CHC AAA Sean Gallagher.... 7 7 3 3 5 0 0 13 GB BOS A Felix Doubront.... 6 5 0 0 8 0 0 ARI AA Matthew Torra..... 7 6 1 0 5 0 0 OAK A+ Jared Lansford.... 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 OAK AAA Gio Gonzalez...... 5 3 1 1 4 3 0 TB A+ Matthew Walker.... 5 0 0 0 4 4 0 BAL AA Jason Berken...... 6 6 2 2 3 0 0 12 GB CIN AAA Adam Pettyjohn.... 7 6 4 4 5 1 1 KC AAA Tyler Lumsden..... 5 7 4 4 5 0 1 10 GB Access THT’s stats here…
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BAL 9 7 .563 0.5 7 2 
NYA 9 8 .529 1.0 8 1 
TOR 8 8 .500 1.5 10 -2 
TB 7 9 .438 2.5 9 -2 
American League Central
CHA 9 6 .600 0.0 10 -1 
KC 9 7 .563 0.5 9 0 
MIN 7 9 .438 2.5 7 0 
CLE 6 10 .375 3.5 7 -1 
DET 5 11 .313 4.5 4 1 
American League West
LAA 10 7 .588 0.0 9 1 
OAK 9 8 .529 1.0 8 1 
SEA 9 8 .529 1.0 10 -1 
TEX 7 9 .438 2.5 7 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
FLA 9 6 .600 0.0 6 3 
NYN 8 6 .571 0.5 9 -1 
PHI 8 8 .500 1.5 9 -1 
ATL 6 9 .400 3.0 9 -3 
WAS 4 12 .250 5.5 5 -1 
National League Central
STL 11 5 .688 0.0 10 1 
CHN 9 6 .600 1.5 8 1 
MIL 9 6 .600 1.5 8 1 
PIT 7 8 .467 3.5 6 1 
CIN 7 9 .438 4.0 7 0 
HOU 6 10 .375 5.0 7 -1 
National League West
ARI 11 4 .733 0.0 11 0 
SD 8 8 .500 3.5 7 1 
COL 7 8 .467 4.0 6 1 
LAN 7 8 .467 4.0 9 -2 
SF 6 10 .375 5.5 5 1 