THT Daily: 29 in a row
by Dave StudemanMay 12, 2009
Major League News for May 12
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldRyan Zimmerman went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in a loss to the Giants on Monday night.
Zimmerman extends his hitting streak to 29 games with a bang. It was his second two-homer game of the season; he's now racked up eight bombs and 26 RBI to go along with a .363 average. Zimmerman has been on an unbelievable tear, but he's still barely halfway to the record, which only reinforces how amazing Joe DiMaggio's streak truly was.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League CLE 9 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 8 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 13 ARI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 11 WAS 7 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Todd Wellemeyer (3-2) vs. (L) Zach Duke (3-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Clayton Kershaw (1-2) vs. (R) Chan Ho Park (0-1) Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Jair Jurrjens (3-2) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (4-0) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) John Koronka (0-0) vs. (L) Manny Parra (1-4) San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Jake Peavy (2-4) vs. (R) Rich Harden (3-1) Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM (R) Felipe Paulino (1-2) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4) Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Micah Owings (2-3) vs. (R) Dan Haren (3-3) Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Jordan Zimmermann (2-1) vs. (R) Matt Cain (3-1) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (1-4) Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Clayton Richard (0-0) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-1) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) A.J. Burnett (2-0) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (6-1) Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Jason Vargas (1-0) vs. (R) Scott Feldman (2-0) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Armando Galarraga (3-2) vs. (R) Kevin Slowey (4-1) Boston Red Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Justin Masterson (2-2) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (3-1) Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Luke Hochevar (0-0) vs. (R) Trevor Cahill (1-2)
Standings
The 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 TOR 22 12 .647 0.0 22 0BOS 20 12 .625 1.0 18 2
NYA 15 16 .484 5.5 14 1
TB 15 18 .455 6.5 18 -3
BAL 13 19 .406 8.0 13 0
American League Central DET 17 13 .567 0.0 16 1
KC 18 14 .563 0.0 19 -1
MIN 15 17 .469 3.0 14 1
CHA 14 17 .452 3.5 13 1
CLE 12 21 .364 6.5 15 -3
American League West TEX 17 14 .548 0.0 17 0
LAA 16 14 .533 0.5 15 1
SEA 16 16 .500 1.5 14 2
OAK 11 18 .379 5.0 13 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 17 14 .548 0.0 17 0
FLA 17 15 .531 0.5 15 2
PHI 15 14 .517 1.0 15 0
ATL 16 16 .500 1.5 16 0
WAS 10 20 .333 6.5 13 -3
National League Central STL 20 12 .625 0.0 19 1
CIN 18 14 .563 2.0 16 2
MIL 18 14 .563 2.0 18 0
CHN 17 14 .548 2.5 16 1
HOU 14 17 .452 5.5 15 -1
PIT 12 19 .387 7.5 15 -3
National League West LAN 22 11 .667 0.0 22 0
SF 17 14 .548 4.0 15 2
SD 13 19 .406 8.5 12 1
COL 12 18 .400 8.5 15 -3
ARI 13 20 .394 9.0 13 0
Top Minor League Games
The 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.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes FLA A+ Michael Stanton... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 CIN AAA Daniel Dorn....... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 CIN A+ Neftali Soto...... 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 SF AA Brandon Crawford.. 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 PHI AA Michael Taylor.... 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 SF AAA Jesus Guzman...... 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 LD NYY A+ Eric Fryer........ 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 TEX AA Justin Smoak...... 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 WAN A Derek Norris...... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 TEX AA Manuel Pina....... 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 OAK AA Corey Brown....... 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 LAA AA Hank Conger....... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CIN AAA Matthew Maloney... 7 4 0 0 10 1 0 WAN AA Ross Detwiler..... 5 3 1 1 9 0 0 NYY A Andrew Brackman... 8 7 2 2 9 1 1 ATL AAA K. Medlen......... 7 2 0 0 6 3 0 BAL AA Jake Arrieta...... 5 4 1 1 6 2 0 FLA AA Andrew Miller..... 6 5 1 1 5 2 0 BOS AAA Michael Bowden.... 7 4 1 1 2 1 0 BAL AAA David Hernandez... 6 7 3 2 5 2 0 SEA AAA G. Hernandez...... 5 4 2 2 5 1 1 SF AA M. Bumgarner...... 6 7 1 1 2 0 0 5 infield flies MIN A+ Carlos Gutierrez.. 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 14 GB PHI A+ Kyle Drabek....... 5 5 1 1 5 3 0
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