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THT Daily: 5 in a rowby Dave StudemanApril 22, 2008 Major League News for April 17Player NewsYesterday’s Results 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 RotoworldChase Utley homered in a fifth straight game to help the Phillies defeat the Rockies 9-5 on Monday. Utley also delivered his eight double to go along with his major league-leading ninth homer. He'll get Jeff Francis on Tuesday as he tries to go for a sixth straight game with a home run. He's 2-for-8 with one homer lifetime versus Colorado's ace. Noah Lowry had an MRI on Monday after feeling a tingling sensation in his injured forearm. Lowry had planned to throw off the mound on Monday for the first time since his surgery six weeks ago, but he wasn't ready. Even if the exam comes back favorable, he would seem to be at least a month away. The Giants originally believed he'd be coming off the DL right about now. Ben Sheets (triceps) will skip his start Wednesday and is tentatively penciled in to rejoin the rotation on April 29. "My first thought was to push him back one day," said manager Ned Yost. "But I don't know if one day would alleviate it. We want to see if we can get it gone completely." Dave Bush will start Wednesday in Sheets' place, but it could be his last turn for a while. Chipper Jones (quadriceps) was in the Braves' starting lineup on Monday night. Jones left Sunday's game after aggravating the strained quadriceps that's been bothering him since spring training, but he batted third on Monday night. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BOS 8 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 5 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 7 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 7 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 9 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 10 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 10 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
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 14 7 .667 0.0 12 2 Game of the DayThe Cardinals came back in the ninth inning yesterday to beat the Brewers in Milwaukee, 4-3. The Brewers had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on a Corey Hart triple (really, a misplayed flyball by Ryan Ludwick) but the Cards wrapped two doubles by Brian Barton and Scott Schumaker around a sacrifice bunt to take back the lead. The game was close because Adam Wainwright and Carlos Villanueva both had very fine starts for their teams.ST LOUIS (4) VS MILWAUKEE (3) - FINAL
ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Schumaker rf-lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .308
C Duncan lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .318
a-R Ludwick ph-rf 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .375
A Pujols 1b 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 .354
R Ankiel cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 5 .257
T Glaus 3b 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 .250
A Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 .306
Y Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .246
A Wainwright p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364
R Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-B Barton ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .345
J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Izturis ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Totals 31 4 5 4 7 3 15
a-reached on error for C Duncan in the 8th; b-doubled to left center for R
Franklin in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - T Glaus (8, C Villanueva); B Barton (3, D Turnbow); S Schumaker
(5, D Turnbow). S - C Izturis. SF - A Kennedy. RBI - T Glaus 2 (12), A Kennedy
(6), S Schumaker (6). 2-out RBI - T Glaus 2. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - R Ankiel 1, A Kennedy 3, Y Molina 1. Team LOB - 9.
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .178
J Hardy ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .214
R Braun lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .237
P Fielder 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .215
C Hart rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .271
B Hall 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .200
G Gross cf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .179
C Villanueva p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
a-J Suppan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-C Counsell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Kendall c 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .345
Totals 33 3 7 3 4 7 15
a-sacrificed to pitcher for C Villanueva in the 7th; b-grounded to first for G
Mota in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - J Kendall (8, A Wainwright); R Weeks (2, A Wainwright); R Braun
(3, R Franklin). 3B - C Hart (1, R Franklin). S - J Suppan. RBI - R Weeks (5),
R Braun (11), C Hart (9). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Counsell
1, B Hall 1, J Hardy 1, C Villanueva 1. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - C Hart (2, fly ball).
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ST LOUIS - 002 000 011 -- 4
MILWAUKEE - 002 000 010 -- 3
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ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
A Wainwright 7 4 2 2 4 6 0 2.73
R Franklin (W, 1-1; B, 2) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2.89
J Isringhausen (S, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00
MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Villanueva 7 3 2 2 4 1 0 5.09
B Shouse 1/3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.57
G Mota 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.12
D Turnbow (L, 0-1) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 9.64
WP - R Franklin. IBB - P Fielder (by A Wainwright), A Pujols 2 (by B Shouse,
D Turnbow). Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 99-58; R Franklin 19-11; J
Isringhausen 6-6; C Villanueva 98-56; B Shouse 11-6; G Mota 16-10; D Turnbow
15-7. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 10-5; R Franklin 2-0; J Isringhausen
3-0; C Villanueva 7-13; B Shouse 0-1; G Mota 0-1; D Turnbow 2-0. Batters faced:
A Wainwright 29; R Franklin 6; J Isringhausen 3; C Villanueva 28; B Shouse 3; G
Mota 3; D Turnbow 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Chad Fairchild. 2B--Rick Reed. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.
T--2:46. Att--31,240.
Weather: INDOORSThe following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. 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 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 4 RBI ATL A Cody Johnson...... 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 TOR AA Ryan Patterson.... 5 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 R STL AAA Colby Rasmus...... 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 OAK AAA Kevin Melillo..... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 OAK AA Cliff Pennington.. 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 R TOR AA Anthony Hatch..... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 ARI AAA Emilio Bonifacio.. 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 ARI AAA James D'Antona.... 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 ATL A+ Gorkys Hernandez.. 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 NYY AAA Brett Gardner..... 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes STL AA Jaime Garcia...... 8 3 1 0 10 4 0 CLE AAA Jeremy Sowers..... 5 4 1 1 6 1 0 WAN A+ Jhonny Nunez...... 6 3 1 1 10 0 1 TB A+ J. Hellickson..... 5 4 0 0 7 1 0 STL A+ Tyler Herron...... 5 3 1 1 6 0 0 LA AAA Jonathan Meloan... 6 10 1 1 7 0 0 DET A Ramon Garcia...... 8 6 1 1 4 0 1 MIN A+ Kevin Slowey...... 3 1 1 1 5 1 1 ATL AA Todd Redmond...... 8 8 2 2 5 0 1 WAN AA Shairon Martis.... 6 2 2 1 3 1 0 TEX A Neftali Feliz..... 4 4 4 4 5 1 0 OAK AA Vincent Mazzaro... 6 8 1 1 2 0 0 Access THT’s stats here…
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BAL 11 8 .579 2.0 10 1 
NYA 10 10 .500 3.5 9 1 
TOR 10 10 .500 3.5 11 -1 
TB 8 11 .421 5.0 10 -2 
American League Central
CHA 11 7 .611 0.0 12 -1 
KC 9 10 .474 2.5 8 1 
MIN 9 10 .474 2.5 9 0 
CLE 7 12 .368 4.5 8 -1 
DET 7 13 .350 5.0 7 0 
American League West
LAA 12 8 .600 0.0 11 1 
OAK 12 8 .600 0.0 12 0 
SEA 10 10 .500 2.0 11 -1 
TEX 7 13 .350 5.0 8 -1 
National League East Pwins Diff
FLA 12 7 .632 0.0 9 3 
NYN 10 8 .556 1.5 11 -1 
ATL 10 9 .526 2.0 13 -3 
PHI 10 10 .500 2.5 11 -1 
WAS 5 15 .250 7.5 6 -1 
National League Central
CHN 13 6 .684 0.0 12 1 
STL 13 7 .650 0.5 12 1 
MIL 11 8 .579 2.0 11 0 
CIN 8 12 .400 5.5 8 0 
HOU 8 12 .400 5.5 9 -1 
PIT 7 12 .368 6.0 6 1 
National League West
ARI 14 5 .737 0.0 14 0 
COL 9 10 .474 5.0 8 1 
SD 9 11 .450 5.5 7 2 
LAN 8 11 .421 6.0 11 -3 
SF 8 12 .400 6.5 6 2 