THT Daily: Angelic comeback
by Dave StudemanJune 01, 2009
Major League News for June 1
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldKendry Morales capped an 8-1 Angels' comeback with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Mariners 9-8 on Sunday.
The Angels scored four in the sixth and one in the seventh to make it an 8-6 game. Mariner closer David Aardsma then clearly didn't have his command in the ninth, walking four, one intentionally, and allowing one hit. That brought Morales to the palte with the bases loaded and two outs when he hit a 2-2 pitch to left for the game-winner.
Adrian Gonzalez becamse the first big leaguer to reach 20 homers on the season when he took Rockies starter Jorge de la Rosa deep for a three-run shot on Sunday.
Gonzalez also walked and singled in the contest. Gonzalez hit nine homers in April and 11 in May, so it's not as if he's on a short homer binge. He may well continue to hit this well and clear 40 homers for the first time.
Josh Hamilton will see a specialist and undergo an MRI in an effort to diagnose his abdominal/groin problems.
The hope is that the test will rule out a hernia. "We'll know in the next couple of days," Hamilton said. "Right now I'm hurt and sore and can't run." If Hamilton has to return to the DL, Andruw Jones, David Murphy and Hank Blalock would receive additional at-bats.
Hot-hitting Melky Cabrera will serve off the bench Sunday, manager Joe Girardi reported.
Cabrera is hoping to be back in the lineup Monday but Girardi wants to make sure he is ready to return, so he plans on not using Melky Sunday.
Indians placed outfielder Grady Sizemore on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation.
Sizemore has been ineffective offensively this month while frequently being limited to designated hitter duties because of his elbow injury, so the Indians finally decided to shut him down. Travis Hafner is set to come off the DL at some point next week, so he'll resume starting at DH while Ben Francisco continues manning center field in Sizemore's place.
The Tigers, Giants and Red Sox have all scouted and/or discussed the possibility of acquiring Corey Hart, reports the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo.
The Giants and Red Sox both have pitching to give, with the Brewers needing a starting pitcher. Hart got off to a slow start on the year, but a couple recent strong games have pushed him to .256/.330/.415 on the season. He makes a lot of sense for the Giants. If the Brewers were to deal Hart, either Jody Gerut or Frank Catalanotto would likely start.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League DET 3 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 8 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 KC 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 9 SEA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 3 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 2 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 9 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 5 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (4-1) vs. (R) Ian Snell (1-6) Milwaukee Brewers at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (3-4) vs. (L) Andrew Miller (1-2) Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Aaron Cook (3-2) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (1-2) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Edinson Volquez (4-2) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (5-4) Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Joe Blanton (3-3) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (1-3) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Billy Buckner (1-1) vs. (R) Hiroki Kuroda (1-0) American League --------------- New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Joba Chamberlain (2-1) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (1-2) Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Trevor Cahill (2-5) vs. (R) Bartolo Colon (3-4) Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (L) Rich Hill (1-0) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (3-3) 05/31 16:18:20
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 NYA 29 21 .580 0.0 27 2BOS 29 22 .569 0.5 29 0
TOR 29 24 .547 1.5 29 0
TB 25 28 .472 5.5 30 -5
BAL 23 28 .451 6.5 22 1
American League Central DET 28 21 .571 0.0 29 -1
CHA 24 25 .490 4.0 23 1
MIN 25 27 .481 4.5 27 -2
KC 23 27 .460 5.5 23 0
CLE 22 30 .423 7.5 25 -3
American League West TEX 30 20 .600 0.0 29 1
LAA 25 24 .510 4.5 23 2
SEA 24 27 .471 6.5 22 2
OAK 19 29 .396 10.0 20 -1
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 28 20 .583 0.0 26 2
NYN 28 21 .571 0.5 27 1
ATL 25 25 .500 4.0 25 0
FLA 23 28 .451 6.5 22 1
WAS 13 36 .265 15.5 19 -6
National League Central MIL 30 20 .600 0.0 28 2
STL 29 21 .580 1.0 29 0
CIN 26 23 .531 3.5 25 1
CHN 25 24 .510 4.5 25 0
PIT 22 28 .440 8.0 25 -3
HOU 20 28 .417 9.0 21 -1
National League West LAN 35 17 .673 0.0 35 0
SF 25 24 .510 8.5 24 1
SD 25 25 .500 9.0 22 3
ARI 22 29 .431 12.5 22 0
COL 20 29 .408 13.5 23 -3
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 CIN AA Todd Frazier...... 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 RBI COL AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 3 R NYM A+ Isaac Davis....... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 SEA A+ Alex Liddi........ 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 CIN A+ Devin Mesoraco.... 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 MIN A Angel Morales..... 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 KC A Eric Hosmer....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 PHI A Anthony Gose...... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 SB WAN A+ Danny Espinosa.... 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 HOU A+ Jason Castro...... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 CIN AA Chris Heisey...... 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 LD TEX AA M. Moreland....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes NYY AA Z. McAllister..... 7 5 1 1 10 3 0 MIN A+ Tyler Robertson... 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 12 GB KC A+ Daniel Duffy...... 7 4 3 2 7 2 0 NYM A+ Bradley Holt...... 6 3 0 0 6 1 0 ATL AAA Thomas Hanson..... 6 5 4 1 8 0 1 OAK AAA Chad Reineke...... 6 2 0 0 5 2 0 BAL A+ Brian Matusz...... 7 5 0 0 4 1 0 COL AAA Franklin Morales.. 4 5 2 2 5 1 0 NYY A Andrew Brackman... 5 4 0 0 6 4 0 ATL AA Scott Diamond..... 7 6 2 1 3 3 0 12 GB ATL A Ezekiel Spruill... 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 CHC A+ Andrew Cashner.... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0
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