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THT Daily: Back and Forth

by Matthew Carruth
August 28, 2008

Major League News for August 28

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/

Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Josh Johnson pitched a four-hitter to win his first major league complete game on Wednesday night.
He allowed just one run, striking out eight and allowing just three walks on the evening. He's 4-0 with a 3.12 ERA in nine starts since returning from Tommy John surgery. He's still available in over half of all fantasy leagues, and he shouldn't be. His next start is also against the Braves.

Josh Hamilton was scratched from Wednesday's game with an abscessed tooth and will likely have a root canal next week.
It's unclear whether he'll play again before the root canal, though we imagine that he will. Brandon Boggs started in his place tonight versus the Royals.

Josh Hamilton was a late scratch on Wednesday for an undisclosed reason.
Hamilton apparently had some dental work done earlier in the day, which might be behind his absence. Brandon Boggs was inserted into his place.



Yesterday’s Results
American League
BAL    11  CHA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
BOS    11  NYA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB      1  TOR     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     9  DET     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
TEX     3  KC      2    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     6  LAA     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIN     6  SEA     5    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
FLA     4  ATL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYN     6  PHI     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     5  LAN     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     4  CIN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN     2  PIT     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL     5  MIL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      5  ARI     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
SF      4  COL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)


Today’s Games
National League
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 Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM
  (R) Aaron Harang (4-13) vs. (R) Brandon Backe (8-12)
 Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM
  (L) Clayton Kershaw (2-4) vs. (L) John Lannan (7-12)
 Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM
  (R) Anibal Sanchez (2-2) vs. (R) Charlie Morton (3-8)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM
  (L) Cole Hamels (11-8) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (15-5)
 
 American League
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 Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM
  (L) Jon Lester (12-5) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (16-7)
 Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM
  (R) Jesse Litsch (9-7) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (10-8)
 Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM
  (R) Nick Blackburn (9-8) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (8-8)
 Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM
  (R) Brandon McCarthy (0-0) vs. (R) Jon Garland (11-8)


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
TB      80  51 .611    0.0   74     6    sparkline graph
BOS     77  55 .583    3.5   78    -1    sparkline graph
NYA     70  62 .530   10.5   70     0    sparkline graph
TOR     68  64 .515   12.5   73    -5    sparkline graph
BAL     63  70 .474   18.0   66    -3    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CHA     76  57 .571    0.0   77    -1    sparkline graph
MIN     75  58 .564    1.0   73     2    sparkline graph
CLE     65  67 .492   10.5   69    -4    sparkline graph
DET     64  69 .481   12.0   67    -3    sparkline graph
KC      56  77 .421   20.0   53     3    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     80  52 .606    0.0   72     8    sparkline graph
TEX     66  68 .493   15.0   62     4    sparkline graph
OAK     61  72 .459   19.5   64    -3    sparkline graph
SEA     50  83 .376   30.5   55    -5    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     74  60 .552    0.0   74     0    sparkline graph
PHI     73  60 .549    0.5   76    -3    sparkline graph
FLA     68  65 .511    5.5   64     4    sparkline graph
ATL     58  75 .436   15.5   64    -6    sparkline graph
WAS     48  85 .361   25.5   49    -1    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     83  50 .624    0.0   85    -2    sparkline graph
MIL     77  56 .579    6.0   74     3    sparkline graph
STL     74  60 .552    9.5   73     1    sparkline graph
HOU     67  66 .504   16.0   62     5    sparkline graph
CIN     58  75 .436   25.0   56     2    sparkline graph
PIT     57  76 .429   26.0   55     2    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     68  65 .511    0.0   70    -2    sparkline graph
LAN     65  68 .489    3.0   67    -2    sparkline graph
COL     63  72 .467    6.0   62     1    sparkline graph
SF      59  74 .444    9.0   55     4    sparkline graph
SD      51  82 .383   17.0   55    -4    sparkline graph


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
PHI A+  Michael Taylor.... 4  2  1  0  1  1  2  
NYY A   Bradley Suttle.... 3  2  1  0  1  2  0  3 R
CIN A   Brandon Waring.... 3  2  0  0  2  1  1  
PIT AAA Steven Pearce..... 5  3  0  1  1  0  0  
TB  A   Reid Fronk........ 1  1  0  0  1  4  0  3 R
SD  A-  Blake Tekotte..... 6  4  1  0  0  1  1  3 R
TB  AAA Dan Johnson....... 3  2  0  0  1  2  0  
CIN AAA Danny Richar...... 5  3  1  0  0  0  0  2 SB
SEA AA  Adam Moore........ 3  2  1  0  1  0  1  
SD  AA  Kyle Blanks....... 4  4  1  0  0  1  0  3 R
ATL A+  Tyler Flowers..... 4  2  2  0  0  1  0  4 RBI
CLE A+  Carlos Santana.... 3  3  0  0  1  1  0  3 R

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
SF  A   M. Bumgarner...... 5  3  1  1  9  1  0  
ATL AA  K. Medlen......... 6  5  1  1  8  1  0  
BAL AAA Garrett Olson..... 7  4  3  3  9  2  1  
NYY AAA Philip Hughes..... 6  6  2  2  7  1  0  
TEX A   Michael Main...... 6  5  1  1  6  0  0  
STL A+  Nicholas Additon.. 6  3  1  0  4  1  0  
LAA A   Robert Fish....... 6  3  1  1  8  3  1  
LAA AAA Nick Adenhart..... 6  5  0  0  8  4  0  
DET A+  Rick Porcello..... 6  3  0  0  4  1  0  12 GB
ATL A   Edgar Osuna....... 7  6  3  3  4  1  0  12 GB
KC  AA  Julio Pimentel.... 7  5  0  0  4  2  0  
SEA A   Michael Pineda.... 7  4  3  2  6  0  2


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