THT Daily: Back and Forth
by Matthew CarruthAugust 28, 2008
Major League News for August 28
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJosh 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 6BOS 77 55 .583 3.5 78 -1
NYA 70 62 .530 10.5 70 0
TOR 68 64 .515 12.5 73 -5
BAL 63 70 .474 18.0 66 -3
American League Central CHA 76 57 .571 0.0 77 -1
MIN 75 58 .564 1.0 73 2
CLE 65 67 .492 10.5 69 -4
DET 64 69 .481 12.0 67 -3
KC 56 77 .421 20.0 53 3
American League West LAA 80 52 .606 0.0 72 8
TEX 66 68 .493 15.0 62 4
OAK 61 72 .459 19.5 64 -3
SEA 50 83 .376 30.5 55 -5
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 74 60 .552 0.0 74 0
PHI 73 60 .549 0.5 76 -3
FLA 68 65 .511 5.5 64 4
ATL 58 75 .436 15.5 64 -6
WAS 48 85 .361 25.5 49 -1
National League Central CHN 83 50 .624 0.0 85 -2
MIL 77 56 .579 6.0 74 3
STL 74 60 .552 9.5 73 1
HOU 67 66 .504 16.0 62 5
CIN 58 75 .436 25.0 56 2
PIT 57 76 .429 26.0 55 2
National League West ARI 68 65 .511 0.0 70 -2
LAN 65 68 .489 3.0 67 -2
COL 63 72 .467 6.0 62 1
SF 59 74 .444 9.0 55 4
SD 51 82 .383 17.0 55 -4
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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