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THT Daily: Bastardo winsby Dave StudemanJune 03, 2009 Major League News for June 3Player 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 NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldTroy Tulowitzki was removed from Tuesday night's game with a bruised left hand. X-rays were negative, but Tulo is expected to miss at least two starts. "I'm not sure when I did it, but on that second at-bat, I could barely hold the bat," he said. "I wanted to stay in there, but it was swelling up too much." Omar Quintanilla will fill in. Indians manager Eric Wedge confirmed Tuesday night that Asdrubal Cabrera indeed dislocated his shoulder. "He's a potential DL," added Wedge, "I think he knocked it out of there, but we don't think it's too extreme. Still, there is a reaction to that." Cabrera will undergo several tests Wednesday before the Indians make any sort of decisions. Milton Bradley will undergo an MRI on his right calf Wednesday. Bradley appeared to suffer a calf strain in the fourth inning Tuesday night. The Cubs are calling him "day-to-day," but the MRI results should tell the whole story. Tom Glavine believes he's ready to return to the major leagues. Glavine tossed six scoreless innings in a rehab game Tuesday night. "I don't know what else I can do," he said. "Physically I felt good and I feel like I'm ready. "I'd love to get to Atlanta and help the team. I'll go [to Turner Field] tomorrow and prepare to pitch on Sunday, wherever that is." The decision is now management's. Evan Longoria will undergo an MRI Wednesday on his injured left hamstring. Longoria doesn't believe the injury is serious, but the Rays are obviously going to take every precaution. "I didn't feel a pop, I didn't feel a pull, and I was able to walk," he said. "Hopefully it's just a day-to-day thing." The results should be available Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Antonio Bastardo won his major league debut against the Padres on Tuesday with six innings of one-run ball. The Phillies won the game handily 10-5. Bastardo's job was made easier with a 4-0 lead before even throwing a pitch, but he showed great poise, holding the Padres to just four hits against one walk and five strikeouts. The only run scored on an Adrian Gonzalez solo home run in the sixth inning. And that's nothing to be ashamed of. All in all, an impressive showing for the 23-year-old southpaw. He'll be worth watching against the Dodgers, a more formidable opponent, in his next start. Adrian Gonzalez slugged his major league-leading 22nd home run in a loss to the Phillies on Tuesday. The Phillies didn't throw much to him, as he walked three times on the night, but he got a hold of one in the sixth with the game well in hand. Despite the 22 bombs, Gonzalez has just 43 RBI. An indictment of an otherwise awful offense. Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to a new franchise-record 26 games with a first inning single. 13 of the 26 games have been multi-hit games. Ichiro was 2-for-5 on the night with two runs scored and his ninth stolen base. Vin Mazzaro won his major league debut against the White Sox on Tuesday, hurling 6 1/3 scoreless innings. A notable debut for Mazzaro, as the 22-year-old allowed only three hits. Even more impressive, he gave up just one hit after the first inning. He lived a bit dangerously, walking four while relying on 12 flyball outs. He also only struck out one batter, so he'll have to improve on that in order to be successful. To his credit, with this kind of performance, he'll get a chance to stick around. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League NYA 12 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 6 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 LAA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 5 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 6 CHN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 10 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 10 SF 6 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 3 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 ARI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 10 SD 5 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesNational League --------------- San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Randy Johnson (4-4) vs. (R) Jordan Zimmermann (2-2) New York Mets at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (4-1) vs. (R) Ross Ohlendorf (5-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Braden Looper (5-3) vs. (L) Sean West (0-0) Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (L) Ted Lilly (6-4) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (6-3) Colorado Rockies at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Jason Marquis (7-3) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (2-3) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Johnny Cueto (4-3) vs. (R) Kyle Lohse (4-3) Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) J.A. Happ (3-0) vs. (R) Chris Young (4-3) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Jon Garland (4-4) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (6-3) American League --------------- Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Josh Beckett (5-2) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (3-5) Texas Rangers at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Scott Feldman (4-0) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (5-1) LA Angels of Anaheim at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Jered Weaver (4-2) vs. (R) Casey Janssen (1-1) Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:08 PM (R) Brian Bannister (4-2) vs. (R) Jeff Niemann (4-4) Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Cliff Lee (2-6) vs. (R) Anthony Swarzak (1-1) Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (L) Josh Outman (2-0) vs. (L) Clayton Richard (2-0) Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (R) Brad Bergesen (2-2) vs. (L) Jason Vargas (2-0) 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 NYA 31 21 .596 0.0 29 2 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.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes LAA AAA C. Pettit......... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 SD AAA William Venable... 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 RBI ! COL AAA Eric Young........ 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 LA A Kyle Russell...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 PHI A+ Dominic Brown..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 CLE AA Carlos Santana.... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 WAN A+ Danny Espinosa.... 6 2 2 0 0 1 4 BOS A Tim Federowicz.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 CIN AAA Drew Sutton....... 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 PIT A Robbie Grossman... 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 R SF AAA Kevin Frandsen.... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 LAA A+ Matthew Sweeney... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes MIL A+ Jeremy Jeffress... 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 12 GB CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 8 4 0 0 8 2 0 NYY A Manuel Banuelos... 5 2 1 0 8 1 0 CIN A J.C. Sulbaran..... 6 4 1 1 7 2 0 BAL AA Jake Arrieta...... 7 5 2 2 9 3 1 NYY A+ D.J. Mitchell..... 6 4 3 3 7 3 0 LA AA Joshua Lindblom... 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 9 GB BOS A Stolmy Pimentel... 6 6 0 0 5 1 0 BAL AAA C. Tillman........ 5 4 4 0 4 0 0 SEA A+ Juan Ramirez...... 6 4 3 3 7 4 0 ATL A J.J. Hoover....... 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 SF AA Tim Alderson...... 8 6 2 2 3 0 1
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BOS 30 22 .577 1.0 29 1 
TOR 30 24 .556 2.0 30 0 
TB 26 28 .481 6.0 31 -5 
BAL 24 29 .453 7.5 22 2 
American League Central
DET 28 22 .560 0.0 29 -1 
MIN 26 27 .491 3.5 27 -1 
CHA 25 26 .490 3.5 24 1 
KC 23 28 .451 5.5 23 0 
CLE 22 32 .407 8.0 25 -3 
American League West
TEX 30 21 .588 0.0 28 2 
LAA 25 25 .500 4.5 24 1 
SEA 25 28 .472 6.0 23 2 
OAK 20 30 .400 9.5 21 -1 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 30 20 .600 0.0 28 2 
NYN 28 23 .549 2.5 28 0 
ATL 26 25 .510 4.5 25 1 
FLA 25 28 .472 6.5 24 1 
WAS 14 36 .280 16.0 20 -6 
National League Central
STL 30 22 .577 0.0 30 0 
MIL 30 22 .577 0.0 27 3 
CIN 27 24 .529 2.5 26 1 
CHN 25 25 .500 4.0 25 0 
PIT 24 28 .462 6.0 26 -2 
HOU 22 28 .440 7.0 22 0 
National League West
LAN 36 18 .667 0.0 36 0 
SF 25 25 .500 9.0 24 1 
SD 25 27 .481 10.0 22 3 
ARI 23 30 .434 12.5 23 0 
COL 20 31 .392 14.5 23 -3 