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THT Daily: Big series

by Dave Studeman
April 27, 2009

Major League News for April 27


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

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Player News

Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Chris Getz has a fractured bone in the tip of his right middle finger and could land on the disabled list.
Getz was hurt before Saturday's game. If he lands on the DL, the White Sox would activate Jayson Nix to share time at second base with Brent Lillibridge. Gordon Beckham isn't yet an option, according to manager Ozzie Guillen, and it's clear that Guillen doesn't trust Wilson Betemit at second base.


Yesterday’s Results

For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.
American League
BAL     8  TEX     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
BOS     4  NYA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     4  CHA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     4  MIN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     3  KC      2    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     8  SEA     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     7  TB      1    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
PHI    13  FLA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     8  NYN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     8  ATL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     3  MIL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN    10  STL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     5  SF      4    (Recap and Boxscore)
COL    10  LAN     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT     8  SD      3    (Recap and Boxscore)
Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.



Today’s Games

National League
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 Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM
  (R) Shairon Martis (2-0) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (0-2)
 Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM
  (R) Roy Oswalt (0-2) vs. (R) Johnny Cueto (1-1)
 Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 7:10 PM
  (R) Anibal Sanchez (1-1) vs. (R) John Maine (0-2)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM
  (R) Joel Pineiro (3-0) vs. (R) Jair Jurrjens (2-1)
 Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM
  (R) Jeff Karstens (1-0) vs. (R) Braden Looper (2-0)
 San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM
  (R) Chris Young (2-0) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (0-0)
 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM
  (L) Ted Lilly (2-1) vs. (R) Dan Haren (1-3)
 Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM
  (L) Randy Wolf (1-1) vs. (L) Barry Zito (0-2)
 
 American League
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 Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (R) Tim Wakefield (2-1) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (1-3)
 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (L) CC Sabathia (1-1) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (0-2)
 Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM
  (L) Matt Harrison (0-2) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (2-1)
 Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (R) Jeff Niemann (1-2) vs. (R) Scott Baker (0-2)
 Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM
  (L) David Purcey (0-1) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (1-0)
 Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM
  (R) Chris Jakubauskas (1-2) vs. (L) John Danks (2-0)


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
TOR     14   6 .700    0.0   14     0    sparkline graph
BOS     12   6 .667    1.0   12     0    sparkline graph
NYA      9   9 .500    4.0    7     2    sparkline graph
BAL      9  10 .474    4.5    8     1    sparkline graph
TB       7  12 .368    6.5    9    -2    sparkline graph
American League Central     
DET     10   8 .556    0.0   11    -1    sparkline graph
CHA      9   9 .500    1.0    9     0    sparkline graph
KC       9   9 .500    1.0   10    -1    sparkline graph
MIN      9  10 .474    1.5    7     2    sparkline graph
CLE      7  12 .368    3.5    9    -2    sparkline graph
American League West        
SEA     12   7 .632    0.0   10     2    sparkline graph
TEX      8  10 .444    3.5    9    -1    sparkline graph
OAK      7  10 .412    4.0    8    -1    sparkline graph
LAA      7  11 .389    4.5    8    -1    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
FLA     11   7 .611    0.0    9     2    sparkline graph
PHI      9   8 .529    1.5    9     0    sparkline graph
ATL      9   9 .500    2.0    9     0    sparkline graph
NYN      8  10 .444    3.0    9    -1    sparkline graph
WAS      4  13 .235    6.5    7    -3    sparkline graph
National League Central     
STL     13   6 .684    0.0   12     1    sparkline graph
PIT     11   7 .611    1.5   13    -2    sparkline graph
CIN     10   8 .556    2.5    8     2    sparkline graph
CHN      9   8 .529    3.0    9     0    sparkline graph
MIL      8  10 .444    4.5    8     0    sparkline graph
HOU      7  12 .368    6.0    7     0    sparkline graph
National League West        
LAN     13   6 .684    0.0   13     0    sparkline graph
SD      10   8 .556    2.5    8     2    sparkline graph
SF       8   9 .471    4.0    8     0    sparkline graph
ARI      7  11 .389    5.5    6     1    sparkline graph
COL      6  11 .353    6.0    8    -2    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
MIN AA  Daniel Valencia... 5  3  1  1  1  0  0  3 R
TEX AA  Justin Smoak...... 4  3  1  0  1  1  0  
BAL A+  Brandon Waring.... 5  3  1  0  1  0  1  4 RBI
SF  A+  Buster Posey...... 4  3  1  0  1  0  1  4 RBI
SEA A+  Alex Liddi........ 5  2  0  0  2  0  0  
BAL AAA Nolan Reimold..... 4  2  0  0  2  0  0  
LA  A   Austin Gallagher.. 3  2  2  0  0  1  0  
TEX A+  Engel Beltre...... 5  2  1  0  1  0  1  
BOS AA  Josh Reddick...... 5  2  0  0  1  1  0  
MIL A+  Caleb Gindl....... 4  2  0  0  1  1  0  3 R
WAN A+  C. Marrero........ 3  1  0  0  1  2  0  
BOS AA  Lars Anderson..... 5  3  1  0  0  1  0  5 RBI !

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 6  4  2  2 15  2  1  
ARI A+  Jarrod Parker..... 5  3  1  1  8  1  0  
CLE A+  Eric Berger....... 5  3  0  0  6  0  0  
BAL AA  Jake Arrieta...... 6  2  0  0  6  2  0  
NYY A   D.J. Mitchell..... 6  6  4  4  6  0  1  11 GB
NYY A+  Dellin Betances... 6  6  2  2  6  3  0  
BOS A   Bryan Price....... 6  8  3  3  5  1  0  11 OF
NYM A+  Bradley Holt...... 4  4  1  1  4  0  0  
TOR A+  Tim Collins....... 3  0  1  0  6  3  0  
PHI A+  Kyle Drabek....... 6  8  4  4  5  1  0  
LAA AA  Trevor Reckling... 6  3  0  0  4  3  0  
CHW A   Gregory Infante... 7  7  2  1  5  3  0


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