THT Daily: Blowouts in the AL

by Matthew Carruth
August 26, 2007

Major League News for August 26

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

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Out since August 5, Alfonso Soriano (quadriceps) said it was possible he could play in Tuesday's series opener against the Brewers.
"Basically, he looks good," manager Lou Piniella said. "Originally we thought around the first of September, Labor Day weekend. So he's a bit ahead of schedule. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if he's in the lineup on Tuesday." Monitor his health over the next day - it sounds like he'll be a good play for week 22.

It was a strained left hamstring, not his preexisting ankle condition, that caused Joe Mauer to leave Saturday's game.
That's a whole lot worse. It didn't seem to be a severe strain, but his status for next week is in question now. Expect an update on Sunday. Mike Redmond was already set to start in his place tomorrow.

Scott Kazmir broke the franchise record with 13 strikeouts as Tampa Bay rolled over Oakland 14-3 on Saturday.
He eclipsed the Ray mark of 12 Ks, set by James Shields and former starter Dan Wheeler, back in his first incarnation with Tampa Bay in 1999. Kazmir, now 10-8, gave up just five hits and three runs in eight innings while he lowered his ERA to 3.64. A promising sign was that Kazmir walked none and took only 105 pitches to get through eight, usually just a six-inning total for him. He struck out the side in the first on 12 pitches and recorded his first six outs via the K.

Yesterday’s Results

American League
MIN     8  BAL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB     14  OAK     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
BOS    14  CHA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYA     7  DET     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     9  KC      4    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     9  LAA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
TEX     5  SEA     3    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
NYN     4  LAN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      4  PHI     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN    11  FLA     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT     4  HOU     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL     5  ATL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     3  CHN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
COL     5  WAS     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
SF      6  MIL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)

Today’s Games

National League
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 Florida Marlins at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM
  (R) Daniel Barone (0-1) vs. (R) Tom Shearn (0-0)
 San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM
  (R) Tim Stauffer (0-0) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (6-3)
 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM
  (R) Tony Armas (2-4) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (7-12)
 Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM
  (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (11-9)
 Washington Nationals at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM
  (R) Joel Hanrahan (3-1) vs. (R) Elmer Dessens (1-1)
 Milwaukee Brewers at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM
  (R) Dave Bush (10-9) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (7-4)
 Chicago Cubs at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM
  (R) Jason Marquis (10-7) vs. (R) Yusmeiro Petit (2-4)
 Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Mets, 8:10 PM
  (L) David Wells (5-8) vs. (R) John Maine (13-7)
 
 American League
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 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM
  (R) Phil Hughes (2-1) vs. (R) Jair Jurrjens (1-1)
 Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM
  (R) Scott Baker (6-6) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (13-4)
 Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM
  (R) Danny Haren (14-4) vs. (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (2-9)
 Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM
  (R) Julian Tavarez (6-9) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (11-6)
 Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM
  (R) Fausto Carmona (14-8) vs. (R) Gil Meche (7-11)
 Toronto Blue Jays at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM
  (R) Dustin McGowan (8-7) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (14-6)
 Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM
  (L) Jarrod Washburn (9-10) vs. (R) Vicente Padilla (3-9)

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
BOS     79  51 .608    0.0   82    -3    
NYA     72  57 .558    6.5   79    -7    
TOR     65  64 .504   13.5   69    -4    
BAL     58  70 .453   20.0   61    -3    
TB      50  79 .388   28.5   48     2    
American League Central     
CLE     71  57 .555    0.0   70     1    
DET     69  60 .535    2.5   69     0    
MIN     66  63 .512    5.5   67    -1    
KC      57  71 .445   14.0   60    -3    
CHA     56  73 .434   15.5   51     5    
American League West        
LAA     75  54 .581    0.0   72     3    
SEA     73  54 .575    1.0   66     7    
OAK     65  66 .496   11.0   66    -1    
TEX     57  72 .442   18.0   61    -4    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     73  55 .570    0.0   71     2    
PHI     66  62 .516    7.0   66     0    
ATL     67  63 .515    7.0   69    -2    
WAS     58  72 .446   16.0   55     3    
FLA     57  73 .438   17.0   60    -3    
National League Central     
CHN     66  62 .516    0.0   69    -3    
MIL     65  64 .504    1.5   63     2    
STL     62  64 .492    3.0   56     6    
CIN     59  70 .457    7.5   58     1    
PIT     57  71 .445    9.0   58    -1    
HOU     57  73 .438   10.0   56     1    
National League West        
ARI     73  57 .562    0.0   61    12    
SD      70  58 .547    2.0   72    -2    
COL     66  63 .512    6.5   68    -2    
LAN     66  63 .512    6.5   67    -1    
SF      58  72 .446   15.0   64    -6    


Wildcard Standings
American League             
SEA     73  54 .575    0.0
NYA     72  57 .558    2.0
DET     69  60 .535    5.0
MIN     66  63 .512    8.0
TOR     65  64 .504    9.0
National League             
SD      70  58 .547    0.0
PHI     66  62 .516    4.0
ATL     67  63 .515    4.0
LAN     66  63 .512    4.5
COL     66  63 .512    4.5

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
CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 4  2  1  0  1  0  2  4 RBI
STL AA  Colby Rasmus...... 4  3  2  0  1  0  0  3 R
ARI AAA Carlos Gonzalez... 6  2  1  0  0  0  1  
OAK A-  Matthew Sulentic.. 3  2  2  0  0  1  1  
LAA AA  Sean Rodriguez.... 3  3  0  0  1  0  0  
TB  AA  Chris Nowak....... 3  2  2  0  0  1  0  
DET A   Gorkys Hernandez.. 3  3  1  0  0  2  0  2 SB
MIN AA  David Winfree..... 4  2  0  1  1  0  0  
SEA AAA Bryan LaHair...... 4  2  1  0  1  0  1  
LAA A+  Hainley Statia.... 4  2  1  0  1  0  0  
PIT A+  Brad Corley....... 5  2  1  0  1  0  0  3 LD
CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 4  1  0  0  1  0  2  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
CHW AA  Gio Gonzalez...... 7  3  0  0  8  2  0  
OAK A   Trevor Cahill..... 6  2  1  1  7  3  0  
LA  AA  Clayton Kershaw... 7  2  1  1 10  4  0  
LAA AA  Nick Adenhart..... 5  7  3  3  6  4  0  
TB  AA  Wade Davis........ 6  3  1  1  8  4  0  
HOU AA  Felipe Paulino.... 5  2  1  1  8  4  0  
NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 6  4  2  2  7  2  0  
SF  A   Adam Cowart....... 6  3  2  2  4  0  0  14 GB
TOR AA  Kyle Yates........ 6  3  0  0  5  3  0  
TEX AAA A. Galarraga...... 7  2  0  0  4  3  0  
CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 7  9  2  2  3  0  1  15 GB
CLE AAA Edward Mujica..... 2  1  0  0  3  1  0

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