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THT Daily: Blowouts in the ALby Matthew CarruthAugust 26, 2007 Major League News for August 26Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances Stats You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer news items are provided by RotoworldOut 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 ResultsAmerican 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 GamesNational League --------------- 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 --------------- 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) 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 BOS 79 51 .608 0.0 82 -3 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 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 THT StatsAccess all of THT’s stats here…
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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