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THT Daily: Comebacksby Matthew CarruthSeptember 11, 2007 Major League News for Sept. 11Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Games of the Day You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksA tale of two teams - The Good Phight notes just how opposite NL playoff contenders Philadelphia and San Diego are. Playing hurt - Big Papi told the Boston Globe that he would have offseason knee surgery, and could miss more games through the end of the regular season. Good coffee - Daric Barton made an impressive debut for the A's yesterday. Fresh start - Phillies assistant general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. may be the top candidate for the vacant Pirates GM job. Bucs Dugout weighs in. Going east - The Red Sox and A's are scheduled to open the MLB season in Tokyo next spring in the current draft of the MLB schedule. Leaving town - Torii Hunter and Johan Santana seem set on testing free agency. Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman breaks down why. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldEven though the Jeremy Bonderman's MRI came back clean, the Tigers have no intention of letting him pitch again until he's pain-free. "He has inflammation of the lateral aspect of his elbow—the outside of his elbow—and he will be shut down until he is pain free," trainer Kevin Rand said in a statement. That would seem to make Bonderman a long shot to return unless the Tigers go to the playoffs. Chipper Jones was held out of Monday's lineup after straining a muscle on his right side during batting practice. The Braves had to scratch both Chipper and Andruw Jones (illness) minutes before the start of the series that will determine whether the club has any chance of making the postseason. The Braves are listing both as day-to-day. Martin Prado started in Chipper's place, with Yunel Escobar moving from second to third. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TB 1 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 5 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 9 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 5 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 12 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 9 MIL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (L) Mike Bacsik (5-8) vs. (L) Chris Seddon (0-0) Colorado Rockies at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Franklin Morales (0-2) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (9-8) Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Yovani Gallardo (7-4) vs. (R) Bryan Bullington (0-1) Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Buddy Carlyle (8-6) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (9-4) St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Mark Mulder (0-1) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (7-8) Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Jason Marquis (11-8) vs. (R) Brandon Backe (0-1) San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Jake Peavy (16-6) vs. (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-0) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Edgar Gonzalez (7-2) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (4-6) American League --------------- Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (5-9) vs. (R) Chad Durbin (8-6) LA Angels of Anaheim at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (7-3) vs. (R) Victor Santos (0-0) Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (5-8) vs. (R) Jair Jurrjens (1-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (5-9) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (16-10) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Phil Hughes (2-3) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (12-5) Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Scott Baker (8-7) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (2-4) Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Paul Byrd (14-6) vs. (L) John Danks (6-13) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (L) Dallas Braden (1-7) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (9-13) 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 87 58 .600 0.0 91 -4 Game of the DayA couple of wild card contenders matched up yesterday, with the Phillies pulling out a 6-5 victory over the Rockies in 10 innings. The Rockies had built a 5-2 lead by the seventh inning behind Ubaldo Jimenez’s fine pitching, but Pat Burrell tied the game with a three-run home run off Jorge Julio, and Ryan Howard won the game, plating Chase Utley with a double in the 10th.COLORADO (5) VS PHILADELPHIA (6) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
O Quintanilla 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .229
b-I Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .212
T Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
T Tulowitzki ss 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .291
M Holliday lf 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 .334
T Helton 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .310
G Atkins 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 .283
B Hawpe rf 5 1 1 0 0 3 4 .283
R Spilborghs cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .292
Y Torrealba c 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 .257
U Jimenez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .118
L Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Koshansky ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Speier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-C Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
J Carroll 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Totals 38 5 11 5 4 7 15
a-lined out to right for J Julio in the 8th; b-grounded to second for O
Quintanilla in the 10th; c-grounded to second for R Speier in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - T Tulowitzki (26, K Lohse); T Helton (36, K Lohse); Y Torrealba 2
(17, K Lohse 2); M Holliday (46, K Lohse). HR - T Tulowitzki (20, 5th inning
off K Lohse 0 on, 1 Out), M Holliday (27, 7th inning off J Mesa 1 on, 0 Out). S
- Y Torrealba 2, U Jimenez. RBI - Y Torrealba 2 (41), T Tulowitzki (81), M
Holliday 2 (113). 2-out RBI - Y Torrealba 2. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - B Hawpe 2, G Atkins 2, O Quintanilla 2, U Jimenez 2, I Stewart 1. Team
LOB - 11.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Helton).
PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .296
C Utley 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .339
P Burrell lf 5 1 2 3 0 1 2 .266
R Howard 1b 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 .266
A Rowand cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .314
S Victorino rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .285
G Dobbs 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .284
b-C Coste ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
B Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Ruiz c 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .263
K Lohse p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
J Mesa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Iguchi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311
T Gordon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Nunez 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .239
Totals 34 6 8 6 5 6 8
a-grounded to third for J Romero in the 7th; b-grounded to first for G Dobbs
in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - R Howard (24, T Buchholz). HR - R Howard (38, 6th inning off U
Jimenez 0 on, 1 Out), P Burrell (28, 7th inning off J Julio 2 on, 2 Out). S - K
Lohse. RBI - C Utley (92), R Howard 2 (115), P Burrell 3 (90). 2-out RBI - C
Utley, P Burrell 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Ruiz 1, G Dobbs
1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - S Victorino 2 (37, 2nd base off U Jimenez/Y Torrealba 2), J
Rollins 2 (30, 2nd base off J Affeldt/Y Torrealba, 3rd base off J Affeldt/Y
Torrealba).
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COLORADO - 000 210 200 0 -- 5
PHILADELPHIA - 001 001 300 1 -- 6
One out when winning run scored.
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
U Jimenez 6 4 2 2 3 3 1 4.04
L Hawkins (H, 14) 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.49
J Affeldt (H, 10) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.57
J Julio (B, 6) 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 5.40
B Fuentes 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.47
R Speier 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.23
T Buchholz (L, 6-5) 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.41
PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Lohse 6 7 3 3 2 5 1 4.47
J Mesa 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 6.12
J Romero 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.82
T Gordon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.04
B Myers (W, 4-6) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.82
J Mesa pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
J Affeldt pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
IBB - G Dobbs (by U Jimenez). HBP - R Spilborghs (by K Lohse).
Pitches-strikes: U Jimenez 92-53; L Hawkins 17-9; J Affeldt 6-2; J Julio 10-5;
B Fuentes 15-9; R Speier 14-7; T Buchholz 6-5; K Lohse 102-63; J Mesa 5-1; J
Romero 14-8; T Gordon 18-10; B Myers 29-17. Ground balls-fly balls: U Jimenez
10-5; L Hawkins 2-0; J Affeldt 0-0; J Julio 0-0; B Fuentes 1-1; R Speier 1-1; T
Buchholz 0-0; K Lohse 10-3; J Mesa 0-0; J Romero 1-0; T Gordon 2-1; B Myers
5-1. Batters faced: U Jimenez 25; L Hawkins 3; J Affeldt 1; J Julio 2; B
Fuentes 3; R Speier 3; T Buchholz 3; K Lohse 28; J Mesa 2; J Romero 3; T Gordon
4; B Myers 9.
UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Mike Dimuro. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--John
Hirschbeck.
T--3:27. Att--25,046.
Weather: 85 degrees, overcast. Wind: 9 mph, left to right.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.  There were also a couple of dramatic comebacks last night. The Tigers were trailing the Blue Jays, 4-1 with two out, no one on and Roy Halladay still pitching in the bottom of the ninth, but they strung together five singles and a walk for a four-run rally to take the game, 5-4.  Likewise, the Giants had a 3-2 lead with two out in the top of the ninth, but pinch hitter Jeff Salazar hit a three-run home run for the visiting Diamondbacks and Arizona held on for a 5-3 victory. Both of Salazar's career home runs have come as a pinch hitter against the Giants.  Access THT’s stats here…
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NYA 81 62 .566 5.0 86 -5 
TOR 72 71 .503 14.0 76 -4 
BAL 61 81 .430 24.5 64 -3 
TB 61 83 .424 25.5 59 2 
American League Central
CLE 84 60 .583 0.0 81 3 
DET 78 66 .542 6.0 79 -1 
MIN 71 73 .493 13.0 73 -2 
KC 62 81 .434 21.5 68 -6 
CHA 61 83 .424 23.0 56 5 
American League West
LAA 84 59 .587 0.0 80 4 
SEA 75 67 .528 8.5 69 6 
OAK 70 75 .483 15.0 72 -2 
TEX 68 74 .479 15.5 69 -1 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 82 61 .573 0.0 79 3 
PHI 76 67 .531 6.0 77 -1 
ATL 73 71 .507 9.5 77 -4 
WAS 65 79 .451 17.5 61 4 
FLA 61 83 .424 21.5 64 -3 
National League Central
CHN 73 70 .510 0.0 76 -3 
MIL 73 70 .510 0.0 71 2 
STL 69 72 .489 3.0 63 6 
CIN 64 79 .448 9.0 65 -1 
PIT 64 80 .444 9.5 65 -1 
HOU 62 81 .434 11.0 61 1 
National League West
ARI 82 63 .566 0.0 70 12 
SD 77 65 .542 3.5 78 -1 
LAN 75 68 .524 6.0 75 0 
COL 74 69 .517 7.0 76 -2 
SF 65 79 .451 16.5 70 -5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
NYA 81 62 .566 0.0
DET 78 66 .542 3.5
SEA 75 67 .528 5.5
TOR 72 71 .503 9.0
MIN 71 73 .493 10.5
National League
SD 77 65 .542 0.0
PHI 76 67 .531 1.5
LAN 75 68 .524 2.5
COL 74 69 .517 3.5
ATL 73 71 .507 5.0