THT Daily: Delgado Rebounds
by Matthew CarruthMay 27, 2007
Major League News for May 25
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldCarlos Delgado went 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI to lead the Mets past the Marlins 7-2 on Saturday. Both homers were hit off a guy who should be in Triple-A in Wes Obermueller, so let's not get too excited. Still, it was nice to see him leave the yard for just the fourth and fifth times this season. He had gone the last five games without an extra-base hit or an RBI.
Roy Halladay (appendectomy) will come off the disabled list to face the Twins on Thursday, the Blue Jays announced. Halladay didn't seem at all optimistic about returning next week following Friday's simulated game, but he must have felt a lot better today. The plan is for Jesse Litsch to start Wednesday. Tomo Ohka's next turn was scheduled for Thursday, so he appears to be pitching for his place in the rotation tonight.
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Josh Johnson is ready to take an important step toward returning to the Florida Marlins' rotation. The right-hander -- who's been sidelined by an elbow injury since January -- completed a bullpen session without pain Saturday and will throw three innings or about 60 pitches in a Gulf Coast League game at the Marlins' training complex in Jupiter, Fla., on Tuesday.
Padres OF Brian Giles went on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with an annoying bone bruise in his right knee. To take his place on the roster, the Padres recalled infielder-outfielder Paul McAnulty from Triple-A Portland. Giles missed five straight starts before the Padres decided to sit him down. The move was retroactive to May 20. Giles said he originally hurt his knee when he ran into a door in the outfield wall at Wrigley Field in mid-April, and tweaked it several days later chasing a fly ball at Colorado.
Twins C Joe Mauer is still not ready to return, although manager Ron Gardenhire said the catcher is running at about 75 percent. He'll have to get back to full range of motion in his strained quadriceps before he returns. "He's going to tell us. We can't tell him," Gardenhire said. He said there's not a target date for Mauer to come back.
With Shawn Green (foot) looking at the possibility of going on the DL, Mets rookie OF Carlos Gomez started in his place Saturday against the Marlins. However, the rookie didn't last too long. Gomez strained his left hamstring on an RBI groundout in the second inning and came out of the game.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 8 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 9 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 9 MIN 8 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 7 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 6 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 9 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 8 WAS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 HOU 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 4 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 6 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (6-2) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (2-2) New York Mets at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (3-1) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (4-3) Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (L) Zach Duke (1-5) vs. (R) Kirk Saarloos (0-3) Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM (L) Matt Chico (3-4) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (4-3) Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (6-4) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (6-1) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Taylor Buchholz (2-2) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (5-4) Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (L) Rich Hill (4-4) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (6-3) Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (6-3) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (4-2) American League --------------- LA Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) John Lackey (7-3) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (2-3) Oakland Athletics at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Joe Blanton (4-2) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (3-5) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (L) Scott Kazmir (2-2) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (4-4) Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (4-4) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-4) Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) AJ Burnett (5-3) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (2-5) Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers, 3:05 PM (R) Julian Tavarez (3-4) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (1-4) Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 8:05 PM (R) Fausto Carmona (5-1) vs. (L) Mike Maroth (3-1)
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 33 15 .688 0.0 32 1TOR 22 26 .458 11.0 23 -1
BAL 22 27 .449 11.5 24 -2
NYA 21 26 .447 11.5 26 -5
TB 19 28 .404 13.5 17 2
American League Central CLE 30 17 .638 0.0 28 2
DET 29 19 .604 1.5 27 2
CHA 24 20 .545 4.5 21 3
MIN 23 25 .479 7.5 24 -1
KC 19 31 .380 12.5 19 0
American League West LAA 30 20 .600 0.0 29 1
SEA 23 22 .511 4.5 22 1
OAK 24 24 .500 5.0 27 -3
TEX 18 31 .367 11.5 21 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 31 17 .646 0.0 30 1
ATL 28 21 .571 3.5 26 2
PHI 25 24 .510 6.5 26 -1
FLA 23 26 .469 8.5 23 0
WAS 20 30 .400 12.0 19 1
National League Central MIL 28 21 .571 0.0 26 2
CHN 22 25 .468 5.0 26 -4
PIT 21 27 .438 6.5 21 0
STL 20 26 .435 6.5 17 3
HOU 21 28 .429 7.0 21 0
CIN 18 32 .360 10.5 22 -4
National League West LAN 28 21 .571 0.0 26 2
SD 28 21 .571 0.0 29 -1
ARI 28 23 .549 1.0 26 2
SF 24 24 .500 3.5 26 -2
COL 22 27 .449 6.0 20 2
Game of the Day
The Twins scored five in the eighth and ninth innings to tie Toronto, but lost in extra innings 9-8. Michael Cuddyer had two big hits for the Twins, but Lyle Overbay hit the eventual game-winning single in the 13th inning.TORONTO (9) VS MINNESOTA (8) - FINAL IN 13 INNINGS
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 7 2 4 1 0 1 4 .309
L Overbay 1b 7 1 3 4 0 1 1 .261
V Wells cf 7 0 2 0 0 1 2 .267
T Glaus 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .267
J McDonald pr-3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266
F Thomas dh 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .224
R Roberts pr-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
M Stairs lf 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 .321
A Hill 2b 6 1 1 0 0 2 6 .271
R Clayton ss 6 2 2 2 0 3 3 .248
S Fasano c 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .148
a-A Lind ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
J Phillips c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Totals 50 9 15 9 6 11 20
a-flied out to left for S Fasano in the 11th.
BATTING: 2B - S Fasano (2, R Ortiz); A Hill (14, R Ortiz); M Stairs (3, C
Cali); R Clayton (10, M Guerrier). HR - L Overbay (7, 1st inning off R Ortiz 1
on, 0 Out), M Stairs (6, 6th inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 2 Out), R Clayton (1, 6th
inning off R Ortiz 1 on, 2 Out), A Rios (11, 11th inning off P Neshek 0 on, 2
Out). S - J McDonald. RBI - L Overbay 4 (25), M Stairs 2 (15), R Clayton 2 (9),
A Rios (26). 2-out RBI - M Stairs, R Clayton 2, A Rios, L Overbay. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - F Thomas 2, V Wells 2, A Rios 2, A Hill 1. GIDP -
T Glaus, R Clayton, A Hill. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Rios (4, 2nd base off R Ortiz/M Redmond).
FIELDING: Outfield assists - A Rios (M Cuddyer at Home), M Stairs (T Hunter
at 2nd base). DP: 1 (J McDonald-L Overbay).
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
L Castillo 2b 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 .333
J Cirillo 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .220
J Bartlett pr-ss 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .244
M Cuddyer rf 5 1 4 5 1 0 1 .290
J Morneau 1b 5 0 2 2 1 0 1 .285
T Hunter cf 6 0 2 0 0 0 5 .315
M Redmond c 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 .314
J Kubel dh 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243
L Ford lf 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .189
N Punto ss-3b 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 .228
Totals 53 8 17 8 3 5 13
BATTING: 2B - J Morneau (9, T Ohka); N Punto (6, T Ohka); J Cirillo (2, J
Accardo). HR - M Cuddyer (7, 8th inning off C Janssen 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M
Cuddyer 5 (36), J Morneau 2 (36), J Cirillo (6). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Redmond 1, T Hunter 2, L Ford 1. GIDP - T Hunter. Team LOB
- 9.
FIELDING: E - R Ortiz (2, throw). DP: 3 (R Ortiz-M Redmond-J Morneau, L
Castillo-N Punto-J Morneau, J Morneau-J Bartlett-J Morneau).
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TORONTO - 201 003 010 010 1 -- 9
MINNESOTA - 002 000 023 010 0 -- 8
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
T Ohka 7 8 3 3 2 2 0 5.30
C Janssen 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1.09
J Accardo (B, 1) 2/3 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.25
S Downs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.60
J Frasor 2 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.95
B Tallet (W, 1-1; B, 1) 2 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.65
MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
R Ortiz 6 10 6 6 1 4 3 5.75
J Rincon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
J DePaula 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 31.50
C Cali 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J Miller 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J Nathan 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.01
P Neshek 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1.48
M Guerrier (L, 1-2) 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2.05
J DePaula pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
T Ohka pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
J Accardo pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.
S Downs pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
WP - M Guerrier. IBB - M Stairs (by P Neshek). Pitches-strikes: T Ohka 95-60;
C Janssen 11-7; J Accardo 20-15; S Downs 5-1; J Frasor 26-19; B Tallet 26-21; R
Ortiz 95-59; J Rincon 10-7; J DePaula 9-1; C Cali 18-10; J Miller 10-7; J
Nathan 14-7; P Neshek 35-20; M Guerrier 28-17. Ground balls-fly balls: T Ohka
9-8; C Janssen 1-0; J Accardo 1-1; S Downs 0-0; J Frasor 6-0; B Tallet 3-3; R
Ortiz 7-7; J Rincon 2-1; J DePaula 0-0; C Cali 1-1; J Miller 0-2; J Nathan 2-0;
P Neshek 2-2; M Guerrier 1-0. Batters faced: T Ohka 29; C Janssen 4; J Accardo
6; S Downs 1; J Frasor 8; B Tallet 8; R Ortiz 27; J Rincon 3; J DePaula 2; C
Cali 5; J Miller 3; J Nathan 3; P Neshek 9; M Guerrier 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Adam Dowdy. 1B--Gary Darling. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Bruce
Dreckman.
T--3:54. Att--31,434.
Weather: INDOORSThe 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.
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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 RBI CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 ARI AAA Chris Carter...... 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R LA AAA Matt Kemp......... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 SD A+ Matt Antonelli.... 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 R LA A+ Blake Dewitt...... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 R CHC AAA Eric Patterson.... 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 LD ARI AAA James D'Antona.... 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 RBI SEA AAA Bryan LaHair...... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 LD BOS AAA Brandon Moss...... 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB A+ Wade Davis........ 6 6 1 1 8 1 0 LAA A+ Robert Mosebach... 8 5 2 2 6 1 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 5 4 0 0 8 3 0 STL AA Jaime Garcia...... 7 6 2 1 7 2 1 16 GB TB AAA A. Sonnanstine.... 6 8 3 2 5 1 0 12 GB COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 6 6 3 3 7 1 0 TEX AA A. Galarraga...... 6 4 2 2 5 1 0 PIT AAA Bryan Bullington.. 7 3 1 0 4 1 0 HOU AA Felipe Paulino.... 6 7 1 1 5 2 0 MIN A+ Zachary Ward...... 6 4 1 1 4 1 0 11 GB ATL A Thomas Hanson..... 6 3 0 0 3 1 0 TOR AA David Purcey...... 6 8 4 4 7 0 1
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