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THT Daily: DL actionby Dave StudemanApril 30, 2008 Major League News for April 30Player NewsYesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAlex Rodriguez is being placed on the 15-day DL because of his Grade 2 quad strain, YES reports. Losing Rodriguez and Jorge Posada in a two-day span really hurts, but at least it's still early on. The Yankees will go with Morgan Ensberg and Alberto Gonzalez at third base for next couple of weeks. Ensberg is the better bet of the two in AL-only leagues. Braves placed RHP John Smoltz on the disabled list with a severely inflamed biceps tendon and inflamed rotator cuff. Smoltz received the scary sounding diagnoses Tuesday after being examined by Dr. James Andrews, but the Braves are hopeful that he can avoid surgery and return after a few weeks of rest. Smoltz has had shoulder and neck problems since spring training and complained of soreness following his start Sunday against the Mets. Making his major league debut in relief of Edgar Gonzalez, Max Scherzer retired all 13 hitters he faced Tuesday versus the Astros, striking out seven. Scherzer hit 98 mph on the gun and left little doubt that he can be a dominant late-inning reliever right away. Still, the guess is that the Diamondbacks will put him into the rotation, maybe in place of Gonzalez next week. The only problem with that is the eventual return of Doug Davis. Troy Tulowitzki suffered a strained left quad Tuesday versus the Giants. Tulowitzki, who wasn't supposed to play tonight, could go on the disabled list because of the injury. It wouldn't be such a bad thing for him to get a week of at-bats in the minors anyway, though the Rockies will surely miss his glove. Clint Barmes will be the regular shortstop while Tulo is out. Omar Quintanilla figures to be called up to help out at second. Chad Cordero is expected to go back on the disabled list, time time with a strained lat muscle below his throwing shoulder. The Nationals think he probably hurt himself while trying to compensate for weakness in his right shoulder. Jesus Colome and Luis Ayala will set up for Jon Rauch while Cordero is out. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BAL 7 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 1 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 2 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 9 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League LAN 7 FLA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 7 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 10 CHN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 6 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 3 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Tom Gorzelanny (1-3) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (2-1) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:15 PM (R) Aaron Harang (1-3) vs. (R) Braden Looper (3-1) Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:40 PM (R) Shawn Chacon (0-0) vs. (L) Randy Johnson (1-1) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 3:45 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (1-2) vs. (L) Jonathan Sanchez (2-1) Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 4:35 PM (R) Jair Jurrjens (3-2) vs. (R) Shawn Hill (0-0) San Diego Padres at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Chris Young (1-2) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (1-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (0-4) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (3-0) Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (1-0) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (3-0) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 1:10 PM (R) Nick Masset (0-0) vs. (R) Nick Blackburn (1-1) Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (1-2) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (3-2) Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (1-3) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (4-0) Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Dustin McGowan (1-2) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0) Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Andy Sonnanstine (3-1) vs. (R) Jim Johnson (0-0) Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (3-2) vs. (R) Kevin Millwood (1-2) Oakland Athletics at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Dana Eveland (3-1) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (4-0) 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 BAL 15 11 .577 0.0 14 1 Game of the DayThere was a pitching duel in Boston last night, where Boston’s Jon Lester and Toronto’s Roy Halladay exchanged goose eggs for eight innings. The Sox finally broke through in the ninth on a walk and two singles to win the contest, 1-0. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 0 - FINAL
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .316
D Eckstein ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258
va-M Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .304
J McDonald ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
S Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
V Wells cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .257
A Hill 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .279
L Overbay 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .279
S Stewart dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200
A Lind lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
G Zaun c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261
Totals 27 0 2 0 4 8 7 ###
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .291
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
D Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .172
M Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .343
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .316
M Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182
J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
B Moss rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300
J Varitek c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .243
J Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .287
Totals 31 1 5 1 1 6 4 ###
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TORONTO - 000 000 000 -- 0 2 0
BOSTON - 000 000 001 -- 1 5 0
Two outs when winning run scored.
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va-struck out swinging for D Eckstein in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - S Rolen (3, J Papelbon). RBI - K Youkilis (15). 2-out RBI - K
Youkilis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - V Wells 1, J Drew 1. GIDP -
S Stewart, D Eckstein. Team LOB - TORONTO 4, BOSTON 5. BASERUNNING: SB - K
Youkilis (1, 2nd base off R Halladay/G Zaun). FIELDING: DP: (J Lugo-D
Pedroia-K Youkilis, J Lugo-K Youkilis).
TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
R Halladay (L, 2-4) 8 2/3 5 1 1 1 6 0 3.26
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lester 8 1 0 0 4 6 0 4.31
J Papelbon (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.25
Pitches-strikes: R Halladay 112-72; J Lester 97-58; J Papelbon 13-12. Ground
balls-fly balls: R Halladay 15-5; J Lester 15-3; J Papelbon 1-0. Batters faced:
R Halladay 32; J Lester 27; J Papelbon 4. UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Dreckman. 1B--Sam
Holbrook. 2B--Gerry Davis. 3B--Brian Gorman. T--2:18. (Plus rain delay
totaling 16 minutes in the 1st). Att--37,215. Weather: 47 degrees, rain. Wind:
15 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.  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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes DET AA Wilkin Ramirez.... 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 R LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 TB AAA Reid Brignac...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 OAK A+ Matthew Sulentic.. 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 NYY AAA Eric Duncan....... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 BOS AA J. Corsaletti..... 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 TEX AA Emerson Frostad... 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 KC AAA Ryan Shealy....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 BAL A+ Billy Rowell...... 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 TEX AA Ben Harrison...... 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 3 R OAK A+ J. Mitchell....... 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes FLA AA C. Volstad........ 7 4 1 1 8 0 0 CHW AAA Lance Broadway.... 8 5 1 1 6 0 1 TOR AAA David Purcey...... 8 2 0 0 9 1 0 OAK A Jamie Richmond.... 6 4 0 0 7 1 0 NYY A Z. McAllister..... 8 5 3 1 6 0 0 16 GB BAL AAA Radhames Liz...... 6 2 0 0 5 3 0 LAA AA Robert Mosebach... 7 6 0 0 6 2 0 TEX AAA Eric Hurley....... 6 5 3 3 5 4 0 PHI AAA J.A. Happ......... 7 1 0 0 5 4 0 STL AAA Trey Hearne....... 6 5 3 3 5 3 0 MIN AA Oswaldo Sosa...... 5 2 1 1 5 3 0 SF AAA Nick Pereira...... 6 7 3 3 5 3 1 Access THT’s stats here…
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BOS 16 12 .571 0.0 15 1 
TB 14 12 .538 1.0 14 0 
NYA 14 14 .500 2.0 14 0 
TOR 11 16 .407 4.5 14 -3 
American League Central
CHA 14 11 .560 0.0 16 -2 
KC 12 14 .462 2.5 10 2 
MIN 12 14 .462 2.5 11 1 
CLE 12 15 .444 3.0 14 -2 
DET 12 15 .444 3.0 13 -1 
American League West
LAA 17 11 .607 0.0 15 2 
OAK 17 11 .607 0.0 18 -1 
SEA 13 14 .481 3.5 15 -2 
TEX 9 18 .333 7.5 9 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
FLA 15 11 .577 0.0 13 2 
NYN 14 11 .560 0.5 14 0 
PHI 15 12 .556 0.5 15 0 
ATL 12 14 .462 3.0 15 -3 
WAS 10 17 .370 5.5 10 0 
National League Central
CHN 16 10 .615 0.0 16 0 
STL 17 11 .607 0.0 17 0 
MIL 15 11 .577 1.0 14 1 
HOU 13 15 .464 4.0 14 -1 
CIN 12 16 .429 5.0 13 -1 
PIT 10 16 .385 6.0 9 1 
National League West
ARI 19 8 .704 0.0 19 0 
LAN 13 13 .500 5.5 15 -2 
SF 12 16 .429 7.5 10 2 
COL 11 16 .407 8.0 11 0 
SD 10 17 .370 9.0 9 1 