THT Daily: Faithless Pitching
by Matthew CarruthMay 06, 2007
Major League News for May 6
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldChris Carpenter will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow and is expected to miss at least three months. It was clear this was a possibility. Carpenter said he felt fine following his simulated game Tuesday, but he must have had swelling in the elbow within the last couple of days. Carpenter should be able to come back strong after having a bone spur removed from his elbow, but it typically does take three months. It looks like Brad Thompson is the leading candidate to replace him in the rotation.
Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi admittted that he lied about B.J. Ryan having a back problem this spring, revealing that it was his elbow that bothered him all along. "First of all, it wasn't B.J. Ryan's back that was bothering him," Ricciardi told Toronto's Fan 590. "It was his elbow that was bothering him. So we said it was his back so we could have a little bit more time." Incredible. It's one thing to downplay an injury, but it's entirely another to lie about the whole thing. Ryan and manager John Gibbons went along with the scheme, and Gibbons, in particular, looked like a fool for some of his quotes along the way. It's lesson learned for us. Even more so than the Cubs and A's, the Jays can't be trusted when it comes to providing injury info.
Chien-Ming Wang took a perfect game into the eighth inning before giving up a solo homer Saturday. He ended up allowing one run and two hits over eight innings in a defeat of the Mariners. Wang, who suffered a cracked fingernail in his previous start, retired the first 25 hitters he faced before Ben Broussard took him out to right-center. Jose Guillen followed that up with a single, but Wang bounced back to get the final two outs of the inning before leaving after 103 pitches. Wang has won all five of his career starts against the Mariners, and it's easy to see why he matches up so well against them. Unless he's moved in front of Kei Igawa in the rotation, he'll face Seattle again on Friday.
Tigers placed RHP Joel Zumaya on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2, with an injury to his right knuckle. The Tigers wasted no time at all here. The assumption is that Zumaya has a dislocated knuckle. If so, he figures to miss at least a month. The bigger problem would be if he also tore a ligament in the process. That might double or triple the length of his absence.
The Mariners have pushed back Felix Hernandez's return from an elbow injury another six days. He's now scheduled to return May 15 against the Angels. Of course, it's better than 50-50 that he'll be pushed back again. "He's fine, but we feel this is the smart thing to do with him, and he felt comfortable with it," manager Mike Hargrove said. "He will throw a simulated game on Tuesday [in Detroit], have another bullpen on the 11th, and if everything goes well, he'll start on the 15th." The Mariners are doing the right thing by being careful here. What they did wrong was to keep setting dates for his return in the first place. First it was May 4, then May 9 and now May 15.
John Patterson will undergo an MRI for the sore biceps that he admitted was bothering him prior to Saturday. "It's when I get extension. When I reach out to throw a pitch, my arm wants to protect itself and so it grabs and pulls up," he said. "It does it on breaking balls. It does it on fastballs. So, it's something that I'm fighting. I don't really know what to do for it at this point." Rest it? It's just a thought. Gutting it out for a 110-loss team doesn't make a lot of sense.
Joe Mauer will have a precautionary MRI on his sore left quad Sunday, the Twins announced. Even if nothing turns up, it seems likely that he'll miss at least one more game. Mike Redmond will catch in his place once again.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 8 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Hernandez: HR, 4 RBI; Payton: 3-5; Cabrera: 7 IP, 1 R NYA 8 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wang: 8 IP, 1 R; Jeter: 3-4 TB 3 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 12 innings; Wigginton: 2 HR; Kennedy: 7 IP, 1 R DET 7 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Ordonez: 2B, HR MIN 2 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana: 5 IP, 1 R; Tavarez: 6 IP, 2 R CHA 6 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Galand: 7 IP, 3 R TEX 11 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 2B, HR, 5 RBI; Padilla: 7 IP, 2 R; Rios: 2 2B National League LAN 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowe: 7 IP, 1 R SD 7 FLA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) See below CHN 5 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Hill: 6 IP, 1 R COL 9 CIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Helton: 2-3, 2 BB, .390; Hamilton: 4-5, 2B, 3B MIL 6 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Hardy: HR, 4 RBI; Suppan: 5.2 IP, 2 R HOU 13 STL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Loretta: 4-5; Scott: 2 2B; Albers: 7.1 IP, 0 R NYN 6 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Green: 2-4, HR; Sosa: 6.1 IP, 2 R SF 9 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: HR #744; 3 BB; Lowry: 6.2 IP, 1 ER
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (L) Randy Wolf (3-3) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (0-1) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Jake Peavy (3-1) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (3-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Tony Armas (0-2) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (2-2) Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM (R) Chris Sampson (3-1) vs. (R) Braden Looper (3-2) Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Shawn Hill (2-3) vs. (R) Angel Guzman (0-0) Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds, 3:15 PM (R) Josh Fogg (1-2) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (1-2) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (0-3) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (2-1) Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants, 8:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (3-1) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (0-0) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (2-2) vs. (R) Darrell Rasner (0-1) Cleveland Indians at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (L) CC Sabathia (4-0) vs. (L) Brian Burres (0-0) Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Joe Blanton (2-1) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (0-4) Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Curt Schilling (3-1) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (2-3) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Chad Durbin (1-1) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (1-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers, 3:05 PM (R) AJ Burnett (2-2) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (1-2) Chicago White Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (2-1) vs. (R) Bartolo Colon (3-0)
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 19 10 .655 0.0 19 0BAL 14 16 .467 5.5 15 -1
TB 14 16 .467 5.5 11 3
NYA 13 15 .464 5.5 16 -3
TOR 13 17 .433 6.5 15 -2
American League Central CLE 17 10 .630 0.0 15 2
DET 18 11 .621 0.0 16 2
MIN 16 14 .533 2.5 17 -1
CHA 13 14 .481 4.0 13 0
KC 10 21 .323 9.0 12 -2
American League West LAA 17 14 .548 0.0 17 0
SEA 13 12 .520 1.0 11 2
OAK 14 15 .483 2.0 15 -1
TEX 12 18 .400 4.5 12 0
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 19 10 .655 0.0 20 -1
ATL 18 11 .621 1.0 16 2
FLA 14 15 .483 5.0 15 -1
PHI 13 17 .433 6.5 15 -2
WAS 9 21 .300 10.5 8 1
National League Central MIL 20 10 .667 0.0 18 2
CHN 14 14 .500 5.0 17 -3
HOU 13 16 .448 6.5 15 -2
PIT 13 16 .448 6.5 10 3
CIN 13 17 .433 7.0 15 -2
STL 11 17 .393 8.0 8 3
National League West LAN 18 12 .600 0.0 17 1
SF 16 13 .552 1.5 16 0
SD 16 14 .533 2.0 17 -1
ARI 16 16 .500 3.0 15 1
COL 13 17 .433 5.0 13 0
Game of the Day
Leading by two in the ninth inning, the Marlins' fielding let them down, the Padres tied the score on a couple of Marlin errors, then won the game in 12 innings, 7-6. Miguel Olivo had three doubles for the Marlins.SAN DIEGO (7) VS FLORIDA (6) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Giles 2b 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 .321
B Giles rf 7 2 3 1 0 0 1 .280
A Gonzalez 1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 .298
J Bard c 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 .250
K Greene ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .259
M Cameron cf 6 1 2 0 0 1 4 .202
R Branyan 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
a-G Blum ph-3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .103
T Sledge lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240
b-J Cruz Jr ph-lf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .342
D Wells p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091
D Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-K Kouzmanoff ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .115
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Cameron p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-O Robles ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .273
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-R Bowen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200
J Hampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 48 7 13 6 2 7 18
a-bunt popped out foul to catcher for R Branyan in the 7th; b-walked for T
Sledge in the 7th; c-hit sacrifice fly to center for D Brocail in the 7th;
d-singled to center for K Cameron in the 9th; e-struck out swinging for H Bell
in the 11th.
BATTING: SF - A Gonzalez , K Kouzmanoff. RBI - A Gonzalez (28), B Giles (10), K
Kouzmanoff (7), J Bard 2 (8), O Robles (2). 2-out RBI - B Giles, J Bard.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Blum 2, B Giles 1. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: CS - M Cameron (1, 3rd base by R Pinto/M Olivo).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Giles-K Greene-A Gonzalez, R Branyan-M Giles-A Gonzalez).
FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 0 2 0 1 2 1 .352
D Uggla 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .220
M Cabrera 3b 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 .367
J Willingham lf 6 1 1 1 0 1 7 .290
M Jacobs 1b 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 .306
C Ross cf 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 .302
A Amezaga cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .244
M Olivo c 6 0 3 2 0 1 1 .245
J Borchard rf 6 0 1 0 0 2 2 .220
S Mitre p 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333
R Pinto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Messenger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-A Boone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
H Owens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Tankersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Gregg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Wood ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200
L Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 44 6 12 6 7 10 15
a-grounded to shortstop for R Messenger in the 8th; b-struck out swinging for
K Gregg in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - J Borchard (3, D Wells); M Olivo 3 (7, D Wells 2, T Hoffman); S
Mitre (1, D Wells). HR - C Ross (4, 2nd inning off D Wells 0 on, 1 Out). S - A
Amezaga , D Uggla. RBI - C Ross (14), M Olivo 2 (18), J Willingham (26), M
Jacobs (12), A Amezaga (8). 2-out RBI - M Olivo. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Olivo 1, J Borchard 2, S Mitre 2, J Willingham 3. GIDP - J
Willingham, D Uggla. Team LOB - 11.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Ross (1, 2nd base off D Wells/J Bard), H Ramirez (8, 2nd
base off K Cameron/J Bard).
FIELDING: E - M Jacobs (2, ground ball); J Borchard (1, bobble); A Amezaga
(1, throw). PB - M Olivo.
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SAN DIEGO - 101 000 112 001 -- 7
FLORIDA - 010 101 300 000 -- 6
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SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Wells 5 1/3 8 3 3 3 1 1 6.03
D Brocail 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.12
C Meredith 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 2.76
K Cameron 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.00
S Linebrink 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.45
H Bell 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.46
J Hampson (W, 1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.57
T Hoffman (S, 7) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.06
FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
S Mitre 6 4 3 1 1 3 0 3.12
R Pinto (B, 1) 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.70
R Messenger (H, 6) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.37
H Owens (B, 1) 1 1/3 3 4 2 0 1 0 3.00
T Tankersley 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12
K Gregg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
L Gardner (L, 0-2) 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 3.06
S Mitre pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
WP - S Mitre, K Cameron. IBB - M Cabrera 2 (by D Wells, K Cameron). HBP - K
Greene (by K Gregg). Pitches-strikes: D Wells 98-60; D Brocail 6-4; C Meredith
23-13; K Cameron 28-12; S Linebrink 18-11; H Bell 16-11; J Hampson 11-6; T
Hoffman 13-10; S Mitre 88-56; R Pinto 27-16; R Messenger 8-5; H Owens 17-12; T
Tankersley 6-6; K Gregg 21-14; L Gardner 42-27. Ground balls-fly balls: D Wells
8-7; D Brocail 2-0; C Meredith 1-0; K Cameron 2-0; S Linebrink 3-0; H Bell 0-0;
J Hampson 2-0; T Hoffman 0-1; S Mitre 7-8; R Pinto 0-2; R Messenger 0-1; H
Owens 0-1; T Tankersley 2-0; K Gregg 2-1; L Gardner 2-3. Batters faced: D Wells
25; D Brocail 2; C Meredith 7; K Cameron 6; S Linebrink 3; H Bell 3; J Hampson
3; T Hoffman 4; S Mitre 24; R Pinto 6; R Messenger 2; H Owens 5; T Tankersley
2; K Gregg 4; L Gardner 10.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted
Barrett.
T--4:06. Att--21,381.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, in from 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.
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