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THT Daily: Halladay over Bondermanby Dave StudemanApril 14, 2007 Major League News for April 13Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day Top Minor League Performances Player News Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BAL 8 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bedard: 6 IP, 1 R; Markakis: GS HR BOS 10 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wakefield: 7 IP, 1 R TOR 2 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) See below CHA 6 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Dye: 2-3, HR; Vazquez: 5.1 IP, 2 R TB 4 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Kazmir: 8 IP, 2 R; Crawford: inside-the-park HR OAK 5 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings; Calero: 2 key IP; Chavez: HR, 3 RBI TEX 5 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Kinsler: HR (5th); Millwood: 6 IP, 1 R; Gagne: Save National League FLA 11 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Pelfrey debut; Franco key pinch hit single HOU 9 PHI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: 3 HR, 6 RBI CIN 6 CHN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Cubs lose 5-0 lead SF 8 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: 2 HR, 4 RBI COL 6 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) COL bullpen: 4 no-hit innings LAN 9 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Penny: 8 IP, 1 R Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (0-1) vs. (L) Rich Hill (1-0) Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Shawn Hill (0-2) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (1-0) Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (L) Chris Capuano (1-0) vs. (R) Kip Wells (1-1) Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:55 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (0-1) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (0-0) Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM (L) Scott Olsen (2-0) vs. (R) Kyle Davies (0-0) San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Barry Zito (0-2) vs. (R) Tony Armas (0-1) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Aaron Cook (0-0) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (1-0) San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Jake Peavy (1-0) vs. (R) Jason Schmidt (1-1) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (L) John Danks (0-1) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (0-0) Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Chad Durbin (0-1) vs. (R) AJ Burnett (1-1) Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, 3:55 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (0-2) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (0-1) LA Angels of Anaheim at Boston Red Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Hector Carrasco (0-0) vs. (R) Curt Schilling (1-1) Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Odalis Perez (0-2) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (1-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (0-1) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (0-1) New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM (R) Darrell Rasner (0-1) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (1-0) 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 TOR 6 4 .600 0.0 6 0 Game of the DayRoy Halladay and Jeremy Bonderman engaged in a classic pitching duel in Toronto. Halladay prevailed with a 10-inning complete game victory, but Bonderman was just as good, giving up only one run in nine innings. Fernando Rodney lost the game when he gave up a run in the tenth on an infield single, two bunts and a sacrifice fly. Alexis Rios and Magglio Ordonez scored the only other runs early in the game, with a home run each. DETROIT (1) VS TORONTO (2) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
P Polanco 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .386
I Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .256
G Sheffield dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .139
M Ordonez rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .231
C Guillen ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
S Casey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206
C Monroe lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .235
B Inge 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .097
Totals 35 1 6 1 0 2 7
BATTING: 2B - C Monroe (5, R Halladay); C Granderson (4, R Halladay). HR - M
Ordonez (1, 2nd inning off R Halladay 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Ordonez (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Polanco 1, C Granderson 1. GIDP - M
Ordonez. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey).
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .326
M Stairs lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .308
V Wells cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .268
F Thomas dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .205
L Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .220
G Zaun c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .290
A Hill 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .410
J Smith 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .308
J McDonald ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .417
Totals 35 2 9 2 0 4 12
BATTING: 2B - G Zaun (3, J Bonderman); M Stairs (1, J Bonderman). HR - A Rios
(1, 1st inning off J Bonderman 0 on, 0 Out). SF - A Rios. RBI - A Rios 2 (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Overbay 1, A Hill 1. GIDP - F
Thomas. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (J McDonald-A Hill-L Overbay).
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DETROIT - 010 000 000 0 -- 1
TORONTO - 100 000 000 1 -- 2
One out when winning run scored.
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bonderman 9 6 1 1 0 4 1 2.57
F Rodney (L, 1-2) 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 9.00
TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
R Halladay (W, 2-0) 10 6 1 1 0 2 1 2.35
HBP - M Stairs (by J Bonderman). Pitches-strikes: J Bonderman 96-68; F Rodney
11-7; R Halladay 107-70. Ground balls-fly balls: J Bonderman 10-13; F Rodney
0-1; R Halladay 15-13. Batters faced: J Bonderman 33; F Rodney 4; R Halladay
35.
UMPIRES: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff Kellogg.
T--2:14. Att--26,268.
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 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 POS AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes BAL A+ Zachary Dillon C 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 BOS A DH 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 .548 OBP during past week COL A+ C. Nelson SS 6 3 1 0 2 0 1 3 runs scored COL A+ Travis Becktel LF 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 runs scored MIN AA David Winfree 3B 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 PIT AA Randy Ruiz 1B 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI PIT A Alexander Presley LF 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 TEX A+ C. Davis 3B 4 2 0 0 2 1 2 7 RBI TOR A Travis Snider RF 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 WAN AA Josh Whitesell 1B 5 5 2 0 1 0 0 5 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL AA Kelvin Villa 5.1 1 0 0 7 6 0 BAL A Bradley Bergesen 6.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 CIN AAA Tom Shearn 7.0 2 1 0 4 2 0 CLE AAA Jason Stanford 6.0 3 0 0 6 2 0 HOU AA Joshua Miller 7.0 3 1 1 2 0 0 KC A Angelo Morales 7.0 2 0 0 9 0 0 WAN A+ John Lannan 7.0 5 0 0 4 1 0 Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldEric Gagne, who was activated from the disabled list before today's game, recorded a save in his first appearance as a Ranger on Friday. Gagne threw a scoreless ninth, striking out Ichiro Suzuki and inducing a double play ball from Adrian Beltre after a lead-off single by Ben Broussard. Gagne will continue to act as the Rangers' closer as long as he's healthy and productive. Randy Johnson allowed two earned runs in six innings for Triple-A Tucson on Friday. He allowed eight hits, walked one and struck out three. The possibility exists that Johnson will make one more rehab start. If not, he'll make his season debut Thursday against the Padres. Carlos Lee blasted three homers to drive in six runs against the Phillies on Friday. Lee starter with a solo homer off Phillies starter Brett Myers in the third, then added a grand slam off Myers in the fourth. The left fielder failed to reach base in his next two at-bats, then finished the game with a solo homer off reliever Ryan Madson. The three-homer game was Lee's first of his career. Barry Bonds was removed in the fourth inning of Friday's game just after hitting his second homer of the night. No word on an injury. The second homer gave San Francisco an 8-2 lead. Maybe the Giants didn't want him to break Hank Aaron's record on the road? Sure, he's still 19 away from setting the record, but with the way he was swinging tonight.. Carl Pavano was scratched from his start Saturday because of tightness in his forearm. Forearm isn't necessarily better than elbow in cases like these. The Yankees, though, seem hopeful that Pavano will avoid the DL. "I'm just going to give it a little extra time to get out of there," said Pavano, who threw long toss Tuesday and Wednesday. "It just didn't feel like it should feel. I'm not frustrated at all. It's just something I've got to deal with. That's just the way it is." Darrell Rasner will start in Pavano's place on Saturday. Pavano hopes to be ready to go on Tuesday. Dodgers activated shortstop Rafael Furcal from the 15-day disabled list. Furcal's return puts Juan Pierre into the second spot in the order and knocks Russell Martin down to sixth. Wilson Valdez was productive while Furcal was out, so he'll likely see time at third base over Wilson Betemit for now. Aramis Ramirez was diagnosed with right wrist tendinitis Friday and is listed as day-to-day. Sounds like the best-case scenario. However, since he's a Cub, the possibility still exists that he's hurt worse than the team knows. Ryan Theriot will fill in at third base while Ramirez is out. Blue Jays placed outfielder Reed Johnson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 12, because of soreness in his back. The Jays opted to take the step even though they don't have the results back from his MRI today. With Troy Glaus also hurt, the Jays didn't want to play two men down. Matt Stairs is getting the start in left field tonight, but Adam Lind should receive most of the playing time created by Johnson's injury. Jason Jennings was diagnosed with tendinitis in the flexor muscle of his right elbow and scratched from his start Saturday. The Astros will move Woody Williams up from Sunday to Saturday. Wandy Rodriguez, who had his start pushed back after Wednesday's game was snowed out, will pitch Sunday. If Jennings isn't ready to go on Monday, Fernando Nieve could get the call in his place. Angels placed RHP Kelvim Escobar on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 9, due to right shoulder irritation. It's always something. What we don't get is what the Angels felt they had to gain from keeping it quiet. Hector Carrasco will start in Escobar's place on Saturday, but he'll likely return to the pen after the game. This should mean that Dustin Moseley will make at least one or two more starts before getting bumped by the return of either Escobar or Bartolo Colon. Access THT’s stats here…
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BOS 5 4 .556 0.5 6 -1 
BAL 5 6 .455 1.5 5 0 
NYA 4 5 .444 1.5 6 -2 
TB 4 6 .400 2.0 4 0 
American League Central
DET 6 4 .600 0.0 5 1 
MIN 6 4 .600 0.0 5 1 
CLE 4 3 .571 0.5 4 0 
CHA 5 4 .556 0.5 5 0 
KC 3 8 .273 3.5 3 0 
American League West
LAA 6 5 .545 0.0 6 0 
SEA 3 3 .500 0.5 2 1 
TEX 5 5 .500 0.5 5 0 
OAK 5 6 .455 1.0 5 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
ATL 7 3 .700 0.0 5 2 
NYN 7 3 .700 0.0 8 -1 
FLA 6 4 .600 1.0 6 0 
PHI 2 8 .200 5.0 4 -2 
WAS 2 9 .182 5.5 2 0 
National League Central
CIN 6 4 .600 0.0 6 0 
MIL 5 4 .556 0.5 5 0 
STL 5 4 .556 0.5 4 1 
HOU 4 5 .444 1.5 4 0 
PIT 4 6 .400 2.0 4 0 
CHN 3 6 .333 2.5 4 -1 
National League West
LAN 7 3 .700 0.0 7 0 
ARI 7 4 .636 0.5 6 1 
SD 6 4 .600 1.0 6 0 
COL 5 5 .500 2.0 6 -1 
SF 3 7 .300 4.0 3 0 