THT Daily: Heads will roll
by Matthew CarruthSeptember 27, 2007
Major League News for September 27
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Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
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Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJake Peavy became the NL's first 19-game winner by allowing two runs over seven innings Wednesday against the Giants. Peavy wasn't at his best tonight, as he struck out just one batter. Still, he was good enough. With an 8-2 lead after five, it was a surprise the Padres didn't pull Peavy after five or six innings, since they might need him to start on three days' rest Sunday. San Diego is one game behind Arizona in the NL West and one game ahead of Philadelphia and Colorado in the wild card. If Peavy isn't needed Sunday, he'll end up 19-6 with a 2.36 ERA and a career-high 234 strikeouts. He'll be the NL leader in wins and strikeouts and the major league leader in ERA and WHIP.
Barry Bonds went 0-for-3 before coming out of the game Wednesday in what was believed to be his final appearance for the Giants. Bonds grounded out in his first two at-bats against Jake Peavy. In the sixth, with everyone apparently realizing it'd be Bonds' final at-bat, Peavy fell behind 2-0 and then grooved him one. Bonds just missed it, flying out to the warning track in right-center. That earned Peavy a hug on the inning-ending play, and Bonds got a standing ovation as he came off the field. He's not expected to see any time in the series against the Dodgers this weekend.
Robinson Cano finished 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBI as the Yankees' destroyed the Rays on Wednesday to clinch a spot in the postseason. The Bombers remain three games back in the AL East with four to play, so it's probably time to start resting regulars and getting prepared for the postseason. Therefore, expect Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez to get at least one day off this week. Abreu's is likely to come Thursday against Scott Kazmir, and Cano might sit then, too. Cano's five-RBI game tonight got him to 94 for the year. 54 of those have come in 72 games since the break.
MLB suspended umpire Mike Winters for the rest of the season for his conduct during Sunday's game against the Padres. No suspension at all for Bradley, though one could say he already received his punishment. For MLB to come down like this, Winters must have said some pretty nasty things. We hope that if the remarks were truly racist, Bud Selig and company would be sure to get rid of him in the offseason.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 8 BAL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 11 OAK 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 12 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 3 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Garland: CG shutout CLE 12 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Game called after 5.1 innings; DET eliminated SEA 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings TEX 16 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 7 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 9 NYN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 7 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Berkman: 2 HR STL 7 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 5 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 2 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 11 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM (R) Brandon Webb (17-10) vs. (R) John VanBenschoten (0-6) Chicago Cubs at Florida Marlins, 4:05 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (1-2) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (9-15) Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) John Smoltz (14-7) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (9-4) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (9-13) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (8-9) St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (5-4) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (3-0) San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Jack Cassel (1-1) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (9-4) Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Franklin Morales (2-2) vs. (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-3) American League --------------- Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Josh Banks (0-0) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (7-5) Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Boof Bonser (7-12) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (20-6) New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Phil Hughes (4-3) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (13-9) Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Billy Buckner (1-1) vs. (R) Lance Broadway (0-1) Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (15-7) vs. (R) Cha Seung Baek (3-3)
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 94 64 .595 0.0 99 -5NYA 91 67 .576 3.0 96 -5
TOR 81 77 .513 13.0 85 -4
BAL 67 91 .424 27.0 68 -1
TB 65 93 .411 29.0 64 1
American League Central CLE 94 64 .595 0.0 90 4
DET 87 72 .547 7.5 87 0
MIN 77 81 .487 17.0 79 -2
CHA 69 89 .437 25.0 64 5
KC 68 90 .430 26.0 73 -5
American League West LAA 92 67 .579 0.0 88 4
SEA 84 74 .532 7.5 76 8
OAK 75 84 .472 17.0 78 -3
TEX 75 84 .472 17.0 78 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 87 71 .551 0.0 84 3
PHI 86 72 .544 1.0 85 1
ATL 83 75 .525 4.0 87 -4
WAS 72 87 .453 15.5 69 3
FLA 68 90 .430 19.0 70 -2
National League Central CHN 83 75 .525 0.0 85 -2
MIL 81 77 .513 2.0 82 -1
STL 74 84 .468 9.0 67 7
CIN 71 87 .449 12.0 73 -2
HOU 70 88 .443 13.0 70 0
PIT 68 90 .430 15.0 69 -1
National League West ARI 88 70 .557 0.0 77 11
SD 87 71 .551 1.0 87 0
COL 86 72 .544 2.0 87 -1
LAN 80 78 .506 8.0 81 -1
SF 70 89 .440 18.5 75 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 91 67 .576 0.0 DET 87 72 .547 4.5 SEA 84 74 .532 7.0 TOR 81 77 .513 10.0 MIN 77 81 .487 14.0 National League SD 87 71 .551 0.0 PHI 86 72 .544 1.0 COL 86 72 .544 1.0 ATL 83 75 .525 4.0 MIL 81 77 .513 6.0
Game of the Day
The Rockies are on a September roll, winning their club-record tenth game in a row behind Josh Fogg’s 6.2 shutout innings. The Rockies are now just one game behind the wildcard leader and two behind division-leading Arizona, whom they play in a three-game series this weekend. Little-known fact: Matt Holliday currently leads the majors in total bases (374).COLORADO (2) VS LA DODGERS (0) - FINAL
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .288
T Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .292
M Holliday lf 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 .338
T Helton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .319
G Atkins 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .290
J Carroll 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223
B Hawpe rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286
R Spilborghs cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Y Torrealba c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .260
J Fogg p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .137
C Sullivan cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .305
Totals 30 2 5 2 1 10 6
BATTING: 2B - Y Torrealba (22, D Lowe). RBI - K Matsui (36), M Holliday (132).
2-out RBI - K Matsui, M Holliday. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T
Helton 1. GIDP - T Helton. Team LOB - 2.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Tulowitzki-K Matsui-T Helton).
LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .292
C Hu ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267
D Young lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .478
J Loney 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .335
A LaRoche 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .221
A Ethier rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .288
C Moeller c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .157
b-R Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
W Valdez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .213
c-L Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
D Lowe p 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .119
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Saito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-O Saenz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .193
M Kemp pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .331
Totals 34 0 8 0 3 7 14
a-singled to left for D Lowe in the 7th; b-grounded to first for C Moeller in
the 9th; c-reached on infield single to third for W Valdez in the 9th;
d-reached on infield single to pitcher for T Saito in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - A Ethier (32, J Fogg). 3B - D Young (1, J Fogg). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Pierre 1, J Loney 1, A Ethier 2. GIDP - J Pierre.
Team LOB - 10.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (W Valdez-J Loney, T Saito-C Hu-J Loney).
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COLORADO - 002 000 000 -- 2
LA DODGERS - 000 000 000 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg (W, 10-9) 6 2/3 5 0 0 3 5 0 4.79
J Affeldt (H, 11) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.61
B Fuentes (H, 8) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.12
M Corpas (S, 18) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.92
LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe (L, 12-14) 7 5 2 2 0 7 0 3.88
J Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.89
T Saito 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.44
Pitches-strikes: J Fogg 97-63; J Affeldt 3-3; B Fuentes 13-8; M Corpas 16-11;
D Lowe 89-54; J Broxton 13-10; T Saito 14-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Fogg
12-3; J Affeldt 1-0; B Fuentes 1-1; M Corpas 2-0; D Lowe 9-4; J Broxton 0-1; T
Saito 2-0. Batters faced: J Fogg 27; J Affeldt 1; B Fuentes 4; M Corpas 5; D
Lowe 25; J Broxton 3; T Saito 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Jerry
Layne.
T--2:24. Att--45,036.
Weather: 72 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out 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.
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