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THT Daily: Ichiro sets another recordby Dave StudemanSeptember 14, 2009 Major League News for September 14Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldPedro Martinez shut out the Mets for eight innings to earn a win in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader. Martinez allowed six hits, walked two and struck out seven against a Mets team that showed no interest in bringing him back after last season. While he's definitely had luck on his side, he's now 5-0 with a 2.87 ERA for the Phillies. The only two starts he didn't win were the ones he had cut short by rain delays, and the Phillies ended up prevailing in both of those. The Giants confirmed Sunday that Tim Lincecum (back) will pitch Monday against the Rockies. Lincecum had a successful bullpen session Saturday, but the Giants wanted to see how he felt Sunday morning before officially clearing him to pitch. The 25-year-old missed his last start with back spasms. Jake Peavy was very encouraged by his throwing session Sunday, and he appears likely to join the White Sox rotation next weekend against the Royals. "I think today was the best we've been since I've been on the mound," Peavy said. "I'm starting to get there. I'm excited about it. I know who I can be, and it's been frustrating to get there and jump right in and not ease into things. Its been different than what I've done in years past. Today was certainly the best I've been and felt and hopefully that progresses." He'll likely throw again Tuesday or Wednesday and then start Friday or Saturday. Alfonso Soriano said Sunday that he hopes to have arthroscopic knee surgery early this week. It's supposed to be a relatively minor procedure, one that Soriano might recover from within a month. "I'm going to stay with the team and rehab the knee," he said. "I'm going to stay with the team trainers, and work on getting the knee strong. Then, I'll go to the Dominican Republic after the season ends and do a lot of leg work, [and] be ready for next season." Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun reports that the Red Sox offered the Blue Jays six pitchers for Roy Halladay at the trading deadline. The names: Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix Doubront, Nick Hagadone and Justin Masterson. That's quite an impressive array of names, and it's shocking Toronto didn't snap it up. The scout that revealed this deal said the Jays had difficulty projecting Masterson's future, and -- probably most important --- "the Jays were worried about Halladay beating them next year." Obviously, Masterson and Hagadone are no longer with the Sox club so it's unlikely a deal could be reached in the offseason. If it's going to take more than that package to land Halladay, GM J.P. Ricciardi won't find any takers. Yesterday’s ResultsFor the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BOS 3 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 4 TB 0 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 13 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 7 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 8 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 5 TEX 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 7 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 1 NYN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 2 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 9 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 7 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 7 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action. Today’s GamesBlue Jays (65-78) @ Tigers (76-66), 7:05pm 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 NYA 92 52 .639 0.0 86 6
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BOS 84 58 .592 7.0 83 1 
TB 72 71 .503 19.5 76 -4 
TOR 65 78 .455 26.5 72 -7 
BAL 58 84 .408 33.0 61 -3 
American League Central
DET 76 66 .535 0.0 73 3 
MIN 71 72 .497 5.5 72 -1 
CHA 71 73 .493 6.0 71 0 
CLE 61 81 .430 15.0 66 -5 
KC 57 86 .399 19.5 57 0 
American League West
LAA 86 56 .606 0.0 81 5 
TEX 80 62 .563 6.0 78 2 
SEA 74 70 .514 13.0 66 8 
OAK 64 78 .451 22.0 68 -4 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 82 60 .577 0.0 81 1 
FLA 76 67 .531 6.5 73 3 
ATL 75 68 .524 7.5 79 -4 
NYN 63 81 .438 20.0 64 -1 
WAS 50 93 .350 32.5 58 -8 
National League Central
STL 84 60 .583 0.0 81 3 
CHN 73 68 .518 9.5 73 0 
HOU 70 73 .490 13.5 64 6 
MIL 69 73 .486 14.0 68 1 
CIN 64 79 .448 19.5 61 3 
PIT 55 86 .390 27.5 59 -4 
National League West
LAN 85 59 .590 0.0 88 -3 
COL 82 62 .569 3.0 81 1 
SF 77 66 .538 7.5 75 2 
SD 65 79 .451 20.0 58 7 
ARI 62 82 .431 23.0 67 -5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
BOS 84 58 .592 0.0
TEX 80 62 .563 4.0
SEA 74 70 .514 11.0
TB 72 71 .503 12.5
MIN 71 72 .497 13.5
National League
COL 82 62 .569 0.0
SF 77 66 .538 4.5
FLA 76 67 .531 5.5
ATL 75 68 .524 6.5
CHN 73 68 .518 7.5