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THT Daily: June 12by Dave StudemanJune 12, 2006 Major League News for June 12Yesterday’s ResultsToday’s Games Standings Game of the Day Yesterday’s Home Runs Stats ScoreboardAmerican League BOS 5 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below CLE 10 CHA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 10 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) IRod: 5 RBI MIN 4 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Liriano: 7 IP 0 R OAK 6 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 2 HR SEA 6 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) King Felix: CG, 9 K, 0 BB, 4 H, 2 R TB 8 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Baldelli: 4 for 5 in 4th game back; Shields: 6 IP, 0 R TEX 13 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX: 22 H National League CHN 9 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Marmol: 6 IP, 1 R, first ML start FLA 7 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Peavy: 10 K, L HOU 14 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lane: 3 for 5, 5 RBI LAN 6 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Win on 2 runs in 9th; Kemp: 2 HR NYN 15 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Mets sweep Dbacks PIT 7 SF 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 5-run 8th STL 7 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 6 PHI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Shawn Hill: 7 IP, 2 H Today’s GamesAmerican League Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 7:05 pm (R) Jose Contreras (6-0) vs. (L) John Koronka (4-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 pm (L) Scott Kazmir (7-4) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (7-4) Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 pm (R) Kris Benson (6-5) vs. (R) Casey Janssen (5-3) Kansas City Royals at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 pm (R) Bobby Keppel (0-1) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (5-3) National League Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 pm (L) Jeff Francis (4-5) vs. (R) Ramon Ortiz (5-4) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 pm (L) Zach Jackson (0-0) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (7-4) 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 gray bars represent games decided by two runs or less. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.American League East BOS 36 25 .590 0.0 Game of the DayDavid Ortiz was up to his old tricks last night, hitting a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Red Sox over the Rangers, 5-4. Ortiz hit his blast with two outs and two strikes on him in the first game of the doubleheader. Texas won the second game, 13-6.TEXAS (4) VS BOSTON (5) - FINAL (1ST GAME)
TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Matthews Jr cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .322
M Young ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .315
M Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 .286
H Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 6 .306
M DeRosa rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 4 .341
J Hairston Jr rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wilkerson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .245
K Mench dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .289
R Barajas c 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .253
I Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .306
Totals 36 4 8 4 5 9 19
BATTING: 2B - M DeRosa (20, J Beckett); R Barajas (8, J Beckett); I Kinsler (4,
J Beckett). HR - K Mench (11, 6th inning off J Beckett 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - M
DeRosa (22), I Kinsler (17), K Mench 2 (34). 2-out RBI - M DeRosa. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 2, H Blalock 1, M DeRosa 2. Team LOB -
10.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Young-I Kinsler-M Teixeira).
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Crisp cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 .305
M Loretta 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .297
D Ortiz dh 4 1 2 4 1 0 1 .260
M Ramirez lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .302
K Youkilis 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .316
J Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .259
M Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .316
W Harris rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .175
A Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 .229
a-T Nixon ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320
Totals 37 5 11 5 2 7 22
a-singled to center for A Gonzalez in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (17, K Millwood); W Harris (2, K Millwood). HR - M
Ramirez (16, 2nd inning off K Millwood 0 on, 0 Out), D Ortiz (18, 9th inning
off A Otsuka 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Ramirez (41), D Ortiz 4 (55). 2-out RBI - D
Ortiz 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Harris 1, C Crisp 2, A
Gonzalez 1, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - M Ramirez. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - K Youkilis (5, catch).
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TEXAS - 100 012 000 -- 4
BOSTON - 011 000 003 -- 5
Two outs when winning run scored.
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TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
K Millwood 6 7 2 2 2 5 1 4.54
R Mahay (H, 5) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.02
S Feldman (H, 4) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.50
A Otsuka (L, 2-2; B, 2) 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 2.89
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Beckett 5 1/3 5 4 3 3 7 1 5.26
D Riske 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.72
M Delcarmen (W, 1-0) 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 5.23
WP - K Millwood. Pitches-strikes: K Millwood 104-63; R Mahay 11-7; S Feldman
17-12; A Otsuka 22-16; J Beckett 112-69; D Riske 20-14; M Delcarmen 35-25.
Ground balls-fly balls: K Millwood 8-6; R Mahay 0-2; S Feldman 1-1; A Otsuka
1-1; J Beckett 5-4; D Riske 3-2; M Delcarmen 4-0. Batters faced: K Millwood 27;
R Mahay 3; S Feldman 4; A Otsuka 5; J Beckett 25; D Riske 7; M Delcarmen 9.
UMPIRES: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Ed Hickox. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Paul Schrieber.
T--3:25. Att--36,232.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 13 mph, left to right.Yesterday’s Home RunsThe following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its "standard" distance, which is corrected for weather conditions. Note the difference between the two on all home runs hit in Wrigley.Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist. HR # Posada, Jorge NYY Zito, Barry OAK 419 446 8 Munson, Eric HOU Reitsma, Chris ATL 444 442 3 Rios, Alex TOR Grilli, Jason DET 424 440 12 Phillips, Brandon CIN Aardsma, David CHC 423 432 7 Ross, Cody FLA Peavy, Jake SD 423 429 3 Uggla, Dan FLA Cassidy, Scott SD 414 426 10 Rodriguez, Ivan DET Frasor, Jason TOR 385 422 5 Hillenbrand, Shea TOR Robertson, Nate DET 382 420 11 Cedeno, Ronny CHC Hammond, Chris CIN 407 417 2 Molina, Yadier STL Bush, Dave MIL 403 416 2 Jones, Chipper ATL Rodriguez, Wandy HOU 415 413 7 Hall, Bill MIL Suppan, Jeff STL 411 412 15 Crawford, Carl TB Elarton, Scott KC 420 408 7 Dunn, Adam CIN Eyre, Scott CHC 404 408 20 Ortiz, David BOS Otsuka, Akinori TEX 416 407 18 Martinez, Victor CLE Garcia, Freddy CWS 435 405 10 Munson, Eric HOU Villareal, Oscar ATL 406 405 2 Ross, David CIN Marmol, Carlos CHC 400 404 7 Nevin, Phil CHC Weathers, David CIN 391 404 11 Morneau, Justin MIN Bedard, Erik BAL 407 402 14 Swisher, Nick OAK Chacon, Shawn NYY 389 402 17 Mench, Kevin TEX Beckett, Josh BOS 386 402 11 Reed, Jeremy SEA Weaver, Jeff LAA 404 400 3 Renteria, Edgar ATL Rodriguez, Wandy HOU 401 399 8 Kemp, Matt LAD Cook, Aaron COL 452 397 5 Johnson, Dan OAK Farnsworth, Kyle NYY 372 397 6 Crawford, Carl TB Peralta, Joel KC 405 396 8 Fielder, Prince MIL Suppan, Jeff STL 404 394 10 Molina, Bengie TOR Robertson, Nate DET 361 390 5 Anderson, Brian CWS Davis, Jason CLE 410 389 5 Estrada, Johnny ARI Martinez, Pedro NYM 400 388 5 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Rodriguez, Wandy HOU 389 388 13 Weeks, Rickie MIL Suppan, Jeff STL 383 388 6 Michaels, Jason CLE Tracey, Sean CWS 388 386 5 Ibanez, Raul SEA Carrasco, Hector LAA 388 384 12 Lugo, Julio TB Gobble, Jimmy KC 398 383 4 Huff, Aubrey TB Elarton, Scott KC 389 383 3 Cintron, Alex CWS Westbrook, Jake CLE 408 379 2 Perez, Neifi CHC Milton, Eric CIN 370 379 1 Bautista, Jose PIT Worrell, Tim SF 414 375 6 Ramirez, Manny BOS Millwood, Kevin TEX 395 375 16 Alou, Moises SF Capps, Matt PIT 419 374 9 Durham, Ray SF Maholm, Paul PIT 400 374 5 Kemp, Matt LAD Cook, Aaron COL 427 373 6 Gomes, Jonny TB Gobble, Jimmy KC 384 370 17 Helton, Todd COL Broxton, Jonathan LAD 411 367 5 Gomes, Jonny TB Elarton, Scott KC 380 365 16 Ward, Daryle WAS Condrey, Clay PHI 402 353 4 Belliard, Ronnie CLE Garcia, Freddy CWS 352 351 4 Lane, Jason HOU Ramirez, Horacio ATL 352 350 10 Johnson, Dan OAK Chacon, Shawn NYY 361 344 5 Hafner, Travis CLE Garcia, Freddy CWS 378 341 18 Fick, Robert WAS Condrey, Clay PHI 365 329 1 Glaus, Troy TOR Robertson, Nate DET NA NA 19 THT's StatsSaves may be one of the more misleading stats in baseball, but save counts do tell an interesting story. For instance, Jason Isringhausen is tied for the major league lead in saves, but his save percentage is among the lowest. In fact, the NL Central appears to be the division of shaky closers, with Ryan Dempster and Derrick Turnbow also posting low percentages.Last First Team Saves Opps % Isringhausen Jason STL 20 24 83% Papelbon Jonathan R BOS 20 21 95% Gordon Tom PHI 18 19 95% Jenks Bobby CHA 18 19 95% Turnbow Derrick MIL 17 21 81% Jones Todd DET 17 20 85% Lidge Brad HOU 16 19 84% Ray Chris BAL 15 15 100% Ryan B.J. TOR 15 16 94% Valverde Jose ARI 14 17 82% Street Huston L OAK 14 17 82% Hoffman Trevor SD 14 15 93% Fuentes Brian COL 13 15 87% Rodriguez Francisco LAA 13 14 93% Wagner Billy NYN 12 15 80% Rivera Mariano NYA 12 13 92% Cordero Chad WAS 12 14 86% Otsuka Akinori TEX 11 13 85% Gonzalez Mike PIT 11 11 100% Dempster Ryan CHN 11 14 79% Walker Tyler TB 10 11 91% Putz J.J. SEA 10 11 91%Access all of THT’s stats here…
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NYA 35 26 .574 1.0 
TOR 34 28 .548 2.5 
BAL 29 35 .453 8.5 
TB 26 37 .413 11.0 
American League Central
DET 40 23 .635 0.0 
CHA 38 24 .613 1.5 
CLE 30 32 .484 9.5 
MIN 28 34 .452 11.5 
KC 16 45 .262 23.0 
American League West
TEX 34 29 .540 0.0 
OAK 32 31 .508 2.0 
SEA 31 34 .477 4.0 
LAA 27 35 .435 6.5 
National League East
NYN 39 23 .629 0.0 
PHI 33 30 .524 6.5 
WAS 30 34 .469 10.0 
ATL 30 34 .469 10.0 
FLA 23 37 .383 15.0 
National League Central
STL 37 25 .597 0.0 
CIN 36 27 .571 1.5 
HOU 32 32 .500 6.0 
MIL 30 34 .469 8.0 
CHN 26 36 .419 11.0 
PIT 25 39 .391 13.0 
National League West
LAN 35 28 .556 0.0 
ARI 34 29 .540 1.0 
SF 32 31 .508 3.0 
SD 32 31 .508 3.0 
COL 30 32 .484 4.5 