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THT Daily: June 6by Dave StudemanJune 06, 2006 Major League News for June 6Yesterday’s ResultsToday’s Games Standings Game of the Day: Reds 8 Cardinals 7 Yesterday’s Home Runs Stats Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BAL 4 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Cabrera and 3 relievers shutout NYA 13 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 4 LAA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Angels: 11 hits, no runs National League CHN 8 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Zambrano: 1 hit in 8 IP. Jones: 10 for 18 in June. CIN 8 STL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Brewers break 8-game skid NYN 4 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Soler: 1 run in 7 IP PHI 4 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 5 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 14 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) #716 for Bonds WAS 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Shawn Hill (0-0) vs. (L) Horacio Ramirez (1-1) Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Kerry Wood (1-1) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (6-3) San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Jake Peavy (4-5) vs. (R) Dave Bush (3-5) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Eric Milton (3-2) vs. (R) Chris Carpenter (4-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (2-4) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (3-5) Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Cole Hamels (0-0) vs. (R) Juan Cruz (3-3) New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Pedro Martinez (5-1) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (4-3) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Josh Johnson (4-3) vs. (R) Jason Schmidt (5-2) American League --------------- Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) David Pauley (0-0) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (5-2) Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Barry Zito (5-3) vs. (R) Jake Westbrook (5-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Ty Taubenheim (0-2) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (5-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:15 PM (R) Ervin Santana (4-3) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (7-3) Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, 8:05 PM (L) Nate Robertson (5-3) vs. (R) Freddy Garcia (7-3) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (6-3) vs. (R) Scott Elarton (1-6) Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (4-0) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (4-6) 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 NYA 34 22 .607 0.0 Game of the DayCincinnati’s Ken Griffey hit a dramatic three-run blast off Jason Isringhausen in the ninth to win an 8-7 game over the Cardinals. The Reds have won five in a row and are only two games behind first-place St. Louis in the NL Central.CINCINNATI (8) VS ST LOUIS (7) - FINAL
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 .288
R Aurilia 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .256
R Freel pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
K Griffey Jr cf 5 2 3 4 0 0 1 .287
A Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 .232
T Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Kearns rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .289
S Hatteberg 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .275
B Phillips 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .303
D Ross c 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .333
B Claussen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111
R White p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Q McCracken ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
E Yan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Valentin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
E Encarnacion 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 35 8 13 8 4 3 12
a-flied out to center for R White in the 7th; b-flied out to right for E Yan
in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - K Griffey Jr (6, J Suppan); A Kearns (16, B Looper); F Lopez (11,
J Isringhausen). 3B - F Lopez (1, J Hancock). HR - K Griffey Jr 2 (10, 5th
inning off J Suppan 0 on, 1 Out, 9th inning off J Isringhausen 2 on, 1 Out). S
- B Claussen. SF - R Aurilia. RBI - F Lopez 2 (22), K Griffey Jr 4 (34), R
Aurilia (18), B Phillips (33). 2-out RBI - F Lopez 2, B Phillips. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Aurilia 1. GIDP - S Hatteberg, A Kearns. Team
LOB - 6.
FIELDING: E - R Aurilia (3, throw). DP: 1 (B Phillips-F Lopez-S Hatteberg).
ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Eckstein ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .322
S Taguchi cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .288
b-J Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .323
S Rolen 3b 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .335
J Encarnacion rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .254
J Edmonds 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .252
H Luna lf-2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .296
Y Molina c 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .204
A Miles 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .284
B Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
J Suppan p 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .105
a-C Duncan ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .429
J Hancock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Flores p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Looper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Perez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Totals 33 7 7 6 5 6 7
a-homered to right for J Suppan in the 6th; b-struck out swinging for S
Taguchi in the 9th.
BATTING: HR - J Encarnacion (8, 5th inning off B Claussen 1 on, 2 Out), C
Duncan (2, 6th inning off R White 1 on, 2 Out), Y Molina (1, 8th inning off E
Yan 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - S Rolen (34), J Encarnacion 2 (28), C Duncan 2 (5), Y
Molina (20). 2-out RBI - J Encarnacion 2, C Duncan 2, Y Molina. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - H Luna 2. GIDP - J Encarnacion. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - S Taguchi (D Ross at Home). DP: 2 (A Miles-D
Eckstein-J Edmonds, D Eckstein-H Luna-J Edmonds).
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CINCINNATI - 020 010 113 -- 8
ST LOUIS - 200 022 010 -- 7
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Claussen 5 5 4 3 3 4 1 5.40
R White 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 7.25
E Yan (W, 1-0) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2.25
T Coffey (S, 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.91
ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Suppan 6 8 3 3 2 2 1 5.01
J Hancock (H, 3) 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.03
R Flores (H, 7) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.57
B Looper (H, 8) 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.75
J Isringhausen (L, 1-3; B, 4) 1/3 2 3 3 2 0 1 3.91
B Thompson 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.39
WP - J Isringhausen. Pitches-strikes: B Claussen 114-70; R White 18-10; E Yan
18-9; T Coffey 14-8; J Suppan 98-56; J Hancock 7-7; R Flores 5-4; B Looper
11-7; J Isringhausen 30-14; B Thompson 5-3. Ground balls-fly balls: B Claussen
4-7; R White 1-1; E Yan 6-0; T Coffey 2-0; J Suppan 11-4; J Hancock 0-2; R
Flores 0-1; B Looper 0-2; J Isringhausen 0-1; B Thompson 2-0. Batters faced: B
Claussen 23; R White 5; E Yan 7; T Coffey 3; J Suppan 26; J Hancock 3; R Flores
2; B Looper 4; J Isringhausen 5; B Thompson 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Joe Brinkman. 3B--Jeff
Nelson.
T--3:10. Att--43,707.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to left.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.  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.Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Francoeur, Jeff ATL Hernandez, Livan WAS 423 447 11 Gross, Gabe MIL Linebrink, Scott SD 402 438 6 Lee, Carlos MIL Hensley, Clay SD 383 417 19 Duncan, Chris STL White, Rick CIN 426 412 2 Zambrano, Carlos CHC Buchholz, Taylor HOU 409 407 1 Aybar, Willy LAD Soler, Alay NYM 414 400 2 Phillips, Andy NYY Beckett, Josh BOS 400 399 4 Griffey Jr., Ken CIN Suppan, Jeff STL 421 396 9 Jones, Jacque CHC Buchholz, Taylor HOU 392 391 11 Griffey Jr., Ken CIN Isringhausen, JasonSTL 391 381 10 Howard, Ryan PHI Webb, Brandon ARI 391 380 20 Barrett, Michael CHC Buchholz, Taylor HOU 380 379 7 Millar, Kevin BAL Lilly, Ted TOR 389 378 6 Giambi, Jason NYY Beckett, Josh BOS 374 373 16 Reyes, Jose NYM Tomko, Brett LAD 386 370 6 Delgado, Carlos NYM Tomko, Brett LAD 385 369 16 Mirabelli, Doug BOS Mussina, Mike NYY 393 366 1 Encarnacion, Juan STL Claussen, Brandon CIN 393 366 8 Molina, Yadier STL Yan, Esteban CIN 385 363 1 Bonds, Barry SF Moehler, Brian FLA 414 357 8 Willingham, Josh FLA Lowry, Noah SF 376 322 8 THT's StatsAn infield fly is almost as good as a strikeout because 99% of them are caught. Here’s a list of which pitchers have kept the most flyballs in the infield, helping themselves and their teams tremendously. The major league average is 11% and the Mets lead all teams with 17%.Last First Team IF/F Trachsel Steve NYN 21.7% Wright Jamey SF 20.8% Cain Matt SF 18.8% Glavine Tom NYN 18.2% Johnson Randy NYA 18.0% Morris Matt SF 17.3% McClung Seth TB 17.0% Lilly Ted TOR 16.7% Verlander Justin B DET 15.7% Bonderman Jeremy DET 15.4% Halladay Roy TOR 15.3% Vazquez Javier CHA 15.2% Hudson Tim ATL 15.0% Zambrano Carlos CHN 14.9% Wakefield Tim BOS 14.8% Clement Matt BOS 14.7% Mussina Mike NYA 14.7% Byrd Paul CLE 14.4% Batista Miguel ARI 14.3% Washburn Jarrod SEA 14.3%Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 33 22 .600 0.5 
TOR 31 25 .554 3.0 
BAL 27 31 .466 8.0 
TB 24 34 .414 11.0 
American League Central
DET 37 20 .649 0.0 
CHA 34 22 .607 2.5 
CLE 28 28 .500 8.5 
MIN 25 31 .446 11.5 
KC 14 41 .255 22.0 
American League West
TEX 30 26 .536 0.0 
OAK 27 30 .474 3.5 
LAA 25 32 .439 5.5 
SEA 26 33 .441 5.5 
National League East
NYN 34 22 .607 0.0 
PHI 30 27 .526 4.5 
ATL 28 30 .483 7.0 
WAS 26 32 .448 9.0 
FLA 20 35 .364 13.5 
National League Central
STL 35 22 .614 0.0 
CIN 33 24 .579 2.0 
MIL 27 31 .466 8.5 
HOU 27 31 .466 8.5 
CHN 23 33 .411 11.5 
PIT 22 36 .379 13.5 
National League West
ARI 34 23 .596 0.0 
LAN 32 26 .552 2.5 
SF 30 27 .526 4.0 
SD 30 27 .526 4.0 
COL 27 30 .474 7.0 