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THT Daily: June 7by Dave StudemanJune 07, 2006 Major League News for June 7Yesterday’s ResultsToday’s Games Standings Game of the Day Yesterday’s Home Runs Stats Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League CHA 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Cintron 3-run HR in 8th LAA 12 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana: 7 IP, 2 H NYA 2 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 7 CLE 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Hernandez beats Liriano TEX 6 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 5 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 STL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Milton: 7 shutout IP (!) COL 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 4 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wandy: 7 shutout IP; Wood: 3.2 IP LAN 8 NYN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowe beats Pedro MIL 5 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bush beats Peavy PHI 10 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Hamels returns SF 2 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Schmidt K’s 16 Today’s GamesAmerican League -------------------- LA Angels of Anaheim at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 4:15 pm (R) Jered Weaver (2-0) vs. (R) Seth McClung (2-7) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 pm (R) Curt Schilling (8-2) vs. (R) Jaret Wright (3-3) Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 pm (R) Joe Blanton (5-5) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (4-4) Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 pm (R) Casey Janssen (4-3) vs. (R) Kris Benson (6-4) Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, 8:05 pm (R) Justin Verlander (7-3) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (5-0) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 pm (L) John Koronka (4-3) vs. (R) Bobby Keppel (0-1) Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 pm (R) Boof Bonser (1-1) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (3-5) National League -------------------- Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, 2:05 pm (L) Sean Marshall (3-3) vs. (R) Chris Sampson (0-0) Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 pm (L) Oliver Perez (2-6) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (3-4) Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants, 3:35 pm (L) Dontrelle Willis (2-6) vs. (R) Jamey Wright (5-4) Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 pm (R) Ryan Madson (5-3) vs. (R) Juan Cruz (3-3) Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 pm (R) Ramon Ortiz (4-4) vs. (R) John Smoltz (4-3) San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 pm (R) Chan Ho Park (3-3) vs. (L) Zach Jackson (0-0) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 pm (R) Aaron Harang (6-4) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (4-0) New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 pm (L) Tom Glavine (8-2) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (4-1) 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 35 22 .614 0.0 Game of the DayA great game in the Bronx last night, featuring a good effort by Boston rookie Dave Pauley, a better one by the Yankees’ Chien-Ming Wang, home runs by David Ortiz and Bernie Williams and a game-saving catch by Melky Cabrera. The winning run scored on Jason Giambi’s bases-loaded walk. BOSTON (1) VS NY YANKEES (2) - FINAL
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .270
M Loretta 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300
D Ortiz dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .257
M Ramirez lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .299
T Nixon rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .298
J Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236
M Lowell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .330
K Youkilis 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .319
A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .259
Totals 32 1 8 1 2 3 13
BATTING: HR - D Ortiz (17, 3rd inning off C Wang 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - D Ortiz
(51). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 2, T Nixon 1. GIDP - M
Loretta. Team LOB - 6.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (A Cora-K Youkilis).
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .301
M Cabrera lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .286
J Giambi dh 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .277
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .287
J Posada c 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .301
R Cano 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .313
A Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .284
B Williams rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .265
M Cairo ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .263
Totals 32 2 9 2 3 5 14
BATTING: 2B - J Posada (8, D Pauley). HR - B Williams (3, 5th inning off D
Pauley 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - B Williams (26), J Giambi (47). 2-out RBI - J
Giambi. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Phillips 1, B Williams 2, J
Giambi 1, A Rodriguez 2. GIDP - M Cabrera. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - R Cano (1, 2nd base off R Seanez/J Varitek).
FIELDING: E - B Williams (1, bobble). Outfield assists - J Damon (M Ramirez
at 2nd base). DP: 2 (A Phillips, R Cano-M Cairo-A Phillips).
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BOSTON - 001 000 000 -- 1
NY YANKEES - 000 010 10x -- 2
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
D Pauley (L, 0-1) 6 2/3 8 2 2 2 2 1 6.55
R Seanez 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.18
NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang (W, 6-2) 7 8 1 1 2 2 1 4.52
K Farnsworth (H, 8) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.67
M Rivera (S, 12) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.15
BALK - C Wang. Pitches-strikes: D Pauley 98-61; R Seanez 22-13; C Wang
109-70; K Farnsworth 9-6; M Rivera 5-4. Ground balls-fly balls: D Pauley 13-5;
R Seanez 1-0; C Wang 9-8; K Farnsworth 0-2; M Rivera 2-1. Batters faced: D
Pauley 29; R Seanez 6; C Wang 28; K Farnsworth 3; M Rivera 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin
Culbreth.
T--2:44. Att--55,141.
Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, in from 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 were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its "standard" distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.Batter Pitcher True Dist. Stnd. Dist. Berkman, Lance HOU Wood, Kerry CHC 447 446 Jones, Andruw ATL Rauch, Jon WAS 431 428 Hafner, Travis CLE Zito, Barry OAK 422 424 Kinsler, Ian TEX Bautista, Denny KC 428 419 Koskie, Corey MIL Peavy, Jake SD 423 418 Teahen, Mark KC Millwood, Kevin TEX 431 413 Williams, Bernie NYY Pauley, David BOS 415 411 Dunn, Adam CIN Hancock, Josh STL 434 407 Wilkerson, Brad TEX Elarton, Scott KC 419 405 Fasano, Sal PHI Jarvis, Kevin ARI 418 405 Kubel, Jason MIN Guardado, Eddie SEA 400 403 Inge, Brandon DET Garcia, Freddy CWS 419 396 Cintron, Alex CWS Rodney, Fernando DET 388 395 Figgins, Chone LAA Harville, Chad TB 395 394 Hernandez, Jose PIT Francis, Jeff COL 438 393 Chavez, Eric OAK Sauerbeck, Scott CLE 387 392 Kotsay, Mark OAK Westbrook, Jake CLE 381 387 Ortiz, David BOS Wang, Chien-Ming NYY 399 386 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Bush, Dave MIL 391 386 Garciaparra, Nomar LAD Martinez, Pedro NYM 409 382 LaRoche, Adam ATL Hill, Shawn WAS 402 376 Shelton, Chris DET Garcia, Freddy CWS 401 375 Thomas, Frank OAK Westbrook, Jake CLE 370 374 Willingham, Josh FLA Schmidt, Jason SF 408 369 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Ramirez, Horacio ATL 363 369 Kemp, Matt LAD Martinez, Pedro NYM 387 367 Rios, Alex TOR Britton, Chris BAL 378 364 Victorino, Shane PHI Lyon, Brandon ARI 371 362 Carroll, Jamey COL Torres, Salomon PIT 398 361 Lopez, Felipe CIN Carpenter, Chris STL 379 358 Burrell, Pat PHI Ortiz, Russ ARI 367 358 Sizemore, Grady CLE Zito, Barry OAK 351 354 Thames, Marcus DET Garcia, Freddy CWS 370 351 Dye, Jermaine CWS Robertson, Nate DET 368 348 Bay, Jason PIT Francis, Jeff COL 384 344 THT's StatsClutch hitting happens and one measure of clutch hitting is batting with runners in scoring position. This is another stat that King Albert has dominated this year, another aspect of his play that the Cardinals miss while he’s on the disabled list.Last First Team BA/RISP Pujols Albert STL .523 Hernandez Ramon BAL .464 Thome Jim CHA .442 Crawford Carl TB .426 Young Michael TEX .403 Lopez Jose C SEA .390 Dye Jermaine CHA .386 Hillenbrand Shea TOR .386 Kennedy Adam LAA .386 Jeter Derek NYA .379 Bonds Barry SF .375 Blalock Hank TEX .375 Rodriguez Ivan DET .373 Langerhans Ryan ATL .371 Sanchez Freddy PIT .370 Crede Joe CHA .367 Chavez Eric OAK .366 Johjima Kenji SEA .366 Hafner Travis CLE .364 Berkman Lance HOU .364Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 33 23 .589 1.5 
TOR 32 25 .561 3.0 
BAL 27 32 .458 9.0 
TB 24 35 .407 12.0 
American League Central
DET 37 21 .638 0.0 
CHA 35 22 .614 1.5 
CLE 28 29 .491 8.5 
MIN 25 32 .439 11.5 
KC 14 42 .250 22.0 
American League West
TEX 31 26 .544 0.0 
OAK 28 30 .483 3.5 
LAA 26 32 .448 5.5 
SEA 27 33 .450 5.5 
National League East
NYN 34 23 .596 0.0 
PHI 31 27 .534 3.5 
ATL 29 30 .492 6.0 
WAS 26 33 .441 9.0 
FLA 20 36 .357 13.5 
National League Central
STL 35 23 .603 0.0 
CIN 34 24 .586 1.0 
MIL 28 31 .475 7.5 
HOU 28 31 .475 7.5 
CHN 23 34 .404 11.5 
PIT 22 37 .373 13.5 
National League West
ARI 34 24 .586 0.0 
LAN 33 26 .559 1.5 
SF 31 27 .534 3.0 
SD 30 28 .517 4.0 
COL 28 30 .483 6.0 