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THT Daily: Kickoffby Matthew CarruthSeptember 07, 2008 Major League News for September 7Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJeff Clement will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, the Mariners announced after Saturday's game. That explains why he wasn't playing against Sidney Ponson on Saturday. Clement was hitting quite a bit better of late, but he was still at .227/.295/.360 in 203 at-bats for the year. He'll be one of the Mariners' question marks heading into 2009. The team could commit to him at catcher or move him to first base and play him regularly there. It's also possible that he could be sent back to Triple-A for additional seasoning, with Kenji Johjima remaining the regular catcher. Rob Johnson could have some fantasy value over the rest of this month with Clement down. He and Johjima figure to share time. Astros manager Cecil Cooper indicated that Ty Wigginton would likely miss at least 7-10 days with a groin strain suffered Saturday. A tough break for Ty, who had been one of the NL's hottest hitters over the last five weeks. The Astros will go with Darin Erstad in left and Michael Bourn in center for now. Geoff Blum will keep playing third. Alfonso Soriano had his third career three-homer game Saturday as the Cubs beat the Reds 14-9. Soriano flied out in the first and then homered in his next three at-bats. The Cubs later got homers from Mark DeRosa and Jason Marquis to make it an 11-1 game. Soriano singled in his fifth at-bat and could have gotten one more try at a fourth homer in the ninth. However, he was replaced on defense in the bottom of the eighth. The Reds actually threatened to make a game of it by getting four runs in the eighth and four more in the ninth. However, Carlos Marmol was able to shut the team down after giving up a grand slam to Jolbert Cabrera. Roy Oswalt tossed a one-hitter Saturday to beat the Rockies at Coors Field. While Matt Holliday and Brad Hawpe, who had the lone hit tonight, are generally getting the job done, the Rockies as a whole just aren't hitting right-handers. Oswalt, who has had quite a bit more trouble against lefties this season, was able to run right though the lineup 3 1/2 times tonight, throwing 102 pitches in the process. He's allowed only one run over 24 1/3 innings in his last three starts. Ben Sheets, who left his last start with groin tightness, felt well enough to throw a complete-game shutout against the Padres on Saturday. Another hard-luck outing for Jake Peavy, who was on the wrong side of a 1-0 game today after having a 1-0 lead blown by the pen in his previous start. The Brewers got their run tonight when Prince Fielder doubled in Ryan Braun in the third. After that, it was all Sheets. He allowed five hits, walked one and struck out seven in a 120-pitch gem. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League OAK 5 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 7 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 LAA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 3 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 7 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 15 BOS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 8 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 14 CIN 9 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 1 SD 0 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 2 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 7 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 7 PIT 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (L) Sean Marshall (3-4) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (4-15) Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 1:35 PM (R) Collin Balester (3-6) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (3-10) San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Chris Young (4-5) vs. (L) Manny Parra (10-6) Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 2:15 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (12-7) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (5-3) Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM (R) Josh Johnson (4-0) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (8-3) Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (8-6) vs. (L) Jorge De La Rosa (8-7) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Jeff Karstens (2-4) vs. (L) Jonathan Sanchez (8-10) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Max Scherzer (0-2) vs. (L) Clayton Kershaw (3-5) Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 8:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (12-8) vs. (L) Johan Santana (12-7) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Matt Garza (11-8) vs. (L) David Purcey (2-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (14-7) vs. (L) John Danks (10-8) Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Cliff Lee (20-2) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (10-9) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Chris Lambert (0-1) vs. (L) Glen Perkins (12-3) Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers, 3:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (10-11) vs. (R) Brandon McCarthy (1-0) New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (R) Mike Mussina (17-7) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (4-14) 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 TB 85 55 .607 0.0 79 6 Top Minor League GamesThe following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes PIT A- Quincy Latimore... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 STL A- Shane Peterson.... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 STL A- Scott Gorgen...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLE A- L. Chisenhall..... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes STL A- Scott Gorgen...... 5 3 0 0 5 1 0 Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 83 58 .589 2.5 85 -2 
NYA 76 66 .535 10.0 75 1 
TOR 75 66 .532 10.5 80 -5 
BAL 63 78 .447 22.5 66 -3 
American League Central
CHA 80 61 .567 0.0 80 0 
MIN 78 64 .549 2.5 79 -1 
CLE 68 72 .486 11.5 74 -6 
DET 68 74 .479 12.5 69 -1 
KC 61 80 .433 19.0 58 3 
American League West
LAA 85 56 .603 0.0 76 9 
TEX 70 73 .490 16.0 66 4 
OAK 65 77 .458 20.5 67 -2 
SEA 55 86 .390 30.0 59 -4 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 79 62 .560 0.0 79 0 
PHI 77 64 .546 2.0 80 -3 
FLA 72 70 .507 7.5 68 4 
ATL 62 81 .434 18.0 69 -7 
WAS 55 88 .385 25.0 56 -1 
National League Central
CHN 86 56 .606 0.0 88 -2 
MIL 82 60 .577 4.0 79 3 
STL 76 66 .535 10.0 76 0 
HOU 75 67 .528 11.0 68 7 
CIN 63 79 .444 23.0 62 1 
PIT 60 81 .426 25.5 58 2 
National League West
LAN 72 70 .507 0.0 74 -2 
ARI 71 70 .504 0.5 72 -1 
COL 67 76 .469 5.5 66 1 
SF 61 80 .433 10.5 58 3 
SD 54 88 .380 18.0 58 -4 