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THT Daily: Kx17by Matthew CarruthAugust 20, 2007 Major League News for August 20LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances Stats You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ LinksJohan is King - Aaron Gleeman celebrates Johan's performance. Schilling Down South? - Would Curt Schilling, who is a free agent after this season head down to Tampa Bay? That would certainly shift some things around in the division. Bedard's Transformation - Vegas Watch profiles Erik Bedard and what's changed in order to turn him into the strikeout behemoth he's been this season. Ode to Inflation - A bit of Monday irreverence from Ember Nickel. Mixing Pitches - Diamondbacks catcher Chris Snyder believes that an optimal mix of pitches is what's caused Brandon Webb's recent success. You hear that King Felix? Selfish Home Runs - Ken Tremendous of FireJoeMorgan.com explains why homeruns are never selfish and that some people should just stay away from writing articles. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at . Player NewsPlayer news items are provided by RotoworldJohan Santana set a franchise record by striking out a career-high 17 batters in eight shutout innings against the Rangers on Sunday. Absolutely dominant. Santana gave up just two hits in the game, both coming off the bat of Sammy Sosa, while issuing no free passes. The left-hander was at 112 pitches following eight innings and could have gone for a 20-strikeout performance if he went back out for the ninth. However, manager Ron Gardenhire decided to hold him back and went to Joe Nathan to protect a one-run lead. The 17 strikeouts was the highest mark in the majors since Ben Sheets struck out 18 batters in a game during 2004. Carlos Beltran smacked two homers to drive in four runs against the Nationals on Sunday. Beltran hit a solo shot off starter Shawn Hill in the sixth, then added a two-run blast off reliever Chris Schroder in the ninth. The center fielder also added a sacrifice fly and a walk while scoring three times. The oblique injury that cost Beltran two weeks during late July and early August seems to be a past concern, as the switch-hitter has five homers and 13 RBI in nine games since returning. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League LAA 3 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 9 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 4 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 3 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 1 TEX 0 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 11 CHA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 6 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 6 FLA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 8 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 MIL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 8 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 4 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Russ Ortiz (2-3) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (5-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (2-1) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (13-5) Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Tim Hudson (14-5) vs. (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-1) Washington Nationals at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Tim Redding (2-3) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (2-8) Pittsburgh Pirates at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Matt Morris (7-8) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-2) Milwaukee Brewers at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Yovani Gallardo (4-3) vs. (L) Doug Davis (10-10) American League --------------- Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (3-8) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (9-12) Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Joe Blanton (10-8) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (10-4) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (14-10) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (9-7) Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) Horacio Ramirez (7-4) vs. (R) Matt Garza (2-3) Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Gil Meche (7-11) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (9-8) New York Yankees at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Phil Hughes (2-1) vs. (R) Dustin Moseley (4-2) 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 BOS 74 50 .597 0.0 76 -2 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 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 4 R PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 OAK AAA Daric Barton...... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 NYY AAA Brett Gardner..... 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 SB TOR A Travis Snider..... 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 OAK A+ Justin Sellers.... 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 CLE A+ John Drennen...... 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 LD COL A+ C. Nelson......... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 NYY AAA Eric Duncan....... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 LAA A Mark Trumbo....... 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 ARI A+ Pedro Ciriaco..... 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 BOS AA J. Corsaletti..... 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL A Pedro Beato....... 7 3 1 0 8 0 0 14 GB BOS AAA Devern Hansack.... 7 3 1 0 11 3 0 TOR AA Ricky Romero...... 7 4 3 2 5 3 1 NYY AA Tyler Clippard.... 5 1 0 0 6 4 0 BAL A+ Brandon Erbe...... 6 5 5 3 6 2 1 CLE AAA Adam Miller....... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 STL A+ Trey Hearne....... 6 8 5 3 4 1 0 CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 7 6 1 1 4 2 1 ATL A+ Thomas Hanson..... 5 3 2 0 6 4 0 SF A+ Sergio Romo....... 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 NYY AA Kevin Whelan...... 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 4 GB WAN A+ Shairon Martis.... 6 10 5 5 6 2 0 THT StatsAccess all of THT’s stats here…
Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to our weekly mailbag We also welcome unsolicited op-ed pieces of approximately 500 words for consideration. We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and consistency of style. Please include your whole name and location to be considered. If you have a comment about this specific article, please email the writer. Next Article: Who is/was better: Pedro Martinez or Johan Santana?>> <<Previous Article: THT Dartboard: August 19, 2007 | |||
NYA 70 54 .565 4.0 77 -7 
TOR 63 60 .512 10.5 66 -3 
BAL 57 65 .467 16.0 62 -5 
TB 47 76 .382 26.5 45 2 
American League Central
CLE 68 55 .553 0.0 66 2 
DET 67 57 .540 1.5 67 0 
MIN 62 61 .504 6.0 63 -1 
KC 55 68 .447 13.0 58 -3 
CHA 54 69 .439 14.0 50 4 
American League West
LAA 72 51 .585 0.0 69 3 
SEA 69 52 .570 2.0 62 7 
OAK 61 64 .488 12.0 64 -3 
TEX 54 69 .439 18.0 56 -2 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 70 53 .569 0.0 68 2 
PHI 65 58 .528 5.0 66 -1 
ATL 65 59 .524 5.5 65 0 
FLA 56 68 .452 14.5 57 -1 
WAS 55 69 .444 15.5 51 4 
National League Central
CHN 63 59 .516 0.0 66 -3 
MIL 63 61 .508 1.0 60 3 
STL 58 62 .483 4.0 53 5 
HOU 56 68 .452 8.0 55 1 
CIN 54 69 .439 9.5 55 -1 
PIT 52 70 .426 11.0 53 -1 
National League West
ARI 71 54 .568 0.0 60 11 
SD 66 57 .537 4.0 68 -2 
LAN 64 60 .516 6.5 63 1 
COL 63 60 .512 7.0 65 -2 
SF 54 70 .435 16.5 61 -7 
Wildcard Standings
American League
SEA 69 52 .570 0.0
NYA 70 54 .565 0.5
DET 67 57 .540 3.5
TOR 63 60 .512 7.0
MIN 62 61 .504 8.0
National League
SD 66 57 .537 0.0
PHI 65 58 .528 1.0
ATL 65 59 .524 1.5
LAN 64 60 .516 2.5
COL 63 60 .512 3.0