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THT Daily: Lights Outby Matthew CarruthJune 27, 2008 Major League News for June 27Player 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 RotoworldJosh Hamilton is day-to-day after coming out of Thursday's game with a bruised left hand. Hamilton was hurt on a first-inning hit by pitch and came out an inning later. X-rays were negative. Hamilton still has a sore knee that he's dealing with, so the Rangers may want to give him a few days off. Matt Garza pitched a one-hitter for his first career complete game as the Rays defeated the Marlins 6-1 on Thursday. Hanley Ramirez broke up the no-hitter with a solo homer in the top of the seventh. Garza walked one batter, but since the runner was erased on a double play, he faced just 28 batters. He fanned 10 for the third time in his career. Garza has allowed two runs in 16 innings in two wins against the Marlins this month. He's lost each of his other three starts. Pirates placed RHP Ian Snell on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 24, with a strained right elbow. His throwing session on Thursday either didn't go as well as hoped or was scrapped altogether. The move makes room for Denny Bautista on the roster, so T.J. Beam gets a brief reprieve. He'll most likely go when the Pirates call up Jimmy Barthmeier to start Friday. Barthmeier could then be sent down to make room for John Van Benschoten, who will start Saturday. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TOR 7 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 3 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 PHI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League TB 6 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 11 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 7 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 2 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Micah Owings (6-6) vs. (R) Ricky Nolasco (7-4) Inter-League ------------ New York Mets at New York Yankees, 2:05 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (4-6) vs. (R) Dan Giese (1-2) Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 PM (R) Ryan Dempster (9-2) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (6-6) Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Scott Kazmir (6-3) vs. (R) Jimmy Barthmaier (0-0) Cincinnati Reds at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Daryl Thompson (0-0) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (5-8) Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-7) vs. (R) Eddie Bonine (1-0) Atlanta Braves at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Jair Jurrjens (7-3) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (6-5) Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals, 7:35 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (5-3) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-5) Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1) vs. (R) Runelvys Hernandez (0-0) Philadelphia Phillies at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Brett Myers (3-9) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (2-3) New York Yankees at New York Mets, 8:10 PM (R) Sidney Ponson (4-1) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (2-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Joel Pineiro (2-3) vs. (R) Gil Meche (5-8) Milwaukee Brewers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Seth McClung (5-3) vs. (R) Nick Blackburn (6-4) San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Kevin Correia (1-5) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (5-5) Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (2-7) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (5-6) LA Angels of Anaheim at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM (L) Joe Saunders (11-3) vs. (R) Chan Ho Park (2-2) 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 49 32 .605 0.0 48 1 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 FLA AAA Jai Miller........ 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 SB COL AAA Jayson Nix........ 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 MIL AA Alcides Escobar... 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 R TOR AA Brian Jeroloman... 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 BAL A+ Matt Wieters...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 SEA AAA W. Balentien...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 MIL AA Matt LaPorta...... 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 FLA AAA Dallas McPherson.. 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 LAA A+ Peter Bourjos..... 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 LD OAK A Corey Brown....... 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 CIN A Zachary Cozart.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes STL AAA Jaime Garcia...... 7 7 5 3 10 0 0 14 GB OAK AA Brett Anderson.... 6 3 2 2 12 0 2 BAL AA David Hernandez... 6 2 2 2 9 2 1 TEX A Kennil Gomez...... 7 6 2 2 6 0 0 STL AA Adam Ottavino..... 6 1 0 0 5 1 0 LAA A Trevor Reckling... 6 4 1 1 7 2 0 NYY AA George Kontos..... 5 4 3 1 7 1 0 SF A Daryl Maday....... 7 3 0 0 4 1 0 12 GB OAK A+ H. Rodriguez...... 6 3 1 1 7 3 0 SEA A Michael Pineda.... 8 4 2 2 7 3 1 TB AA David Price....... 6 4 2 2 7 4 0 DET A Alfredo Figaro.... 6 8 3 3 5 0 0 14 GB Access all of THT’s stats here…
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TB 47 31 .603 0.5 44 3 
NYA 42 36 .538 5.5 41 1 
BAL 40 37 .519 7.0 38 2 
TOR 38 42 .475 10.5 43 -5 
American League Central
CHA 43 35 .551 0.0 47 -4 
MIN 43 36 .544 0.5 40 3 
DET 38 40 .487 5.0 39 -1 
CLE 36 43 .456 7.5 41 -5 
KC 36 43 .456 7.5 35 1 
American League West
LAA 48 31 .608 0.0 41 7 
OAK 43 35 .551 4.5 46 -3 
TEX 40 40 .500 8.5 39 1 
SEA 28 50 .359 19.5 32 -4 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 43 37 .538 0.0 48 -5 
FLA 40 38 .513 2.0 37 3 
NYN 38 39 .494 3.5 38 0 
ATL 39 41 .488 4.0 44 -5 
WAS 31 49 .388 12.0 29 2 
National League Central
CHN 49 30 .620 0.0 50 -1 
STL 45 35 .563 4.5 43 2 
MIL 43 35 .551 5.5 39 4 
PIT 37 41 .474 11.5 35 2 
HOU 37 42 .468 12.0 36 1 
CIN 36 44 .450 13.5 34 2 
National League West
ARI 40 39 .506 0.0 40 0 
LAN 36 42 .462 3.5 39 -3 
SF 34 45 .430 6.0 35 -1 
COL 32 47 .405 8.0 33 -1 
SD 32 48 .400 8.5 32 0 