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THT Daily: Mariners snap losing streak to A’sby Greg TamerSeptember 26, 2006 Major League News for September 26Yesterday’s ResultsToday’s Games Standings Game of the Day Yesterday’s Home Runs Stats Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League NYA 16 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Boring. TOR 5 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Jays now in 2nd in AL East! CLE 14 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Sox eliminated. MIN 8 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Twins going to the playoffs. LAA 8 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Vlad goes yard twice. SEA 10 OAK 9 (Recap and Boxscore) See below. National League WAS 7 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Pass. HOU 5 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Astros used 9 pitchers in 9 innings. CIN 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Griffey with 563rd HR. SD 6 STL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Astros and Reds in Cards’ rear-view mirror. ARI 7 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Edgar does it again! Today’s GamesVisitors Home Starts (EDT) CWS - Vazquez J. (11-10, 4.66) CLE - Sabathia C.* (11-11, 3.36) 7:05 pm HOU - Pettitte A.* (13-13, 4.31) PIT - Snell I. (14-10, 4.67) 7:05 pm CIN - Belisle M. (2-0, 4.45) FLA - Willis D.* (12-11, 3.77) 7:05 pm PHI - Myers B. (12-6, 3.94) WAS - Ortiz R. (10-15, 5.40) 7:05 pm TB - Hammel J. (0-4, 7.01) BOS - Schilling C. (14-7, 4.07) 7:05 pm BAL - Penn H. (0-3, 15.43) NYY - Lidle C. (3-3, 5.26) 7:05 pm TOR - McGowan D. (1-1, 8.34) DET - Bonderman J. (13-8, 4.11) 7:05 pm NYM - Perez O.* (3-12, 6.53) ATL - Smoltz J. (14-9, 3.72) 7:35 pm MIL - Villanueva C. (1-1, 3.35) CHC - Marshall S.* (5-9, 5.64) 8:05 pm KC - Perez O.* (2-4, 5.28) MIN - Santana J.* (18-6, 2.79) 8:10 pm SD - Williams W. (10-5, 3.53) STL - Carpenter C. (15-7, 2.93) 8:10 pm LAD - Maddux G. (13-14, 4.25) COL - Jennings J. (9-12, 3.65) 8:35 pm TEX - Tejeda R. (4-4, 4.50) LAA - Escobar K. (11-13, 3.40) 10:05 pm OAK - Harden R. (3-0, 3.79) SEA - Woods J.* (6-3, 3.88) 10:05 pm ARI - Webb B. (16-7, 2.95) SF - Morris M. (10-15, 5.09) 10:15 pm 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 NYA 94 62 .603 0.0 92 2 Game of the DayOakland had a 15-game winning streak against them Mariner bums, and the AL West Division title was (and still is) there for the taking, but the Athletics decided to lose their 3rd straight anyway, blowing a 9-3 lead. Huston Street blew yet another save, with Seattle scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Willie Bloomquist then hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th to give the Mariners a 10-9 victory. OAKLAND (9) VS SEATTLE (10) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Kendall c 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 .293
B Kielty lf 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 .276
a-M Kotsay ph-cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .272
M Bradley rf 6 1 2 2 0 2 5 .271
F Thomas dh 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 .269
J Payton cf-lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .292
E Chavez 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .241
N Swisher 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .253
M Ellis 2b 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 .248
M Scutaro ss 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .258
Totals 42 9 13 9 6 9 16
a-singled to right for B Kielty in the 5th.
BATTING: 2B - B Kielty (19, C Jimenez); M Ellis 2 (22, C Jimenez, T Chick); J
Kendall (23, C Jimenez). HR - M Bradley (13, 1st inning off C Jimenez 1 on, 1
Out). RBI - M Bradley 2 (48), F Thomas (108), J Kendall 3 (48), M Ellis 2 (52),
M Kotsay (58). 2-out RBI - F Thomas. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
J Payton 2, F Thomas 2, M Bradley 2. GIDP - M Kotsay. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: E - K Calero (1, throw). DP: 1 (M Scutaro-M Ellis-N Swisher).
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 6 3 5 0 0 1 1 .320
A Beltre 3b 6 1 1 0 0 2 5 .266
K Johjima c 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .292
A Jones pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216
R Rivera c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .147
R Ibanez lf 5 2 4 4 1 0 1 .290
R Sexson 1b 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 .262
W Bloomquist pr-1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .252
B Broussard dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 7 .289
J Lopez 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 .286
C Snelling rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267
a-M Morse ph-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .390
b-G Dobbs ph-rf 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .360
Y Betancourt ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .292
Totals 48 10 21 9 1 9 22
a-singled to right for C Snelling in the 6th; b-doubled to right center for M
Morse in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Y Betancourt (26, E Loaiza); K Johjima (25, E Loaiza); G Dobbs
(2, J Duchscherer); A Beltre (39, H Street). 3B - I Suzuki (7, J Kennedy). HR -
R Sexson (33, 2nd inning off E Loaiza 0 on, 0 Out), R Ibanez (31, 5th inning
off E Loaiza 1 on, 2 Out). SF - J Lopez. RBI - R Sexson (104), R Ibanez 4
(121), K Johjima (76), J Lopez (78), G Dobbs (3), W Bloomquist (15). 2-out RBI
- R Ibanez 3, G Dobbs, W Bloomquist. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
B Broussard 2, I Suzuki 1, Y Betancourt 1. GIDP - A Beltre. Team LOB - 11.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (R Sexson-Y Betancourt-R Sexson).
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OAKLAND - 201 240 000 0 -- 9
SEATTLE - 012 020 103 1 -- 10
Two outs when winning run scored.
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OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
E Loaiza 5 9 5 5 0 4 2 4.84
J Kennedy 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 2 0 2.30
J Duchscherer (H, 17) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.93
H Street (B, 10) 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 3.28
K Calero (L, 3-2) 2/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 3.34
SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Jimenez 4 8 5 5 1 2 1 14.73
T Chick 1/3 2 4 4 4 1 0 12.60
F Cruceta 3 1/3 3 0 0 1 2 0 10.80
G Sherrill 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
J Putz (W, 4-1) 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.15
WP - C Jimenez 2. IBB - R Ibanez (by K Calero). Pitches-strikes: E Loaiza
93-66; J Kennedy 21-15; J Duchscherer 24-18; H Street 19-13; K Calero 20-11; C
Jimenez 74-45; T Chick 38-18; F Cruceta 48-31; G Sherrill 3-2; J Putz 23-18.
Ground balls-fly balls: E Loaiza 5-6; J Kennedy 2-1; J Duchscherer 0-3; H
Street 1-1; K Calero 0-1; C Jimenez 6-4; T Chick 0-0; F Cruceta 3-5; G Sherrill
1-0; J Putz 1-1. Batters faced: E Loaiza 23; J Kennedy 8; J Duchscherer 6; H
Street 8; K Calero 5; C Jimenez 21; T Chick 7; F Cruceta 13; G Sherrill 1; J
Putz 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Jerry Meals.
T--3:30. Att--20,982.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, out to center. 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. You can read their daily updates at the Hit Tracker Blog. Hitter Pitcher True Dist. Std. Dist. HR # Hunter, Torii MIN Greinke, Zack KC 441 435 30 Abreu, Bobby NYY Seo, Jae TB 424 423 13 Wigginton, Ty TB Wright, Jaret NYY 414 414 24 Guerrero, Vladimir LAA Francisco, Frank TEX 423 411 33 Jackson, Conor ARI Schmidt, Jason SF 421 405 14 Duncan, Chris STL Thompson, Mike SD 426 403 21 Molina, Bengie TOR Wakefield, Tim BOS 403 402 18 Sexson, Richie SEA Loaiza, Esteban OAK 413 394 33 Guerrero, Vladimir LAA Volquez, Edinson TEX 398 394 32 Lane, Jason HOU Wolf, Randy PHI 399 393 15 Blake, Casey CLE Logan, Boone CWS 371 392 17 Morneau, Justin MIN Gobble, Jimmy KC 395 390 34 Rios, Alex TOR Wakefield, Tim BOS 382 381 17 Berroa, Angel KC Bonser, Boof MIN 384 380 9 Damon, Johnny NYY Meadows, Brian TB 381 380 23 Edmonds, Jim STL Thompson, Mike SD 400 379 19 Green, Shawn NYM Perez, Beltran WAS 391 373 14 Griffey Jr., Ken CIN Eyre, Scott CHC 379 373 27 Matsui, Hideki NYY Seo, Jae TB 374 373 8 Ibanez, Raul SEA Loaiza, Esteban OAK 383 363 31 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Borkowski, Dave HOU 376 363 25 Cannizaro, Andy NYY Switzer, Jon TB 364 363 1 Figgins, Chone LAA Volquez, Edinson TEX 379 359 8 Byrnes, Eric ARI Schmidt, Jason SF 366 355 24 Bradley, Milton OAK Jimenez, Cesar SEA 366 345 13 Durham, Ray SF Gonzalez, Edgar ARI 369 344 26 THT StatsAccess all of THT’s stats here…
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TOR 83 73 .532 11.0 83 0 
BOS 83 74 .529 11.5 78 5 
BAL 68 88 .436 26.0 67 1 
TB 60 96 .385 34.0 62 -2 
American League Central
DET 94 62 .603 0.0 94 0 
MIN 93 63 .596 1.0 90 3 
CHA 87 70 .554 7.5 86 1 
CLE 73 83 .468 21.0 85 -12 
KC 58 98 .372 36.0 58 0 
American League West
OAK 90 66 .577 0.0 82 8 
LAA 85 71 .545 5.0 81 4 
TEX 78 79 .497 12.5 83 -5 
SEA 76 81 .484 14.5 76 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 93 63 .596 0.0 88 5 
PHI 82 74 .526 11.0 82 0 
FLA 76 80 .487 17.0 78 -2 
ATL 75 81 .481 18.0 80 -5 
WAS 69 87 .442 24.0 67 2 
National League Central
STL 80 75 .516 0.0 79 1 
HOU 78 78 .500 2.5 79 -1 
CIN 77 79 .494 3.5 73 4 
MIL 73 83 .468 7.5 69 4 
PIT 65 91 .417 15.5 68 -3 
CHN 63 94 .401 18.0 66 -3 
National League West
SD 84 72 .538 0.0 83 1 
LAN 82 74 .526 2.0 83 -1 
SF 75 81 .481 9.0 74 1 
ARI 74 82 .474 10.0 77 -3 
COL 74 82 .474 10.0 80 -6 
Wildcard Standings
American League
MIN 93 63 .596 0.0
National League
LAN 82 74 .526 0.0
PHI 82 74 .526 0.0
HOU 78 78 .500 4.0
CIN 77 79 .494 5.0