THT Daily: Micah Owings
by Matthew CarruthAugust 19, 2007
Major League News for August 19
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldRoy Oswalt left Saturday's game because of a strained left oblique.
While we take issue with a lot of the things the Astros do, we sure do appreciate the extremely quick injury updates. Oswalt is no stranger to oblique problems. Hopefully this is one the minor ones that won't result in a disabled list stint. The Astros are calling him day-to-day. If they are forced to put him on the DL, they could call up top prospect Troy Patton to replace him in the rotation.
Micah Owings went 4-for-5 with two homers and six RBI to lead the Diamondbacks to a 12-6 win in Atlanta on Saturday.
He pitched OK, too, earning his first win since June 20. Owings allowed just three hits over three innings, though all were solo homers. Chipper Jones, Jeff Francoeur and Andruw Jones took him deep. Still, Owings created more runs than he let in. The former Tulane star is now batting .279 with three homers and 11 RBI in 44 at-bats. He's a legitimate option as a pinch-hitter on days he's not pitching.
Barry Bonds hit homer No. 760 Saturday to lead the Giants to a 4-3 defeat of the Marlins.
With Florida's largest crowd in 2 1/2 seasons looking on, Bonds had a two-run shot off Rick VandenHurk in the fifth to account for the game's final runs. He struck out in each of his other three at-bats, reaching that total for the first time all year.
White Sox signed outfielder Jermaine Dye to a two-year, $22 million extension with a mutual option for 2010.
It's less than the White Sox thought they'd have to spend to keep him at the beginning of the year, but he'll still be getting a healthy raise over his previous deal. Dye will receive $9.5 million in 2008 and $11.5 million in 2009. The mutual option is worth $12 million and includes a $1 million buyout. The 33-year-old Dye was a legitimate MVP candidate in 2006, but he could finish this year with a sub-800 OPS for the fourth time in six years. Also, he's hit substantially worse with runners on and RISP both this year and in his career. That they're only guaranteeing him two years makes this a fair signing for the White Sox, but he probably won't ever again have a season like his 2006.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 10 LAA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 8 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 5 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 CHA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ARI 12 ATL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 8 CIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 11 PHI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 7 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (R) Yusmeiro Petit (2-3) vs. (R) John Smoltz (10-6) San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (L) Noah Lowry (13-7) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (8-12) New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (R) Orlando Hernandez (7-4) vs. (R) Shawn Hill (3-3) Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (7-12) vs. (R) Ian Snell (7-10) Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (12-3) vs. (L) Chris Capuano (5-10) Houston Astros at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM (R) Matt Albers (3-5) vs. (R) Greg Maddux (8-9) Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (L) Jeff Francis (13-6) vs. (R) Brad Penny (14-3) St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 8:09 PM (R) Kip Wells (6-13) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (14-9) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (10-5) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (13-6) Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (7-4) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (14-5) Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (L) CC Sabathia (14-6) vs. (R) James Shields (9-8) LA Angels of Anaheim at Boston Red Sox, 2:05 PM (L) Joe Saunders (6-1) vs. (R) Julian Tavarez (6-8) Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Kevin Millwood (8-9) vs. (L) Johan Santana (12-9) Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Kyle Davies (1-1) vs. (L) Lenny DiNardo (7-6) Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Jon Garland (8-8) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (8-6)
Standings
The 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 49 .602 0.0 76 -2NYA 69 54 .561 5.0 76 -7
TOR 62 60 .508 11.5 65 -3
BAL 57 64 .471 16.0 61 -4
TB 46 76 .377 27.5 45 1
American League Central CLE 68 54 .557 0.0 66 2
DET 67 56 .545 1.5 67 0
MIN 61 61 .500 7.0 62 -1
KC 55 67 .451 13.0 58 -3
CHA 54 68 .443 14.0 50 4
American League West LAA 71 51 .582 0.0 68 3
SEA 68 52 .567 2.0 61 7
OAK 60 64 .484 12.0 63 -3
TEX 54 68 .443 17.0 55 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 69 53 .566 0.0 67 2
PHI 65 57 .533 4.0 66 -1
ATL 64 59 .520 5.5 65 -1
FLA 56 67 .455 13.5 57 -1
WAS 55 68 .447 14.5 51 4
National League Central CHN 63 59 .516 0.0 66 -3
MIL 63 60 .512 0.5 60 3
STL 58 62 .483 4.0 53 5
HOU 56 67 .455 7.5 55 1
CIN 53 69 .434 10.0 55 -2
PIT 51 70 .421 11.5 52 -1
National League West ARI 71 53 .573 0.0 60 11
SD 65 57 .533 5.0 67 -2
COL 63 59 .516 7.0 65 -2
LAN 63 60 .512 7.5 62 1
SF 53 70 .431 17.5 60 -7
Wildcard Standings American League SEA 68 52 .567 0.0 NYA 69 54 .561 0.5 DET 67 56 .545 2.5 TOR 62 60 .508 7.0 MIN 61 61 .500 8.0 National League PHI 65 57 .533 0.0 SD 65 57 .533 0.0 ATL 64 59 .520 1.5 COL 63 59 .516 2.0 LAN 63 60 .512 2.5
Top Minor League Games
The 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 CIN AAA Joey Votto........ 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 RBI ! OAK A J. Mitchell....... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 TB AA Reid Brignac...... 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 LD CIN A Drew Stubbs....... 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 WAN AAA Kory Casto........ 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 BOS AAA Jacoby Ellsbury... 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 CHC AAA Geovany Soto...... 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 BAL A C. Vinyard........ 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 R TB A Nevin Ashley...... 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes NYY AAA Ian Kennedy....... 6 2 1 1 6 0 1 12 OF WAN A+ Craig Stammen..... 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 MIL A Jeremy Jeffress... 6 3 1 1 7 2 0 FLA AA C. Volstad........ 7 5 2 2 4 2 1 LAA A+ Jose Arredondo.... 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 COL A+ Chaz Roe.......... 6 6 3 1 4 1 0 NYM AAA Joseph Smith...... 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 NYY A- Z. McAllister..... 5 4 2 2 5 3 0 9 GB BOS A- Felix Doubront.... 5 3 1 1 3 2 0 SEA AA Andrew Baldwin.... 7 11 5 5 2 0 0 12 GB OAK AAA Michael Madsen.... 5 9 5 5 7 3 1 PIT AA Todd Redmond...... 6 6 3 3 3 1 1
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