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THT Daily: Nicks and Bruisesby Matthew CarruthMay 03, 2008 Major League News for May 3Player 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 RotoworldTom Gorzelanny will not make his next scheduled start because of a strained lower back. "If he had to pitch Tuesday, he could," manager John Russell said. "We just want to make sure this isn't something that lingers for months, so we'll give him a few extra days to feel better and to get some work on the side." The Marlins will bat Hanley Ramirez third in the lineup until Josh Willingham comes off the disabled list. "We'll try it for 10 games and see if it's permanent or it's not permanent," manager Fredi Gonzalez said Friday. "I think the time has come where we may need to. It's a totally different lineup without (Miguel) Cabrera there." Either Alfredo Amezaga or Cody Ross will lead off. Aramis Ramirez was hit on the wrist by an Adam Wainwright fastball Friday night, but stayed in the game. Ramirez went down for a few moments and was noticeably grimacing as he was accompanied by Cubs trainers on the way to first base. It wouldn't be a surprise if he missed Saturday's day game because of swelling. Shaking off some fingernail troubles, Chien-Ming Wang limited the Mariners to one run in six innings to win Friday. Wang got a visit from the trainer in the fifth to look at what appeared to be his thumbnail. He stayed in, but it was clearly bothering him on a one-out walk to Jamie Burke. Nevertheless, Yuniesky Betancourt went on to swing at the first pitch he saw, a low-and-away sinker, and rolled into a routine double play to get Wang out of the inning. Wang went back out for the sixth after getting some work done in the dugout and allowed his only run of the game before leaving after 90 pitches. He became the AL's first six-game winner. Carls Gomez left Friday's game in the fifth inning with an apparent head injury. Gomez was drilled in the helmet by Ivan Rodriguez's throw during a headfirst slide on his steal attempt. He was down for several minutes, not moving for most of them, but he was able to get up and walk over to the cart that was brought out for him before being driven off the field. It's likely that he has a concussion, so there's a chance he'll go on the DL. Denard Span would probably be called up to fill in for him. Rich Hill was pulled after walking four and allowing one run in the first inning Friday against the Cardinals. Well, the Cubs took a pitcher with control problems and didn't use him for nine days. It should have come as no surprises that things went from bad to worse. Manager Lou Piniella showed no patience at all with Hill today, pulling him after he walked in a run when he bounced a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the first. They'll certainly have to send him down after this one. Either Jon Lieber or Sean Marshall can take the open rotation spot until Hill finds the strike zone. Marlins placed outfielder Josh Willingham on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 18, with a sore lower back. Willingham was off to a terrific start, making this an ever bigger loss. He was hitting .341/.406/.637, giving him a mere 400 points of OPS on Luis Gonzalez. Gonzalez will get most of the playing time in left field for now. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Yovani Gallardo has a torn ACL. An examination of Gallardo in Milwaukee on Friday morning revealed the injury, which Gallardo suffered in a collision with Reed Johnson on Thursday. The team will wait until swelling subsides to determine if he needs surgery, but there's a good chance he'll miss the rest of the season. Dave Bush will be recalled and replace him in the rotation. The Rays hope to have B.J. Upton back from a strained left shoulder on Saturday. Upton aggravated the shoulder on a swing during Thursday's game. "It looks bad right away. It feels bad right away," Upton said. "But this is the best it's ever felt right after, so we shouldn't think too much of it." Nathan Haynes figures to start in Upton's place tomorrow. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BOS 7 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 2 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 11 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 4 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 4 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 2 CIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 6 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 SF 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 11 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 7 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 11 COL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Nationals, 1:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (2-2) vs. (L) Matt Chico (0-5) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 3:45 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (2-1) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (6-0) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 3:45 PM (L) Ted Lilly (1-4) vs. (R) Kyle Lohse (3-0) Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (L) Manny Parra (1-1) vs. (R) Brandon Backe (1-3) San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Cain (1-2) vs. (R) Brett Myers (2-2) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Jake Peavy (3-1) vs. (R) Ricky Nolasco (1-2) Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves, 7:10 PM (R) Matt Belisle (1-1) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-2) vs. (L) Jorge De La Rosa (0-0) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (2-1) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (3-3) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (L) John Danks (2-2) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (3-1) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:45 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (2-0) vs. (R) Jon Garland (3-3) Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) James Shields (3-1) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (2-2) Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Luke Hochevar (1-1) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (1-4) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Justin Verlander (1-4) vs. (R) Scott Baker (2-0) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM (L) A.J. Murray (0-0) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (3-1) 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 18 13 .581 0.0 16 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 CHC AAA Jake Fox.......... 5 4 4 0 0 1 1 5 RBI ! WAN AAA Elijah Dukes...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 FLA AA Cameron Maybin.... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 ARI AAA James D'Antona.... 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 TEX AAA John Mayberry..... 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 CHC AA Ryan Harvey....... 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 TB AA Sergio Pedroza.... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 SB CHW AAA Brad Eldred....... 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 5 RBI ! PHI A+ Welinson Baez..... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 RBI BOS A+ Jason Place....... 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 LD ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK A+ Trevor Cahill..... 6 2 3 3 9 2 0 BOS AA Michael Bowden.... 6 4 1 1 6 0 0 LA AA Clayton Kershaw... 7 6 1 0 5 1 0 PIT AA Jimmy Barthmaier.. 4 8 5 5 7 1 0 TEX A Neftali Feliz..... 5 6 1 0 8 1 0 TEX AAA Dustin Nippert.... 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 TOR AAA Davis Romero...... 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 STL AA Jaime Garcia...... 6 5 1 1 5 3 0 OAK AA Andrew Bailey..... 6 3 3 3 6 2 1 CLE A+ Neil Wagner....... 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 ATL AA Todd Redmond...... 7 11 4 4 4 0 0 13 GB LA AAA Jonathan Meloan... 4 6 5 5 8 5 0 Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BAL 16 13 .552 1.0 14 2 
TB 16 13 .552 1.0 16 0 
NYA 15 16 .484 3.0 15 0 
TOR 13 17 .433 4.5 16 -3 
American League Central
CHA 14 13 .519 0.0 17 -3 
MIN 14 14 .500 0.5 13 1 
CLE 14 15 .483 1.0 15 -1 
DET 14 16 .467 1.5 14 0 
KC 12 16 .429 2.5 11 1 
American League West
LAA 18 13 .581 0.0 16 2 
OAK 18 13 .581 0.0 20 -2 
SEA 13 17 .433 4.5 15 -2 
TEX 12 18 .400 5.5 11 1 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 17 13 .567 0.0 16 1 
NYN 15 12 .556 0.5 14 1 
FLA 16 13 .552 0.5 13 3 
ATL 13 15 .464 3.0 17 -4 
WAS 12 18 .400 5.0 11 1 
National League Central
STL 19 11 .633 0.0 19 0 
CHN 17 12 .586 1.5 19 -2 
MIL 16 13 .552 2.5 14 2 
HOU 14 16 .467 5.0 15 -1 
PIT 12 17 .414 6.5 12 0 
CIN 12 18 .400 7.0 13 -1 
National League West
ARI 20 9 .690 0.0 19 1 
LAN 16 13 .552 4.0 18 -2 
SF 13 17 .433 7.5 11 2 
COL 11 18 .379 9.0 11 0 
SD 11 19 .367 9.5 10 1 