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THT Daily: NL Takes the Dayby Matthew CarruthJune 14, 2007 Major League News for June 14Today’s LinksPlayer 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/ THT LinksOdd infield - They come from all walks of baseball, but have given Devil Rays fans hope and something to cheer for. They are the Devil Rays infielders. Steady as she goes - The A's extended the contracts of two of their most important properties: general manager Billy Beane and president Mike Crowley, who are now spoken for through 2014. Notable - A's catcher Jason Kendall hit his first home run in 157 games yesterday as part of a 3-for-4 night. Taiwanese hits - Hong-Chih Kuo hit the first home run ever hit by a Taiwanese player in Major League Baseball yesterday, while compatriot Chien-Ming Wang got the win a 4-1 Yankees triumph over the Diamondbacks, driving media coverage on the island to a frenzy. 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 THT Links. Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBud Selig is planning to suspend Jason Giambi next week if he does not cooperate with George Mitchell's investigation on steroid use, a high-ranking MLB official told USA TODAY. It's hard to imagine any such suspension getting past an arbitrator. We're as disgusted with Giambi as anyone, but it's ludicrous to attempt to suspend him for kind of, sort of admitting to something everyone already knew he did, especially when MLB is trying to get players to cooperate with this investigation. Ian Snell gave up seven hits and an unearned run Wednesday in his first career complete game, an 8-1 victory over Texas. Snell is on fire, having surrendered just three earned runs in three starts this month, improving to 6-4 with an ERA just a shade over 2.50. He entered the night eighth in the NL in ERA and he's also moving up the strikeout leaders with another seven tonight. Snell walked just two, throwing 105 pitches in all -- 69 for strikes. We are definitely witnessing the emergence of one of the league's brightest young starters. Braves activated third baseman Chipper Jones from the 15-day disabled list. Jones is in the lineup as a designated hitter tonight. Yunel Escobar is going to move into the utility role with Chipper back, but he'll probably get the start at shortstop tonight with Edgar Renteria still hurting. Devil Rays placed second baseman B.J. Upton on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 9, with a strained left quad. The Rays will go with Ty Wigginton and Josh Wilson at second base until Upton makes it back from the DL. The team is hopeful he won't miss more than the minimum. Huston Street (elbow) reportedly suffered a setback and has been shut down after experiencing pain when he played catch Friday. Street is expected to seek a second opinion on his elbow after initially being diagnosed with no structural damage to the ligament by Dr. Lewis Yocum. The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that Street returning before the All-Star break now "seems unlikely" and reports that surgery is an option. A.J. Burnett will miss at least one start with a strained right shoulder suffered in Tuesday's game. "He's fine," manager John Gibbons said Wednesday. "He'll miss one start. He doesn't need to go on the DL, we don't think." Josh Towers, who was supposed to be skipped, will start Sunday in Burnett's place. Yesterday’s ResultsInter-League WAS 9 BAL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings: Payton: 4-5, 2 2B; Lopez: GW 3B COL 12 BOS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Fogg: 5 IP, 2 R; Holliday: 3-5, 2B NYA 7 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Mussina: 7.2 IP, 2 R; A-Rod, Matsui: HR, 3 RBI SD 9 TB 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Peavy: 7 IP, 0 R; Kouzmanoff: 2B, HR MIL 3 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Hall: 2 2B, GW HR in 8th; Maroth: 7 IP, 1 R STL 7 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Wainwright: 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R MIN 6 ATL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Silva: 9 IP, 0 R; Cuddyer: 2 2B CLE 7 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 6th inning: 6 CLE runs; 2 FLA E; 3 FLA ejections PHI 8 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Rowand: GS HR; Cintron: 3-5, 2 2B CHN 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Marshall: 8 IP, 2 R LAA 6 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Guerrero: 2 2B, 4 RBI; Lackey: 6 IP, 3 R OAK 7 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Kendall: 3-4, HR; Blanton: 7 IP, 3 R PIT 8 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Snell: 9 IP, 1 R; Bautista: 2B, 3B, 3 RBI TOR 7 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) McGowan: 6 IP, 2 R; Clark: 2-3, 3 RS National League LAN 9 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Furcal: 2 3B; Kemp: 3-4; Penny: 7 IP, 1 R
Today’s GamesInter-League ------------ San Diego Padres at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12:10 PM (R) Justin Germano (4-0) vs. (L) JP Howell (1-0) LA Angels of Anaheim at Cincinnati Reds, 12:35 PM (R) Bartolo Colon (5-2) vs. (R) Homer Bailey (1-0) Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Doug Davis (4-7) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (3-4) Milwaukee Brewers at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Ben Sheets (6-3) vs. (R) Chad Durbin (5-2) Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (6-1) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (0-1) Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (0-6) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (5-3) Texas Rangers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (4-4) vs. (L) Tom Gorzelanny (6-3) Cleveland Indians at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM Undecided vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (7-5) Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Jason Simontacchi (3-4) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (3-1) Colorado Rockies at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Jeff Francis (5-5) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (9-0) Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Tim Hudson (6-4) vs. (L) Johan Santana (6-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Kip Wells (2-10) vs. (R) Scott Elarton (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 41 23 .641 0.0 39 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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 KC AAA Billy Butler...... 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 SEA AAA Jeff Clement...... 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 R COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 LA A+ Blake Dewitt...... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 TOR A Travis Snider..... 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 TOR A+ Anthony Hatch..... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes LAA AA Nick Adenhart..... 7 7 2 2 5 2 0 15 GB MIL AA Manny Parra....... 8 4 2 2 9 1 0 BAL AA Radhames Liz...... 6 1 0 0 11 3 0 LA A Clayton Kershaw... 7 4 0 0 8 2 0 MIN A+ Anthony Swarzak... 6 4 1 1 8 1 0 CIN A+ Johnny Cueto...... 7 4 1 1 6 1 0 TEX AA Edinson Volquez... 6 5 4 4 4 0 1 KC AAA Tyler Lumsden..... 8 4 0 0 3 1 0 14 GB NYY AA Alan Horne........ 7 8 2 1 6 2 0 13 OF CIN AA Richie Gardner.... 7 3 2 2 3 1 1 HOU A+ C. Salamida....... 4 4 3 3 5 2 1 7 GB ATL A Jamie Richmond.... 7 4 4 3 2 2 1 Access THT’s stats here…
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NYA 32 31 .508 8.5 37 -5 
TOR 31 34 .477 10.5 32 -1 
TB 29 34 .460 11.5 25 4 
BAL 29 36 .446 12.5 32 -3 
American League Central
CLE 38 26 .594 0.0 36 2 
DET 37 27 .578 1.0 38 -1 
MIN 32 31 .508 5.5 33 -1 
CHA 27 35 .435 10.0 24 3 
KC 25 41 .379 14.0 26 -1 
American League West
LAA 41 25 .621 0.0 39 2 
SEA 35 27 .565 4.0 32 3 
OAK 35 29 .547 5.0 38 -3 
TEX 23 42 .354 17.5 26 -3 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 36 28 .563 0.0 36 0 
ATL 35 31 .530 2.0 32 3 
PHI 35 31 .530 2.0 33 2 
FLA 32 34 .485 5.0 33 -1 
WAS 28 37 .431 8.5 26 2 
National League Central
MIL 35 30 .538 0.0 32 3 
CHN 29 35 .453 5.5 35 -6 
STL 28 34 .452 5.5 24 4 
PIT 28 37 .431 7.0 28 0 
HOU 27 38 .415 8.0 28 -1 
CIN 26 40 .394 9.5 29 -3 
National League West
SD 37 27 .578 0.0 39 -2 
LAN 38 28 .576 0.0 36 2 
ARI 37 29 .561 1.0 34 3 
COL 32 33 .492 5.5 29 3 
SF 30 35 .462 7.5 34 -4 