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THT Daily: Offday

by Matthew Carruth
September 14, 2007

Major League News for Sept. 14
Today’s Links
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day

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The Final Two Weeks - The Good Phight examines the remaining schedules among the NL wildcard contenders.

Terry Ryan Steps Down - Aaron Gleeman gives his take on Twins GM Terry Ryan's resignation.

What the Future Holds? - R.J. Anderson notices a lot of similarities between the Devil Rays of now and the Athletics of a decade ago. Are the Rays poised for a similar run of success?

Once Again, Same as the Last Time - Dave Cameron examines the 2007 outcomes of "big-name" starting pitcher free agent acquisitions signed this past offseason. Is this how you GMs want to go about rebuilding your rotations?

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Terry Ryan will step down as the Twins' general manager and be replaced by assistant Bill Smith. A shock. Ryan has had an absolutely terrible year, but he still qualifies as one of baseball's top 10 or so GMs based on what he's done in the past. His team has won the AL Central four times in the last seven years. It doesn't sound as if the 52-year-old Ryan is looking for a new challenge. He is expected to stay within the organization as a senior adviser.

Yesterday’s Results
American League
BAL     3  LAA     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     2  NYA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     6  TEX     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
SEA     8  TB      7    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
PHI    12  COL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     5  STL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN     6  HOU     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN     6  SD      3    (Recap and Boxscore)
You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.

First Inning's Major and Minor League Daily Reports:

Today’s Games
National League
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 Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM
  (L) Chuck James (10-10) vs. (L) Matt Chico (5-8)
 Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 7:10 PM
  (L) Jamie Moyer (13-11) vs. (L) Tom Glavine (13-6)
 Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM
  (R) Tom Shearn (2-0) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (12-4)
 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM
  (R) Ian Snell (9-12) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (14-7)
 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM
  (R) Carlos Zambrano (15-12) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (13-10)
 Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM
  (L) Dontrelle Willis (8-15) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (9-9)
 San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (L) Barry Zito (9-12) vs. (R) Chris Young (9-7)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM
  (L) Doug Davis (13-11) vs. (R) Brad Penny (15-4)
 
 American League
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 Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (R) Brian Bannister (12-8) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (17-7)
 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM
  (L) Andy Pettitte (13-8) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12)
 Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM
  (L) Brian Burres (5-5) vs. (R) Jesse Litsch (5-8)
 Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (L) Nate Robertson (7-11) vs. (R) Matt Garza (3-5)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM
  (R) Bartolo Colon (6-6) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (8-16)
 Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM
  (L) Kason Gabbard (6-1) vs. (L) Dan Meyer (0-1)
 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM
  (R) James Shields (12-8) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (12-7)

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     89  58 .605    0.0   93    -4    sparkline graph
NYA     83  63 .568    5.5   88    -5    sparkline graph
TOR     73  73 .500   15.5   77    -4    sparkline graph
BAL     62  83 .428   26.0   64    -2    sparkline graph
TB      61  86 .415   28.0   60     1    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CLE     85  61 .582    0.0   82     3    sparkline graph
DET     80  67 .544    5.5   80     0    sparkline graph
MIN     72  74 .493   13.0   74    -2    sparkline graph
KC      63  82 .434   21.5   69    -6    sparkline graph
CHA     62  84 .425   23.0   57     5    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     86  60 .589    0.0   83     3    sparkline graph
SEA     77  68 .531    8.5   71     6    sparkline graph
OAK     72  76 .486   15.0   74    -2    sparkline graph
TEX     69  77 .473   17.0   70    -1    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     83  62 .572    0.0   80     3    sparkline graph
PHI     77  69 .527    6.5   77     0    sparkline graph
ATL     74  72 .507    9.5   79    -5    sparkline graph
WAS     65  81 .445   18.5   61     4    sparkline graph
FLA     63  83 .432   20.5   65    -2    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     75  71 .514    0.0   78    -3    sparkline graph
MIL     74  71 .510    0.5   72     2    sparkline graph
STL     69  75 .479    5.0   64     5    sparkline graph
CIN     67  79 .459    8.0   68    -1    sparkline graph
PIT     65  81 .445   10.0   66    -1    sparkline graph
HOU     63  83 .432   12.0   62     1    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     83  64 .565    0.0   71    12    sparkline graph
SD      78  67 .538    4.0   79    -1    sparkline graph
LAN     77  69 .527    5.5   77     0    sparkline graph
COL     76  70 .521    6.5   79    -3    sparkline graph
SF      66  80 .452   16.5   71    -5    sparkline graph


Wildcard Standings
American League             
NYA     83  63 .568    0.0
DET     80  67 .544    3.5
SEA     77  68 .531    5.5
TOR     73  73 .500   10.0
MIN     72  74 .493   11.0
National League             
SD      78  67 .538    0.0
PHI     77  69 .527    1.5
LAN     77  69 .527    1.5
COL     76  70 .521    2.5
MIL     74  71 .510    4.0

Game of the Day
Trying to pull out of a death spiral, the Mariners mounted a big comeback yesterday to beat the Devil Rays, 8-7. Trailing 7-1 in the bottom of the seventh (win probability of 2%), the Mariners strung together singles and doubles in the bottom of the seventh and eighth to score seven runs and take the game. Two doubles were contributed by Yuniesky Betancourt in the comeback. It was only the Mariners' fourth win in their last 19 games.
TAMPA BAY (7) VS SEATTLE (8) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
B Harris 2b             5  2  1  1   0  1   2  .283
G Norton dh             3  1  1  3   2  0   0  .222
C Pena 1b               3  1  1  1   2  1   0  .279
B Upton cf              3  0  2  2   1  0   3  .312
D Young rf              4  0  0  0   0  2   5  .293
J Gomes lf              4  0  0  0   0  2   0  .241
R Casanova c            4  1  1  0   0  1   0  .250
J Guzman 3b             4  1  2  0   0  1   0  .313
J Velandia ss           4  1  2  0   0  1   1  .500

Totals                 34  7 10  7   5  9  11

BATTING: 2B - C Pena (29, J Weaver); J Velandia (1, S White); J Guzman (1, S 
White). HR - G Norton (4, 6th inning off S White 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Upton 2 
(80), B Harris (57), G Norton 3 (20), C Pena (111). 2-out RBI - B Upton, G 
Norton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. GIDP - D Young, 
B Upton. Team LOB - 5. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - B Upton (17, 2nd base off J Weaver/K Johjima). CS - J Gomes 
(2, 2nd base by S White/K Johjima), B Upton (8, 2nd base by R Rowland-Smith). 
 
FIELDING: PB - R Casanova. DP: 2 (J Velandia-B Harris-C Pena, B Harris-C 
Pena). 
 
SEATTLE                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
I Suzuki cf             4  0  3  2   1  1   0  .351
A Beltre 3b             5  0  1  1   0  0   3  .281
R Ibanez lf             4  1  1  0   1  2   3  .283
 J Burke c              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .316
J Guillen rf            3  1  1  0   1  2   0  .290
B Broussard 1b          4  0  1  0   0  1   2  .286
J Vidro dh              3  1  0  0   1  0   1  .317
K Johjima c             4  1  2  1   0  2   1  .287
 J Lopez pr-2b          0  1  0  0   0  0   0  .259
W Bloomquist 2b         2  1  0  0   1  0   0  .280
 a-J Reed ph            1  1  1  0   0  0   0  .300
 A Jones lf             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .279
Y Betancourt ss         4  1  2  3   0  0   1  .291

Totals                 34  8 12  7   5  8  11

a-singled to right for W Bloomquist in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - K Johjima (28, J Hammel); Y Betancourt 2 (37, G Balfour, D 
Wheeler). RBI - I Suzuki 2 (62), Y Betancourt 3 (63), K Johjima (59), A Beltre 
(92). 2-out RBI - I Suzuki, K Johjima, Y Betancourt 2, A Beltre. Runners left 
in scoring position, 2 out - B Broussard 1, R Ibanez 2. GIDP - A Beltre, J 
Vidro. Team LOB - 7. 
 
FIELDING: E - W Bloomquist (5, ground ball). DP: 2 (A Beltre-K Johjima-B 
Broussard, W Bloomquist-Y Betancourt-B Broussard). 
 
----------------------------------------------------
    TAMPA BAY       - 140 002 000   --   7
    SEATTLE         - 000 010 25x   --   8
----------------------------------------------------

TAMPA BAY                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Hammel                      6       5   1   1   0   6   0   6.13
G Balfour                       1/3   2   2   2   2   1   0   5.89
S Dohmann (H, 4)                2/3   0   2   2   2   0   0   3.81
D Wheeler (L, 0-4; B, 2)      1       5   3   3   1   1   0   6.63

SEATTLE                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Weaver                      1 1/3   6   5   5   2   1   0   6.34
S White                       4 1/3   3   2   2   3   2   1   6.32
R Rowland-Smith (W, 1-0)      2 1/3   1   0   0   0   5   0   4.05
J Putz (S, 38)                1       0   0   0   0   1   0   1.38

S Dohmann pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

IBB - I Suzuki (by D Wheeler). Pitches-strikes: J Hammel 97-62; G Balfour 
20-10; S Dohmann 15-6; D Wheeler 32-17; J Weaver 45-25; S White 55-29; R 
Rowland-Smith 30-21; J Putz 12-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Hammel 5-7; G 
Balfour 0-0; S Dohmann 2-0; D Wheeler 2-0; J Weaver 2-1; S White 9-1; R 
Rowland-Smith 1-0; J Putz 1-1. Batters faced: J Hammel 23; G Balfour 5; S 
Dohmann 3; D Wheeler 8; J Weaver 12; S White 17; R Rowland-Smith 7; J Putz 3. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Tom Hallion. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Chris Guccione. 3B--Phil 
Cuzzi. 

T--3:04. Att--23,991. 
Weather: 68 degrees, clear. Wind: 0 mph, n/a.

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