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THT Daily: One Day Moreby Matthew CarruthOctober 01, 2007 Major League News for October 1Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksIn San Diego - Coming into the playoff game today, Dex of Gaslamp Ball provides a good view from the Padres perspective. In Denver - When you find yourself going 13-1 down the stretch to eek into a one-game playoff, it all must seem surreal no? In Philadelphia - You certainly get the surreal vibe in Philadelphia where fans can actually celebrate their amazing comeback and not worry about a playoff game today. Cool Standings - For those that don't know, Cool Standings provides a daily update on team's playoff chances. They also keep an archive for each day. It's pretty fun to go back and look at the odds for various teams. For instance, the Rockies had a 4.2% of making the playoffs three days ago. The Mets had a 99.7% chance back on September 12 and the Brewers had an 88.8% chance back on July 2. From the Other Side - For 21 other teams, it is now officially the offseason. 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 . Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldUbaldo Jimenez fanned 10 while allowing one run in six-plus innings Sunday in the Rockies' win over the Diamondbacks. Jimenez gave up just one hit through six shutout innings. He was pulled in the seventh after back-to-back walks to start the inning, and he lost a chance at a win when one of the runners came around to score. Still, it was a stellar outing for the 23-year-old and the Rockies now control their own destiny as they prepare to face Jake Peavy at Coors Field on Monday. Ryan Howard went 3-for-4 with his 47th homer and three RBI as the Phillies beat the Nationals 6-1 on Sunday to claim the NL East. Howard homered in a fourth straight game, giving him seven in the last 10 games. He finishes at .267/.391/.578 with 47 homers and 136 RBI in 144 games. He'll finish second in the NL in homers and first or second in RBI. Matt Holliday is one behind him there with the Rockies still playing. Howard did strike out once today, but he came up one shy of the 200-K barrier. Jimmy Rollins tripled Sunday to become the fourth player in major league history to collect 20 doubles, 20 triples, 20 homers and 20 steals. Curtis Granderson did it earlier this year. Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte were the only other players to do it. Rollins isn't the greatest MVP candidate, but he certainly had a historic season. Besides the 20-20-20-20, he took over as the all-time single-season leader in at-bats (716) and plate appearances (778) while starting all 162 games for the Phillies. X-rays revealed that Carlos Delgado suffered a fractured left hand when he was hit by a Dontrelle Willis pitch on Sunday. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League NYA 10 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 BOS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 8 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 13 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 3 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League FLA 8 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 8 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 ATL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 11 SD 6 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 6 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 11 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 7:37 PM (R) Jake Peavy (19-6) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (10-9) 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 96 66 .593 0.0 102 -6 Game of the DayThe Rockies forced another day of "regular season" baseball by beating the Diamondbacks, 4-3, and tying the Padres (who lost to the Brewers, 11-6) for the wildcard. Ubaldo Jimenez had a tremendous game for Colorado, pitching a no-hitter for five innings and striking out ten batters in 6.1 innings. The Rockies did most of their damage in the bottom of the eighth, scoring three runs. Brad Hawpe, who finished the season on a red-hot streak, was the Rockies’ batting star and contributed a key double in the eighth. The Dbacks made things interesting in the ninth by scoring two runs, but Manny Corpas managed to escape with the Rockies’ win.ARIZONA (3) VS COLORADO (4) - FINAL
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Bonifacio 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .217
a-J Cirillo ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200
J Upton rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
A Callaspo lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .215
S Drew ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .238
T Clark 1b 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 .249
R Hammock pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
M Reynolds 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .279
J Salazar cf 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 .277
M Montero c 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .224
C Quentin lf-rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .214
Y Petit p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .063
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-C Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .284
D Nippert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-A Ojeda ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .274
Totals 31 3 5 3 6 14 15
a-struck out swinging for E Bonifacio in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for B
Wickman in the 7th; c-hit sacrifice fly to center for B Lyon in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - C Quentin (16, M Corpas). SF - A Ojeda. RBI - C Quentin (31), A
Ojeda (12), A Callaspo (7). 2-out RBI - A Callaspo. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Clark 2, J Cirillo 1, C Quentin 1, S Drew 1, J Salazar 1.
Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Upton (2, 2nd base off U Jimenez/Y Torrealba), J Salazar
2 (2, 2nd base off U Jimenez/Y Torrealba 2), A Callaspo (1, 2nd base off U
Jimenez/Y Torrealba).
FIELDING: E - M Reynolds (11, throw). DP: 1 (B Lyon-M Montero-R Hammock).
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
T Tulowitzki ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .287
M Holliday lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .340
T Helton 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .320
G Atkins 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .299
J Carroll pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
B Hawpe rf 4 0 2 3 0 1 1 .292
R Spilborghs cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .304
J Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Baker ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Y Torrealba c 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .256
U Jimenez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .083
C Sullivan cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .290
Totals 32 4 8 4 4 6 14
a-intentionally walked for B Fuentes in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - T Helton (42, Y Petit); B Hawpe 2 (33, D Slaten, B Murphy). RBI -
B Hawpe 3 (116), G Atkins (110). 2-out RBI - B Hawpe. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - Y Torrealba 1, G Atkins 2, U Jimenez 1, R Spilborghs 1. GIDP
- C Sullivan. Team LOB - 8.
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ARIZONA - 000 000 102 -- 3
COLORADO - 000 001 03x -- 4
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Petit 5 4 0 0 1 4 0 4.58
D Slaten 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.72
B Wickman 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.58
D Nippert (L, 1-1) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 5.56
B Murphy 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 5.68
B Lyon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.68
COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
U Jimenez 6 1/3 1 1 1 4 10 0 4.28
J Julio (B, 7) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.94
B Fuentes (W, 3-5) 1 2/3 0 0 0 2 4 0 2.98
M Corpas (S, 19) 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 2.10
J Julio pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
D Nippert pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
B Murphy pitched to 4 batters in the 8th.
WP - U Jimenez. IBB - J Baker (by B Murphy). HBP - J Upton (by U Jimenez).
Pitches-strikes: Y Petit 78-49; D Slaten 11-6; B Wickman 1-1; D Nippert 17-12;
B Murphy 14-5; B Lyon 8-5; U Jimenez 108-62; J Julio 2-1; B Fuentes 32-17; M
Corpas 23-15. Ground balls-fly balls: Y Petit 3-8; D Slaten 2-0; B Wickman 1-0;
D Nippert 0-2; B Murphy 0-0; B Lyon 2-0; U Jimenez 2-7; J Julio 0-0; B Fuentes
0-1; M Corpas 2-1. Batters faced: Y Petit 20; D Slaten 4; B Wickman 1; D
Nippert 5; B Murphy 4; B Lyon 2; U Jimenez 25; J Julio 1; B Fuentes 7; M Corpas
6.
UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Nelson. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.
T--2:55. Att--46,375.
Weather: 63 degrees, sunny. Wind: 6 mph, out to center.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.  Access THT’s stats here…
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NYA 94 68 .580 2.0 98 -4 
TOR 83 79 .512 13.0 87 -4 
BAL 69 93 .426 27.0 70 -1 
TB 66 96 .407 30.0 66 0 
American League Central
CLE 96 66 .593 0.0 92 4 
DET 88 74 .543 8.0 89 -1 
MIN 79 83 .488 17.0 80 -1 
CHA 72 90 .444 24.0 66 6 
KC 69 93 .426 27.0 74 -5 
American League West
LAA 94 68 .580 0.0 90 4 
SEA 88 74 .543 6.0 79 9 
OAK 76 86 .469 18.0 79 -3 
TEX 75 87 .463 19.0 78 -3 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 89 73 .549 0.0 88 1 
NYN 88 74 .543 1.0 86 2 
ATL 84 78 .519 5.0 89 -5 
WAS 73 89 .451 16.0 70 3 
FLA 71 91 .438 18.0 72 -1 
National League Central
CHN 85 77 .525 0.0 87 -2 
MIL 83 79 .512 2.0 83 0 
STL 78 84 .481 7.0 71 7 
HOU 73 89 .451 12.0 72 1 
CIN 72 90 .444 13.0 74 -2 
PIT 68 94 .420 17.0 69 -1 
National League West
ARI 90 72 .556 0.0 79 11 
COL 89 73 .549 1.0 91 -2 
SD 89 73 .549 1.0 89 0 
LAN 82 80 .506 8.0 82 0 
SF 71 91 .438 19.0 77 -6 
Wildcard Standings
American League
NYA 94 68 .580 0.0
SEA 88 74 .543 6.0
DET 88 74 .543 6.0
TOR 83 79 .512 11.0
MIN 79 83 .488 15.0
National League
SD 89 73 .549 0.0
COL 89 73 .549 0.0
NYN 88 74 .543 1.0
ATL 84 78 .519 5.0
MIL 83 79 .512 6.0