December 4, 2008
Now shipping The 2009 Hardball Times Annual is now available. You can read about it here, but just make sure you order it directly from ACTA today. 
Rich Barbieri John Barten Sal Baxamusa John Beamer Brian Borawski John Brattain Craig Brown Matthew Carruth Derek Carty Alex Eisenberg Mike Fast David Gassko
Brandon Isleib
Chris Jaffe Josh Kalk Chris Neault Dave Studeman Steve Treder Bryan Tsao Tuck! John Walsh Geoff Young And here's the full roster. StubHub is where fans buy and sell Yankees Tickets, Red Sox Tickets, White Sox Tickets, Mets Tickets and all other baseball tickets. If you are looking for World Series Tickets, ALCS Tickets or NLCS Tickets, you can find them at StubHub! More hot selling tickets include: Cubs Tickets, Astros Tickets, Dodgers Tickets, Angels Tickets and Detroit Tigers Tickets. Gear up for baseball season with Chicago White Sox tickets and New York Yankees tickets. LA Angels tickets, Houston Astros tickets, and Atlanta Braves tickets are hot sellers! You can get Boston Red Sox tickets, San Diego Padres tickets or Chicago Cubs tickets for your favorite baseball fan. Coast to Coast Tickets has the best MLB tickets like Minnesota Twins tickets, LA Dodgers tickets, Milwaukee Brewers tickets, New York Met tickets and St. Louis Cardinals tickets.
Or you can search by:
THT's Toolbox All content on this site (including text, graphs, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License. |
THT Daily: Padres winby Matthew CarruthSeptember 20, 2007 Major League News for September 20Today’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 LinksComing soon. Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAlbert Pujols fears his strained left calf could cost him the rest of the season. The Cardinals are done anyway, so there's no reason for him to push it. Besides, it's not like it's the only leg problem he's had. "I can't make that decision right now, it will be up to the trainers. ... But as of right now, no [I don't think I could play]," Pujols said. "Anything's possible, I guess. If I feel like I can play, I'll play." Scott Spiezio will get a lot of at-bats in his place. Mark Mulder's rotator cuff remains damaged, an MRI revealed Wednesday, so he's scheduled to undergo another shoulder surgery. Mulder's labrum has healed, but the rotator cuff is still giving him problems. It's possible his 2008 will be a carbon copy of his 2007, as he could say he's returning in July and then eventually come back in September at 50-60 percent. It looks like the Cardinals might get nothing in return for the $13 million they invested in him as he was coming off major shoulder surgery last winter. The Reds are calling Ken Griffey Jr.'s injury a lower abdominal strain. It looked serious enough to potentially end his season. Griffey will return to Cincinnati to be examined rather than travel with the Reds for Thursday's game in San Francisco. Andy Pettitte earned victory No. 200 of his career after allowing one run in 7 1/3 innings against the Orioles. The Yankee offense took the night off against Brian Burres, but the team still made up another game on the Red Sox after winning 2-1. It's the first time this year Pettitte has won a game in which the Yankees didn't score at least five runs. He's 14-8 with a 3.79 ERA. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League NYA 2 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 7 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 2 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 9 OAK 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 5 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 8 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings STL 2 PHI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings ARI 6 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (12-12) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (3-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Diego Padres, 3:35 PM (R) Matt Morris (9-10) vs. (R) Brett Tomko (3-11) New York Mets at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (L) Tom Glavine (13-6) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (9-15) Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (8-12) vs. (R) Jason Bergmann (5-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Jeff Suppan (10-11) vs. (R) Jeff Bennett (0-0) Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (8-13) vs. (R) Braden Looper (12-10) Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Homer Bailey (2-2) vs. (R) Matt Cain (7-15) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Jon Garland (9-12) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (6-6) Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Victor Zambrano (0-2) vs. (R) Brandon McCarthy (5-10) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Ryan Feierabend (1-4) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (12-7) 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 90 63 .588 0.0 95 -5 Game of the DayThe Padres won their sixth straight game and stayed within one game of the division-leading Diamondbacks by beating the Pirates 5-3. Couple with Philadelphia’s loss, the Padres now lead the wildcard race by two-and-a-half games.The game was won in dramatic fashion, with a two-out, three-run home run by Scott Hairston in the bottom of the ninth. Ian Snell pitched extremely well for Pittsburgh, and Chris Young pitched a decent game for the Pads. PITTSBURGH (3) VS SAN DIEGO (5) - FINAL
PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Morgan cf 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 .242
N McLouth lf 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 .254
F Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .308
A LaRoche 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .273
X Nady rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286
J Bautista 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .258
R Paulino c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263
C Izturis ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .253
I Snell p 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Totals 29 3 5 3 2 8 9
BATTING: 2B - N McLouth (21, C Young). 3B - N Morgan (2, C Young). SF - F
Sanchez , N McLouth. RBI - N McLouth 2 (34), F Sanchez (79). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - A LaRoche 2, X Nady 1. GIDP - R Paulino. Team LOB -
4.
BASERUNNING: SB - N Morgan 2 (4, 2nd base off C Young/J Bard, 3rd base off C
Young/J Bard), N McLouth (20, 2nd base off C Young/J Bard).
FIELDING: Outfield assists - N Morgan (S Hairston at 2nd base). PB - R
Paulino. DP: 1 (A LaRoche-C Izturis-F Sanchez).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .278
G Blum 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .249
a-M Ensberg ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
b-T Sledge ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .205
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Cameron cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .246
A Gonzalez 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .279
B Clark pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240
K Greene ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .256
K Kouzmanoff 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .267
S Hairston lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .250
J Bard c 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .275
C Stansberry pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
M Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
C Young p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .116
J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-O Robles ph-2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Totals 30 5 7 5 3 6 8
a-hit for G Blum in the 8th; b-struck out looking for M Ensberg in the 8th;
c-sacrificed to pitcher for J Thatcher in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - B Giles (22, I Snell); A Gonzalez (41, M Capps). HR - S Hairston
(8, 9th inning off M Capps 2 on, 2 Out). S - O Robles. RBI - A Gonzalez 2 (90),
S Hairston 3 (28). 2-out RBI - S Hairston 3. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - T Sledge 1. GIDP - C Young. Team LOB - 3.
BASERUNNING: SB - M Cameron (18, 2nd base off I Snell/R Paulino).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (G Blum-K Greene-A Gonzalez).
----------------------------------------------------
PITTSBURGH - 102 000 000 -- 3
SAN DIEGO - 200 000 003 -- 5
Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------
PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
I Snell 7 4 2 1 2 5 0 3.83
S Chacon (H, 12) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.94
D Marte (H, 15) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.22
M Capps (L, 4-7; B, 3) 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2.37
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
C Young 6 5 3 3 2 5 0 2.83
J Thatcher 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.64
C Meredith (W, 5-6) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.47
HBP - N Morgan (by C Young). Pitches-strikes: I Snell 92-56; S Chacon 2-2; D
Marte 1-1; M Capps 26-16; C Young 96-67; J Thatcher 22-17; C Meredith 12-8.
Ground balls-fly balls: I Snell 9-6; S Chacon 1-0; D Marte 1-0; M Capps 0-2; C
Young 7-6; J Thatcher 3-1; C Meredith 2-0. Batters faced: I Snell 25; S Chacon
2; D Marte 1; M Capps 6; C Young 25; J Thatcher 6; C Meredith 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Dana Demuth. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Doug
Eddings.
T--2:34. Att--26,354.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, out to right.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…
Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to our weekly mailbag We also welcome unsolicited op-ed pieces of approximately 500 words for consideration. We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity and consistency of style. Please include your whole name and location to be considered. If you have a comment about this specific article, please email the writer. Next Article: Baseball injury report>> <<Previous Article: BOB: Cubs Sale news and a spring training groundbreaking | |||||
NYA 88 64 .579 1.5 92 -4 
TOR 77 75 .507 12.5 81 -4 
BAL 64 87 .424 25.0 66 -2 
TB 63 90 .412 27.0 63 0 
American League Central
CLE 90 62 .592 0.0 86 4 
DET 83 70 .542 7.5 83 0 
MIN 75 77 .493 15.0 77 -2 
CHA 66 86 .434 24.0 61 5 
KC 65 86 .430 24.5 70 -5 
American League West
LAA 90 62 .592 0.0 86 4 
SEA 81 70 .536 8.5 73 8 
OAK 74 80 .481 17.0 76 -2 
TEX 70 82 .461 20.0 73 -3 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 84 67 .556 0.0 81 3 
PHI 82 70 .539 2.5 81 1 
ATL 79 73 .520 5.5 83 -4 
WAS 68 84 .447 16.5 65 3 
FLA 65 87 .428 19.5 67 -2 
National League Central
CHN 80 73 .523 0.0 81 -1 
MIL 78 73 .517 1.0 77 1 
STL 71 80 .470 8.0 67 4 
CIN 69 83 .454 10.5 70 -1 
HOU 66 86 .434 13.5 65 1 
PIT 66 86 .434 13.5 67 -1 
National League West
ARI 86 67 .562 0.0 74 12 
SD 84 67 .556 1.0 84 0 
COL 80 72 .526 5.5 83 -3 
LAN 79 73 .520 6.5 79 0 
SF 67 85 .441 18.5 72 -5 
Wildcard Standings
American League
NYA 88 64 .579 0.0
DET 83 70 .542 5.5
SEA 81 70 .536 6.5
TOR 77 75 .507 11.0
MIN 75 77 .493 13.0
National League
SD 84 67 .556 0.0
PHI 82 70 .539 2.5
COL 80 72 .526 4.5
ATL 79 73 .520 5.5
LAN 79 73 .520 5.5