THT Daily: Record Tied
by Matthew CarruthAugust 07, 2007
Major League News for August 7
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAn MRI revealed a small tear in the right quadriceps of Alfonso Soriano, increasing his estimated time on the sidelines to as much as six weeks. "The latest from the MRI was that there is a small tear in the quad," manager Lou Piniella said before Monday night's game against Houston. "It's about one centimeter. We think he'll be out four-to-six weeks. We think it will be around Labor Day. We were expecting this. It could have been worse." Well, it is worse than what we were originally told -- that Soriano would only miss two-to-four weeks. This is a mjor blow to a Cubs team that's been baseball's best since early June.
Red Sox activated RHP Curt Schilling from the 15-day disabled list. Schilling started Monday night against the Angels and threw 83 pitches in a 4-2 loss. LHP Javier Lopez was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket to make room for him on the roster.
Cubs purchased the contract of IF/OF Eric Patterson from Triple-A Iowa. It's surprising that they aren't turning to Felix Pie with Alfonso Soriano heading to the disabled list, but Patterson is a also a very good prospect and hit .299 with 14 homers, 62 RBI and 16 stolen bases at Triple-A. Patterson began the season as a second baseman, but has recently converted to the outfield and figures to play there in Chicago, perhaps in a platoon with Matt Murton. Corey Patterson's younger brother, Cubs fans are no doubt hoping that Eric pans out a little better.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 5 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Guillen: 3-4, 2B, 3B CLE 4 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Byrd: 9 IP, 0 R LAA 4 BOS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 9 TEX 7 (Recap and Boxscore) 13 innings National League HOU 2 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; only 8 H for both teams combined STL 10 SD 5 (Recap and Boxscore) STL: 10 straight hits in fifth COL 6 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Fogg: 7 IP, 2 R SF 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings; Lannan/Lincecum: 7 IP, 1 R
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Florida Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Rick Vanden Hurk (3-2) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (9-8) Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Buddy Carlyle (6-3) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (10-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Mark Hendrickson (4-5) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (4-12) Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (L) Sean Marshall (5-5) vs. (R) Woody Williams (5-12) San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Jake Peavy (11-5) vs. (R) Anthony Reyes (1-10) Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (L) Chris Capuano (5-8) vs. (R) Jason Hirsh (4-7) Pittsburgh Pirates at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Tom Gorzelanny (9-6) vs. (R) Micah Owings (5-5) Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Mike Bacsik (5-6) vs. (L) Barry Zito (8-10) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (2-10) vs. (R) Steve Trachsel (5-7) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Jason Hammel (1-1) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (6-9) New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Roger Clemens (3-5) vs. (R) Josh Towers (5-8) Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Boof Bonser (5-7) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (7-6) Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Jake Westbrook (2-6) vs. (L) John Danks (6-8) Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (8-7) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (4-1) Boston Red Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (13-9) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (5-0)
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 68 44 .607 0.0 69 -1NYA 62 50 .554 6.0 70 -8
TOR 56 55 .505 11.5 59 -3
BAL 52 58 .473 15.0 56 -4
TB 42 69 .378 25.5 40 2
American League Central CLE 63 49 .563 0.0 62 1
DET 62 49 .559 0.5 63 -1
MIN 57 54 .514 5.5 57 0
CHA 52 59 .468 10.5 46 6
KC 48 62 .436 14.0 51 -3
American League West LAA 65 46 .586 0.0 62 3
SEA 60 49 .550 4.0 54 6
OAK 54 59 .478 12.0 58 -4
TEX 48 64 .429 17.5 50 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 63 48 .568 0.0 61 2
ATL 59 53 .527 4.5 60 -1
PHI 58 53 .523 5.0 60 -2
FLA 52 60 .464 11.5 52 0
WAS 51 61 .455 12.5 47 4
National League Central MIL 60 53 .531 0.0 59 1
CHN 58 53 .523 1.0 61 -3
STL 51 58 .468 7.0 45 6
HOU 49 63 .438 10.5 49 0
CIN 47 64 .423 12.0 50 -3
PIT 44 64 .407 13.5 44 0
National League West ARI 63 50 .558 0.0 53 10
SD 60 51 .541 2.0 61 -1
LAN 58 53 .523 4.0 58 0
COL 57 54 .514 5.0 57 0
SF 48 62 .436 13.5 54 -6
Wildcard Standings American League DET 62 49 .559 0.0 NYA 62 50 .554 0.5 SEA 60 49 .550 1.0 MIN 57 54 .514 5.0 TOR 56 55 .505 6.0 National League SD 60 51 .541 0.0 ATL 59 53 .527 1.5 PHI 58 53 .523 2.0 LAN 58 53 .523 2.0 CHN 58 53 .523 2.0
Top Minor League Games
The 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 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 5 RBI ! LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 RBI OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 R MIN A+ Erik Lis.......... 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 RBI ! PIT A+ Brad Corley....... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 TB A+ Sergio Pedroza.... 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 CHC A+ Ryan Harvey....... 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 OAK AA Richie Robnett.... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 OAK AA Myron Leslie...... 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 ARI AAA Alberto Callaspo.. 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 ARI AA Aaron Cunningham.. 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 STL AAA Skip Schumaker.... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BOS AAA Clay Buchholz..... 7 4 1 1 9 0 0 SD AA William Inman..... 7 3 1 1 9 1 0 CIN AA Matthew Maloney... 8 3 3 3 9 1 2 BOS A- Jose Capellan..... 6 5 4 3 6 0 0 12 GB COL A Aneury Rodriguez.. 5 2 0 0 7 1 0 CLE AAA Jeremy Sowers..... 6 6 5 3 3 2 0 CIN A Alexander Smit.... 5 5 1 0 5 2 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 6 4 2 2 5 2 1 FLA AA C. Volstad........ 6 4 1 1 3 3 0 11 GB MIN AAA Kevin Slowey...... 6 8 1 1 2 1 0 TEX AA A. Galarraga...... 4 6 4 4 6 3 0 WAN A Jhonny Nunez...... 5 4 2 0 5 5 0
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.