THT Daily: Red Sox gain lead
by Matthew CarruthMay 05, 2007
Major League News for May 5
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAngels placed outfielder Garret Anderson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 28, with a tear in his right hip flexor tendon. The Angels didn't provide a timetable for his return. An MRI on Friday revealed the tear, and the possibility exists that he'll miss all of May. Reggie Willits will keep on filling in for Anderson. That's not much of a downgrade, but it's still bad news, as it means Willits can't replace Shea Hillenbrand.
Adam Loewen was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left elbow and is likely to miss four months. The Orioles will treat the stress fracture with total rest for two months. After that, it will probably take him at least two months to reemerge as a candidate for the rotation. Both Jeremy Guthrie and Brian Burres figure to be added to the rotation with Loewen joining Jaret Wright on the DL. Garrett Olson could be a candidate for a spot by June or July, but the Orioles are hurting right now.
Marlins optioned RHP Anibal Sanchez to Triple-A Albuquerque. That seems a little extreme, especially since Sanchez had a lower ERA (4.80) than either Dontrelle Willis (5.35) or Scott Olsen (5.63). Still, even though Sanchez hadn't given up more than four runs in any starts, he was nowhere near recapturing 2006 form. Ideally, he'd be right back up after three starts in the minors. We're guessing that Wes Obermueller will replace him in the rotation.
Phillies placed RHP Tom Gordon on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2, with inflammation in his right rotator cuff. It's still a favorable diagnosis for Gordon, who could be back as soon as his 15 days are up. That doesn't mean he'll return to the closer's role after being activated. Brett Myers could secure the role in his absence.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Byrd: 6.2 IP, 1 R SEA 15 NYA 11 (Recap and Boxscore) See below OAK 5 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Swisher: 2B, HR in 9th (.483 WPA); Haren: 7 IP, 2 R DET 6 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Guillen, Butler: 3-4, 2B; Verlander: 7 IP, 2 R BOS 2 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Wakefield: 7 IP, 0 R; Silva: 7 IP, 1 R LAA 5 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Escobar: 7 IP, 1 R TEX 7 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Blalock: 3-4, HR; McCarthy: 6 IP, 1 R National League ATL 4 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Smoltz: 7 IP, 0 R FLA 5 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Ramirez; 4-5; Willingham, Borchard: HR’s in 8th to win CHN 6 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: 2-4, HR, batting .422; Lopez: 2B, 3B COL 6 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings MIL 10 PIT 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Hardy: 4-5, HR; Vargas: 6 IP, 0 R STL 3 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Wainwright: 6 IP, 2 R NYN 5 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Maine: 6 IP, 1 R; Reyes: 3-5, 18th SB SF 6 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Morris: 7 IP, 2 R
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (R) John Patterson (1-4) vs. (L) Rich Hill (3-1) Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (R) Matt Albers (0-1) vs. (R) Kip Wells (1-5) Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants, 3:55 PM (R) Jon Lieber (1-0) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (3-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (2-3) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (3-0) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (L) David Wells (1-1) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (0-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (L) Zach Duke (1-2) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (4-2) Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Aaron Cook (0-1) vs. (R) Aaron Harang (4-0) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (0-0) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (2-1) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 3:55 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (0-4) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (0-2) Chicago White Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:55 PM (R) Jon Garland (0-2) vs. (R) John Lackey (4-2) Cleveland Indians at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-1) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (1-3) Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (L) Joe Kennedy (0-2) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (2-1) Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Julian Tavarez (1-2) vs. (L) Johan Santana (3-2) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (L) Mike Maroth (2-0) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Roy Halladay (4-0) vs. (R) Vicente Padilla (0-4)
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 19 9 .679 0.0 19 0BAL 13 16 .448 6.5 14 -1
TB 13 16 .448 6.5 11 2
TOR 13 16 .448 6.5 15 -2
NYA 12 15 .444 6.5 15 -3
American League Central CLE 17 9 .654 0.0 15 2
DET 17 11 .607 1.0 15 2
MIN 15 14 .517 3.5 16 -1
CHA 12 14 .462 5.0 12 0
KC 10 20 .333 9.0 12 -2
American League West LAA 17 13 .567 0.0 16 1
SEA 13 11 .542 1.0 11 2
OAK 14 14 .500 2.0 15 -1
TEX 11 18 .379 5.5 11 0
National League East Pwins Diff ATL 18 10 .643 0.0 16 2
NYN 18 10 .643 0.0 19 -1
FLA 14 14 .500 4.0 14 0
PHI 13 16 .448 5.5 15 -2
WAS 9 20 .310 9.5 8 1
National League Central MIL 19 10 .655 0.0 17 2
CHN 13 14 .481 5.0 17 -4
PIT 13 15 .464 5.5 10 3
CIN 13 16 .448 6.0 15 -2
HOU 12 16 .429 6.5 13 -1
STL 11 16 .407 7.0 9 2
National League West LAN 17 12 .586 0.0 17 0
SF 15 13 .536 1.5 15 0
SD 15 14 .517 2.0 16 -1
ARI 16 15 .516 2.0 15 1
COL 12 17 .414 5.0 12 0
Game of the Day
It was a slugfest in New York, where the Mariners pounded Kei Igawa and friends for 14 runs in the first five innings to beat the Yankees, 15-11. It was the most runs Seattle has scored in over two years. Raul Ibanez had four hits and the bottom three batters went 8 for 15 with 9 RBI’s.SEATTLE (15) VS NY YANKEES (11) - FINAL
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 .281
A Beltre 3b 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 .255
J Vidro dh 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 .307
R Ibanez lf 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 .278
R Sexson 1b 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 .153
J Guillen rf 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 .269
J Ellison rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
K Johjima c 5 2 3 2 0 1 3 .328
Y Betancourt ss 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 .268
J Lopez 2b 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 .299
Totals 45 15 20 15 4 3 15
BATTING: 2B - A Beltre (4, K Igawa); J Guillen (5, K Igawa); Y Betancourt 2 (5,
K Igawa, C Bean); K Johjima (7, M Myers); R Sexson (7, M Myers). HR - K Johjima
(3, 2nd inning off K Igawa 0 on, 2 Out), A Beltre (4, 3rd inning off K Igawa 1
on, 1 Out), J Lopez (4, 4th inning off K Igawa 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - K Johjima 2
(7), A Beltre 2 (17), Y Betancourt 3 (10), J Lopez 4 (12), J Guillen (10), R
Ibanez 2 (17), R Sexson (16). 2-out RBI - K Johjima, Y Betancourt, J Lopez 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Ibanez 1, J Guillen 1, A Beltre 1.
GIDP - J Lopez, K Johjima. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: PB - K Johjima. DP: 2 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson, E
O'Flaherty-J Lopez-R Sexson).
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 6 2 3 3 0 1 6 .235
D Jeter ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 7 .330
B Abreu dh 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 .252
A Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 1 .367
H Matsui lf 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 .267
J Posada c 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 .337
R Cano 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .276
M Cabrera rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .220
D Mientkiewicz 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 .175
a-J Phelps ph-1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .296
b-J Giambi ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .326
M Cairo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 11 16 11 6 6 22
a-singled to left for D Mientkiewicz in the 7th; b-singled to right for J
Phelps in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - B Abreu (3, C Baek); R Cano (6, C Baek); A Rodriguez (9, E
O'Flaherty). HR - H Matsui (2, 3rd inning off C Baek 0 on, 0 Out), J Damon (2,
7th inning off G Sherrill 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - A Rodriguez 3 (37), J Posada 2
(19), R Cano (12), M Cabrera (9), H Matsui (11), J Damon 3 (12). 2-out RBI - A
Rodriguez 2, J Damon 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, D
Jeter 3, J Posada 1. GIDP - M Cabrera, A Rodriguez. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Rodriguez-D Mientkiewicz, A Rodriguez-R Cano-D
Mientkiewicz).
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SEATTLE - 012 380 100 -- 15
NY YANKEES - 501 200 300 -- 11
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 3 2/3 8 7 7 2 4 1 7.53
E O'Flaherty (W, 1-0) 2 1/3 4 1 1 2 1 0 1.35
G Sherrill 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 3.24
B Morrow 1 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.84
J Putz (S, 6) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.32
NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
K Igawa 4 9 8 8 1 2 3 7.63
C Bean (L, 0-1) 0 2 4 4 2 0 0 12.00
L Vizcaino 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 6.35
M Myers 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 2.20
K Igawa pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.
C Bean pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.
HBP - J Guillen (by M Myers). Pitches-strikes: C Baek 84-51; E O'Flaherty
57-33; G Sherrill 20-13; B Morrow 27-16; J Putz 7-4; K Igawa 78-46; C Bean
18-4; L Vizcaino 21-14; M Myers 42-28. Ground balls-fly balls: C Baek 3-4; E
O'Flaherty 5-1; G Sherrill 1-1; B Morrow 2-2; J Putz 1-1; K Igawa 3-7; C Bean
0-0; L Vizcaino 0-2; M Myers 10-2. Batters faced: C Baek 20; E O'Flaherty 12; G
Sherrill 6; B Morrow 6; J Putz 3; K Igawa 22; C Bean 4; L Vizcaino 7; M Myers
17.
UMPIRES: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Gerry Davis. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Paul
Nauert.
T--3:29. Att--49,519.
Weather: 69 degrees, clear. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.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.
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