THT Daily: Reds sweep Braves
by Matthew CarruthJuly 19, 2007
Major League News for July 19
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldAngels optioned RHP Ervin Santana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Mike Napoli replaces him on the roster. Santana gave up 16 runs in his final two starts and was 5-11 with a 6.28 ERA overall. He still has a rather bright future ahead of him, but this is the right move. The Angels will likely call up Joe Saunders to replace him in the rotation.
Derrek Lee has dropped his appeal of a five-game suspension that was handed down following his June 16 fight with Padres pitcher Chris Young. The Cubs have Monday off, so Lee will rest six straight days. The Cubs will go with Daryle Ward and Mark DeRosa at first base for the next five days. Mike Fontenot figures to start at second when DeRosa plays first.
The Twins are calling Torii Hunter day-to-day with a mild left hamstring strain. Hunter's hamstring was bothering him even before he tweaked it Wednesday against the Tigers. The Twins might want to rest him through the weekend in order to get him closer to 100 percent, but we're guessing Hunter will try to make it back in a couple of days.
Scott Rolen left the Cardinals in Florida and returned to St. Louis to have his left shoulder examined by team physician Dr. George Paletta. It's been obvious for some time now that he isn't nearly 100 percent. Rolen could receive a cortisone shot and rejoin the team this weekend. Still, he's not a very good bet for the rest of the year. Brendan Ryan and Aaron Miles will fill in at third base.
Erik Bedard will not pitch Wednesday because of neck stiffness. The plan is for him to face the A's on Friday. Daniel Cabrera will make his second start this year on three days' rest in Bedard's place tonight.
Yesterday’s Results
American League KC 6 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 6 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Clemens: 6 IP, 1 R; Rios: 4-5 TB 7 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Kazmir: 7 IP, 1 R CHA 5 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Buehrle: 6.1 IP, 1 R DET 3 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Ordonez: 2B, HR; Miller: 5 IP, 1 R; Cuddyer: 4-4 OAK 6 TEX 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DiNardo: 7 IP, 0 R SEA 6 BAL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Payton: 2B, HR National League CIN 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below STL 6 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Wells: 8 IP, 0 R WAS 7 HOU 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 12 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) K. Hill: 2 2B, 5 RBI; Zambrano: 5 IP, 0 R ARI 5 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Capuano: 7 IP, 2 R; Reynolds: GW HR in 8th COL 5 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Francis: 7 IP, 2 R LAN 5 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Gonzalez: 2B, HR; Maddux: 5 IP, 0 R
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (5-5) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (1-1) San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Matt Morris (7-5) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (9-4) Cincinnati Reds at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Belisle (5-6) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (4-4) Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (0-0) vs. (L) Matt Chico (4-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (L) Mike Maroth (0-2) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (9-5) Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (11-4) vs. (R) Chris Young (8-3) New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Tom Glavine (8-6) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (8-8) American League --------------- LA Angels of Anaheim at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12:10 PM (R) Kelvim Escobar (10-3) vs. (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (1-4) Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) Dustin McGowan (5-5) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (10-4) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 1:10 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (10-1) vs. (R) Scott Baker (4-3) Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Javier Vazquez (6-5) vs. (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-6) Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (L) CC Sabathia (12-4) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (5-7)
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 56 38 .596 0.0 56 0NYA 48 44 .522 7.0 55 -7
TOR 45 49 .479 11.0 47 -2
BAL 42 52 .447 14.0 47 -5
TB 37 56 .398 18.5 35 2
American League Central DET 56 36 .609 0.0 56 0
CLE 55 39 .585 2.0 52 3
MIN 49 45 .521 8.0 51 -2
CHA 42 51 .452 14.5 40 2
KC 41 53 .436 16.0 44 -3
American League West LAA 55 38 .591 0.0 51 4
SEA 53 39 .576 1.5 47 6
OAK 45 50 .474 11.0 49 -4
TEX 41 53 .436 14.5 43 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 52 42 .553 0.0 50 2
ATL 50 45 .526 2.5 48 2
PHI 47 47 .500 5.0 47 0
FLA 45 50 .474 7.5 44 1
WAS 39 55 .415 13.0 36 3
National League Central MIL 53 41 .564 0.0 51 2
CHN 49 44 .527 3.5 52 -3
STL 43 48 .473 8.5 39 4
PIT 40 54 .426 13.0 39 1
CIN 40 55 .421 13.5 45 -5
HOU 40 55 .421 13.5 42 -2
National League West LAN 54 41 .568 0.0 52 2
SD 52 41 .559 1.0 55 -3
ARI 50 46 .521 4.5 45 5
COL 48 46 .511 5.5 47 1
SF 39 53 .424 13.5 44 -5
Game of the Day
The Reds finished a three-game sweep of the Braves by pulling off a 15-inning win yesterday, 5-4. The game was a tense pitching duel between John Smoltz and Aaron Harang for the first six innings, then both teams scored twq runs in the last three frames to force extra innings. Adam Dunn hit a key two-run homer in the eighth.Both teams scored a run in the tenth. The Braves’ Edgar Renteria (who was 4 for 7) scored on a near-home-run-turned-double by Chipper Jones. Two batters later, with runners on first and third and one out, Brandon Phillips made a spectacular leaping grab of a Jeff Francoeur liner to double Jones off third. Four innings later, Phillips was the hero again when he singled home two runs, which were enough to hold off the Braves (who ended the game with pitcher Kyle Davies pinch hitting).
CINCINNATI (5) VS ATLANTA (4) - FINAL IN 15 INNINGS
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Hopper cf-lf 7 2 1 0 0 3 2 .269
J Keppinger 2b-3b 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200
K Griffey Jr rf 5 2 2 0 2 1 0 .287
A Dunn lf 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 .257
R Freel cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .238
S Hatteberg 1b 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 .308
E Encarnacion 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .261
a-B Phillips ph-2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .283
D Ross c 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 .190
P Lopez ss 6 0 3 0 0 1 1 .211
A Harang p 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 .114
J Coutlangus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Valentin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
M Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-J Conine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
K Saarloos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Gosling p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 53 5 10 5 7 16 21
a-grounded to shortstop for E Encarnacion in the 9th; b-grounded to second for
J Coutlangus in the 9th; c-grounded to shortstop for D Weathers in the
11th.
BATTING: 2B - A Harang (1, J Smoltz); P Lopez (1, J Smoltz). HR - A Dunn (26,
8th inning off R Soriano 1 on, 2 Out). S - J Keppinger. RBI - A Dunn 2 (63), S
Hatteberg (31), B Phillips 2 (59). 2-out RBI - A Dunn 2, S Hatteberg, B
Phillips 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Ross 1, A Harang 1, B
Phillips 1, N Hopper 1. GIDP - B Phillips. Team LOB - 11.
FIELDING: DP: 4 (P Lopez-S Hatteberg, J Keppinger-P Lopez-S Hatteberg, B
Phillips-J Keppinger, B Phillips-P Lopez-S Hatteberg).
ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Harris lf 7 0 1 0 0 3 2 .322
E Renteria ss 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 .328
C Jones 3b 7 0 1 1 0 3 3 .333
A Jones cf 6 2 3 0 1 0 2 .216
B McCann c 6 0 2 0 1 2 4 .269
J Francoeur rf 6 0 3 2 0 1 3 .290
K Johnson 2b 6 1 2 0 1 4 3 .291
J Saltalamacchia 1b 6 0 1 1 1 1 4 .287
J Smoltz p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .107
a-C Woodward ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
R Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Y Escobar ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .316
T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-M Diaz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .350
C Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-S Thorman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .212
J Ascanio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-K Davies ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .192
Totals 57 4 18 4 4 19 26
a-sacrificed to pitcher for J Smoltz in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for B
Wickman in the 9th; c-singled to left for O Villarreal in the 11th; d-struck
out swinging for C Paronto in the 13th; e-struck out swinging for J Ascanio in
the 15th.
BATTING: 2B - B McCann (21, A Harang); C Jones (20, D Weathers). 3B - K Johnson
(8, A Harang). S - C Woodward. SF - J Francoeur. RBI - J Saltalamacchia (12), J
Francoeur 2 (63), C Jones (43). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E
Renteria 1, S Thorman 1, K Davies 1, J Saltalamacchia 3. GIDP - E Renteria, B
McCann 2. Team LOB - 14.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Francoeur (2, 2nd base off A Harang/D Ross), C Jones (5,
3rd base off D Weathers/D Ross).
FIELDING: E - K Johnson (7, ground ball). Outfield assists - J Francoeur (P
Lopez at Home). DP: 1 (E Renteria-K Johnson-J Saltalamacchia).
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CINCINNATI - 000 000 020 100 002 -- 5
ATLANTA - 000 000 110 100 001 -- 4
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang 7 2/3 10 2 2 2 8 0 3.63
J Coutlangus 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.98
M Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.18
D Weathers (B, 4) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.35
K Saarloos 2 2/3 4 0 0 0 2 0 5.97
M Gosling (W, 1-0) 2 1/3 2 1 1 1 5 0 4.35
ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Smoltz 7 5 0 0 2 11 0 2.88
R Soriano (B, 2) 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3.29
B Wickman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.36
T Yates 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.61
O Villarreal 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.93
C Paronto 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.72
J Ascanio (L, 0-1) 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1.80
WP - M Gosling. IBB - K Griffey Jr (by T Yates), B McCann (by D Weathers), S
Hatteberg (by J Ascanio). Pitches-strikes: A Harang 118-80; J Coutlangus 5-3; M
Stanton 15-10; D Weathers 18-7; K Saarloos 42-30; M Gosling 38-24; J Smoltz
93-65; R Soriano 23-14; B Wickman 14-6; T Yates 21-12; O Villarreal 10-8; C
Paronto 20-9; J Ascanio 40-25. Ground balls-fly balls: A Harang 7-8; J
Coutlangus 0-0; M Stanton 0-0; D Weathers 0-2; K Saarloos 5-1; M Gosling 1-1; J
Smoltz 4-5; R Soriano 2-0; B Wickman 2-1; T Yates 2-0; O Villarreal 2-0; C
Paronto 5-1; J Ascanio 1-3. Batters faced: A Harang 33; J Coutlangus 1; M
Stanton 3; D Weathers 5; K Saarloos 11; M Gosling 10; J Smoltz 27; R Soriano 5;
B Wickman 4; T Yates 6; O Villarreal 3; C Paronto 6; J Ascanio 10.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Angel Hernandez. 3B--Ted
Barrett.
T--4:31. Att--33,789.
Weather: 86 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, swirling.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.
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 COL A+ C. Nelson......... 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 CIN A Drew Stubbs....... 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 TB AA Reid Brignac...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 CLE AA Ryan Goleski...... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 HOU A Maxwell Sapp...... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 WAN AAA Kory Casto........ 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 OAK AA Richie Robnett.... 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 BOS AA Jed Lowrie........ 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 TOR A Travis Snider..... 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 BOS A+ Ryan Khoury....... 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 OAK AAA Daric Barton...... 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes LAA AA Nick Adenhart..... 6 8 3 3 9 2 0 NYY AA Philip Hughes..... 4 2 1 1 5 2 0 COL AA Franklin Morales.. 8 3 1 1 10 2 0 OAK A Trevor Cahill..... 7 2 1 1 5 1 0 12 GB TB AAA Mitch Talbot...... 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 PHI A+ Joshua Outman..... 7 6 2 2 12 1 2 MIN A+ Jeffrey Manship... 8 5 2 2 8 1 1 FLA A+ Ryan Tucker....... 7 8 3 3 6 1 0 12 GB NYY A+ Kevin Whelan...... 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 ATL A+ Thomas Hanson..... 5 3 1 1 7 2 0 STL A+ Trey Hearne....... 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 FLA AA G. Hernandez...... 6 3 1 1 4 3 0
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