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THT Daily: Sac Flies in Chicagoby Matthew CarruthMay 09, 2007 Major League News for May 9LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Stats LinksAnother K - Florida Marlins hitters are on pace to set a major league record for strikeouts in a season. Also, they lead the NL in runs, slugging and total bases. But, yeah, strikeouts are bad. Wells has Good Humor - Vernon Wells signed a lengthy message on a baseball for a heckler. Well played, Vernon. Ho-rrible - This about sums up Mariner fans' thoughts on Horacio Ramirez. No Surgery for You - Orioles LHP Adam Loewen recieved a second opinion that rest and rehab would be enough for the stress fracture in his elbow. Loewen will be sidelined about 10 weeks. You Can Leave Your Glove at Home - David Appelman looks at the approximate odds of a fan catching a ball during a game. Pitchers are Soft - At least Al Doyle thinks they might be. Doyle thinks that farm life could have helped contribute to more durable pitchers back in the day. Fast Acting Relief - Mike Pindelski counts off the 10 best bullpens so far in 2007 according to WXRL. 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 news items are provided by RotoworldCliff Lee pitched a three-hitter Tuesday in the Indians' 5-1 win over the Angels. Only Reggie Willits, who singled in a run and drew both of the Angels' walks, gave Lee much trouble in his second start back from the DL. It was the third career complete game for Lee, who earned his 50th victory. He's never recorded a shutout. Jason Giambi had X-rays after Tuesday's game that revealed a bone spur in his left foot. Giambi expects to play through the problem and be in the lineup for Wednesday's game. "It's manageable," Giambi said. "It's not to the point where I can't stand on it." It probably is going to be a problem if he's asked to play first base, though, and with interleague play coming up, he could be looking at some time off. Justin Morneau's second homer of the game was a walkoff, three-run shot off Nick Masset in the bottom of the 10th as the Twins beat the White Sox 7-4 on Tuesday. Morneau had a solo homer off Javier Vazquez before the game-winner was launched into the upper deck. Morneau was hardly looking like an MVP candidate at this time last year, as he was hitting .206/.270/.402 on May 8. He's currently at .274/.355/.524, and there's little doubt that he can do better. Josh Beckett won a seventh straight start by allowing one run over seven innings Tuesday against the Blue Jays. Beckett gave up a homer to Alex Rios on his very first pitch of the night, but that was all the damage the Jays would do on their way to a seventh straight loss. Beckett allowed five hits, walked one and struck out five. He's the first pitcher this year to seven wins. The Royals have opted to send Zack Greinke to the pen after seven starts with a 1-4 record and a 5.71 ERA. A 5.71 ERA? Three starts in seven tries in which he didn't give up more than one earned run? In most years, that'd make him Kansas City's ace. The Royals keep making moves as if 2007 is the priority, even though the team is obviously destined for last place. Sending Greinke to the pen for a month isn't really a big deal, but replacing him with Luke Hudson when the team could just demote Brian Bannister doesn't seem like a great bet to help in the short- or long-term. The Phillies are planning on holding Ryan Howard out of the starting lineup until Friday in an effort to get him healthy. "We want to give him a rest to see if we can get his aches and pains well," manager Charlie Manuel said. "Things that have been bothering him like his quad and knee. We want to get him 100 percent." Howard was still used as a pinch-hitter on Monday, so it wasn't a complete day off. The same figures to happen the next couple of days. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BAL 8 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 8 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 9 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 SEA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 7 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 6 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 4 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 7 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 3 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 4 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers, 1:05 PM (R) Jason Bergmann (0-3) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (3-0) Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (R) Jason Hirsh (2-2) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (2-2) New York Mets at San Francisco Giants, 3:35 PM (R) John Maine (5-0) vs. (R) Matt Morris (4-1) Philadelphia Phillies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 6:40 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (3-2) vs. (L) Randy Johnson (0-2) Los Angeles Dodgers at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Brett Tomko (0-3) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (5-1) Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Woody Williams (0-5) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (3-1) San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Greg Maddux (2-2) vs. (R) John Smoltz (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (L) Tom Gorzelanny (4-1) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (4-1) American League --------------- Texas Rangers at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Robinson Tejeda (3-2) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (1-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) James Shields (3-0) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (3-2) Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Cha Seung Baek (0-0) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (3-1) Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2) vs. (R) Tomo Ohka (2-3) Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Danny Haren (3-2) vs. (R) Gil Meche (3-1) Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (L) John Danks (0-4) vs. (R) Ramon Ortiz (3-2) Cleveland Indians at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (2-1) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (1-3) 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 21 10 .677 0.0 21 0 THT StatsAccess all of THT’s stats here…
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NYA 15 16 .484 6.0 18 -3 
BAL 15 18 .455 7.0 16 -1 
TB 14 18 .438 7.5 12 2 
TOR 13 19 .406 8.5 15 -2 
American League Central
CLE 20 10 .667 0.0 18 2 
DET 20 11 .645 0.5 18 2 
MIN 17 15 .531 4.0 18 -1 
CHA 14 15 .483 5.5 13 1 
KC 10 23 .303 11.5 12 -2 
American League West
OAK 16 15 .516 0.0 17 -1 
LAA 17 16 .515 0.0 17 0 
SEA 14 14 .500 0.5 12 2 
TEX 13 19 .406 3.5 13 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
ATL 20 12 .625 0.0 18 2 
NYN 20 12 .625 0.0 22 -2 
FLA 15 17 .469 5.0 16 -1 
PHI 14 19 .424 6.5 16 -2 
WAS 9 24 .273 11.5 9 0 
National League Central
MIL 23 10 .697 0.0 20 3 
CHN 15 15 .500 6.5 19 -4 
HOU 15 17 .469 7.5 16 -1 
PIT 14 17 .452 8.0 11 3 
CIN 14 19 .424 9.0 17 -3 
STL 13 18 .419 9.0 10 3 
National League West
LAN 19 14 .576 0.0 19 0 
SD 18 15 .545 1.0 19 -1 
ARI 19 16 .543 1.0 17 2 
SF 17 15 .531 1.5 17 0 
COL 14 19 .424 5.0 14 0 