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THT Daily: Schilling and the Padresby Matthew CarruthJune 08, 2007 Major League News for June 8Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksUndervalued? - Are the Cardinals undervaluing Anthony Reyes as they keep him on the farm while using inferior pitchers at the major league level? Or maybe they're just delaying his free agency clock.Walk or Not? - With a runner on third in a tie game at the bottom of the ninth and less than two outs, is it statistically sound to walk runners to set up forces at any base? React Like an Athlete - The ability to react quickly and precisely, so vital in sports, may actually be teachable. 500 - Trevor Hoffman records his 500th save. Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldCurt Schilling lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth Thursday, but still tossed his first shutout since 2003 in a 1-0 win over the A's. Closer than Schilling had ever come to one. It could have been a perfect game for the 40-year-old if not for a Julio Lugo error on a routine grounder in the fifth. The play meant Schilling had to face Shannon Stewart for a fourth time, and Stewart took a first-pitch fastball the other way for a single to break it up. Still, it was an awesome performance for a team in clear need of one. Schilling hadn't pitched a shutout since his final season in Arizona before stopping Boston's four-game losing streak today. Devil Rays selected LHP David Price with the first pick in the 2007 draft. Price was atop most draft boards after going 11-1 with a 2.63 ERA and a 194/31 K/BB ratio in 133 1/3 innings in his junior season at Vanderbilt. The 6-foot-5 left-hander is nearly as ready as Andrew Miller was a year ago, and his mid-90s fastball-slider combination gives him plenty of upside. There's some chance that he'll reach the majors in the second half of the season, though it'd make more sense for the Rays to try out the rest of their Triple-A starters first. Assuming that his heavy college workload doesn't catch up to him, he could be a future No. 1 or No. 2 starter. Aramis Ramirez won't play this weekend after injuring his left knee Wednesday, but the Cubs are hopeful he'll avoid the DL. "He's got a severe case of patella tendinitis and we're going to see how he responds with treatment and with rest over the weekend, and then try to make a decision, probably Monday," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "If we can ride this thing out, I think that's our preference." Cesar Izturis, Mark DeRosa and Ryan Theriot will all play regularly while Ramirez is out. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TB 5 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Crawford: 3-5, Burnett: 7 IP, 13 K NYA 10 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) A-Rod: GS HR; Mussina: 6 IP, 1 R CLE 8 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Carmona: 7 IP, 1 R; Gordon: 4-4, 2B, 3B BOS 1 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Schilling: 9 IP, 1 H; Blanton: 7.1 IP, 1 R DET 11 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Granderson: 2 3B; Teixeira: 2B, HR National League CHN 2 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Hill: 8 IP, 1 R, 11K, 1 BB; James: 7 IP, 2 R PHI 6 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; NYN: 3 straight HR; Maine: 7 IP, 2 R PIT 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Snell, Chico: 7 IP, 2 R; Bay: GW HR in 9th CIN 5 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Encarnacion: 2B, HR; Lohse: 8.1 IP, 1 R SF 5 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings; Feliz, Vizquel: 3-5, key hits COL 7 HOU 6 (Recap and Boxscore) COL: 3 in 9th to win; Tulowitzki: 3-5, 2B, HR SD 6 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) See below Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (L) Sean Marshall (1-2) vs. (R) Lance Cormier (0-1) Inter-League ------------ Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (L) Tom Gorzelanny (6-3) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (3-4) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (L) JP Howell (1-0) vs. (R) Byung-Hyun Kim (3-2) Colorado Rockies at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (L) Jeff Francis (5-4) vs. (R) Steve Trachsel (4-4) New York Mets at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (5-1) vs. (R) Chad Durbin (5-1) Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Cliff Lee (2-3) vs. (R) Homer Bailey (0-0) Washington Nationals at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Jason Simontacchi (2-4) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (3-6) Philadelphia Phillies at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Freddy Garcia (1-4) vs. (R) Scott Elarton (1-2) LA Angels of Anaheim at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Bartolo Colon (5-2) vs. (R) Kip Wells (2-10) Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Chris Sampson (5-5) vs. (L) John Danks (3-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (L) Chris Capuano (5-4) vs. (R) Robinson Tejeda (4-6) Boston Red Sox at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Josh Beckett (8-0) vs. (L) Doug Davis (4-6) Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Miguel Batista (6-4) vs. (R) Justin Germano (4-0) Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (6-1) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (2-0) Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM (R) Dustin McGowan (2-2) vs. (R) Brad Penny (7-1) 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 38 21 .644 0.0 37 1 Game of the DayIt takes a lot to knock out a near-no-hitter as the game of the day, but the Padres did it when they scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Dodgers, 6-5. The Padres entered the ninth behind 5-1, but managed to tie the score before even registering one out, with Adrian Gonzalez and Mike Cameron providing key hits. Reliever Jonathan Broxton, who pitched the entire ninth for the Dodgers (ace reliever Takashi Saito was unavailable) then issued a bases-loaded walk to Russell Branyan, handing the victory to the Padres.The Padres now have sole possession of first place in the NL West. LA DODGERS (5) VS SAN DIEGO (6) - FINAL
LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 5 1 2 3 0 1 2 .295
T Abreu 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .327
N Garciaparra 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279
J Kent 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
L Gonzalez lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .289
J Pierre cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
R Martin c 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .308
A Ethier rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .273
B Clark cf-lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .228
H Kuo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-W Betemit ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .187
C Billingsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-O Saenz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .208
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 5 8 5 4 6 10
a-walked for H Kuo in the 7th; b-walked for J Beimel in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Furcal (13, J Peavy); T Abreu (8, J Peavy). HR - L Gonzalez (7,
8th inning off C Meredith 0 on, 1 Out). S - H Kuo 2. RBI - R Furcal 3 (23), T
Abreu (5), L Gonzalez (21). 2-out RBI - R Furcal 3, T Abreu. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - N Garciaparra 1, R Furcal 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: CS - R Martin (2, 2nd base by J Peavy/J Bard).
FIELDING: E - H Kuo (1, throw); N Garciaparra (4, ground ball).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Giles 2b 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 .272
J Cruz Jr lf-rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .270
J Hampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-P McAnulty ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .207
A Gonzalez 1b 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 .294
J Bard c 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 .254
M Cameron cf 5 0 1 1 0 2 5 .235
K Kouzmanoff 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .212
H Bocachica rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .235
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Branyan ph-lf 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .224
G Blum ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .205
J Peavy p 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .226
T Sledge lf-rf 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .224
Totals 36 6 9 6 7 12 20
a-grounded to third for C Meredith in the 8th; b-reached on infield single to
first for J Hampson in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Peavy (3, H Kuo); A Gonzalez (16, J Broxton). RBI - J Peavy
(4), P McAnulty (4), A Gonzalez 2 (41), M Cameron (25), R Branyan (13). 2-out
RBI - J Peavy. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Giles 1, M Cameron
3, J Peavy 1. Team LOB - 12.
BASERUNNING: SB - H Bocachica (1, 2nd base off H Kuo/R Martin).
FIELDING: PB - J Bard.
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LA DODGERS - 001 000 310 -- 5
SAN DIEGO - 000 100 005 -- 6
One out when winning run scored.
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
H Kuo 6 3 1 1 4 8 0 4.85
C Billingsley (H, 2) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.37
J Beimel 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.46
J Broxton (L, 2-2) 1/3 5 5 4 2 1 0 4.15
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Peavy 6 2/3 7 4 4 3 3 0 1.97
C Meredith 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 3.77
J Hampson (W, 2-1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.12
WP - H Kuo. IBB - J Bard (by J Broxton). Pitches-strikes: H Kuo 104-59; C
Billingsley 32-18; J Beimel 3-2; J Broxton 28-18; J Peavy 112-69; C Meredith
15-11; J Hampson 13-7. Ground balls-fly balls: H Kuo 3-7; C Billingsley 0-2; J
Beimel 1-0; J Broxton 0-0; J Peavy 8-8; C Meredith 2-0; J Hampson 0-2. Batters
faced: H Kuo 26; C Billingsley 7; J Beimel 1; J Broxton 9; J Peavy 29; C
Meredith 5; J Hampson 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Chad Fairchild. 1B--Eric Cooper. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.
T--3:00. Att--40,631.
Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, left to right.Top Minor League GamesThe 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 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 5 4 1 0 2 0 1 3 R COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 5 4 0 0 2 1 1 3 R CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 OAK A+ Cliff Pennington.. 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 SB COL AAA Seth Smith........ 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 R OAK AAA Daric Barton...... 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 TB AA Reid Brignac...... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 PIT AA Neil Walker....... 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 KC AAA Billy Butler...... 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 ATL A+ Kala Kaaihue...... 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 R ARI AAA Chris Carter...... 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK A+ Vincent Mazzaro... 7 1 1 1 12 1 1 NYY A+ Joba Chamberlain.. 5 6 1 1 9 0 0 SEA AA Justin Thomas..... 8 3 0 0 6 2 0 CIN AA Richie Gardner.... 7 2 0 0 7 2 0 STL AA Jaime Garcia...... 6 5 3 3 6 2 1 BOS AAA Devern Hansack.... 6 7 2 2 7 1 0 NYY AA Alan Horne........ 5 5 1 1 7 3 0 MIN A Jeffrey Manship... 5 3 1 1 4 0 1 BOS A+ Justin Masterson.. 5 4 2 1 2 0 0 13 GB BAL AA Radhames Liz...... 5 6 5 5 5 3 0 STL AAA Anthony Reyes..... 7 7 2 2 6 2 0 COL A+ Brandon Hynick.... 6 6 4 3 4 0 1 13 GB Access THT’s stats here…
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TOR 28 31 .475 10.0 29 -1 
BAL 28 32 .467 10.5 31 -3 
NYA 27 31 .466 10.5 32 -5 
TB 26 32 .448 11.5 23 3 
American League Central
CLE 36 22 .621 0.0 33 3 
DET 34 25 .576 2.5 35 -1 
MIN 29 29 .500 7.0 29 0 
CHA 26 30 .464 9.0 23 3 
KC 22 39 .361 15.5 22 0 
American League West
LAA 38 23 .623 0.0 36 2 
SEA 30 26 .536 5.5 29 1 
OAK 31 28 .525 6.0 34 -3 
TEX 21 39 .350 16.5 24 -3 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 35 23 .603 0.0 35 0 
ATL 33 28 .541 3.5 31 2 
PHI 31 29 .517 5.0 30 1 
FLA 30 31 .492 6.5 30 0 
WAS 24 36 .400 12.0 23 1 
National League Central
MIL 33 27 .550 0.0 30 3 
STL 26 31 .456 5.5 23 3 
CHN 26 32 .448 6.0 31 -5 
PIT 26 34 .433 7.0 26 0 
HOU 24 35 .407 8.5 26 -2 
CIN 23 38 .377 10.5 27 -4 
National League West
SD 36 23 .610 0.0 37 -1 
ARI 36 25 .590 1.0 32 4 
LAN 34 26 .567 2.5 32 2 
COL 29 31 .483 7.5 26 3 
SF 28 31 .475 8.0 32 -4 