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THT Daily: Two More In

by Matthew Carruth
September 21, 2008

Major League News for September 21

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings

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Dioner Navarro had three hits and an RBI as the Rays beat the Twins Saturday and clinched a playoff berth.
The Rays are leading the AL East division, but also have the Wild Card wrapped up just in case. Navarro's RBI was part of a three-run fifth inning that put the icing on the victory. He's batting .292 with 50 RBI in 114 games this year.

Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs with a single in the second inning to help the Cubs jump out to an early lead and clinch the NL Central with a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday.
Soriano's drive scored Jim Edmonds and Mark De Rosa. DeRosa then doubled in a run in the fourth and then scored on a fielder's choice as the Cubs picked up a 5-0 lead heading into the fifth. The Cards countered with a four-run attack in the sixth, but the Cubs' bullpen held things together late. Soriano is hitting .289 with 74 RBI in 103 games this season.



Yesterday’s Results
American League
NYA     1  BAL     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB      7  MIN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     6  BOS     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     6  DET     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
KC      5  CHA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     8  SEA     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     7  TEX     3    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ATL     4  NYN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
PHI     3  FLA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      6  WAS     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN     5  STL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN     4  MIL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
PIT     6  HOU     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     5  COL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN    10  SF      7    (Recap and Boxscore)


Today’s Games
National League
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 Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM
  (R) Seth McClung (5-6) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (15-10)
 Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM
  (R) Roy Oswalt (15-10) vs. (R) Ross Ohlendorf (0-2)
 San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM
  (R) Cha Seung Baek (5-9) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (7-10)
 New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, 1:35 PM
  (R) Mike Pelfrey (13-10) vs. (R) James Parr (1-0)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM
  (R) Braden Looper (12-13) vs. (R) Ryan Dempster (16-6)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM
  (R) Dan Haren (15-8) vs. (R) Greg Reynolds (2-7)
 San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM
  (R) Matt Cain (8-13) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (14-11)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 4:10 PM
  (L) Jamie Moyer (14-7) vs. (R) Chris Volstad (5-3)
 
 American League
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 Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM
  (L) Dontrelle Willis (0-1) vs. (L) Scott Lewis (2-0)
 Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM
  (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (17-2) vs. (R) Scott Richmond (0-2)
 Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:40 PM
  (L) Francisco Liriano (5-3) vs. (R) Andy Sonnanstine (13-7)
 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM
  (L) John Danks (10-8) vs. (R) Brandon Duckworth (3-1)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers, 3:05 PM
  (R) John Lackey (11-4) vs. (R) Scott Feldman (5-7)
 Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM
  (R) Brandon Morrow (2-4) vs. (R) Sean Gallagher (2-2)
 Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees, 8:05 PM
  (L) Chris Waters (3-3) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (13-14)


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
TB      92  61 .601    0.0   87     5    sparkline graph
BOS     90  64 .584    2.5   92    -2    sparkline graph
NYA     84  71 .542    9.0   82     2    sparkline graph
TOR     83  72 .535   10.0   88    -5    sparkline graph
BAL     67  86 .438   25.0   71    -4    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CHA     85  69 .552    0.0   86    -1    sparkline graph
MIN     83  72 .535    2.5   85    -2    sparkline graph
CLE     77  77 .500    8.0   81    -4    sparkline graph
DET     71  82 .464   13.5   75    -4    sparkline graph
KC      70  85 .452   15.5   67     3    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     95  59 .617    0.0   84    11    sparkline graph
TEX     75  80 .484   20.5   70     5    sparkline graph
OAK     73  81 .474   22.0   74    -1    sparkline graph
SEA     57  97 .370   38.0   62    -5    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     87  68 .561    0.0   89    -2    sparkline graph
NYN     86  68 .558    0.5   86     0    sparkline graph
FLA     81  73 .526    5.5   77     4    sparkline graph
ATL     68  87 .439   19.0   74    -6    sparkline graph
WAS     58  97 .374   29.0   60    -2    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     93  60 .608    0.0   94    -1    sparkline graph
MIL     84  71 .542   10.0   82     2    sparkline graph
HOU     81  73 .526   12.5   73     8    sparkline graph
STL     80  74 .519   13.5   81    -1    sparkline graph
CIN     72  82 .468   21.5   69     3    sparkline graph
PIT     65  90 .419   29.0   64     1    sparkline graph
National League West        
LAN     81  74 .523    0.0   82    -1    sparkline graph
ARI     77  77 .500    3.5   78    -1    sparkline graph
COL     71  84 .458   10.0   70     1    sparkline graph
SF      69  86 .445   12.0   66     3    sparkline graph
SD      60  95 .387   21.0   66    -6    sparkline graph


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