THT Daily: Walkoff Walk
by Matthew CarruthMay 31, 2007
Major League News for May 31
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldRandy Johnson, forced to miss his last start with forearm tendinitis, shut down the Phillies on one hit over six innings on Wednesday as Arizona held on to win 4-3.
The Big Unit moves over .500 with the victory and lowered his ERA to 3.89 as he surrendered just a second-inning single to Pat Burrell among his easy 61-pitch night. Johnson had that slider/fastball combination working to perfection, fanning six and walking none. It's definitely safe to get the 43-year-old southpaw back in your lineup. Jose Valverde finished things off for his 19th save.
Carlos Guillen is day-to-day after leaving Tuesday's game with a mild right groin strain.
With Brandon Inge also hurting, the Tigers are suddenly shallow in the infield, which could force them to make a move Thursday. Guillen is currently listed as day-to-day.
Cardinals placed catcher Yadier Molina on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured left wrist.
It looks like Gary Bennett will be the Cardinals' primary catcher for the next 4-6 weeks. The Cardinals will try to trade for help, as career minor league Brian Esposito is a very weak backup option, but the best they're likely to do is bring in an Alberto Castillo-type player. Bennett should have a little value in NL-only leagues until Molina gets back.
Yesterday’s Results
American League CLE 8 BOS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 10 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 3 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 7 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 8 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 6 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League SF 3 NYN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 5 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 9 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 4 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 9 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 9 PIT 0 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 8 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- San Diego Padres at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (4-3) vs. (R) Shawn Chacon (1-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Mark Hendrickson (2-2) vs. (L) Micah Bowie (1-2) San Francisco Giants at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Matt Cain (2-4) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (2-1) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Wes Obermueller (1-3) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (3-1) Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (2-5) vs. (R) Woody Williams (1-7) St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Brad Thompson (3-1) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (4-1) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Justin Verlander (5-1) vs. (L) CC Sabathia (7-1) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (2-1) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (4-2) Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (2-7) vs. (R) Cha Seung Baek (2-2) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Brian Burres (2-2) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (6-2)
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 36 16 .692 0.0 34 2BAL 26 27 .491 10.5 28 -2
TOR 24 28 .462 12.0 25 -1
NYA 22 29 .431 13.5 28 -6
TB 22 29 .431 13.5 19 3
American League Central CLE 32 19 .627 0.0 30 2
DET 30 22 .577 2.5 30 0
MIN 27 25 .519 5.5 28 -1
CHA 24 24 .500 6.5 21 3
KC 19 35 .352 14.5 19 0
American League West LAA 33 21 .611 0.0 31 2
SEA 25 24 .510 5.5 25 0
OAK 26 26 .500 6.0 29 -3
TEX 19 34 .358 13.5 23 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 33 18 .647 0.0 32 1
ATL 30 23 .566 4.0 28 2
FLA 26 27 .491 8.0 26 0
PHI 26 27 .491 8.0 28 -2
WAS 21 32 .396 13.0 20 1
National League Central MIL 29 24 .547 0.0 27 2
PIT 23 29 .442 5.5 22 1
CHN 22 29 .431 6.0 27 -5
STL 21 29 .420 6.5 19 2
HOU 21 31 .404 7.5 21 0
CIN 21 33 .389 8.5 24 -3
National League West LAN 31 21 .596 0.0 30 1
ARI 32 23 .582 0.5 29 3
SD 30 22 .577 1.0 32 -2
SF 25 26 .490 5.5 27 -2
COL 25 28 .472 6.5 22 3
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.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI HOU A+ Joshua Flores..... 6 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 R NYM AA F. Martinez....... 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 SD AA William Venable... 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 LAA A Hank Conger....... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 RBI ! SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 ARI A+ Cyle Hankerd...... 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 ATL AA Brandon Jones..... 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 TB AA Evan Longoria..... 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 LAA A Matthew Sweeney... 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 7 4 2 2 8 1 1 BAL A+ Jason Berken...... 7 4 2 2 7 0 0 LAA A+ Stephen Marek..... 7 4 1 1 8 1 0 TB AAA Jeff Niemann...... 5 5 1 1 5 2 0 ARI A+ Brooks Brown...... 6 4 1 0 6 1 0 ARI A Anthony Barnette.. 7 4 1 0 6 1 0 NYM AA Kevin Mulvey...... 7 4 2 1 5 2 0 ATL AA Jo-Jo Reyes....... 6 8 5 4 10 1 2 PHI A+ Joshua Outman..... 6 6 2 2 6 2 0 11 GB PIT A+ Todd Redmond...... 6 7 0 0 4 0 0 6 infield flies TB A+ Jacob McGee....... 6 7 2 2 5 0 1 CHC A+ Mitch Atkins...... 6 5 0 0 2 1 0
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.