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THT Daily: We Have a Tieby Matthew CarruthAugust 22, 2008 Major League News for August 22Player News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBrandon Webb became the first 19-game winner of 2008 by blanking the Padres for seven innings on Thursday. Webb allowed three hits -- all of them singles -- and struck out eight before being removed. He won his 19th on the same day that Cliff Lee became the second to 18 wins. The Diamondbacks have 35 games left, meaning Webb will probably make seven starts or maybe even eight if the race goes down to the wire. He has a chance to become baseball's first 25-game winner since Bob Welch won 27 in 1990. Carlos Delgado went 5-for-5 with three RBIs Thursday against the Braves, capping his big night with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning. With David Wright on second base, the Braves intentionally walked Carlos Beltran to face Delgado despite his being 4-for-4. Delgado responded by smoking a line drive to left field, but Omar Infante was in position to make a relatively easy catch before apparently losing the ball in the lights. He fell to his knees as the liner bounced off his glove, and Wright sprinted home with the game-winning run. A's placed RHP Justin Duchscherer on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 20, with a strained right hip. Duchscherer is hoping to return after missing just two starts, but an injury to his surgically repaired hip combined with a career-high workload already this season makes him anything but a sure thing to pitch again this year. He's 10-8 with a 2.54 ERA and 95/34 K/BB ratio in 141 2/3 innings overall, but has struggled after posting a ridiculous 1.41 ERA in the first half. Grady Sizemore went 4-for-5 with a career high seven RBI as the Indians defeated the Royals on Thursday afternoon. Sizemore hit a three-run homer, a three-run triple, and an RBI single to account for all the scoring. He also stole second base, giving him 31 steals on the season. The homer was just Sizemore's second of the month, but his second in the last three days. With 29 home runs on the year, Sizemore has a shot at a 40/40 season. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TOR 14 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 10 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 2 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 2 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 4 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 3 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (L) John Lannan (6-12) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (8-7) Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (6-9) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (10-7) Houston Astros at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (11-8) vs. (L) Johan Santana (11-7) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) Zach Duke (4-11) vs. (R) Dave Bush (7-9) Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Charlie Morton (3-7) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (6-3) Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (3-13) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (1-1) Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Anibal Sanchez (2-2) vs. (L) Randy Johnson (10-9) San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Cha Seung Baek (4-7) vs. (R) Tim Lincecum (13-3) American League --------------- New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Mike Mussina (16-7) vs. (R) Radhames Liz (4-3) Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Paul Byrd (7-11) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (8-5) Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Fausto Carmona (5-5) vs. (L) Matt Harrison (5-2) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Justin Verlander (9-13) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (7-12) Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (9-8) vs. (L) John Danks (10-5) Minnesota Twins at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (L) Glen Perkins (10-3) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (14-5) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 PM (L) Gio Gonzalez (1-2) vs. (L) Ryan Feierabend (0-1) 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 TB 77 49 .611 0.0 71 6 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.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes NYY AAA Juan Miranda...... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 ARI AA Gerardo Parra..... 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 PIT AA Jose Tabata....... 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 TEX A+ Marcus Lemon...... 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 LD TB AAA Dan Johnson....... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 CHW AA Brandon Allen..... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 MIL A+ Brent Brewer...... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 SF A Angel Villalona... 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 CHC A- Josh Vitters...... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 FLA AA John Raynor....... 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 SEA AAA Luis Valbuena..... 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 SB SF AAA Travis Denker..... 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SF A M. Bumgarner...... 6 6 0 0 10 0 0 SD A Jeremy Hefner..... 6 2 1 1 10 2 0 SEA AAA Brandon Morrow.... 5 2 2 2 10 1 0 PIT A+ Brad Lincoln...... 6 3 1 1 7 0 0 ARI AA Cesar Valdez...... 7 4 1 1 8 2 0 FLA A+ Sean West......... 6 5 1 1 8 1 0 STL A+ Nicholas Additon.. 7 3 0 0 6 1 0 CHC AA Donald Veal....... 7 4 1 1 8 1 1 NYY AAA Kei Igawa......... 5 8 4 4 8 0 0 STL A- Scott Gorgen...... 5 5 0 0 7 1 0 BAL A+ Brandon Erbe...... 6 3 0 0 6 2 0 ATL A+ Cole Rohrbough.... 7 7 3 2 6 1 0 Access all of THT’s stats here…
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BOS 73 54 .575 4.5 75 -2 
NYA 67 60 .528 10.5 67 0 
TOR 66 61 .520 11.5 70 -4 
BAL 61 65 .484 16.0 64 -3 
American League Central
CHA 73 53 .579 0.0 75 -2 
MIN 73 54 .575 0.5 70 3 
DET 62 65 .488 11.5 64 -2 
CLE 59 67 .468 14.0 65 -6 
KC 55 72 .433 18.5 51 4 
American League West
LAA 77 49 .611 0.0 69 8 
TEX 63 65 .492 15.0 59 4 
OAK 58 69 .457 19.5 61 -3 
SEA 46 81 .362 31.5 51 -5 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 71 57 .555 0.0 71 0 
PHI 68 59 .535 2.5 71 -3 
FLA 65 63 .508 6.0 61 4 
ATL 56 72 .438 15.0 63 -7 
WAS 45 83 .352 26.0 47 -2 
National League Central
CHN 78 49 .614 0.0 80 -2 
MIL 73 55 .570 5.5 69 4 
STL 71 58 .550 8.0 70 1 
HOU 64 63 .504 14.0 59 5 
PIT 57 70 .449 21.0 54 3 
CIN 56 72 .438 22.5 53 3 
National League West
ARI 67 60 .528 0.0 68 -1 
LAN 65 62 .512 2.0 67 -2 
COL 59 70 .457 9.0 59 0 
SF 55 72 .433 12.0 52 3 
SD 48 79 .378 19.0 52 -4 