THT Daily: Welcome Summer
by Matthew CarruthJune 21, 2007
Major League News for June 21
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Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player news items are provided by RotoworldX-rays on Miguel Tejada's left wrist were negative, but the Orioles sent him to the hospital for a CT scan.
They want to make sure there are no hairline fractures. "I feel like everything is fine, but I am worried," Tejada said. "I was real scared when that ball was coming toward my face, so I put up my hands. I think I'll play tomorrow. If it's not broken, I'll play."
Chipper Jones injured his groin during Wednesday's loss and might not be ready to play Friday.
Jones left without commenting on the injury, but manager Bobby Cox said he was "hurting." Yunel Escobar might have to start at third base this weekend.
Sammy Sosa hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth inning to become the fifth player in baseball history with 600 homers and help Texas whip the Cubs 7-3 on Wednesday.
The only way Sosa could have scripted this better would be if the game were at Wrigley, but going yard against his long-time team for number 600 must have been sweet. It was his only hit of the night, but Sosa also drove in a run when he was safe on an error. Frank Catalanotto followed Sosa's milestone blast with another dinger, one of two hits on the night as he enjoyed a much-needed strong game.
Curt Schilling will go on the disabled list with his right shoulder problem, the Red Sox announced.
That the Red Sox are rearranging their rotation, it looks like Jon Lester will be the choice to replace Schilling next Tuesday. The team already said that Josh Beckett will be moved up to Sunday and Julian Tavarez will go Monday.
J.J. Hardy left Wednesday's game after three innings because of tightness in his lower back.
Hardy missed Tuesday's game with what was described as left hip tightness. He never seemed to be 100 percent today, so this is probably a related problem. Craig Counsell replaced him. Hardy might get a few days off this time.
After playing catch Wednesday, Dontrelle Willis said that his arm feels better, though he's still not sure whether he'll make his scheduled start on Sunday.
"We'll see," Willis said. "I'm not sure if they're going to give me some (extra) time, yet. Regardless, I want to start three times before the break." Willis left Tuesday's game after one inning with forearm tightness. There's a good chance he'll make his next start on six or seven days' rest.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 12 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 10 PHI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 8 HOU 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 PIT 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League BOS 11 ATL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 WAS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 7 SF 5 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 KC 6 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 6 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 7 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
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 46 25 .648 0.0 44 2NYA 35 34 .507 10.0 41 -6
TOR 34 36 .486 11.5 36 -2
TB 31 39 .443 14.5 28 3
BAL 30 41 .423 16.0 34 -4
American League Central CLE 42 29 .592 0.0 41 1
DET 42 29 .592 0.0 44 -2
MIN 36 34 .514 5.5 36 0
CHA 29 39 .426 11.5 28 1
KC 29 44 .397 14.0 31 -2
American League West LAA 46 27 .630 0.0 43 3
OAK 39 32 .549 6.0 41 -2
SEA 36 32 .529 7.5 34 2
TEX 27 44 .380 18.0 30 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 38 32 .543 0.0 37 1
ATL 38 35 .521 1.5 35 3
PHI 37 35 .514 2.0 35 2
FLA 35 38 .479 4.5 35 0
WAS 30 42 .417 9.0 27 3
National League Central MIL 41 31 .569 0.0 38 3
STL 32 37 .464 7.5 28 4
CHN 32 38 .457 8.0 37 -5
PIT 31 40 .437 9.5 30 1
HOU 31 41 .431 10.0 33 -2
CIN 28 45 .384 13.5 32 -4
National League West SD 41 29 .586 0.0 44 -3
ARI 42 31 .575 0.5 37 5
LAN 40 31 .563 1.5 38 2
COL 37 34 .521 4.5 35 2
SF 30 41 .423 11.5 35 -5
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 ARI AAA Alberto Callaspo.. 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 RBI COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 OAK AAA Daric Barton...... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 TEX AA John Mayberry..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 R TB AAA Ben Zobrist....... 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 LAA AAA Jeff Mathis....... 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 DET A+ Cameron Maybin.... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 COL AAA Jayson Nix........ 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 R CLE AA Ryan Goleski...... 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB AA Wade Davis........ 6 7 2 1 9 0 0 COL AA Franklin Morales.. 7 5 1 1 7 3 0 MIL AA William Inman..... 6 4 3 3 6 0 1 BOS AA Clay Buchholz..... 5 6 0 0 6 1 0 NYM A+ Deolis Guerra..... 5 4 1 1 4 0 0 10 GB STL AA Mitchell Boggs.... 7 7 3 3 5 1 0 13 GB CHC A+ Mitch Atkins...... 7 4 2 2 3 1 0 NYY AA Alan Horne........ 6 5 1 1 4 1 0 CIN A+ Johnny Cueto...... 4 5 4 3 7 0 1 STL A+ Adam Ottavino..... 6 3 1 1 6 4 0 TOR A+ Ricky Romero...... 5 4 2 2 2 1 0 PHI AA Matthew Maloney... 7 5 2 2 5 4 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.