THT Daily: Yankee Ignominy
by Matthew CarruthJune 03, 2007
Major League News for June 3
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBesides a mild concussion and cervical sprain, Doug Mientkiewicz suffered a fractured bone in his right wrist during his collision with Mike Lowell on Saturday. If the other injuries didn't, the fractured wrist guarantees that he'll spend considerable time on the disabled list. Expect the Yankees to call up Andy Phillips to share time with Josh Phelps at first base. Phillips is enough of an upgrade defensively that he might get more at-bats than Phelps initially.
Roger Clemens won't pitch Monday after hurting his groin in his last start Monday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Kei Igawa is expected to be called up to replace him. Clemens is very vulnerable to leg problems these days, and the Yankees should have figured he'd be good for one DL stint. At least they're saving some money with it happening now instead of after he was added to the active roster. Odds are that he'll miss at least two starts.
Joe Blanton pitched his second career shutout as the A's edged the Twins 1-0 on Saturday. There were no RBI in the game, as the only run came on Shannon Stewart's double-play ball in the sixth inning. Blanton, whose previous shutout came May 31, 2006 against the Royals, allowed just three hits, walked none and struck out six in the second quickest game of the season (1:49). The A's were also involved in the first, a 2-0 win over Seattle on April 27 (1:47). Oddly, the three fastest games in baseball this year have been AL contests.
Angels activated outfielder Garret Anderson from the 15-day disabled list. Anderson is likely to get most of his playing time at designated hitter for now. He no longer has the bat to be much of an asset in that role, but he'll probably be an upgrade over Shea Hillenbrand. Until something changes, most of Hillenbrand's at-bats will come against lefties.
Jason Schmidt (shoulder) had a successful bullpen session Saturday and will come off the disabled list to start Tuesday against the Padres. He'll replace Mark Hendrickson in the rotation. If Schmidt only has so many bullets left in his arm, the Dodgers figure they might as well use them now. NL-only leaguers will probably want to activate him immediately. Mixed leaguers could take a wait-and-see approach.
Carlos Zambrano was fined following Friday's fight with Michael Barrett, but the Cubs didn't try to suspend him. Zambrano took the blame for the incident that resulted in Michael Barrett going to the hospital for stitches. "It's all my fault," Zambrano said Saturday. "That's all I can say. I feel bad for that." Zambrano will next pitch Wednesday. Koyie Hill is expected to be the catcher in that one.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 11 NYA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 9 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 9 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 9 CLE 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 7 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 1 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 5 TEX 4 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 7 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 11 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 5 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 8 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 3 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 4 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (L) Doug Davis (3-6) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (6-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Brad Penny (7-1) vs. (L) Tom Gorzelanny (6-3) San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Tim Lincecum (2-0) vs. (R) Freddy Garcia (1-4) San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (L) David Wells (2-3) vs. (R) Jason Simontacchi (2-3) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (7-3) vs. (R) Ben Sheets (5-3) St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (R) Braden Looper (6-4) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (0-1) Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Lance Cormier (0-0) vs. (L) Sean Marshall (0-2) Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Matt Belisle (5-4) vs. (R) Rodrigo Lopez (2-0) American League --------------- Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (R) Jeremy Bonderman (4-0) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (1-5) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (L) John Danks (3-5) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (2-2) Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Scott Elarton (1-1) vs. (L) JP Howell (0-0) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (3-1) vs. (R) Ervin Santana (4-6) Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (6-4) vs. (R) Chad Gaudin (5-1) Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Robinson Tejeda (4-5) vs. (L) Ryan Feierabend (0-1) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 8:05 PM (L) Andy Pettitte (3-4) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (8-0)
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 37 17 .685 0.0 35 2BAL 27 29 .482 11.0 29 -2
TOR 26 29 .473 11.5 27 -1
NYA 23 30 .434 13.5 29 -6
TB 22 31 .415 14.5 19 3
American League Central CLE 34 20 .630 0.0 31 3
DET 31 24 .564 3.5 31 0
MIN 28 26 .519 6.0 29 -1
CHA 25 26 .490 7.5 22 3
KC 21 35 .375 14.0 21 0
American League West LAA 35 22 .614 0.0 32 3
SEA 27 25 .519 5.5 26 1
OAK 27 27 .500 6.5 30 -3
TEX 20 36 .357 14.5 24 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 35 19 .648 0.0 34 1
ATL 32 23 .582 3.5 30 2
PHI 27 28 .491 8.5 28 -1
FLA 27 29 .482 9.0 28 -1
WAS 23 33 .411 13.0 21 2
National League Central MIL 31 25 .554 0.0 29 2
PIT 24 31 .436 6.5 24 0
STL 23 30 .434 6.5 21 2
HOU 23 32 .418 7.5 24 -1
CHN 22 31 .415 7.5 27 -5
CIN 22 35 .386 9.5 25 -3
National League West LAN 32 23 .582 0.0 30 2
SD 32 23 .582 0.0 34 -2
ARI 33 24 .579 0.0 30 3
SF 26 28 .481 5.5 29 -3
COL 26 30 .464 6.5 24 2
Game of the Day
The Red Sox reasserted their dominance of the AL East this season with an 11-6 victory over the Yankees. New York had a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the seventh, but the Yanks and their bullpen fell apart, giving up five runs to Boston and eventually losing 11-6. Yankee goats included reliever Scott Proctor and shortstop Derek Jeter, who muffed two potential double play balls in the seventh.Mike Lowell was 3 for 4 with a double and a home run for the Red Sox. He also inadvertently ran into Doug Mientkiewicz, who was trying to field a poor throw by Jeter, and knocked the Yankee first baseman onto the disabled list with a mild concussion and fractured wrist.
NY YANKEES (6) VS BOSTON (11) - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Abreu rf 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 .239
D Jeter ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .341
H Matsui lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .278
A Rodriguez 3b 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .290
J Posada dh 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .362
R Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264
M Cabrera cf 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .248
D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 .226
J Phelps 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267
W Nieves c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .094
a-J Damon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Totals 36 6 12 6 3 5 12
a-grounded to first for W Nieves in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - D Jeter (12, C Schilling); M Cabrera (5, J Lopez). HR - M Cabrera
(3, 2nd inning off C Schilling 0 on, 2 Out), J Posada (7, 6th inning off C
Schilling 2 on, 0 Out), D Jeter (4, 7th inning off J Pineiro 0 on, 1 Out). RBI
- M Cabrera (17), J Posada 3 (36), D Mientkiewicz (16), D Jeter (29). 2-out RBI
- M Cabrera. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, D
Mientkiewicz 1, H Matsui 1. GIDP - D Jeter 2, W Nieves. Team LOB - 6.
FIELDING: E - D Jeter 2 (11, ground ball, throw). DP: 3 (D Jeter-D
Mientkiewicz, R Cano-D Jeter-D Mientkiewicz, R Cano-D Mientkiewicz).
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 .225
D Pedroia 2b 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 .333
D Ortiz dh 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .328
M Ramirez lf 3 2 1 0 2 1 2 .284
K Youkilis 1b 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 .350
M Lowell 3b 4 2 3 4 1 0 1 .337
J Varitek c 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 .276
W Pena rf 5 2 1 0 0 3 2 .227
C Crisp cf 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .236
Totals 34 11 14 9 8 4 15
BATTING: 2B - W Pena (4, M Mussina); M Ramirez (11, M Mussina); D Ortiz (21, S
Proctor); M Lowell (16, L Vizcaino). HR - M Lowell (11, 6th inning off M
Mussina 0 on, 0 Out), J Varitek (6, 6th inning off M Mussina 0 on, 0 Out). S -
C Crisp. SF - J Lugo. RBI - J Lugo 2 (33), M Lowell 4 (45), J Varitek (27), C
Crisp (16), D Pedroia (13). 2-out RBI - D Pedroia. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - D Ortiz 2, W Pena 2, K Youkilis 2, D Pedroia 1. GIDP - M
Ramirez, J Varitek 2. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (12, 2nd base off S Proctor/W Nieves).
FIELDING: DP: 3 (J Lugo-D Pedroia-K Youkilis, M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis
2).
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NY YANKEES - 010 004 100 -- 6
BOSTON - 001 202 51x -- 11
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
M Mussina 5 9 5 5 4 1 2 6.25
S Proctor (L, 0-3) 1 1/3 3 5 2 3 1 0 4.23
B Bruney 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.10
M Myers 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.04
L Vizcaino 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 7.33
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 5 9 4 4 1 2 2 3.91
J Lopez 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.46
J Pineiro 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.24
H Okajima (W, 1-0) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.00
J Papelbon 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.77
C Schilling pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
M Mussina pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
IBB - M Ramirez 2 (by M Mussina, S Proctor), J Varitek (by S Proctor).
Pitches-strikes: M Mussina 90-53; S Proctor 38-17; B Bruney 4-3; M Myers 4-1; L
Vizcaino 23-12; C Schilling 75-50; J Lopez 19-12; J Pineiro 18-8; H Okajima
15-8; J Papelbon 18-10. Ground balls-fly balls: M Mussina 10-4; S Proctor 2-1;
B Bruney 0-1; M Myers 1-0; L Vizcaino 1-0; C Schilling 9-4; J Lopez 3-0; J
Pineiro 0-0; H Okajima 1-2; J Papelbon 2-1. Batters faced: M Mussina 25; S
Proctor 11; B Bruney 2; M Myers 1; L Vizcaino 5; C Schilling 23; J Lopez 5; J
Pineiro 3; H Okajima 4; J Papelbon 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Chris Guccione. 2B--Jerry Crawford. 3B--Brian
O'Nora.
T--3:39. (Plus rain delay totaling 29 minutes in the 4th). Att--36,294.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, left to right.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs. You can also view live WPA graphs at Fangraphs during any ballgame all season long.
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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 LA AAA James Loney....... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 6 2 0 0 1 0 2 CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 SB LA AA Chin Lung Hu...... 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 LAA A+ Hainley Statia.... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 PHI A Adrian Cardenas... 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 TEX AAA Jason Botts....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 OAK AAA Kevin Melillo..... 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 CHW A+ Aaron Cunningham.. 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 COL A+ C. Nelson......... 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 DET AA Jeff Larish....... 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 6 7 4 4 8 3 1 BOS AA Clay Buchholz..... 7 3 1 1 11 3 0 LAA AA Nick Adenhart..... 5 4 2 2 6 4 0 NYY A+ Joba Chamberlain.. 7 5 3 3 10 2 0 DET AA Dallas Trahern.... 8 6 1 1 6 1 0 15 GB CLE AA Chuck Lofgren..... 5 6 1 1 6 3 0 WAN A Jhonny Nunez...... 6 4 3 2 5 1 0 11 GB HOU A+ Brian Bogusevic... 5 6 3 3 6 1 0 KC AAA Tyler Lumsden..... 6 3 1 1 5 3 0 TB A+ M. Wlodarczyk..... 6 4 1 1 5 2 1 SEA AA Justin Thomas..... 7 6 1 1 6 5 0 NYM A+ Deolis Guerra..... 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
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