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THT Daily: Yankees Rediscover Winningby Matthew CarruthMay 04, 2007 Major League News for May 4Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksDon't Miss This One - Tim Lincecum appears set to start Sunday for the Giants with RUss Ortiz landing on the DL. Master of Value - Billy Beane lands another favorite player, Jack Cust from the Padres, again for a PTBNL or cash considerations. Future of MLB.tv - From the MIX'07 conference, here's a copy of the MLBAM presentation on how they will be using the amazing new Silverlight product from Microsoft to enhance their already good product. Rangers Off to Bad Start - How bad? Well, I wasn't even born yet the last time they started the season this poorly. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at . Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldSammy Sosa, who left Thursday night's game when he was beaned by Brian Bruney, could be back in the lineup this weekend. Sosa took the pitch off his helmet and was down for a couple of minutes before walking off the field. "He checked out fine," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "We'll see how he feels when he comes in tomorrow.” Reggie Sanders has a torn left hamstring and will be put on the 15-day disabled list Friday. He's likely to miss a month or two. This would seem to make Billy Butler a near lock to stick around after Ryan Shealy comes off the disabled list. Emil Brown also benefits. Surprisingly, it's Shane Costa, not Joey Gathright, who will get the nod as Sanders' replacement. The Royals would seem to benefit more from having a second center fielder on the roster than another corner guy. Giants placed RHP Russ Ortiz on the 15-game disabled list, retroactive to May 2, with elbow neuritis in his right arm. Could it be Tim Lincecum time? There hasn't been any indication yet, but it'd be hard to pick anyone else to replace him in the rotation. If Lincecum comes up and pitches well, Ortiz shouldn't have a spot once he's ready to return. A source close to the right-hander told the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo that Carl Pavano will likely require Tommy John surgery. Cafardo writes that "preliminary indications are that the ligament to the elbow is pretty messed up. Not completely torn, but stretched." If Pavano undergoes surgery, he'll miss the rest of the season. He might not be ready for 2008. Kevin Millwood was scratched from his scheduled Thursday afternoon start because of a hamstring injury. Mike Wood will now start Game 1 of the Rangers' doubleheader against the Yankees. Robinson Tejeda is still scheduled to start Game 2. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BOS 8 SEA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Ramirez: 2 HR; Matsuzaka: First 5 batters: 3 BB, HBP TB 6 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Shields: 7.1 IP, 3 R; MIN: 12 1B, no XBH CLE 6 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Martinez: 4-4, 2B; Phillips: 2 2B KC 5 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Gload: 4-4, 2B, 3B; Meche: 7 IP, 2 R NYA 4 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Pettitte: 6 IP, 2 R; Matsui: 2 2B NYA 5 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Mussina: 5 IP, 1 R National League HOU 7 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Griffey: 3-5, HR; Wandy: 7 IP, 2R PIT 4 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Gorzelanny: 7 IP, 2 R; Bautista: 2-3, HR NYN 9 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below PHI 9 SF 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Rollins: 2 3B; Victorino: 3-3 Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Jason Bergmann (0-2) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (2-2) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Greg Maddux (2-2) vs. (L) Dontrelle Willis (5-1) Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Jason Hirsh (2-2) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (3-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Brett Tomko (0-2) vs. (R) John Smoltz (3-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) Paul Maholm (1-3) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (2-0) Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Chris Sampson (3-1) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (1-2) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) John Maine (4-0) vs. (L) Randy Johnson (0-1) Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Jamie Moyer (3-1) vs. (R) Matt Morris (3-1) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Cha Seung Baek (0-0) vs. (L) Kei Igawa (2-1) Cleveland Indians at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Paul Byrd (2-1) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (3-2) Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Danny Haren (3-2) vs. (L) Casey Fossum (2-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Tomo Ohka (2-2) vs. (R) Brandon McCarthy (1-4) Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (2-3) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (2-1) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Justin Verlander (1-1) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (0-1) Chicago White Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Jose Contreras (2-2) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (2-1) 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 BOS 18 9 .667 0.0 18 0 Game of the DayThe Mets scored six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Diamondbacks, 9-4 in Arizona. The big blow was a three-run home run by Damion Easley off Jose Valverde (.628 WPA). In the sixth inning, Orlando Hudson had put the Dbacks ahead, 4-3, with a home run off Tom Glavine. In the first inning, Glavine struck out Hudson for his 2,500th career strikeout (29th pitcher to reach that level). The Mets have won 11 straight at Arizona’s Chase Field. NY METS (9) VS ARIZONA (4) - FINAL
NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .347
D Wright 3b 5 1 1 3 0 0 1 .269
C Beltran cf 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 .348
C Delgado 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .196
M Alou lf 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .348
E Chavez pr-lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .360
S Green rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .346
P Lo Duca c 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .253
D Easley 2b 4 1 1 3 0 2 0 .241
T Glavine p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .133
P Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Franco ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200
S Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 9 10 9 6 9 8
a-struck out swinging for T Glavine in the 7th; b-walked for A Heilman in the
9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Alou (7, M Owings). HR - C Beltran (7, 6th inning off M Owings
0 on, 0 Out), D Easley (3, 9th inning off J Valverde 2 on, 1 Out), D Wright (2,
9th inning off D Nippert 2 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Alou (12), P Lo Duca (9), C
Beltran (25), D Easley 3 (5), D Wright 3 (11). 2-out RBI - M Alou, P Lo Duca.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Lo Duca 1. GIDP - S Green. Team LOB
- 5.
BASERUNNING: Picked Off - J Reyes (1st base, T Pena).
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202
C Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206
J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Nippert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O Hudson 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .345
E Byrnes lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .287
C Quentin rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .212
S Drew ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .260
C Snyder c 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 .250
A Callaspo 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .192
M Owings p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167
T Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-S Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
T Clark 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Totals 33 4 6 4 1 4 6
a-popped out to shortstop for B Lyon in the 8th.
BATTING: 3B - E Byrnes (2, T Glavine). HR - C Snyder (2, 5th inning off T
Glavine 1 on, 0 Out), O Hudson (3, 6th inning off T Glavine 0 on, 1 Out). RBI -
S Drew (11), C Snyder 2 (5), O Hudson (23). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - C Snyder 1. Team LOB - 3.
FIELDING: E - T Clark (1, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Callaspo-O Hudson-C
Jackson).
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NY METS - 000 201 006 -- 9
ARIZONA - 010 021 000 -- 4
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NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Glavine 6 5 4 4 0 4 2 3.27
P Feliciano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
A Heilman (W, 2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75
S Schoeneweis 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.59
ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
M Owings 6 5 3 3 4 5 1 3.37
T Pena (H, 4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.56
B Lyon (H, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.38
J Valverde (L, 0-2; B, 2) 1/3 2 5 4 2 1 1 4.76
D Nippert 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 3.48
WP - T Glavine, M Owings. Pitches-strikes: T Glavine 88-53; P Feliciano 7-5;
A Heilman 13-10; S Schoeneweis 24-14; M Owings 103-62; T Pena 9-7; B Lyon 16-9;
J Valverde 28-14; D Nippert 20-11. Ground balls-fly balls: T Glavine 7-7; P
Feliciano 1-2; A Heilman 1-2; S Schoeneweis 2-1; M Owings 8-4; T Pena 0-1; B
Lyon 1-1; J Valverde 0-0; D Nippert 0-1. Batters faced: T Glavine 23; P
Feliciano 3; A Heilman 3; S Schoeneweis 5; M Owings 25; T Pena 3; B Lyon 3; J
Valverde 6; D Nippert 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Gary Darling. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Paul Schrieber. 3B--Brian
Knight.
T--2:54. Att--19,710.
Weather: 84 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, right to left.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.  Access THT’s stats here…
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TB 13 15 .464 5.5 10 3 
TOR 13 15 .464 5.5 15 -2 
NYA 12 14 .462 5.5 15 -3 
BAL 12 16 .429 6.5 13 -1 
American League Central
CLE 17 8 .680 0.0 14 3 
DET 16 11 .593 2.0 15 1 
MIN 15 13 .536 3.5 16 -1 
CHA 12 13 .480 5.0 12 0 
KC 10 19 .345 9.0 11 -1 
American League West
LAA 16 13 .552 0.0 15 1 
SEA 12 11 .522 1.0 11 1 
OAK 13 14 .481 2.0 14 -1 
TEX 10 18 .357 5.5 10 0 
National League East Pwins Diff
ATL 17 10 .630 0.0 15 2 
NYN 17 10 .630 0.0 19 -2 
FLA 13 14 .481 4.0 14 -1 
PHI 13 15 .464 4.5 14 -1 
WAS 9 19 .321 8.5 7 2 
National League Central
MIL 18 10 .643 0.0 16 2 
PIT 13 14 .481 4.5 11 2 
CIN 13 15 .464 5.0 15 -2 
CHN 12 14 .462 5.0 16 -4 
HOU 12 15 .444 5.5 12 0 
STL 10 16 .385 7.0 8 2 
National League West
LAN 17 11 .607 0.0 16 1 
SD 15 13 .536 2.0 16 -1 
ARI 16 14 .533 2.0 15 1 
SF 14 13 .519 2.5 14 0 
COL 11 17 .393 6.0 12 -1 