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THT Daily: Cust busts slumpby Dave StudemanMay 02, 2008 Major League News for May 2Player NewsYesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Game of the Day 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 RotoworldThe Rays hope to have B.J. Upton back from a strained left shoulder on Saturday. Reyes aggravated the shoulder on a swing during Thursday's game. "It looks bad right away. It feels bad right away," Upton said. "But this is the best it’s ever felt right after, so we shouldn’t think too much of it." Nathan Haynes figures to start in Upton's place tomorrow. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said he doesn't expect to see Phil Hughes back before July after he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his rib cage. That sounds right. Hughes will probably go 4-6 weeks without pitching, and it'd be for the best if he spends a full month in the minors before coming off the disabled list. Darrell Rasner will start in his place on Sunday. The Rocky Mountain News reports that Troy Tulowitzki has suffered a torn tendon in his left quadricep and could be out until at least the All Star break. Not exactly what the struggling Rockies were hoping to hear. Tulowitzki underwent an MRI on Wednesday and the Rockies confirmed he suffered a tear in the quad near the hip area. His agent said that "with the help of God, he will be back in two months." Clint Barmes will take over duties at short stop, with Omar Quintanilla and Jonathan Herrera platooning at second until Jeff Baker is healthy. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Jimmy Rollins (ankle) is now unlikely to return from the disabled list when eligible Monday. Rollins appeared to be on track for a Monday return and was scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment, but felt soreness in his sprained ankle while running the bases Wednesday. "Once I'm able to do that, I'll be able to play," Rollins said. "Don't treat it right and I've got a bad ankle for the rest of my career, too. That's not good. When I'm ready, I'll be up on that lineup board." Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League TB 4 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 15 LAA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 2 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League LAN 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 4 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Pat Misch (0-0) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (2-2) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Justin Germano (0-2) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Nationals, 7:35 PM (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-1) vs. (L) Matt Chico (0-5) Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Edinson Volquez (4-0) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (3-2) Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Carlos Villanueva (1-2) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (2-3) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (L) Rich Hill (1-0) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (3-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (4-2) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (0-2) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) John Maine (2-2) vs. (R) Micah Owings (4-0) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (2-2) vs. (R) Clay Buchholz (1-2) Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (L) Erik Bedard (2-0) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (5-0) Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Luke Hochevar (1-1) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (1-4) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (1-2) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (2-2) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Armando Galarraga (2-0) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (3-1) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (0-3) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (2-3) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (3-2) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (2-4) 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 16 12 .571 0.0 16 0 Game of the DayThe Cubs and Kerry Wood couldn’t hold onto a two-run lead in the ninth inning as Ryan Braun hit a bases-loaded double and the Brewers beat the Cubbies, 4-3, winning the rubber game of the series.Brewers 4, Cubs 3 - FINAL
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .204
M Cameron cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 .231
R Braun lf 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 .287
P Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .240
C Hart rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .301
B Hall 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .236
C Counsell ss 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .275
Y Gallardo p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
va-T Gwynn Jr ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375
D Riske p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
vb-G Kapler ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .296
E Gagne p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Kendall c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .303
Totals 36 4 11 4 3 8 18 ###
CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .164
R Theriot ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .340
D Lee 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .360
A Ramirez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 .279
K Fukudome rf 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .353
M DeRosa 2b 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 .290
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
ha-D Ward ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105
K Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
hb-R Cedeno ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .378
G Soto c 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .330
R Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
C Zambrano p 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .211
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 32 3 11 3 2 6 15 ###
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MILWAUKEE - 000 001 003 -- 4 11 0
CHICAGO CUBS - 001 002 000 -- 3 11 2
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va-singled to center for Y Gallardo in the 7th; ha-hit for M Derosa in the
8th; vb-doubled to deep left for B Shouse in the 9th; hb-walked for K Wood in
the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Weeks (5, C Zambrano); G Kapler (4, K Wood); R Braun (10, K
Wood); G Soto (9, Y Gallardo). HR - C Zambrano (1, 3rd inning off Y Gallardo 0
on, 0 Out), R Braun (4, 6th inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 1 Out). SF - M DeRosa.
RBI - R Braun 3 (21), J Kendall (10), C Zambrano (2), M DeRosa (20), G Soto
(21). 2-out RBI - G Soto. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cameron
2, C Counsell 1, P Fielder 1. GIDP - C Hart, D Lee, F Pie. Team LOB - MILWAUKEE
9, CHICAGO CUBS 5. BASERUNNING: CS - C Hart (1, 2nd base by C Zambrano/G Soto),
K Fukudome (2, 2nd base by B Shouse). FIELDING: E - M DeRosa (3, ground ball);
R Johnson (1, fly ball). Outfield assists - R Braun (K Fukudome at Home), K
Fukudome 2 (P Fielder at Home, R Weeks at Home). DP: (Y Gallardo-R Weeks-P
Fielder, C Counsell-R Weeks-P Fielder, G Soto-R Theriot, A Ramirez-D Lee).
MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 6 9 3 3 1 4 1 1.80
D Riske 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.65
B Shouse (W, 2-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.72
E Gagne (S, 9) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.27
CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano 6 1/3 7 1 1 2 3 1 2.11
C Marmol (H, 8) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 1.42
K Wood (L, 2-1; B, 3) 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 5.14
WP - C Zambrano. HBP - C Counsell (by K Wood). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo
89-59; D Riske 26-19; B Shouse 1-1; E Gagne 14-9; C Zambrano 111-71; C Marmol
28-18; K Wood 20-13. Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 7-5; D Riske 0-4; B
Shouse 0-0; E Gagne 2-0; C Zambrano 7-7; C Marmol 0-1; K Wood 1-0. Batters
faced: Y Gallardo 25; D Riske 7; B Shouse 0; E Gagne 3; C Zambrano 27; C Marmol
6; K Wood 7. UMPIRES: HP--Brian O'Nora. 1B--Jerry Crawford. 2B--Paul Nauert.
3B--Tom Hallion. T--2:56. Att--40,849. Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, out to center.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 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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 BOS AAA George Kottaras... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 ATL AAA Scott Thorman..... 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 TOR AA Travis Snider..... 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 TEX AAA John Mayberry..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 LAA A+ Peter Bourjos..... 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 R DET AAA Brent Clevlen..... 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 TOR AA Ryan Patterson.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 OAK AAA Landon Powell..... 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 RBI LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 CHC AAA Bobby Scales...... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK AA Vincent Mazzaro... 7 6 2 2 11 1 0 CLE AA Chuck Lofgren..... 6 6 1 1 9 3 0 CLE AAA Jeremy Sowers..... 7 5 1 1 6 4 0 MIN AAA Kevin Slowey...... 5 3 2 2 9 2 2 CHC AA Donald Veal....... 7 3 0 0 5 3 0 MIN A+ Jeffrey Manship... 6 4 2 2 6 1 0 TB AA Wade Davis........ 6 6 4 4 8 0 2 WAN AAA Garrett Mock...... 6 7 4 2 4 0 0 SF AA Adam Cowart....... 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 COL AAA Sean Smith........ 4 2 1 1 5 2 0 ATL A Jeffrey Locke..... 6 7 0 0 6 0 0 13 GB ARI AA Anthony Barnette.. 6 4 1 1 6 0 1 Access THT’s stats here…
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BOS 17 13 .567 0.0 15 2 
BAL 15 13 .536 1.0 14 1 
NYA 14 16 .467 3.0 14 0 
TOR 12 17 .414 4.5 15 -3 
American League Central
CHA 14 12 .538 0.0 16 -2 
CLE 14 15 .483 1.5 15 -1 
DET 14 15 .483 1.5 14 0 
MIN 13 14 .481 1.5 11 2 
KC 12 16 .429 3.0 11 1 
American League West
LAA 18 12 .600 0.0 15 3 
OAK 18 12 .600 0.0 19 -1 
SEA 13 16 .448 4.5 15 -2 
TEX 11 18 .379 6.5 10 1 
National League East Pwins Diff
PHI 16 13 .552 0.0 16 0 
NYN 14 12 .538 0.5 13 1 
FLA 15 13 .536 0.5 12 3 
ATL 12 15 .444 3.0 16 -4 
WAS 12 17 .414 4.0 11 1 
National League Central
STL 18 11 .621 0.0 18 0 
CHN 17 11 .607 0.5 18 -1 
MIL 16 12 .571 1.5 14 2 
HOU 13 16 .448 5.0 14 -1 
CIN 12 17 .414 6.0 13 -1 
PIT 11 17 .393 6.5 11 0 
National League West
ARI 20 8 .714 0.0 19 1 
LAN 15 13 .536 5.0 17 -2 
SF 13 16 .448 7.5 10 3 
COL 11 17 .393 9.0 11 0 
SD 11 18 .379 9.5 10 1 