THT Daily: 19 and Counting from The Hardball Times

THT Daily: 19 and Counting

by Matthew Carruth
September 16, 2007

Major League News for September 16

Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Stats

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Barry Bonds is listed as day-to-day after leaving Saturday's game with a strained right big toe.
Manager Bruce Bochy said X-rays were negative and that Bonds would likely be out two-to-three days. Nate Schierholtz figures to get the start on Sunday. He likely would have anyway.

Prince Fielder hit a solo homer to set a new Brewer mark and lead the team past Cincy 5-3 Saturday.
His third inning blast was No. 46 on the season, a mark never reached by a Milwaukee player before. Gorman Thomas hit 45 long balls in 1979, a record matched by Richie Sexson in both 2001 and 2003. Fielder was 2-for-3 with two runs and a walk overall, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games. He's driven in 109 runs, and is on a major tear in September with a .422 BA and seven homers and 12 RBI.

Josh Beckett surrendered only a first-inning solo homer over seven innings to pick up his 19th win Saturday as the Red Sox blew out the Yankees 10-1.
Beckett, who had struggled against the Yankees of late, was dominant today, allowing just three hits. He retired 12 straight before apparently intentionally plunking Jason Giambi in the seventh. Warnings were issued after Giambi took the pitch off his right elbow, but nothing came of it. Beckett is the first pitcher to 19 wins this year. He really strengthened his Cy Young case by outpitching Chien-Ming Wang, who gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings to lose for the first time since Aug. 8.

Yesterday’s Results

American League
BOS    10  NYA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     8  BAL     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     2  CHA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     6  KC      0    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     4  MIN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     7  TEX     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB      6  SEA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
PHI     5  NYN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     7  ATL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     9  PIT     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     5  CIN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL     4  CHN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHN     3  STL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
FLA    10  COL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN     6  ARI     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      6  SF      0    (Recap and Boxscore)

Today’s Games

National League
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 Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 1:10 PM
  (R) Adam Eaton (9-9) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (14-9)
 Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM
  (R) Tim Hudson (15-8) vs. (R) Shawn Hill (4-3)
 Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM
  (R) Matt Belisle (8-8) vs. (R) Carlos Villanueva (7-4)
 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM
  (L) Paul Maholm (10-14) vs. (R) Brandon Backe (0-1)
 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 2:15 PM
  (R) Jason Marquis (11-8) vs. (L) Mark Mulder (0-2)
 Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM
  (L) Scott Olsen (9-13) vs. (L) Franklin Morales (1-2)
 San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM
  (R) Tim Lincecum (7-4) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (17-6)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM
  (R) Edgar Gonzalez (7-2) vs. (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-1)
 
 American League
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 Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM
  (R) Billy Buckner (0-1) vs. (L) Aaron Laffey (3-1)
 Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM
  (R) Victor Santos (0-1) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (12-6)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM
  (L) Joe Saunders (8-3) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (9-9)
 Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM
  (R) Jair Jurrjens (2-1) vs. (R) Scott Baker (9-7)
 Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM
  (R) Vicente Padilla (6-9) vs. (L) Lenny DiNardo (8-9)
 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM
  (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (5-9) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (9-14)
 New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 8:06 PM
  (R) Roger Clemens (6-6) vs. (R) Curt Schilling (8-7)

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     90  59 .604    0.0   94    -4    
NYA     84  64 .568    5.5   89    -5    
TOR     74  74 .500   15.5   78    -4    
BAL     63  84 .429   26.0   65    -2    
TB      62  87 .416   28.0   61     1    
American League Central     
CLE     87  61 .588    0.0   83     4    
DET     82  67 .550    5.5   81     1    
MIN     72  76 .486   15.0   75    -3    
KC      63  84 .429   23.5   69    -6    
CHA     63  85 .426   24.0   58     5    
American League West        
LAA     87  61 .588    0.0   84     3    
SEA     78  69 .531    8.5   71     7    
OAK     74  76 .493   14.0   75    -1    
TEX     69  79 .466   18.0   71    -2    


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     83  64 .565    0.0   80     3    
PHI     79  69 .534    4.5   78     1    
ATL     75  73 .507    8.5   80    -5    
WAS     66  82 .446   17.5   62     4    
FLA     65  83 .439   18.5   67    -2    
National League Central     
CHN     77  72 .517    0.0   79    -2    
MIL     75  72 .510    1.0   74     1    
STL     70  77 .476    6.0   65     5    
CIN     68  80 .459    8.5   69    -1    
PIT     66  82 .446   10.5   67    -1    
HOU     64  84 .432   12.5   63     1    
National League West        
ARI     83  66 .557    0.0   71    12    
SD      80  67 .544    2.0   81    -1    
LAN     79  69 .534    3.5   78     1    
COL     76  72 .514    6.5   79    -3    
SF      66  82 .446   16.5   71    -5    


Wildcard Standings
American League             
NYA     84  64 .568    0.0
DET     82  67 .550    2.5
SEA     78  69 .531    5.5
TOR     74  74 .500   10.0
OAK     74  76 .493   11.0
National League             
SD      80  67 .544    0.0
PHI     79  69 .534    1.5
LAN     79  69 .534    1.5
COL     76  72 .514    4.5
MIL     75  72 .510    5.0