The Hardball Times

THT Daily: 29 in a row

by Dave Studeman
May 12, 2009

Major League News for May 12


Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances

You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/

Player News

Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Ryan Zimmerman went 4-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in a loss to the Giants on Monday night.
Zimmerman extends his hitting streak to 29 games with a bang. It was his second two-homer game of the season; he's now racked up eight bombs and 26 RBI to go along with a .363 average. Zimmerman has been on an unbelievable tear, but he's still barely halfway to the record, which only reinforces how amazing Joe DiMaggio's streak truly was.


Yesterday’s Results

For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.
American League
CLE     9  CHA     4    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ATL     8  NYN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN    13  ARI     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
SF     11  WAS     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.



Today’s Games

National League
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 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (R) Todd Wellemeyer (3-2) vs. (L) Zach Duke (3-3)
 Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM
  (L) Clayton Kershaw (1-2) vs. (R) Chan Ho Park (0-1)
 Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 7:10 PM
  (R) Jair Jurrjens (3-2) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (4-0)
 Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM
  (L) John Koronka (0-0) vs. (L) Manny Parra (1-4)
 San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM
  (R) Jake Peavy (2-4) vs. (R) Rich Harden (3-1)
 Houston Astros at Colorado Rockies, 8:40 PM
  (R) Felipe Paulino (1-2) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-4)
 Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM
  (R) Micah Owings (2-3) vs. (R) Dan Haren (3-3)
 Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM
  (R) Jordan Zimmermann (2-1) vs. (R) Matt Cain (3-1)
 
 American League
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 Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM
  (R) Andy Sonnanstine (1-3) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (1-4)
 Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (L) Clayton Richard (0-0) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-1)
 New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM
  (R) A.J. Burnett (2-0) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (6-1)
 Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM
  (L) Jason Vargas (1-0) vs. (R) Scott Feldman (2-0)
 Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (R) Armando Galarraga (3-2) vs. (R) Kevin Slowey (4-1)
 Boston Red Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM
  (R) Justin Masterson (2-2) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (3-1)
 Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM
  (R) Luke Hochevar (0-0) vs. (R) Trevor Cahill (1-2)


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
TOR     22  12 .647    0.0   22     0    sparkline graph
BOS     20  12 .625    1.0   18     2    sparkline graph
NYA     15  16 .484    5.5   14     1    sparkline graph
TB      15  18 .455    6.5   18    -3    sparkline graph
BAL     13  19 .406    8.0   13     0    sparkline graph
American League Central     
DET     17  13 .567    0.0   16     1    sparkline graph
KC      18  14 .563    0.0   19    -1    sparkline graph
MIN     15  17 .469    3.0   14     1    sparkline graph
CHA     14  17 .452    3.5   13     1    sparkline graph
CLE     12  21 .364    6.5   15    -3    sparkline graph
American League West        
TEX     17  14 .548    0.0   17     0    sparkline graph
LAA     16  14 .533    0.5   15     1    sparkline graph
SEA     16  16 .500    1.5   14     2    sparkline graph
OAK     11  18 .379    5.0   13    -2    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     17  14 .548    0.0   17     0    sparkline graph
FLA     17  15 .531    0.5   15     2    sparkline graph
PHI     15  14 .517    1.0   15     0    sparkline graph
ATL     16  16 .500    1.5   16     0    sparkline graph
WAS     10  20 .333    6.5   13    -3    sparkline graph
National League Central     
STL     20  12 .625    0.0   19     1    sparkline graph
CIN     18  14 .563    2.0   16     2    sparkline graph
MIL     18  14 .563    2.0   18     0    sparkline graph
CHN     17  14 .548    2.5   16     1    sparkline graph
HOU     14  17 .452    5.5   15    -1    sparkline graph
PIT     12  19 .387    7.5   15    -3    sparkline graph
National League West        
LAN     22  11 .667    0.0   22     0    sparkline graph
SF      17  14 .548    4.0   15     2    sparkline graph
SD      13  19 .406    8.5   12     1    sparkline graph
COL     12  18 .400    8.5   15    -3    sparkline graph
ARI     13  20 .394    9.0   13     0    sparkline graph


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
FLA A+  Michael Stanton... 3  2  1  0  1  1  0  
CIN AAA Daniel Dorn....... 4  2  0  0  2  0  1  
CIN A+  Neftali Soto...... 3  3  0  0  1  1  0  
SF  AA  Brandon Crawford.. 5  3  1  1  0  0  0  
PHI AA  Michael Taylor.... 1  1  0  0  1  3  0  
SF  AAA Jesus Guzman...... 6  5  1  0  0  0  0  4 LD
NYY A+  Eric Fryer........ 4  3  0  0  1  0  0  
TEX AA  Justin Smoak...... 4  2  1  0  0  2  1  
WAN A   Derek Norris...... 3  2  1  0  0  1  0  
TEX AA  Manuel Pina....... 5  1  0  0  1  1  0  
OAK AA  Corey Brown....... 3  1  0  0  0  4  0  
LAA AA  Hank Conger....... 4  3  1  0  0  0  0  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
CIN AAA Matthew Maloney... 7  4  0  0 10  1  0  
WAN AA  Ross Detwiler..... 5  3  1  1  9  0  0  
NYY A   Andrew Brackman... 8  7  2  2  9  1  1  
ATL AAA K. Medlen......... 7  2  0  0  6  3  0  
BAL AA  Jake Arrieta...... 5  4  1  1  6  2  0  
FLA AA  Andrew Miller..... 6  5  1  1  5  2  0  
BOS AAA Michael Bowden.... 7  4  1  1  2  1  0  
BAL AAA David Hernandez... 6  7  3  2  5  2  0  
SEA AAA G. Hernandez...... 5  4  2  2  5  1  1  
SF  AA  M. Bumgarner...... 6  7  1  1  2  0  0  5 infield flies
MIN A+  Carlos Gutierrez.. 6  3  0  0  3  3  0  14 GB
PHI A+  Kyle Drabek....... 5  5  1  1  5  3  0


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