THT Daily: AL Playoffs Decided
by Matthew CarruthSeptember 09, 2007
Major League News for September 9
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldOrioles placed LHP Erik Bedard on the 60-day disabled list with a strained oblique.
So, the bad news is that his season is over. The good news for some of his owners is that now he'll at least be able to be replaced on fantasy rosters. That's because the Orioles needed to make room for Victor Zambrano on the 40-man. Bedard finishes the year 13-5 with a 3.16 ERA and 221 strikeouts in 182 innings. He seemed a lock to lead the majors in strikeouts before he got hurt. Now it will come down to Jake Peavy (210) and Johan Santana (203).
Derek Jeter will miss at least one game Sunday with a right knee tendinitis.
He's considered day-to-day, and Jeter will probably push to return to the lineup early in the week. Alberto Gonzalez will start at shortstop tomorrow.
Alex Rodriguez set the all-time single-season record for homers by a third baseman with two blasts off the Royals' Brian Bannister in Saturday's 11-5 win.
A-Rod has six homers in four games. His first tonight gave him 50 for the third time in his career, making him the first Yankee to reach that mark since Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in 1961. His second was his 49th as a third baseman (he has two as a DH), breaking the record held by Mike Schmidt (1980) and Adrian Beltre (2004). A-Rod also holds the record for most homers by a shortstop with 57 in 2002. Maybe he should insist on playing second base next year to give him something else to shoot for.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 11 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 5 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 8 MIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 12 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 11 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 7 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 9 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 3 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 9 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 4 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 9 STL 8 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 3 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, 1:05 PM (R) Jason Bergmann (3-5) vs. (R) Lance Cormier (2-4) Houston Astros at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (14-6) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (1-0) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (R) Ben Sheets (11-4) vs. (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-3) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (0-1) vs. (R) Matt Morris (8-9) Florida Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (8-14) vs. (L) Jamie Moyer (12-11) San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Chris Young (9-6) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (8-9) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (15-4) vs. (R) Matt Cain (7-14) St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:40 PM (R) Brad Thompson (6-5) vs. (L) Doug Davis (13-11) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (11-7) vs. (R) Jeremy Bonderman (11-8) Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (R) Josh Beckett (17-6) vs. (R) Jeremy Guthrie (7-5) Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Jesse Litsch (5-7) vs. (R) James Shields (11-8) Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (14-11) vs. (R) Jon Garland (9-10) New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (R) Chien-Ming Wang (17-6) vs. (R) Zack Greinke (6-5) Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers, 3:05 PM (L) Lenny DiNardo (8-8) vs. (R) Kevin Millwood (9-11) Cleveland Indians at LA Angels of Anaheim, 8:05 PM (L) Aaron Laffey (2-1) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (11-6)
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 86 57 .601 0.0 90 -4NYA 80 62 .563 5.5 85 -5
TOR 72 69 .511 13.0 75 -3
BAL 61 80 .433 24.0 64 -3
TB 59 83 .415 26.5 58 1
American League Central CLE 82 60 .577 0.0 79 3
DET 77 65 .542 5.0 78 -1
MIN 69 73 .486 13.0 71 -2
KC 62 79 .440 19.5 67 -5
CHA 61 81 .430 21.0 56 5
American League West LAA 84 58 .592 0.0 80 4
SEA 74 66 .529 9.0 68 6
OAK 69 74 .483 15.5 71 -2
TEX 67 74 .475 16.5 68 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 80 61 .567 0.0 78 2
PHI 74 67 .525 6.0 75 -1
ATL 73 69 .514 7.5 77 -4
WAS 63 79 .444 17.5 59 4
FLA 61 81 .430 19.5 63 -2
National League Central CHN 72 69 .511 0.0 74 -2
MIL 72 69 .511 0.0 71 1
STL 69 70 .496 2.0 63 6
CIN 64 78 .451 8.5 65 -1
HOU 62 80 .437 10.5 61 1
PIT 62 80 .437 10.5 63 -1
National League West ARI 80 63 .559 0.0 68 12
SD 77 64 .546 2.0 77 0
LAN 75 67 .528 4.5 75 0
COL 73 68 .518 6.0 75 -2
SF 64 78 .451 15.5 69 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 80 62 .563 0.0 DET 77 65 .542 3.0 SEA 74 66 .529 5.0 TOR 72 69 .511 7.5 MIN 69 73 .486 11.0 National League SD 77 64 .546 0.0 LAN 75 67 .528 2.5 PHI 74 67 .525 3.0 COL 73 68 .518 4.0 ATL 73 69 .514 4.5
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Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his email.
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