THT Daily: Chicago showdowns
by Dave StudemanJuly 12, 2009
Major League News for July 12
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldX-rays on Matt Cain's arm showed no break after he was hit by a comebacker during Saturday's game.
He's day-to-day with a bruise. The Giants probably won't want him pitching in the All-Star Game even though the injury doesn't figure to cost him any additional time, but we'll know for sure on Sunday.
Reds right-fielder Jay Bruce left Saturday's game in the first inning after fracturing his right (non-throwing) wrist.
Bruce made a diving play and saw his hand bent back. He will return to Cincinnati for tests on his wrist, and it is not known how much time he will miss. It was Bruce's first time in the lineup in three days after being benched for being hitless in his last 14 at-bats. He was batting .207 on the year with a team-high 18 home runs and 41 RBI. Chris Dickerson and Jonny Gomes figure to benefit the most from the injury. Gomes stands to gain the most playing time, but the Reds could recall Drew Stubbs to throw into the mix as well.
Cubs placed catcher Geovany Soto on the 15-day disabled list with a mild left oblique strain.
Although he was placed on the disabled list retroactive to July 7, manager Lou Pinella said that he could miss up to a month. Koyie Hill will continue to be the Cubs' primary catcher with Jake Fox backing him up. Keep in mind that Fox has only caught two games this season -- both in the minors. They'll likely look for another backup during the break.
Alan Embree, who was hit by a comebacker during Friday's game, has a fractured tibia and will undergo season-ending surgery on Saturday.
The disappointing news is sure to cause the Rockies to intensify their search for bullpen help. Embree had a 5.86 ERA in 36 appearances, but he had been pitching better lately. Randy Flores figures to replace him in the pen.
Yesterday’s Results
For the full scoop regarding yesterday's games, read "And That Happened" at Shysterball.American League BAL 4 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 15 KC 9 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 7 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 8 MIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 14 NYA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 4 CIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 8 PIT 7 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 13 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 4 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 2 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore)Check out Fangraphs' scoreboard to see all the games in action.
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (4-4) vs. (R) Randy Wells (4-3) Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Aaron Harang (5-8) vs. (R) Mike Pelfrey (6-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Virgil Vasquez (1-2) vs. (L) J.A. Happ (5-0) Washington Nationals at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (R) Jordan Zimmermann (3-3) vs. (R) Brian Moehler (5-5) Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) Clayton Kershaw (6-5) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (8-6) Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies, 3:10 PM (R) Kris Medlen (2-3) vs. (R) Jason Hammel (5-4) San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Kevin Correia (5-7) vs. (L) Barry Zito (5-8) Florida Marlins at Arizona Diamondbacks, 4:10 PM (R) Josh Johnson (7-2) vs. (L) Doug Davis (4-8) St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Adam Wainwright (9-5) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (4-4) American League --------------- Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Tomo Ohka (0-2) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (9-4) Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox, 1:35 PM (L) Bruce Chen (0-3) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (10-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 1:35 PM (L) Marc Rzepczynski (0-0) vs. (R) Brad Bergesen (5-3) Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:38 PM (L) Brett Anderson (5-7) vs. (R) James Shields (6-6) Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (9-2) vs. (R) Scott Baker (6-7) New York Yankees at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (L) CC Sabathia (8-5) vs. (R) John Lackey (3-4) Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, 4:10 PM (R) Dustin Nippert (0-0) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (5-2)
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 BOS 53 34 .609 0.0 51 2NYA 51 36 .586 2.0 49 2
TB 48 40 .545 5.5 52 -4
TOR 44 45 .494 10.0 48 -4
BAL 39 48 .448 14.0 38 1
American League Central DET 47 39 .547 0.0 45 2
CHA 45 42 .517 2.5 44 1
MIN 44 44 .500 4.0 46 -2
KC 37 50 .425 10.5 36 1
CLE 35 53 .398 13.0 41 -6
American League West LAA 48 37 .565 0.0 45 3
TEX 48 38 .558 0.5 47 1
SEA 45 42 .517 4.0 41 4
OAK 36 49 .424 12.0 38 -2
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 47 38 .553 0.0 47 0
FLA 45 44 .506 4.0 42 3
ATL 43 44 .494 5.0 43 0
NYN 41 45 .477 6.5 39 2
WAS 26 60 .302 21.5 33 -7
National League Central STL 48 41 .539 0.0 48 0
MIL 45 42 .517 2.0 43 2
CHN 42 42 .500 3.5 42 0
HOU 43 44 .494 4.0 40 3
CIN 42 44 .488 4.5 38 4
PIT 38 49 .437 9.0 43 -5
National League West LAN 55 32 .632 0.0 54 1
SF 49 38 .563 6.0 49 0
COL 46 41 .529 9.0 47 -1
ARI 38 50 .432 17.5 41 -3
SD 35 52 .402 20.0 31 4
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 CLE AA Matthew McBride... 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 BAL A+ Brandon Waring.... 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 CHW AA C.J. Retherford... 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 WAN AAA Justin Maxwell.... 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 OAK A+ Greg Desme........ 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 NYM A Jefry Marte....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 WAN A+ C. Marrero........ 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 NYY A+ Austin Romine..... 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 DET AA Ryan Strieby...... 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 LA AA Joshua Bell....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 LAA AA Mark Trumbo....... 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 LAA AA Hank Conger....... 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes SEA A+ Steven Hensley.... 7 5 0 0 10 0 0 HOU AAA Bud Norris........ 7 5 3 2 8 2 0 BOS A Stolmy Pimentel... 6 5 1 1 6 0 0 CHW AA Daniel Hudson..... 7 7 2 2 5 0 0 NYY AAA Ivan Nova......... 8 4 1 1 4 2 0 15 GB STL AA Lance Lynn........ 6 5 1 1 7 3 0 NYY AA Michael Dunn...... 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 STL AAA C. Mortensen...... 7 7 3 3 5 2 0 NYY A Andrew Brackman... 5 6 3 3 4 0 0 NYM AAA Jonathon Niese.... 6 8 1 1 5 1 0 MIL A Wily Peralta...... 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 SD A Simon Castro...... 5 4 3 3 4 0 1
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