THT Daily: Dugout Fight
by Matthew CarruthJune 02, 2007
Major League News for June 2
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldCarlos Zambrano got into a shoving match with Michael Barrett and left the ballpark early after giving up seven runs -- six earned -- in five innings Friday against the Braves. Zambrano and Barrett argued in the dugout after a cross-up passed ball played a big role in a five-run fifth inning. Zambrano had been working with Henry Blanco lately, but with Blanco going on the DL, he and Barrett were teamed up today and Zambrano struggled, though that had a lot to do with some awful defense. Ryan Theriot lost an easy popup in the sun to lead to a run in the first, and another run scored in the fourth when Matt Murton had a shallow fly go off his glove. Those were the only two runs before the fifth. Had the Cubs played better behind him today, things could have turned out a lot differently for Zambrano. As is, he may be facing some discipline from the team over his actions.
MLB suspended designated hitter Gary Sheffield three games for his actions in Thursday's game. Sheffield threw a piece of his broken bat in the general direction of home plate umpire Greg Gibson after hitting a grounder. He immediately appealed the suspension, so he'll remain in the lineup for now. Once he's forced to serve the penalty, the Tigers will give his at-bats to Marcus Thames.
John Lackey became the first major leaguer to reach nine wins this season after throwing 7 1/3 innings of two-run ball against the Orioles on Friday. Lackey gave up five hits and two walks, with both runs coming on a Miguel Tejada homer in the first. Lackey departed with nobody on base and one out in the eighth, and then watched Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez combine to preserve the one-run lead. In addition to leading the majors in wins, Lackey is fifth in the big leagues in ERA.
Matt Capps is replacing Salomon Torres in the closer's role for the Pirates, effective immediately. Very surprising timing here. We thought this might happen in mid-April, when Torres blew three early save chances, but Torres had a 3.00 ERA to Capps' 5.40 mark during May. We still think it's the better arrangement, as Torres is more valuable being able to go two innings at a time, something that wasn't happening while he was locked in as the ninth-inning role. Capps should be picked up in all formats.
The Red Sox believe J.D. Drew (hamstring) is less likely than Mike Lowell (hand) to play again this weekend. "I saw him talking to the trainer, I knew there was a problem," said manager Terry Francona after the game. "Again, you get into an area where if somebody goes after a ball, runs down the line and pops their hamstring because I didn’t take them out, I’m going to have a hard time living with myself. So at this point he’s day-to-day and he’ll be evaluated more, that’s about all I really know right now." Wily Mo Pena and Eric Hinske will share time while Drew is out.
Mark Teixeira is questionable to play Saturday after suffering a concussion during Friday's game against the Mariners. Teixeira has played in 501 straight games. "If we decide to not start him, but if he feels like he can have an at-bat, then of course I'm going to give him an at-bat," manager Ron Washington said. "But his health is most important. We need him."
Scott Rolen isn't likely to play this weekend after suffering a strained right hamstring in Friday's game. "I think it's going to take a couple of days," manager Tony La Russa said. "He said he hurt it when he was running to first base." Scott Spiezio will play third base in his place.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 9 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Abreu, Posada, Pedroia: 2 2B each KC 4 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bannister: 8 IP, 2 H, 1 R CHA 3 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Vazquez: 8 IP, 0 R CLE 12 DET 11 (Recap and Boxscore) See below LAA 3 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Lackey: 7.1 IP, 2 R MIN 3 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Slowey: 6 IP, 1 R; Kennedy: 8 IP, 1 R TEX 9 SEA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) Byrd: 3-4, 2B; Diaz: 3-5, 2B National League ARI 5 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Webb: 8 IP, 1 R SF 13 PHI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Durham, Lewis: 4 RBI; Morris: 6 IP, 0 R, 3-4 WAS 4 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Young: 4-4; Bard: 4-5, 2 2B ATL 8 CHN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Davies: 7 IP, 1 R; ATL: 6 2B; Lee: 3-3, HR STL 8 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL: 7 in 9th; Bennett: 2B, HR; Wainwright: 7 IP, 1 R MIL 8 FLA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Braun: 3-3, 2B, HR; Ramirez: 3-5, HR LAN 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 4 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Livingston: 6.2 IP, 1 R; Griffey: HR 575
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 PM (L) Chuck James (5-4) vs. (L) Rich Hill (4-4) Arizona Diamondbacks at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (5-2) vs. (R) Jorge Sosa (4-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 3:55 PM (R) Kip Wells (2-9) vs. (R) Chris Sampson (4-5) Los Angeles Dodgers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Hong-Chih Kuo (0-0) vs. (R) Ian Snell (4-4) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Byung-Hyun Kim (3-2) vs. (L) Chris Capuano (5-4) San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Noah Lowry (5-4) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (7-2) San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Justin Germano (3-0) vs. (R) Levale Speigner (1-1) Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (2-6) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (4-4) American League --------------- Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Jose Contreras (4-5) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (1-2) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Mike Mussina (2-3) vs. (R) Curt Schilling (5-2) Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Chad Durbin (4-1) vs. (L) Cliff Lee (2-2) Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM (L) Odalis Perez (2-5) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (0-6) Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics, 9:05 PM (R) Carlos Silva (3-5) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (4-3) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 9:05 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (4-3) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (2-0) Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (R) Kameron Loe (1-4) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (5-4)
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 36 17 .679 0.0 34 2BAL 27 28 .491 10.0 29 -2
TOR 25 29 .463 11.5 26 -1
NYA 23 29 .442 12.5 29 -6
TB 22 30 .423 13.5 19 3
American League Central CLE 34 19 .642 0.0 31 3
DET 30 24 .556 4.5 30 0
MIN 28 25 .528 6.0 29 -1
CHA 25 25 .500 7.5 22 3
KC 20 35 .364 15.0 20 0
American League West LAA 34 22 .607 0.0 31 3
SEA 26 25 .510 5.5 26 0
OAK 26 27 .491 6.5 30 -4
TEX 20 35 .364 13.5 24 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 34 19 .642 0.0 33 1
ATL 31 23 .574 3.5 29 2
PHI 26 28 .481 8.5 27 -1
FLA 26 29 .473 9.0 27 -1
WAS 23 32 .418 12.0 21 2
National League Central MIL 31 24 .564 0.0 29 2
STL 23 29 .442 6.5 21 2
PIT 23 31 .426 7.5 23 0
CHN 22 30 .423 7.5 27 -5
HOU 22 32 .407 8.5 23 -1
CIN 22 34 .393 9.5 25 -3
National League West LAN 32 22 .593 0.0 30 2
ARI 33 23 .589 0.0 30 3
SD 31 23 .574 1.0 33 -2
SF 26 27 .491 5.5 29 -3
COL 25 30 .455 7.5 23 2
Game of the Day
The AL Central leaders played a great game yesterday, with the Indians eventually beating the Tigers, 12-11. The Tigers led 5-1 in the sixth, but the Indians tied it, then the Tigers led 9-5 in the eighth, but the Indians closed to 9-7. When the Tigers took a 11-7 lead into the bottom of the ninth and Todd Jones got the first out, they had a win probability of 99%. But the Indians overwhelmed Jones and Detroit, scoring five runs in the ninth for the victory.Big hits were a Victor Martinez three-run homer (his second home run of the game), Josh Barfield single to right and David Dellucci single to center. The Indians are 5-0 against the Tigers, who have lost seven of their last eight games.
DETROIT (11) VS CLEVELAND (12) - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .279
P Polanco 2b 5 3 4 2 0 0 0 .340
G Sheffield dh 4 1 0 0 1 3 3 .263
M Ordonez rf 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 .353
S Casey 1b 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 .280
C Monroe lf 4 1 1 3 0 2 8 .239
M Rabelo c 4 0 2 2 1 2 2 .275
O Infante 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .313
N Perez ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 .162
Totals 37 11 15 11 6 9 20
BATTING: 2B - M Ordonez (27, F Carmona). 3B - C Granderson (9, F Carmona). HR -
C Monroe (9, 6th inning off F Carmona 1 on, 2 Out). S - C Granderson. SF - C
Monroe. RBI - P Polanco 2 (30), S Casey 2 (13), M Rabelo 2 (6), C Monroe 3
(33), M Ordonez (50), O Infante (6). 2-out RBI - S Casey, C Monroe 2, M Rabelo,
O Infante. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Perez 2, M Rabelo 1.
GIDP - N Perez, G Sheffield, O Infante. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: SB - O Infante (2, 2nd base off T Mastny/V Martinez), P Polanco
(2, 2nd base off F Cabrera/V Martinez).
FIELDING: E - C Granderson (2, throw). Outfield assists - C Granderson (R
Garko at Home).
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
C Blake 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 .272
T Hafner dh 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 .272
V Martinez c 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 .309
J Peralta ss 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 .300
M Rouse pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .135
R Garko 1b 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 .346
J Michaels lf 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .287
a-T Nixon ph-rf 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .276
J Barfield 2b 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 .241
F Gutierrez rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125
b-D Dellucci ph-lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .243
Totals 41 12 16 11 4 4 7
a-singled to shallow left for J Michaels in the 8th; b-lined out to right for
F Gutierrez in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - J Peralta 2 (8, W Ledezma, T Jones). HR - V Martinez 2 (11, 4th
inning off M Maroth 0 on, 1 Out, 9th inning off T Jones 2 on, 1 Out), J Peralta
(11, 6th inning off M Maroth 1 on, 2 Out), J Michaels (3, 6th inning off M
Maroth 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - V Martinez 4 (48), J Peralta 2 (35), J Michaels 2
(15), T Nixon (22), J Barfield (27), D Dellucci (11). 2-out RBI - J Peralta 2,
J Michaels 2, T Nixon, J Barfield, D Dellucci. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - D Dellucci 2. Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: DP: 3 (F Carmona-J Barfield-J Peralta-R Garko, J Barfield-J
Peralta-R Garko, J Barfield-R Garko).
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DETROIT - 200 102 402 -- 11
CLEVELAND - 000 104 025 -- 12
Two outs when winning run scored.
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
M Maroth 6 7 5 5 2 2 3 5.28
W Ledezma 1 2/3 2 2 1 0 1 0 4.71
T Jones (L, 1-3; B, 4) 1 7 5 5 2 1 1 6.04
CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
F Carmona 6 10 5 5 0 5 1 3.29
T Mastny 1/3 3 4 4 2 0 0 4.43
A Fultz 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.80
F Cabrera 1 2/3 1 2 2 3 3 0 5.91
R Hernandez (W, 3-1) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.10
WP - F Carmona, A Fultz. IBB - M Ordonez (by F Cabrera), T Nixon (by T
Jones). Pitches-strikes: M Maroth 91-55; W Ledezma 20-15; T Jones 46-26; F
Carmona 91-60; T Mastny 19-8; A Fultz 10-5; F Cabrera 38-19; R Hernandez 6-5.
Ground balls-fly balls: M Maroth 7-8; W Ledezma 2-2; T Jones 1-1; F Carmona
12-1; T Mastny 1-0; A Fultz 0-1; F Cabrera 1-1; R Hernandez 1-0. Batters faced:
M Maroth 26; W Ledezma 7; T Jones 12; F Carmona 25; T Mastny 6; A Fultz 3; F
Cabrera 9; R Hernandez 2.
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Vanover. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Greg
Gibson.
T--3:32. Att--41,365.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 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 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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes ARI AA Justin Upton...... 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 LD SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 MIL AAA Yovani Gallardo... 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 KC AAA Billy Butler...... 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 LAA A Hank Conger....... 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 MIL A+ Mat Gamel......... 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 R COL A Daniel Mayora..... 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 TB AAA Ben Zobrist....... 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes MIL AAA Yovani Gallardo... 7 3 0 0 11 0 0 SD A+ Wade Leblanc...... 8 2 0 0 10 0 0 BAL AA Radhames Liz...... 9 0 0 0 8 3 0 CHC AA Sean Gallagher.... 7 3 1 1 9 1 1 MIN AAA Matt Garza........ 6 3 2 2 7 4 0 STL A Tyler Herron...... 5 2 1 1 8 1 0 WAN AA Collin Balester... 7 7 2 2 5 0 0 TOR AA Kyle Yates........ 7 4 1 1 6 4 0 SD AA Cesar Ramos....... 7 5 3 2 3 1 0 17 GB OAK A Andrew Bailey..... 6 5 4 4 8 2 1 TB AAA Mitch Talbot...... 6 5 3 3 5 3 0 13 GB BOS AAA Devern Hansack.... 7 3 0 0 4 1 0
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