THT Daily: Interleague Day Two
by Matthew CarruthMay 20, 2007
Major League News for May 19
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 RotoworldDavid Wright hit two-run homers in each of his first two at-bats and then was intentionally walked three times Saturday in the Mets' 10-7 win over the Yankees. Both homers came off Mike Myers, who should have been out of the game before facing Wright a second time. It was Wright's eighth career multihomer game. He also stole a base and came around to score a third run after one of the intentional walks. He hadn't been intentionally walked even once this year until today.
Andruw Jones has been dropped to sixth in the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader. Brian McCann is batting cleanup. Jones is batting just .169 this month, but it's not like McCann is lighting it up either. He's at .250 with three extra-base hits in May, and he wasn't nearly productive as Andruw during April. Expect this to be a short-term change.
Josh Hamilton was taken by ambulance on Saturday morning to Lutheran Hospital, where he was diagnosed with gastroenteritis. Given Hamilton's history, there's some reason for skepticism. However, since he's already been released from the hospital, we'll take the Reds release at face value and assume it really was gastroenteritis. He'll probably be back in the lineup within a few days.
Troy Percival, who retired after missing most of last season with elbow pain, confirmed Friday that he will attempt a comeback. Percival would prefer to pitch for the Angels, but that might not be an option. "When it comes down to it, their bullpen is set. They don't need anybody," Percival said. It'd be no surprise to see him land with another AL contender, like the Indians, Yankees or Red Sox. Detroit would also be a possibility, but the Tigers might not want to go there again.
Yesterday’s Results
Inter-League BOS 13 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowell: 4-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI; Matsuzaka: 8 IP, 3 R ATL 14 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) McCann: 3 2B; Smoltz; 7 IP, 0 R; Johnson: 5 RBI FLA 7 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Willis: 7 IP, 2 R CIN 10 CLE 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Phillips: 2-4, HR DET 8 STL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) DET: 5 batters go 2-4 LAA 6 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Napoli: 2-3, HR; Weaver: 6.2 IP, 2 R OAK 4 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Cust: 1-2, HR; Haren: 7 IP, 2 R SEA 7 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Guillen, Beltre: 2-4, HR; Kouzmanoff: 2 2B; NYN 10 NYA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Wright: 2 HR; Chavez: 4-5; Posada: 4-5, HR TOR 13 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Overbay: 2-4, 3B, HR; Stairs: 3-5, HR BAL 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) See below CHN 11 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: GS PH HR; Theriot, Pagan: Key 3B’s HOU 6 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wandy: 6 IP, 1 R MIN 5 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Hunter: 2-4, HR; Hardy: 2-4, HR; Baker: 8.1 IP, 2 R COL 6 KC 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Helton: 2-3, HR; Buchholz: 7 IP, 1 R; Shealy: 3-4, HR National League ARI 9 PIT 8 (Recap and Boxscore) Reynolds: 3-5, HR; Clark: GS HR
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Arizona Diamondbacks at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (L) Randy Johnson (1-2) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (2-5) Inter-League ------------ Cincinnati Reds at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (R) Aaron Harang (5-1) vs. (R) Paul Byrd (3-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Brad Thompson (2-0) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (4-1) Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (L) Erik Bedard (3-2) vs. (L) Micah Bowie (0-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:35 PM (R) Tomo Ohka (2-4) vs. (R) Adam Eaton (3-3) Florida Marlins at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (1-2) vs. (R) James Shields (3-0) Atlanta Braves at Boston Red Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Tim Hudson (5-1) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (0-0) Texas Rangers at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (3-4) vs. (R) Woody Williams (1-5) Minnesota Twins at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Ramon Ortiz (3-4) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (3-0) Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Jose Contreras (3-4) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (4-3) Kansas City Royals at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (0-2) vs. (R) Jason Hirsh (2-4) Los Angeles Dodgers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 3:35 PM (R) Derek Lowe (4-4) vs. (R) Kelvim Escobar (4-2) San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Matt Morris (4-1) vs. (L) Joe Kennedy (1-2) San Diego Padres at Seattle Mariners, 4:05 PM (R) Justin Germano (1-0) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (2-1) New York Yankees at New York Mets, 8:05 PM (R) Tyler Clippard (0-0) vs. (R) John Maine (5-1)
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 29 13 .690 0.0 28 1BAL 20 23 .465 9.5 20 0
TOR 19 23 .452 10.0 20 -1
NYA 18 23 .439 10.5 23 -5
TB 18 24 .429 11.0 15 3
American League Central CLE 25 15 .625 0.0 23 2
DET 26 16 .619 0.0 24 2
CHA 20 19 .513 4.5 17 3
MIN 20 22 .476 6.0 22 -2
KC 16 28 .364 11.0 17 -1
American League West LAA 26 18 .591 0.0 26 0
OAK 22 20 .524 3.0 26 -4
SEA 19 19 .500 4.0 17 2
TEX 16 27 .372 9.5 18 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 28 14 .667 0.0 27 1
ATL 26 17 .605 2.5 24 2
PHI 21 22 .488 7.5 22 -1
FLA 20 23 .465 8.5 20 0
WAS 15 28 .349 13.5 14 1
National League Central MIL 26 17 .605 0.0 24 2
HOU 21 21 .500 4.5 22 -1
CHN 20 21 .488 5.0 24 -4
PIT 19 23 .452 6.5 18 1
STL 16 24 .400 8.5 14 2
CIN 17 26 .395 9.0 21 -4
National League West LAN 25 18 .581 0.0 24 1
SD 23 20 .535 2.0 25 -2
ARI 23 21 .523 2.5 20 3
SF 20 22 .476 4.5 21 -1
COL 18 25 .419 7.0 16 2
Game of the Day
Baltimore won yesterday’s matchup with its mid-Atlantic rival, beating the Nationals 3-2 in extra innings. Jeremy Guthrie had a great start for the Orioles for the second game in a row, giving up one run in seven innings, striking out ten and walking none. Jay Payton had the big hit for the Orioles, a two-run double in the 11th inning.BALTIMORE (3) VS WASHINGTON (2) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS
BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .293
N Markakis rf 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 .260
M Tejada ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .308
R Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .268
F Bynum pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176
K Millar 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
a-A Huff ph-1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .255
M Mora 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .252
J Payton lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 .258
C Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Patterson cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .221
J Guthrie p 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
J Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Gibbons ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226
C Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Parrish p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-P Bako ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Totals 39 3 9 3 5 4 18
a-hit sacrifice fly to center for K Millar in the 8th; b-struck out swinging
for J Walker in the 9th; c-walked for J Parrish in the 11th.
BATTING: 2B - J Payton 2 (5, M Bacsik, W Abreu). SF - A Huff. RBI - A Huff
(19), J Payton 2 (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Mora 1, C
Patterson 1, J Guthrie 1. GIDP - M Tejada 2. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - B Roberts (14, 3rd base off J Rauch/B Schneider), N
Markakis (2, 2nd base off J Rauch/B Schneider), F Bynum (1, 2nd base off W
Abreu/B Schneider).
FIELDING: E - B Roberts (2, ground ball).
WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
C Guzman ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .298
R Zimmerman 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .240
R Church lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .264
R Fick 1b-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .184
A Kearns rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 .248
D Young 1b 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .256
R Langerhans pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132
b-T Batista ph-1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 .182
B Schneider c 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222
N Logan cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .250
M Bacsik p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-R Belliard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-J Flores ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .313
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 40 2 6 2 2 12 13
a-flied out to center for J Rauch in the 8th; b-struck out swinging for R
Langerhans in the 9th; c-walked for S Rivera in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - N Logan (1, J Guthrie). RBI - N Logan (1), T Batista (3). 2-out
RBI - N Logan, T Batista. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Batista
1, C Guzman 1, M Bacsik 2. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - D Young (5, ground ball). DP: 2 (C Guzman-D Young, C Guzman-F
Lopez-T Batista).
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BALTIMORE - 000 000 010 02 -- 3
WASHINGTON - 010 000 000 01 -- 2
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BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Guthrie 7 4 1 1 0 10 0 2.95
J Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.94
C Bradford 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.60
J Parrish (W, 2-0) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.26
C Ray (S, 10) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.35
WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
M Bacsik 6 5 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J Rauch (B, 1) 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 3.70
C Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.93
S Rivera 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.57
W Abreu (L, 0-1) 2/3 2 2 2 1 1 0 5.06
R King 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7.45
WP - R King. IBB - C Patterson (by M Bacsik), R Hernandez (by J Rauch). HBP -
R Fick (by C Bradford). Pitches-strikes: J Guthrie 112-74; J Walker 7-5; C
Bradford 10-7; J Parrish 27-12; C Ray 22-13; M Bacsik 93-63; J Rauch 29-18; C
Cordero 16-10; S Rivera 7-4; W Abreu 27-15; R King 7-2. Ground balls-fly balls:
J Guthrie 6-5; J Walker 2-1; C Bradford 1-1; J Parrish 2-2; C Ray 1-1; M Bacsik
10-7; J Rauch 0-5; C Cordero 1-1; S Rivera 2-1; W Abreu 0-1; R King 0-0.
Batters faced: J Guthrie 25; J Walker 3; C Bradford 4; J Parrish 6; C Ray 5; M
Bacsik 24; J Rauch 9; C Cordero 3; S Rivera 3; W Abreu 5; R King 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Mark Carlson. 1B--Larry Young. 2B--Mike Estabrook. 3B--Ted
Barrett.
T--3:31. Att--30,661.
Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 16 mph, out to right.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 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 KC AAA Billy Butler...... 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 STL AA Colby Rasmus...... 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 SB BOS A+ Aaron Bates....... 5 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 RBI ! BOS AAA Jacoby Ellsbury... 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 TOR A Travis Snider..... 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 RBI CIN A+ Jay Bruce......... 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 LAA AAA Howie Kendrick.... 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 CHW AAA Josh Fields....... 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 RBI ! BAL AA Jeff Fiorentino... 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 R COL A+ Dexter Fowler..... 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes LA A Clayton Kershaw... 6 1 0 0 9 3 0 STL A+ Adam Ottavino..... 5 2 0 0 9 2 0 PHI A+ Joshua Outman..... 7 5 2 2 8 1 1 CIN A+ Johnny Cueto...... 8 3 1 1 3 0 0 TB AAA Jeff Niemann...... 6 6 3 2 3 1 0 13 GB NYY AA Kevin Whelan...... 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 TOR AAA Josh Banks........ 7 6 3 3 7 0 1 SF A Adam Cowart....... 8 8 3 2 3 1 0 CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 7 8 1 1 4 2 0 BAL AAA Garrett Olson..... 7 8 2 1 3 0 0 13 GB HOU AA Troy Patton....... 6 8 3 3 3 2 0 WAN A+ Eduardo Baeza..... 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
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