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THT Daily: Lights Out

by Matthew Carruth
June 27, 2008

Major League News for June 27

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

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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of Rotoworld
Josh Hamilton is day-to-day after coming out of Thursday's game with a bruised left hand.
Hamilton was hurt on a first-inning hit by pitch and came out an inning later. X-rays were negative. Hamilton still has a sore knee that he's dealing with, so the Rangers may want to give him a few days off.

Matt Garza pitched a one-hitter for his first career complete game as the Rays defeated the Marlins 6-1 on Thursday.
Hanley Ramirez broke up the no-hitter with a solo homer in the top of the seventh. Garza walked one batter, but since the runner was erased on a double play, he faced just 28 batters. He fanned 10 for the third time in his career. Garza has allowed two runs in 16 innings in two wins against the Marlins this month. He's lost each of his other three starts.

Pirates placed RHP Ian Snell on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 24, with a strained right elbow.
His throwing session on Thursday either didn't go as well as hoped or was scrapped altogether. The move makes room for Denny Bautista on the roster, so T.J. Beam gets a brief reprieve. He'll most likely go when the Pirates call up Jimmy Barthmeier to start Friday. Barthmeier could then be sent down to make room for John Van Benschoten, who will start Saturday.



Yesterday’s Results
American League
TOR     7  CIN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     4  SF      1    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     3  STL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     5  PHI     0    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
TB      6  FLA     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
BAL    11  CHN     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     7  TEX     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHA     2  LAN     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIN     4  SD      3    (Recap and Boxscore)


Today’s Games
National League
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 Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM
  (R) Micah Owings (6-6) vs. (R) Ricky Nolasco (7-4)
 
 Inter-League
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 New York Mets at New York Yankees, 2:05 PM
  (R) Mike Pelfrey (4-6) vs. (R) Dan Giese (1-2)
 Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 PM
  (R) Ryan Dempster (9-2) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (6-6)
 Tampa Bay Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (L) Scott Kazmir (6-3) vs. (R) Jimmy Barthmaier (0-0)
 Cincinnati Reds at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM
  (R) Daryl Thompson (0-0) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (5-8)
 Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (2-7) vs. (R) Eddie Bonine (1-0)
 Atlanta Braves at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM
  (R) Jair Jurrjens (7-3) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (6-5)
 Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals, 7:35 PM
  (R) Daniel Cabrera (5-3) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-5)
 Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM
  (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1) vs. (R) Runelvys Hernandez (0-0)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM
  (R) Brett Myers (3-9) vs. (L) Kason Gabbard (2-3)
 New York Yankees at New York Mets, 8:10 PM
  (R) Sidney Ponson (4-1) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (2-1)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM
  (R) Joel Pineiro (2-3) vs. (R) Gil Meche (5-8)
 Milwaukee Brewers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM
  (R) Seth McClung (5-3) vs. (R) Nick Blackburn (6-4)
 San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM
  (R) Kevin Correia (1-5) vs. (L) Dana Eveland (5-5)
 Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (L) Jarrod Washburn (2-7) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (5-6)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM
  (L) Joe Saunders (11-3) vs. (R) Chan Ho Park (2-2)


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     49  32 .605    0.0   48     1    sparkline graph
TB      47  31 .603    0.5   44     3    sparkline graph
NYA     42  36 .538    5.5   41     1    sparkline graph
BAL     40  37 .519    7.0   38     2    sparkline graph
TOR     38  42 .475   10.5   43    -5    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CHA     43  35 .551    0.0   47    -4    sparkline graph
MIN     43  36 .544    0.5   40     3    sparkline graph
DET     38  40 .487    5.0   39    -1    sparkline graph
CLE     36  43 .456    7.5   41    -5    sparkline graph
KC      36  43 .456    7.5   35     1    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     48  31 .608    0.0   41     7    sparkline graph
OAK     43  35 .551    4.5   46    -3    sparkline graph
TEX     40  40 .500    8.5   39     1    sparkline graph
SEA     28  50 .359   19.5   32    -4    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
PHI     43  37 .538    0.0   48    -5    sparkline graph
FLA     40  38 .513    2.0   37     3    sparkline graph
NYN     38  39 .494    3.5   38     0    sparkline graph
ATL     39  41 .488    4.0   44    -5    sparkline graph
WAS     31  49 .388   12.0   29     2    sparkline graph
National League Central     
CHN     49  30 .620    0.0   50    -1    sparkline graph
STL     45  35 .563    4.5   43     2    sparkline graph
MIL     43  35 .551    5.5   39     4    sparkline graph
PIT     37  41 .474   11.5   35     2    sparkline graph
HOU     37  42 .468   12.0   36     1    sparkline graph
CIN     36  44 .450   13.5   34     2    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     40  39 .506    0.0   40     0    sparkline graph
LAN     36  42 .462    3.5   39    -3    sparkline graph
SF      34  45 .430    6.0   35    -1    sparkline graph
COL     32  47 .405    8.0   33    -1    sparkline graph
SD      32  48 .400    8.5   32     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 AAA Jai Miller........ 4  3  0  0  2  1  0  2 SB
COL AAA Jayson Nix........ 5  3  1  0  1  0  2  
COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 5  3  1  0  1  0  1  
MIL AA  Alcides Escobar... 6  3  1  0  1  0  1  3 R
TOR AA  Brian Jeroloman... 3  2  2  0  0  2  0  
BAL A+  Matt Wieters...... 4  2  1  0  1  1  0  
SEA AAA W. Balentien...... 4  2  1  0  1  1  2  
MIL AA  Matt LaPorta...... 4  2  2  0  0  1  0  
FLA AAA Dallas McPherson.. 4  3  0  0  1  1  1  
LAA A+  Peter Bourjos..... 5  4  0  0  1  0  0  3 LD
OAK A   Corey Brown....... 5  2  1  0  1  0  2  
CIN A   Zachary Cozart.... 5  2  1  0  1  0  2  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
STL AAA Jaime Garcia...... 7  7  5  3 10  0  0  14 GB
OAK AA  Brett Anderson.... 6  3  2  2 12  0  2  
BAL AA  David Hernandez... 6  2  2  2  9  2  1  
TEX A   Kennil Gomez...... 7  6  2  2  6  0  0  
STL AA  Adam Ottavino..... 6  1  0  0  5  1  0  
LAA A   Trevor Reckling... 6  4  1  1  7  2  0  
NYY AA  George Kontos..... 5  4  3  1  7  1  0  
SF  A   Daryl Maday....... 7  3  0  0  4  1  0  12 GB
OAK A+  H. Rodriguez...... 6  3  1  1  7  3  0  
SEA A   Michael Pineda.... 8  4  2  2  7  3  1  
TB  AA  David Price....... 6  4  2  2  7  4  0  
DET A   Alfredo Figaro.... 6  8  3  3  5  0  0  14 GB


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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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