THT Daily: New York
by Matthew CarruthAugust 31, 2007
Major League News for August 31
LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Links
Stupid - So MLB has decided to expel much effort in order to make sure that all qualified on-field personnel are wearing standard uniforms in lieu of sometimes just wearing team apparel. Remember when managers wore suits? Those were such a better idea.
Two Games Back - The Phillies now reside just two games behind the Mets but some Mets bloggers are unconcerned.
Manager of the Year - During the Mariners current six-game losing streak, John MacLaren has brought in Rick White four times. Super-closer J.J. Putz has not been used once.
September - It is tough to be a Royals fan in September.
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldChien-Ming Wang pitched seven innings of one-hit ball Thursday as the Yankees completed a three-game sweep by shutting out the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
They're now five back in the AL East and a half-game up in the wild card, pending Seattle's result tonight. Wang only got into serious trouble in the seventh, when a Derek Jeter throwing error was followed by Mike Lowell's single, breaking up the no-hit bid. J.D. Drew followed with a grounder to third. Alex Rodriguez tried the tag-and-throw-to-first double play, but Kevin Youkilis ran around the tag and was initally called safe. After the umpire's huddled, it was ruled that he ran out of the baseline, which he probably did, but only after initially eluding the tag. Instead of second and third with one out, Wang only had to deal with a man on second and two outs, and he struck out Jason Varitek to end the frame.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TB 8 BAL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 5 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 SEA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 11 NYN 10 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 2 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 5 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 SD 7 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (L) Wandy Rodriguez (7-12) vs. (L) Sean Marshall (7-6) Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Kyle Kendrick (7-3) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (5-7) San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Kevin Correia (2-6) vs. (R) Tim Redding (3-4) New York Mets at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) John Maine (13-8) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (15-6) Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Tony Armas (2-4) vs. (R) Yovani Gallardo (5-4) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Tom Shearn (1-0) vs. (R) Anthony Reyes (2-13) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (9-9) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) David Wells (6-8) vs. (R) Jack Cassel (0-0) American League --------------- Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (R) Kyle Davies (1-3) vs. (R) Matt Garza (3-4) Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (9-9) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (14-8) Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Radhames Liz (0-1) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (16-10) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Andrew Sonnanstine (3-9) vs. (R) Phil Hughes (2-2) Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (9-11) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (11-5) Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Gil Meche (7-11) vs. (R) Scott Baker (7-6) Texas Rangers at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (4-9) vs. (L) Joe Saunders (7-2) Detroit Tigers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Virgil Vasquez (0-1) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (11-9)
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 80 54 .597 0.0 85 -5NYA 75 59 .560 5.0 81 -6
TOR 67 66 .504 12.5 71 -4
BAL 58 74 .439 21.0 61 -3
TB 54 80 .403 26.0 52 2
American League Central CLE 76 57 .571 0.0 73 3
DET 72 62 .537 4.5 73 -1
MIN 67 66 .504 9.0 69 -2
KC 59 73 .447 16.5 62 -3
CHA 57 77 .425 19.5 52 5
American League West LAA 79 54 .594 0.0 76 3
SEA 73 59 .553 5.5 67 6
OAK 66 69 .489 14.0 68 -2
TEX 61 72 .459 18.0 64 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 73 60 .549 0.0 72 1
PHI 71 62 .534 2.0 71 0
ATL 69 65 .515 4.5 72 -3
FLA 58 76 .433 15.5 60 -2
WAS 58 76 .433 15.5 56 2
National League Central CHN 68 64 .515 0.0 71 -3
MIL 66 67 .496 2.5 65 1
STL 64 66 .492 3.0 58 6
CIN 62 72 .463 7.0 62 0
HOU 60 74 .448 9.0 59 1
PIT 59 74 .444 9.5 60 -1
National League West ARI 75 60 .556 0.0 64 11
SD 73 60 .549 1.0 74 -1
LAN 70 63 .526 4.0 69 1
COL 68 65 .511 6.0 71 -3
SF 61 73 .455 13.5 66 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 75 59 .560 0.0 SEA 73 59 .553 1.0 DET 72 62 .537 3.0 MIN 67 66 .504 7.5 TOR 67 66 .504 7.5 National League SD 73 60 .549 0.0 PHI 71 62 .534 2.0 LAN 70 63 .526 3.0 ATL 69 65 .515 4.5 COL 68 65 .511 5.0
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 CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 R PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 ARI AAA Carlos Quentin.... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 COL A+ C. Nelson......... 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 WAN A+ Justin Maxwell.... 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 CIN A Drew Stubbs....... 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 CIN A+ Chris Valaika..... 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 WAN A+ Ian Desmond....... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 TB AAA Wes Bankston...... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 LAA A+ Hainley Statia.... 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK A Trevor Cahill..... 6 7 1 1 9 0 0 CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 7 3 1 1 8 1 0 LAA AA Nick Adenhart..... 6 8 4 0 4 0 0 CIN A+ Alexander Smit.... 7 0 2 0 8 1 0 CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 7 8 3 3 8 1 0 STL AA Mitchell Boggs.... 8 2 0 0 5 3 0 OAK AAA Michael Madsen.... 6 6 1 1 5 1 0 HOU AA Felipe Paulino.... 7 7 4 4 9 2 2 PHI AA Joshua Outman..... 7 6 2 2 5 2 0 12 GB TEX AAA F. Cruceta........ 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 KC AAA Tyler Lumsden..... 6 8 3 2 4 1 0 COL A Joshua Sullivan... 4 6 1 1 6 2 0
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