THT Daily: Offense
by Matthew CarruthJuly 22, 2007
Major League News for July 22
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
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Player News
Player news items are provided by RotoworldHunter Pence left Sunday's game in the fourth inning with a right wrist injury.
Luke Scott replaced him against the Pirates. If Pence needs to miss some time, Chris Burke would likely play regularly in center field.
Hanley Ramirez left Sunday's game in the first inning with a left shoulder subluxation.
Ramirez has a history of left shoulder troubles and might need offseason surgery to tighten up the socket one of these years. He's day-to-day now.
Roy Oswalt could miss his next scheduled start Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers after leaving Friday's game against Pittsburgh in the seventh inning with an upper chest strain.
"I'll know more (today) but (Saturday) I didn't feel too great," he said. "Every time I try to move I can feel it. At the most I'll miss one start and then I'll be ready, for sure." He played catch for a few minutes Saturday and plans to throw at a longer distance Sunday.
Sammy Sosa could play Sunday after leaving Saturday's game following a beaning.
Sosa exited in the third against the Rangers after a Cliff Lee pitch glanced off his shoulder and hit him on the left side of the head. Frank Catalanotto replaced him against the Indians.
Willie Harris went 6-for-6 with six RBI and four runs scored as the Braves walloped the Cardinals 14-6.
Harris is just the second Atlanta Brave to go 6-for-6, joining Felix Milan (1970). He entered the day with a .152 average and no RBI in 47 at-bats this month. In the grand scheme of things, the big game might have been a bad thing for the Braves, as it will cause Bobby Cox to keep sticking with him for at least a couple of more weeks. The Braves would probably be better off playing Matt Diaz against righthanders and should be seeking a left fielder in trade.
Curt Schilling fanned six in three scoreless innings Saturday in his rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket.
Schilling allowed two hits, walked none and threw 32 of his 40 pitches for strikes before departing. He's expected to pitch for Pawtucket again on Thursday and rejoin the Red Sox after that.
X-rays on Carl Crawford's left ankle were negative, but he's likely to miss a couple of games with a sprain.
The Rays are off Monday, so it would make sense to rest Crawford until Tuesday for the series opener against the Orioles. Jonny Gomes started in left field today.
An MRI on David Ortiz's left shoulder came back negative. The Red Sox are calling him day-to-day with a strain.
Ortiz was held out of Saturday's lineup, and didn't start today. Manny Ramirez was Boston's DH.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 11 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 7 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 17 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 1 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 10 KC 8 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 5 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 4 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 8 CLE 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 14 STL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 11 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 3 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 8 MIL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 7 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 NYN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 12 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Cincinnati Reds at Florida Marlins, 1:05 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (4-10) vs. (R) Rick Vanden Hurk (3-2) Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (R) Woody Williams (4-11) vs. (L) Shane Youman (2-1) Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (R) Josh Fogg (5-6) vs. (R) Tim Redding (1-2) San Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (L) Barry Zito (7-9) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (7-2) Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Yusmeiro Petit (1-2) vs. (L) Sean Marshall (4-3) Philadelphia Phillies at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM (R) J.D. Durbin (1-2) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (9-4) New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Orlando Hernandez (6-4) vs. (L) Eric Stults (0-1) St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves, 8:05 PM (R) Brad Thompson (6-4) vs. (L) Jo-Jo Reyes (0-1) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Devil Rays at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (R) James Shields (8-5) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (5-6) Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (R) Brian Bannister (5-6) vs. (L) Nate Robertson (6-6) Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Felix Hernandez (6-5) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (10-4) Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Jon Garland (7-6) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (10-9) LA Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins, 2:10 PM (L) Joe Saunders (3-0) vs. (R) Matt Garza (1-1) Baltimore Orioles at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (5-3) vs. (L) Dallas Braden (1-4) Cleveland Indians at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Paul Byrd (7-4) vs. (R) Robinson Tejeda (5-8)
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 58 39 .598 0.0 59 -1NYA 50 46 .521 7.5 57 -7
TOR 47 50 .485 11.0 49 -2
BAL 43 53 .448 14.5 48 -5
TB 38 59 .392 20.0 37 1
American League Central DET 58 37 .611 0.0 57 1
CLE 57 40 .588 2.0 54 3
MIN 51 46 .526 8.0 53 -2
CHA 43 53 .448 15.5 40 3
KC 42 54 .438 16.5 45 -3
American League West LAA 56 40 .583 0.0 52 4
SEA 54 40 .574 1.0 48 6
OAK 46 51 .474 10.5 49 -3
TEX 42 55 .433 14.5 45 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 54 43 .557 0.0 52 2
ATL 52 46 .531 2.5 51 1
PHI 49 48 .505 5.0 50 -1
FLA 47 51 .480 7.5 47 0
WAS 41 56 .423 13.0 37 4
National League Central MIL 54 43 .557 0.0 52 2
CHN 51 45 .531 2.5 54 -3
STL 44 50 .468 8.5 39 5
PIT 41 55 .427 12.5 40 1
HOU 41 56 .423 13.0 43 -2
CIN 41 57 .418 13.5 45 -4
National League West LAN 55 43 .561 0.0 53 2
SD 53 43 .552 1.0 55 -2
ARI 51 48 .515 4.5 45 6
COL 49 48 .505 5.5 48 1
SF 41 54 .432 12.5 47 -6
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 2 0 0 2 0 2 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 OAK A J. Mitchell....... 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 ATL A+ Kala Kaaihue...... 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 BAL A Billy Rowell...... 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 HOU AA Drew Sutton....... 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 DET A Brennan Boesch.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI COL A+ Justin Nelson..... 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 4 RBI OAK A- Matthew Sulentic.. 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 CLE AA Trevor Crowe...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes HOU AAA Troy Patton....... 7 2 1 0 6 1 0 CHW AA Gio Gonzalez...... 6 4 0 0 9 1 0 PHI AA Matthew Maloney... 9 4 1 1 10 2 0 TEX AAA Eric Hurley....... 6 6 3 3 6 1 0 MIN A+ Zachary Ward...... 8 6 2 0 9 1 0 BAL AAA Garrett Olson..... 6 4 0 0 8 1 0 MIN A Alex Burnett...... 7 3 0 0 8 2 0 TEX AA A. Galarraga...... 7 2 0 0 9 3 0 SD AA Cesar Ramos....... 5 4 2 2 6 2 0 BAL A Pedro Beato....... 6 5 2 1 5 1 0 TEX A Kasey Kiker....... 6 5 3 3 6 2 1 NYY A- Z. McAllister..... 6 4 2 2 5 2 0
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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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