THT Daily: One-Run Games
by Matthew CarruthApril 26, 2008
Major League News for April 26
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldChipper Jones was scratched from Atlanta's lineup Saturday after he was bothered by spasms in the middle of his back.
With Yunel Escobar also out, the Braves have called up Brent Lillibridge to start at shortstop and moved Martin Prado over to third. Jones is day-to-day.
Mark Buehrle will pitch the second half of Saturday's doubleheader against the Orioles.
Buehrle pitched an inning on Friday, so it was thought that he'd be unavailable on Saturday. He apparently pleaded with manager Ozzie Guillen and pitching coach Don Cooper to let him make the evening start. If the outing goes well, it will be a relief for the White Sox who won't have to call up a starter or push Javier Vasquez up in the rotation. Vasquez will now pitch his scheduled start Monday.
Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Bartolo Colon has assured the Red Sox that he will not exercise his May 1 opt-out clause.
Colon could be pitching in a rehab game by May 5. He will throw long toss at 170 feet today and has a bullpen session scheduled for Monday.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Carlos Guillen (bruised leg) could return to the lineup Saturday.
Guillen had missed two games after fouling a ball of his leg Wednesday.
Michael Bourn (groin) expects to be in the starting lineup Saturday.
Bourn played the final inning of Friday's game in center field. He is hitting only .216 but has 13 stolen bases and ten runs scored.
Mosies Alou's rehab has been put on hold because of a sore right ankle.
Alou is recovering from a hernia and was supposed to play for Single-A St. Lucie Friday night. He should resume the rehab in a day or two.
Keith Foulke (neck) has begun playing catch at a distance of 80 feet.
Foulke made 30 tosses Friday and said he felt OK. He is eligible to come off the disabled list Saturday but won't return until May 2.
Shane Victorino (calf) went 2-for-5 Friday with two walks and an RBI for Single-A Clearwater.
It's expected that Victorino will be in the Phillies' lineup when he's eligible to come off the DL on Tuesday.
Pirates manager John Russell said he's hoping Jack Wilson will be ready for the May 6-8 series against the Giants.
Wilson (calf) has been running and hitting at extended spring training and will begin a minor league rehab assignment in mid-to-late next week.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TB 5 BOS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 6 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 8 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 4 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 6 MIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 6 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 3 MIL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 6 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 3 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 COL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 5 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (R) Roy Oswalt (2-3) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (2-1) Atlanta Braves at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Tim Hudson (3-1) vs. (R) John Maine (1-2) Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres, 3:55 PM (R) Micah Owings (4-0) vs. (R) Justin Germano (0-2) Florida Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (L) Mark Hendrickson (4-1) vs. (R) Carlos Villanueva (1-2) Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Kyle Kendrick (1-2) vs. (R) Matt Morris (0-3) Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, 7:10 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (3-1) vs. (L) Matt Chico (0-4) Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 PM (R) Matt Belisle (0-1) vs. (R) Kevin Correia (1-3) Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (L) Mark Redman (2-1) vs. (R) Brad Penny (3-2) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 PM (L) Brian Burres (2-1) vs. (L) John Danks (2-1) New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians, 3:55 PM (R) Ian Kennedy (0-2) vs. (L) Jeremy Sowers (0-0) LA Angels of Anaheim at Detroit Tigers, 3:55 PM (R) Dustin Moseley (1-2) vs. (R) Armando Galarraga (2-0) Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (1-3) vs. (R) Nick Masset (0-0) Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Clay Buchholz (1-1) vs. (R) Edwin Jackson (2-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals, 7:10 PM (R) Shaun Marcum (2-1) vs. (R) Luke Hochevar (0-1) Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Scott Baker (2-0) vs. (R) Sidney Ponson (0-0) Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners, 9:10 PM (R) Justin Duchscherer (1-0) vs. (L) Erik Bedard (1-0)
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 15 10 .600 0.0 13 2BAL 13 9 .591 0.5 11 2
TB 12 11 .522 2.0 13 -1
NYA 12 12 .500 2.5 11 1
TOR 10 14 .417 4.5 12 -2
American League Central CHA 12 9 .571 0.0 13 -1
CLE 11 12 .478 2.0 13 -2
KC 10 13 .435 3.0 8 2
MIN 10 13 .435 3.0 9 1
DET 10 14 .417 3.5 11 -1
American League West LAA 15 9 .625 0.0 13 2
OAK 15 9 .625 0.0 15 0
SEA 11 13 .458 4.0 13 -2
TEX 8 16 .333 7.0 8 0
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 14 9 .609 0.0 11 3
PHI 13 11 .542 1.5 13 0
ATL 12 11 .522 2.0 15 -3
NYN 11 11 .500 2.5 12 -1
WAS 8 16 .333 6.5 9 -1
National League Central CHN 15 8 .652 0.0 15 0
STL 14 10 .583 1.5 14 0
MIL 13 10 .565 2.0 12 1
HOU 12 12 .500 3.5 13 -1
PIT 9 14 .391 6.0 8 1
CIN 9 15 .375 6.5 10 -1
National League West ARI 17 6 .739 0.0 17 0
SF 11 13 .458 6.5 8 3
COL 10 13 .435 7.0 10 0
LAN 10 13 .435 7.0 12 -2
SD 9 15 .375 8.5 8 1
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 PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 LD LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 LA AA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 WAN AA Ian Desmond....... 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 R BOS AAA George Kottaras... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 CIN A+ Chris Valaika..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 RBI ! CLE AA Ryan Goleski...... 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 HOU A Nicholas Moresi... 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 LA AAA Blake Dewitt...... 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 R ARI AAA James D'Antona.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 WAN AA Justin Maxwell.... 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 R ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes KC AA Carlos Rosa....... 8 1 0 0 9 2 0 LA AA Clayton Kershaw... 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 TB AA Wade Davis........ 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 SD AA William Inman..... 6 5 0 0 7 2 0 MIN A+ Jeffrey Manship... 7 3 1 1 6 2 0 12 GB FLA AA Ryan Tucker....... 6 3 0 0 6 3 0 COL A+ Aneury Rodriguez.. 7 2 0 0 6 1 0 SF AA Adam Cowart....... 6 6 1 1 5 0 0 13 GB BOS AAA Edgar Martinez.... 3 1 1 1 5 0 0 ATL A Jeffrey Locke..... 6 4 1 0 5 1 0 STL A+ Tyler Herron...... 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 CIN AAA Homer Bailey...... 6 6 4 4 6 3 2
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