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by Matthew CarruthJuly 06, 2007
Major League News for July 6
Today’s LinksPlayer News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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THT Links
MLB Downs - Patrick Sullivan handicaps the playoff contenders in the American League.
Stand Pat's Trade Guide - An overview of the Phillies and the players who will be the subject of rumors but never traded by GM Pat Gillick.
Are the A's Done? - Some people, including some at Athletics Nation, are, while not quite giving up on the 2007 season, at least calling for the focus to shift to 2008.
Phillies on the Basepaths - More from Philadelphia, this time concerning their success thus far at the stolen base. The team is an excellent 70 for 80.
Many Best Friends - The Diamondbacks hit into five, all distinct, double plays in a loss to the Cardinals. The last such occurrence was in 1989.
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Player News
Player headlines are courtesy of RotoworldChipper Jones became Atlanta's all-time home run leader with a pair of solo shots Thursday in a 8-6 win over the Dodgers. Jones tied and then passed Dale Murphy with his 371st and 372nd homers. He homered from both sides of the plate for the first time in seven years and the sixth time in his career.
Bill Hall was diagnosed with a high right ankle sprain after landing awkwardly while trying to rob Ryan Doumit of a homer in Tuesday's game. A high ankle sprain can be a six-to-eight week injury, though the Brewers refused to place a timetable on him. They'll likely recall Tony Gwynn Jr. and have him share time with Gabe Gross in center field until Hall returns. Corey Hart also can play some center, which would open up right field for Kevin Mench.
Manager Joe Torre said after Thursday's game that an MRI on Alex Rodriguez's hamstring showed nothing significant. Torre plans on having A-Rod back at third base on Friday. Still, it's possible that Rodriguez will sit out the All-Star Game.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 15 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowell: 5-6, 5 RBI; Crisp: 5 RBI NYA 7 MIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Matsui: GW HR in 8th CHA 11 BAL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Iguchi: 2B, 3B, HR DET 12 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) See below OAK 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Gaudin: 7.2 IP, 2 R LAA 5 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Escobar: 7 IP, 1 R National League CHN 4 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Bergmann, Marshall: 5.1 IP, 2 R CIN 6 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Arroyo: 6.2 IP, 3 R, hit HR NYN 6 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Delgado: 4-4, 2B; Maine: 7.2 IP, 2 R PIT 6 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LaRoche: 2B, 2 HR; Gorzelanny: 7 IP, 3 R STL 3 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Wainwright: 7 IP, 2 R ATL 8 LAN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Chipper: 2 HR; ATL bullpen: 6 IP, 0 R FLA 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Hermida: 2B, HR; Kim: 6.1 IP, 2 R
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (R) Jason Marquis (6-4) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (4-11) Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Dave Bush (6-7) vs. (L) Mike Bacsik (2-5) Arizona Diamondbacks at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Micah Owings (5-3) vs. (R) Kyle Lohse (4-10) New York Mets at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Mike Pelfrey (0-6) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (5-7) San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Noah Lowry (8-6) vs. (L) Mike Maroth (0-0) Philadelphia Phillies at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Kyle Kendrick (3-0) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (8-5) Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Buddy Carlyle (2-2) vs. (R) Justin Germano (5-2) Florida Marlins at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:40 PM (L) Dontrelle Willis (7-7) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (5-0) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Scott Baker (2-3) vs. (R) Jon Garland (6-5) LA Angels of Anaheim at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Bartolo Colon (6-4) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (4-6) Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Julian Tavarez (5-6) vs. (L) Andrew Miller (3-2) Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Cliff Lee (5-4) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (9-3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) James Shields (6-4) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (4-7) Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 8:11 PM (R) Matt Garza (0-0) vs. (R) Gavin Floyd (0-0) Baltimore Orioles at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (4-2) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (5-6) Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Jeff Weaver (2-6) vs. (R) Danny Haren (10-2)
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 50 31 .617 0.0 51 -1TOR 40 42 .488 10.5 43 -3
NYA 38 41 .481 11.0 46 -8
BAL 36 45 .444 14.0 42 -6
TB 33 48 .407 17.0 32 1
American League Central CLE 50 32 .610 0.0 48 2
DET 47 33 .588 2.0 50 -3
MIN 42 39 .519 7.5 45 -3
CHA 35 44 .443 13.5 36 -1
KC 35 48 .422 15.5 38 -3
American League West LAA 51 31 .622 0.0 49 2
SEA 45 34 .570 4.5 42 3
OAK 42 40 .512 9.0 46 -4
TEX 34 48 .415 17.0 38 -4
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 46 35 .568 0.0 47 -1
ATL 43 40 .518 4.0 43 0
PHI 42 41 .506 5.0 42 0
FLA 38 45 .458 9.0 39 -1
WAS 33 49 .402 13.5 30 3
National League Central MIL 48 34 .585 0.0 47 1
CHN 41 40 .506 6.5 45 -4
STL 37 42 .468 9.5 34 3
HOU 36 47 .434 12.5 39 -3
PIT 35 47 .427 13.0 36 -1
CIN 31 51 .378 17.0 38 -7
National League West SD 47 34 .580 0.0 50 -3
LAN 47 36 .566 1.0 47 0
ARI 46 38 .548 2.5 41 5
COL 40 43 .482 8.0 42 -2
SF 35 45 .438 11.5 43 -8
Game of the Day
Cleveland and Detroit faced off in the American League Central dogfight, where those two teams have been vying for first all year. The Tigers were victorious yesterday, with a 12-3 pasting of the Indians. As is typical of the Tigers, five of their players had at least two hits, including a 3 for 4 performance for Magglio Ordonez (who is now hitting .370) and a 3 for 5 performance by Placido Polanco (now hitting .334).CLEVELAND (3) VS DETROIT (12) - FINAL
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
F Gutierrez cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
C Blake 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .271
M Rouse 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .132
V Martinez c 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 .326
K Shoppach c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .363
T Hafner dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .257
J Peralta ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .276
R Garko 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .294
T Nixon rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .240
B Francisco lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .450
J Barfield 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .257
Totals 34 3 8 2 0 10 13
BATTING: 2B - C Blake (19, J Verlander); V Martinez (22, J Verlander); J
Barfield (13, J Verlander). HR - V Martinez (15, 1st inning off J Verlander 0
on, 2 Out). RBI - V Martinez 2 (66). 2-out RBI - V Martinez. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - T Nixon 1, C Blake 1. GIDP - R Garko. Team LOB - 6.
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .284
P Polanco 2b 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 .334
G Sheffield dh 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 .298
M Ordonez rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .370
O Infante rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
C Guillen ss 3 1 1 4 0 1 3 .328
N Perez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172
I Rodriguez c 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 .285
M Thames 1b 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .242
S Casey 1b 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .295
C Monroe lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .219
B Inge 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .251
Totals 38 12 17 12 3 5 16
BATTING: 2B - M Thames (6, C Sabathia); P Polanco (19, C Sabathia); M Ordonez
(35, C Sabathia); S Casey (21, J Stanford). HR - P Polanco (3, 1st inning off C
Sabathia 0 on, 1 Out), C Guillen (13, 3rd inning off C Sabathia 2 on, 1 Out), G
Sheffield (20, 4th inning off C Sabathia 1 on, 2 Out). S - C Granderson. SF - G
Sheffield , C Guillen. RBI - P Polanco (38), G Sheffield 3 (56), C Guillen 4
(65), M Ordonez (69), S Casey 2 (33), C Monroe (42). 2-out RBI - G Sheffield 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Guillen 1, B Inge 1, C Granderson
1. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - C Guillen (14, throw). DP: 1 (B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey).
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CLEVELAND - 110 001 000 -- 3
DETROIT - 104 205 00x -- 12
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia (L, 12-3) 4 10 7 7 1 3 3 3.58
T Mastny 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.91
E Mujica 1/3 3 4 4 1 0 0 10.57
J Stanford 2 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.71
DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander (W, 10-3) 7 6 3 2 0 7 1 3.14
B Seay 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.57
J Capellan 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.00
WP - J Verlander. HBP - C Blake (by J Verlander); R Garko (by J Verlander).
Pitches-strikes: C Sabathia 87-56; T Mastny 29-16; E Mujica 14-9; J Stanford
29-21; J Verlander 110-76; B Seay 16-12; J Capellan 10-7. Ground balls-fly
balls: C Sabathia 3-6; T Mastny 0-1; E Mujica 0-1; J Stanford 3-5; J Verlander
5-9; B Seay 2-0; J Capellan 0-1. Batters faced: C Sabathia 23; T Mastny 5; E
Mujica 5; J Stanford 11; J Verlander 29; B Seay 4; J Capellan 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Doug Eddings. 1B--Dana Demuth. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Kerwin
Danley.
T--2:50. Att--40,923.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 2 mph, in from 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 ARI AA Carlos Gonzalez... 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 BAL A Billy Rowell...... 6 4 0 0 1 1 2 CIN AA Jay Bruce......... 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 BAL AA Jeff Fiorentino... 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 BAL A Brandon Snyder.... 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 R SEA AAA W. Balentien...... 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 TB AA Reid Brignac...... 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 WAN A+ Justin Maxwell.... 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 NYM AA L. Milledge....... 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 CLE A+ Stephen Head...... 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 HOU AA Joshua Flores..... 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CLE AA Chuck Lofgren..... 6 3 1 1 6 2 1 HOU A+ Brian Bogusevic... 7 8 3 3 8 1 0 STL A Tyler Herron...... 7 4 1 1 5 1 0 CLE AAA Sean Smith........ 7 4 0 0 5 3 0 SEA AA Justin Thomas..... 6 6 1 1 7 2 0 KC AA Luke Hochevar..... 4 7 5 5 6 2 1 FLA A+ Brett Sinkbeil.... 7 4 3 3 5 0 2 BAL AA Radhames Liz...... 6 5 1 1 7 3 1 MIL AA William Inman..... 6 8 3 3 7 0 2 BOS A- Jose Capellan..... 5 5 3 3 4 0 0 9 GB NYY A- Z. McAllister..... 5 4 1 1 6 1 1 9 GB BOS A Bryson Cox........ 2 0 0 0 3 0 0
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