THT Daily: Rays in first
by Dave StudemanMay 14, 2008
Major League News for May 13
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJeff Keppinger was diagnosed with a fractured left kneecap after fouling a pitch off himself in Tuesday's game. An MRI is scheduled for Wednesday, but Keppinger is surely DL bound. The Reds will probably call up Paul Janish to share time with Jerry Hairston Jr. at shortstop until Alex Gonzalez gets back. Janish could have a little short-term fantasy value, but Hairston will be the better bet in NL-only leagues.
Japanese hurler Kenshin Kawakami, who is set to become a free agent after the season, reportedly wants to pitch for the Red Sox. The Yankees and Mets are among the teams believed to have scouted Kawakami, a soon-to-be 33-year-old right-hander. Kawakami just missed qualifying for free agency last year. Had he made the jump then, he might have received a contract similar to Hiroki Kuroda's. He has the weaker fastball of the two, but he has an outstanding track record.
Ryan Doumit was found to have a small fracture near the tip of his left thumb and likely will go on the DL. Manager John Russell said Doumit could miss anywhere from 10 days to three weeks, but he's obviously not going to stay on the roster even if the Pirates think it'll be just 10 days. Either Raul Chavez or Michel Hernandez will be called up to play behind Ronny Paulino.
Thrust back into the closer's role, Eric Gagne pitched a scoreless ninth for his 10th save on Tuesday. Gagne allowed a leadoff single to Russell Martin, bounced back to retire Blake DeWitt and Mark Sweeney and then surrendered a walk to Andruw Jones, causing the Brewers to get Brian Shouse up in the pen. Fortunately, that brought up Juan Pierre, and Pierre did what Pierre does best, popping up the very first pitch he saw to shortstop to end the game. Gagne threw 23 pitches tonight on the heels of working two innings on Monday, so we doubt he'll be available to close on Wednesday. However, it figures that the Brewers will keep giving him save chances until he implodes again.
X-rays were negative, so J.D. Drew is listed as day-to-day with a sprained left wrist. With Brendan Moss and Bobby Kielty sidelined, the Red Sox would probably call up Jonathan Van Every if they needed an extra outfielder. However, it sounds like Drew will avoid the disabled list. He should consider himself quite lucky, as his injury came on a play remarkably similar to the one that led to a break for Hideki Matsui a couple of years ago.
The U.S. Attorney's office filed a new indictment against Barry Bonds, charging him with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. Bonds originally was charged with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice last Nov. 15, but U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered prosecutors on Feb. 29 to rework the indictment so that each charge alleged only one lie rather than lumping several alleged falsehoods into single counts.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 5 BOS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 2 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 3 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 2 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 6 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 5 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 4 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 8 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 COL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 4 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
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Today’s Games
National League --------------- Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Tom Glavine (0-1) vs. (R) Brett Myers (2-3) Florida Marlins at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (2-3) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (2-4) Washington Nationals at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Tim Redding (4-3) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (0-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (R) Derek Lowe (2-3) vs. (L) Manny Parra (1-2) San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 PM (R) Jake Peavy (4-2) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (3-4) Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (L) Paul Maholm (2-3) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (3-1) Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (L) Jorge De La Rosa (1-1) vs. (R) Micah Owings (4-1) Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Brian Moehler (1-0) vs. (L) Pat Misch (0-0) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers, 2:05 PM (R) Carlos Silva (3-2) vs. (R) Scott Feldman (1-1) Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles, 3:05 PM (L) Jon Lester (2-2) vs. (R) Daniel Cabrera (3-1) Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Joe Blanton (2-5) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (2-5) New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, 7:10 PM (R) Mike Mussina (5-3) vs. (R) James Shields (4-2) Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Roy Halladay (3-5) vs. (R) Boof Bonser (2-4) Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Justin Verlander (1-6) vs. (R) Luke Hochevar (2-2) Chicago White Sox at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Jose Contreras (3-3) vs. (R) John Lackey (0-0)
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 TB 23 16 .590 0.0 22 1BOS 24 18 .571 0.5 24 0
BAL 20 19 .513 3.0 19 1
NYA 19 21 .475 4.5 20 -1
TOR 19 22 .463 5.0 20 -1
American League Central MIN 20 18 .526 0.0 19 1
CLE 20 19 .513 0.5 23 -3
CHA 18 20 .474 2.0 21 -3
KC 17 21 .447 3.0 16 1
DET 16 23 .410 4.5 17 -1
American League West LAA 24 17 .585 0.0 21 3
OAK 23 17 .575 0.5 24 -1
TEX 20 21 .488 4.0 18 2
SEA 15 26 .366 9.0 18 -3
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 23 16 .590 0.0 21 2
PHI 22 18 .550 1.5 21 1
NYN 20 17 .541 2.0 20 0
ATL 19 19 .500 3.5 23 -4
WAS 16 24 .400 7.5 16 0
National League Central CHN 23 16 .590 0.0 25 -2
STL 23 18 .561 1.0 22 1
HOU 22 18 .550 1.5 22 0
MIL 20 19 .513 3.0 18 2
PIT 19 20 .487 4.0 18 1
CIN 17 23 .425 6.5 17 0
National League West ARI 24 15 .615 0.0 24 0
LAN 19 19 .500 4.5 21 -2
SF 17 23 .425 7.5 15 2
COL 15 24 .385 9.0 16 -1
SD 15 25 .375 9.5 14 1
Game of the Day
The Tampa Bay Rays took sole possession of first place in the American League East with an extra-inning 2-1 victory over the Yankees. Edwin Jackson outpitched Chien-Ming Wang over the first seven innings and the Rays led, 1-0, in the top of the ninth. But Hideki Matsui tied the game with a solo blast off Troy Percival, and the game remained tied until the 11th inning, when Gabe Gross drove in Jonny Gomes to win it for the division-leading Rays.Rays 2, Yankees 1 - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .271
D Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .305
B Abreu rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .287
H Matsui lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .319
J Giambi 1b 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .194
M Cabrera cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .269
R Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .183
A Gonzalez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .290
va-S Duncan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .188
M Ensberg 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
J Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203
Totals 37 1 6 1 3 7 14 ###
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .263
C Crawford lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .287
B Upton cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .287
C Pena 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .210
E Longoria 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222
C Floyd dh 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 .391
J Gomes pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225
E Hinske rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .259
G Gross rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .220
D Navarro c 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .375
J Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .242
Totals 37 2 11 2 5 3 16 ###
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NY YANKEES - 000 000 001 00 -- 1 6 0
TAMPA BAY - 000 100 000 01 -- 2 11 0
No outs when winning run scored.
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va-struck out looking for A Gonzalez in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - C Pena (2, C Wang). 3B - D Jeter (3, E Jackson). HR - H Matsui
(5, 9th inning off T Percival 0 on, 1 Out). S - J Bartlett. RBI - H Matsui
(18), E Hinske (18), G Gross (6). 2-out RBI - E Hinske. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - S Duncan 1, H Matsui 1, J Bartlett 1, B Upton 1, A Iwamura 1.
GIDP - A Gonzalez, H Matsui, E Hinske, J Bartlett, C Floyd. Team LOB - NY
YANKEES 6, TAMPA BAY 11. BASERUNNING: SB - J Gomes (5, 2nd base off M Rivera/J
Molina). FIELDING: DP: (R Cano-D Jeter-J Giambi 2, R Cano-J Giambi, E
Longoria-A Iwamura-C Pena, A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena).
NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang 7 7 1 1 3 2 0 2.90
J Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.76
K Farnsworth 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.84
M Rivera (L, 0-1) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0.56
TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
E Jackson 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 3.47
D Wheeler (H, 9) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.29
T Percival (B, 2) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2.40
J Howell (W, 3-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.67
M Rivera pitched to 2 batters in the 11th.
WP - E Jackson. Pitches-strikes: C Wang 101-67; J Chamberlain 15-6; K
Farnsworth 12-5; M Rivera 17-11; E Jackson 111-72; D Wheeler 11-9; T Percival
24-13; J Howell 23-13. Ground balls-fly balls: C Wang 16-3; J Chamberlain 3-0;
K Farnsworth 1-2; M Rivera 0-2; E Jackson 10-6; D Wheeler 0-1; T Percival 0-3;
J Howell 4-2. Batters faced: C Wang 29; J Chamberlain 4; K Farnsworth 4; M
Rivera 6; E Jackson 26; D Wheeler 3; T Percival 5; J Howell 6. UMPIRES: HP--Ron
Kulpa. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Dan Iassogna. T--3:32. Att--16,558.
Weather: INDOORSThe 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 ATL AAA Brandon Jones..... 5 4 2 0 1 0 1 3 LD CIN A+ Juan Francisco.... 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 4 RBI BAL AA Nolan Reimold..... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 PHI A+ Adrian Cardenas... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 SEA A+ Gregory Halman.... 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 MIL A Jonathan Lucroy... 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 ATL AAA Scott Thorman..... 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 TB AAA Justin Ruggiano... 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 COL AA Dexter Fowler..... 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 LD NYY AA Jose Tabata....... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 BOS AA Aaron Bates....... 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 WAN AA Justin Maxwell.... 5 2 0 0 1 0 2 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TB A+ Lewis Rollins..... 7 2 0 0 6 1 0 LAA A Jordan Walden..... 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 NYM A Scott Moviel...... 6 6 2 2 7 0 0 ATL AAA Charlie Morton.... 7 5 1 1 7 2 0 LAA AA Anthony Ortega.... 7 7 4 3 6 0 0 STL AAA Jaime Garcia...... 7 6 0 0 6 1 0 NYM AA Bobby Parnell..... 7 5 2 2 3 0 0 16 GB TEX AA Matt Harrison..... 6 5 1 1 5 1 0 TEX A Neftali Feliz..... 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 ATL AA Thomas Hanson..... 6 5 1 1 7 4 0 BAL AA David Hernandez... 6 6 2 2 7 0 2 STL AA Jesse Todd........ 6 2 0 0 2 1 0
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