THT Daily: Rays sweep Sox
by Dave StudemanApril 28, 2008
Major League News for April 28
Player NewsYesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Top Minor League Performances
You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/
Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJorge Posada reportedly has a tear in his subscapularis muscle and will most likely be placed on the disabled list. It's hardly a surprise that Posada's injury was more serious than the Yankees were letting on. Still, they obviously didn't think he was DL bound or they wouldn't just just designated Chad Moeller for assingnment. Jose Molina will fill in for however long Posada is unavailable. The Yanks will probably call up Chris Stewart for now, though they'll try to get Moeller back in the majors if he clears waivers.
Pirates released RHP Matt Morris. Not a surprise, but still a tough blow for the Pirates who are going to have to write him an $11 million check. He was 0-4 with a 9.67 ERA in five starts this year. "Matt Morris has been a true professional," said manager John Russell. "He's had a great career. He wanted to help us win, and it just wasn't happening." Phil Dumatrait is going to take his spot in the rotation.
John Smoltz complained of increased soreness in his throwing shoulder after giving up four runs in four innings on Sunday. Smoltz said the discomfort prevented him from delivering pitches the way he wanted. He didn't know whether another DL stint was in his future. "The next couple of days I should know what paths we’re looking at," he said. If Smoltz lands on the DL, the Braves would likely bring back Chuck James to start in his place.
Grady Sizemore, who appeared to injure his ankle Saturday, is out of the lineup Sunday. It appeared Sizemore sprained his right ankle while stepping on second base after a David Dellucci single. He later legged out the winning run at full speed, but it's not a surprise that his ankle is sore. Franklin Gutierrez is in center.
The New York Daily News reports that Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready. If only he'd officially retire, we wouldn't have to bother with stuff like this. The Daily News says the romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar and Clemens was a 28-year-old father of two. His attorney denied that the two had a sexual relationship. "He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Rusty Hardin said. "He's considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her."
Diamondbacks recalled RHP Max Scherzer from Triple-A Tucson. Scherzer had a 1.17 ERA and a 38/3 K/BB ratio in 23 innings for Tucson. He'll be available in relief today. What happens after that still hasn't been revealed, but he has to be picked up in any NL-only leagues in which he's available. Mixed leaguers might want to take a chance of him if he's inserted into the rotation.
Michael Young left Sunday's game after six innings with an apparent hamstring injury. A day-to-day injury for Young could force Hank Blalock to the DL whether he's going to need two weeks off or not. The Rangers would probably call up Ryan Roberts to help fill in, with Ramon Vazquez sliding over to shortstop.
Yesterday’s Results
American League TB 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 6 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 1 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 6 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 5 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 4 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 10 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League NYN 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 2 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 3 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 5 PHI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 5 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 3 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 2 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 10 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore)You can download a compact version of yesterday's boxscores from Heater Magazine.
| First Inning's Major and Minor League Daily Reports: |
| {embed="pageblocks/FirstInning_Team_Lookup"} |
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Pittsburgh Pirates at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Ian Snell (2-1) vs. (L) Johan Santana (3-2) Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (R) Bronson Arroyo (0-3) vs. (R) Todd Wellemeyer (2-0) Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Chris Sampson (1-2) vs. (R) Dan Haren (3-1) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Franklin Morales (1-1) vs. (R) Matt Cain (0-2) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (2-0) vs. (R) Javier Vazquez (3-2) New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Mike Mussina (2-3) vs. (L) Aaron Laffey (0-0) Oakland Athletics at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Chad Gaudin (2-1) vs. (R) Jon Garland (3-2)
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 BAL 14 11 .560 0.0 12 2TB 14 11 .560 0.0 14 0
BOS 15 12 .556 0.0 14 1
NYA 13 13 .500 1.5 12 1
TOR 11 15 .423 3.5 14 -3
American League Central CHA 14 10 .583 0.0 15 -1
CLE 12 13 .480 2.5 14 -2
KC 11 14 .440 3.5 9 2
MIN 11 14 .440 3.5 10 1
DET 11 15 .423 4.0 12 -1
American League West LAA 16 10 .615 0.0 15 1
OAK 16 10 .615 0.0 16 0
SEA 12 14 .462 4.0 14 -2
TEX 9 17 .346 7.0 9 0
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 15 10 .600 0.0 12 3
NYN 13 11 .542 1.5 13 0
PHI 14 12 .538 1.5 14 0
ATL 12 13 .480 3.0 15 -3
WAS 9 17 .346 6.5 9 0
National League Central CHN 16 9 .640 0.0 16 0
STL 16 10 .615 0.5 16 0
MIL 14 11 .560 2.0 13 1
HOU 12 14 .462 4.5 13 -1
CIN 11 15 .423 5.5 12 -1
PIT 10 15 .400 6.0 9 1
National League West ARI 18 7 .720 0.0 18 0
LAN 12 13 .480 6.0 14 -2
SF 11 15 .423 7.5 8 3
COL 10 15 .400 8.0 10 0
SD 10 16 .385 8.5 9 1
Game of the Day
Jamie Shields outdueled Josh Beckett and the devilish Tampa Bay Rays swept the Red Sox to gain a first-place tie with the Baltimore Orioles in the topsy-turvy AL East.Rays 3, Red Sox 0 - FINAL
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Ellsbury lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .280
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .324
J Drew rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273
M Ramirez dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .347
K Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .309
C Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .314
J Varitek c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239
J Lowrie 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .323
J Lugo ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .297
Totals 28 0 2 0 1 7 6 ###
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Iwamura 2b 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 .214
C Crawford lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .300
B Upton cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .289
C Pena 1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .200
E Longoria 3b 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 .271
E Hinske dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .294
D Navarro c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .370
G Gross rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077
J Bartlett ss 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .207
Totals 28 3 5 2 1 15 7 ###
----------------------------------------------------
BOSTON - 000 000 000 -- 0 2 2
TAMPA BAY - 001 000 11x -- 3 5 0
----------------------------------------------------
BATTING: 2B - C Pena (1, J Beckett); C Crawford (2, M Delcarmen). HR - E
Longoria (3, 7th inning off J Beckett 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - E Longoria (10), C
Crawford (13). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, D Navarro
2. GIDP - J Drew. Team LOB - BOSTON 2, TAMPA BAY 3. BASERUNNING: SB - M Ramirez
(1, 2nd base off J Shields/D Navarro), E Hinske (1, 2nd base off J Beckett/J
Varitek), J Bartlett (3, 2nd base off M Delcarmen/J Varitek). FIELDING: E - J
Beckett (1, throw); J Drew (1, throw). Outfield assists - J Drew (C Crawford at
3rd base). DP: (A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena).
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Beckett (L, 2-2) 7 4 2 1 1 13 1 4.10
M Delcarmen 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.40
TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
J Shields (W, 3-1) 9 2 0 0 1 7 0 2.54
HBP - J Bartlett (by M Delcarmen). Pitches-strikes: J Beckett 107-70; M
Delcarmen 16-10; J Shields 98-65. Ground balls-fly balls: J Beckett 4-4; M
Delcarmen 0-0; J Shields 12-8. Batters faced: J Beckett 26; M Delcarmen 4; J
Shields 29. UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Mike Estabrook. 3B--Dan
Iassogna. T--2:25. Att--32,363. 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 COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 R LA AA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 MIL AA Mat Gamel......... 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 R TOR AA Ryan Patterson.... 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 LD COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 MIL AA Angel Salome...... 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 TEX AAA Joaquin Arias..... 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 LAA AAA Brandon Wood...... 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 NYM AA F. Martinez....... 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 TB AAA Hector Gimenez.... 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 RBI BOS AA J. Corsaletti..... 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK A+ Trevor Cahill..... 7 5 1 0 12 0 0 LAA AAA Nick Adenhart..... 8 3 1 0 5 3 0 TB A+ J. Hellickson..... 6 5 1 1 11 0 0 BAL AA Jason Berken...... 5 5 1 1 9 0 0 STL AA Jaime Garcia...... 6 2 2 1 7 4 0 HOU A Sergio Severino... 6 0 0 0 7 3 0 CIN AAA Matthew Maloney... 6 8 3 3 9 1 0 DET A Ramon Garcia...... 7 4 1 1 5 1 1 STL AAA Mitchell Boggs.... 5 3 2 0 6 2 0 COL AAA Gregory Reynolds.. 8 11 2 2 5 2 0 BAL A+ Brandon Erbe...... 6 3 1 1 6 3 1 BOS AA Kris Johnson...... 6 5 0 0 3 0 0 11 GB
Access THT’s stats here…
{embed="content/2005stable"}
Dave was called a "national treasure" by Rob Neyer. Seriously. Comments about this article can be sent to him through the miracle of e-mail.
<< Return to Article