THT Daily: Run Outbursts
by Matthew CarruthMay 25, 2008
Major League News for May 25
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldJustin Duchscherer and Huston Street combined on a one-hitter as the A's shut out the Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night.
Boston's road woes continued. David Ortiz broke up the no-hitter in the seventh inning. Kevin Youkilis immediately followed with a long flyball that appeared to have a shot at giving the Red Sox a 2-1 lead, but it was caught on the track. The A's went on to add a second run off Josh Beckett in the bottom of the seventh and an insurance run off Manny Delcarmen in the eighth. Duchscherer, who has had trouble in the run-support department, is 4-3 with a 2.16 ERA. He has a chance to remain pretty effective, but because of the likelihood of injury, he's a definite sell-high candidate.
The Dodgers are planning on shifting Nomar Garciaparra (calf) to the 60-day DL before Sunday's game.
Nomar was placed on the DL on April 26, so the move would guarantee that he's sidelined through June 25. With Blake Dewitt playing very well and Andy LaRoche still in the wings, there's little reason to think Garciaparra will ever again play regularly for the Dodgers.
Andruw Jones will undergo surgery on his sore right knee and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
A lot of Dodgers fans are probably pretty happy about this. The outfield is set with Juan Pierre, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier for at least the next month. Delwyn Young will get an occasional start when one from the group needs a day off. The Dodgers are going to call up Terry Tiffee to act as a pinch-hitter.
Evan Longoria had his first career two-homer game and drove in six runs as the Rays pounded the Orioles 11-4 on Saturday.
Both homers came off Steve Trachsel, but they'll count just the same as if they were off a major league pitcher. The top five hitters in the Rays' lineup combined 12 hits, five walks and all 11 runs and 11 RBI. Carlos Pena missed the cycle by a homer, and B.J. Upton went 4-for-4 with a walk. The win moved the Rays nine games over .500 for the first time in franchise history.
Kevin Millwood has been cleared to rejoin the Rangers' rotation and is scheduled to pitch Friday against the A's.
Millwood had been on the disabled list since May 11 with a strained groin. He threw 65 quality pitches in a simulated game Saturday morning. "My groin feels good, I didn't have any problems with it," Millwood said. "I felt my stuff and location was as good or better than it has been all year." He was 2-3 with a 4.88 ERA through nine starts before getting hurt.
Indians placed RHP Fausto Carmona on 15-day disabled list with a left hip strain.
The good news is that Jake Westbrook was able to get up to six innings in the minors last night, so he can slide right into Carmona's rotation spot next week. That means Aaron Laffey will get to stick around as the Indians' fifth starter.
Rockies placed outfielder Brad Hawpe on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 21, with a strained right hamstring.
Clint Barmes also went on the DL, leaving the Rockies quite short-handed. Ryan Spilborghs should be an everyday player while Hawpe is out, and he wouldn't be a bad short-term play in deeper mixed leagues. Seth Smith will play right field when Spilborghs moves over to center.
Dodgers purchased the contract of LHP Clayton Kershaw from Double-A Jacksonville.
The plan is for the 20-year-old Kershaw to make at least three starts, the first coming Sunday. He was 0-3 with a 2.28 ERA, 32 H and 47/15 K/BB in 43 1/3 innings in the Southern League. He walked 67 in 122 innings last year. Command is likely to be a big issue against major league hitters. Kershaw is a potential ace for the Dodgers, but he'll probably be quite inconsistent early on.
Phillies placed outfielder Jayson Werth on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right abdominal muscle.
Werth suffered the injury on a hard swing in the eighth inning of Thursday's game. It's a big loss for the Phillies, who will go back to Shane Victorino as their starter in center field. So Taguchi figures to play against lefties over Geoff Jenkins.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 12 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 11 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 2 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 19 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ATL 3 ARI 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 5 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 4 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 9 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 4 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 1:10 PM (L) Patrick Misch (0-0) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (6-2) Arizona Diamondbacks at Atlanta Braves, 1:35 PM (R) Micah Owings (5-2) vs. (L) Tom Glavine (2-1) Milwaukee Brewers at Washington Nationals, 1:35 PM (L) Manny Parra (2-2) vs. (R) Tim Redding (6-3) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 1:35 PM (L) Ted Lilly (5-4) vs. (L) Paul Maholm (2-5) Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (5-3) vs. (R) Chris Sampson (3-3) New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, 3:05 PM (R) John Maine (5-3) vs. (R) Aaron Cook (6-3) Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres, 4:05 PM (R) Matt Belisle (1-4) vs. (R) Greg Maddux (3-4) St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers, 4:10 PM (R) Todd Wellemeyer (5-1) vs. (R) Chad Billingsley (4-5) San Francisco Giants at Florida Marlins, 4:35 PM (R) Matt Cain (2-3) vs. (R) Burke Badenhop (1-3) American League --------------- Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (2-6) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (6-2) Texas Rangers at Cleveland Indians, 1:05 PM (R) Doug Mathis (1-1) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (3-6) Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (L) Glen Perkins (1-1) vs. (R) Justin Verlander (2-7) Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (R) Gil Meche (3-6) vs. (R) Dustin McGowan (2-4) Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays, 1:40 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (5-1) vs. (R) James Shields (4-3) Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (L) Jon Lester (3-2) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (2-6) LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 8:05 PM (R) John Lackey (1-0) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (5-3)
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 31 21 .596 0.0 30 1TB 29 20 .592 0.5 27 2
TOR 26 25 .510 4.5 26 0
BAL 24 24 .500 5.0 23 1
NYA 24 25 .490 5.5 24 0
American League Central CHA 26 22 .542 0.0 28 -2
MIN 24 25 .490 2.5 22 2
CLE 23 26 .469 3.5 26 -3
DET 21 28 .429 5.5 23 -2
KC 21 28 .429 5.5 19 2
American League West LAA 30 21 .588 0.0 27 3
OAK 27 23 .540 2.5 30 -3
TEX 25 26 .490 5.0 24 1
SEA 18 32 .360 11.5 19 -1
National League East Pwins Diff FLA 27 20 .574 0.0 24 3
ATL 27 22 .551 1.0 30 -3
PHI 27 24 .529 2.0 28 -1
NYN 23 24 .489 4.0 24 -1
WAS 21 29 .420 7.5 20 1
National League Central CHN 29 20 .592 0.0 32 -3
STL 30 21 .588 0.0 29 1
HOU 29 22 .569 1.0 27 2
MIL 23 26 .469 6.0 22 1
PIT 23 26 .469 6.0 22 1
CIN 23 27 .460 6.5 22 1
National League West ARI 29 20 .592 0.0 30 -1
LAN 25 23 .521 3.5 26 -1
SF 20 29 .408 9.0 19 1
COL 19 30 .388 10.0 20 -1
SD 18 33 .353 12.0 17 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 COL AAA Joseph Koshansky.. 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 R LAA A+ Peter Bourjos..... 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 SB MIL A+ Taylor Green...... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 TEX AAA Taylor Teagarden.. 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 OAK AA Aaron Cunningham.. 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 PHI AA Jason Donald...... 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 MIL AA Angel Salome...... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 TOR A+ Brian Dopirak..... 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 CLE A+ Carlos Rivero..... 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 PHI A Michael Taylor.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 COL A Darin Holcomb..... 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 BAL A+ Brandon Tripp..... 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes TEX A+ Kasey Kiker....... 8 3 1 1 9 1 0 CIN AAA Matthew Maloney... 7 3 0 0 8 2 0 BOS AA Michael Bowden.... 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 STL AA Jesse Todd........ 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 OAK A+ Trevor Cahill..... 6 1 1 1 9 4 1 LAA AAA Nick Green........ 6 4 4 4 7 1 1 SF A M. Bumgarner...... 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 MIN A M. McCardell...... 4 1 1 1 5 1 0 COL A Bruce Billings.... 7 6 1 1 5 2 0 14 GB SD A+ Cory Luebke....... 5 4 3 3 7 1 1 KC A Daniel Duffy...... 4 6 5 5 7 1 0 7 GB OAK A Craig Italiano.... 5 3 0 0 6 3 0
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