The Hardball Times

THT Daily: Still no home runs

by Matthew Carruth
August 04, 2007

Major League News for August 4
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Top Minor League Performances
Stats

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Player News
Player news items are provided by Rotoworld
Braves placed SS Edgar Renteria on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ankle.
Renteria left Thursday's game in the eighth inning, with Chipper Jones sliding over to shortstop, but the Braves will go with Yunel Escobar as his full-time replacement. Losing Renteria now is a huge blow to the Braves' playoff chances, as he was hitting .336 with an .879 OPS in 105 games.

A's placed 3B Eric Chavez on the disabled list retroactive to July 27 with back spasms.
Finally. Chavez has missed seven straight games and 16 of 19, but as usual the A's waited as long as possible to put him on the DL. He figures to return when eligible, but don't count on a healthy Chavez down the stretch.

Carlos Zambrano left Friday's game in the sixth inning due to leg cramps.
Zambrano had a similar problem in his last outing. He took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, but issued seven walks and was at 93 pitches when he left. He failed in his bid to become baseball's first 15-game winner, finishing with one run allowed on two hits in five-plus innings. Zambrano said afterward that he doesn't expect to miss his next start.



Yesterday’s Results
American League
NYA     7  KC      1    (Recap and Boxscore)
BAL     3  TB      1    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     6  TEX     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHA     7  DET     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE     5  MIN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
OAK     8  LAA     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
SEA     7  BOS     4    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
COL     9  ATL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
HOU     8  FLA     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     3  STL     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYN     6  CHN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     2  PHI     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
CIN    13  PIT     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
ARI     1  LAN     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
SD      4  SF      3    (Recap and Boxscore)

Today’s Games
National League
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 New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, 3:55 PM
  (R) John Maine (12-5) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (11-5)
 Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM
  (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (11-5)
 Houston Astros at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM
  (R) Jason Jennings (2-7) vs. (R) Sergio Mitre (5-5)
 Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM
  (L) Bobby Livingston (2-2) vs. (R) Matt Morris (7-7)
 Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM
  (L) Cole Hamels (12-5) vs. (R) Dave Bush (9-8)
 St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM
  (R) Joel Pineiro (0-0) vs. (R) Joel Hanrahan (0-0)
 San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM
  (L) Patrick Misch (0-1) vs. (R) Clay Hensley (1-3)
 Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM
  (R) Livan Hernandez (6-7) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (8-9)
 
 American League
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 Kansas City Royals at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM
  (R) Kyle Davies (0-0) vs. (R) Philip Hughes (1-1)
 Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM
  (R) Kameron Loe (5-9) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (7-4)
 LA Angels of Anaheim at Oakland Athletics, 3:55 PM
  (R) Kelvim Escobar (11-5) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (8-8)
 Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins, 3:55 PM
  (L) Aaron Laffey (0-0) vs. (R) Matt Garza (1-2)
 Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM
  (R) Javier Vazquez (8-6) vs. (R) Jeremy Bonderman (10-3)
 Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 7:10 PM
  (L) Brian Burres (5-4) vs. (L) Scott Kazmir (7-7)
 Boston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM
  (R) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-8) vs. (L) Jarrod Washburn (8-7)


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     66  43 .606    0.0   67    -1    sparkline graph
NYA     59  50 .541    7.0   67    -8    sparkline graph
TOR     54  54 .500   11.5   57    -3    sparkline graph
BAL     51  57 .472   14.5   55    -4    sparkline graph
TB      41  67 .380   24.5   39     2    sparkline graph
American League Central     
CLE     62  47 .569    0.0   60     2    sparkline graph
DET     61  47 .565    0.5   61     0    sparkline graph
MIN     55  53 .509    6.5   56    -1    sparkline graph
CHA     50  59 .459   12.0   45     5    sparkline graph
KC      48  60 .444   13.5   51    -3    sparkline graph
American League West        
LAA     63  45 .583    0.0   60     3    sparkline graph
SEA     60  47 .561    2.5   54     6    sparkline graph
OAK     52  58 .473   12.0   56    -4    sparkline graph
TEX     48  61 .440   15.5   49    -1    sparkline graph


National League East        Pwins  Diff
NYN     62  47 .569    0.0   60     2    sparkline graph
PHI     57  52 .523    5.0   59    -2    sparkline graph
ATL     57  53 .518    5.5   59    -2    sparkline graph
FLA     50  60 .455   12.5   51    -1    sparkline graph
WAS     49  60 .450   13.0   44     5    sparkline graph
National League Central     
MIL     59  51 .536    0.0   58     1    sparkline graph
CHN     57  51 .528    1.0   60    -3    sparkline graph
STL     50  56 .472    7.0   44     6    sparkline graph
HOU     48  61 .440   10.5   47     1    sparkline graph
CIN     46  64 .418   13.0   49    -3    sparkline graph
PIT     44  63 .411   13.5   44     0    sparkline graph
National League West        
ARI     61  50 .550    0.0   52     9    sparkline graph
SD      58  50 .537    1.5   60    -2    sparkline graph
LAN     58  51 .532    2.0   58     0    sparkline graph
COL     56  52 .519    3.5   56     0    sparkline graph
SF      47  60 .439   12.0   53    -6    sparkline graph


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
CIN AAA Jay Bruce......... 4  2  0  0  1  0  2  
CLE AAA Andy Marte........ 3  1  0  0  1  1  1  
BOS AA  J. Corsaletti..... 4  3  1  0  1  3  1  5 RBI !
SF  A+  Adam Witter....... 4  3  0  0  3  0  0  3 R
DET A+  Cameron Maybin.... 3  2  1  0  0  1  1  
OAK A   J. Mitchell....... 2  1  0  0  0  3  0  
STL AA  Colby Rasmus...... 4  2  1  0  0  1  2  
MIL AA  Hernan Iribarren.. 4  3  0  1  0  1  0  2 SB
ATL AAA B. Lillibridge.... 5  4  2  0  0  0  0  
MIL A+  Mat Gamel......... 4  2  0  0  1  2  1  
BOS AAA Jed Lowrie........ 4  2  1  0  1  0  2  
CIN A+  Cody Strait....... 2  2  1  0  1  0  0  

ORG LVL PLAYER            IP  H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
LAA AA  Nick Adenhart..... 6  4  2  2  8  3  0  
TEX AAA Edinson Volquez... 6  2  1  1  9  2  0  
TB  A+  Jacob McGee....... 7  2  0  0 10  1  0  
SD  AA  Cesar Ramos....... 7  5  0  0  8  1  0  
PHI AAA J.A. Happ......... 7  1  0  0  8  1  0  
MIN AA  Yohan Pino........ 8  6  1  1  8  0  0  
CHW AAA Heath Phillips.... 7  2  0  0  6  2  0  
OAK A   Trevor Cahill..... 7  5  1  1  6  3  0  12 GB
CHC AAA Sean Gallagher.... 7  5  1  1  5  0  0  
STL AAA Mike Parisi....... 6  6  3  3  7  0  0  
PHI AA  Joshua Outman..... 7  4  3  3  7  1  1  
KC  AA  Jarod Plummer..... 3  0  0  0  7  1  0


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