THT Daily: Tragedy
by Matthew CarruthApril 30, 2007
Major League News for April 30
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
Cardinal RP Dead - Josh Hancock, relief pitcher for the Cardinals who was instrumental to their World Series run last season died in a car accident early Sunday.
Triple T - Troy Tulowitzki turned an unassisted triple play, only the 13th in major league history.
Pavano Back to Throwing - Carl Pavano had a side session, though rumors are starting to mount that Pavano might not make it back into the Yankees rotation.
Lincecum Time? - After another dominating minor league performance, is it time for Tim Lincecum to get called up?
Charting Hamels - The Good Phight took an in-depth look into Cole Hamels excellent start a week ago.
Another One Bites the Dust - The Yanks lose another pitcher as the liner Jeff Karstens took off the leg Saturday broke his fibula. He'll be out most of the year, but could return before the end of the season.
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Player News
Player Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldSt. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock has been killed in a car accident, the team announced Sunday. The Cardinals-Cubs game scheduled for Sunday night was postponed. Hancock was killed early Sunday when his vehicle apparently struck a truck that was assisting a disabled vehicle, team spokesman Brian Bartow said.
Athletics acquired outfielder Ryan Langerhans from the Braves for a player to be named or cash considerations. It's odd that the Braves would just give up their primary left fielder for nothing, even if Langerhans was hitting .068 in 44 at-bats. The A's get themselves a fine fourth outfielder capable of playing an above average center field. It's not going to make a lot of sense to use him regularly if Nick Swisher can return this week, but he is decent insurance.
The Angels are expected to activate IF/OF Chone Figgins (fingers) from the disabled list Monday.
Figgins will join the team in time for Monday night's game in Kansas City and is expected to take over starting duties at third base. Brandon Wood was optioned back to Triple-A to make room for Figgins on the roster.
Johnny Damon, who finished April with a .229 average, is going to see a doctor Monday about his bad back. Now that Hideki Matsui is back, maybe it's for the best that Damon rest his back for a week or two. He's a lot more help to the Yankees when he's 100 percent than he is when he's 80. Melky Cabrera could take over in center field. While there's no certainty that Damon will miss time, mixed leaguers may want to sit him for the week.
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 7 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Cora: 2-4, 3B, HR; BOS: 4-game lead TOR 7 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Hill: 3-4; Ohka: 7 IP, 1 R LAA 5 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Izturis: 2-3, HR; Escobar: 7.2 IP, 2 R CLE 6 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Carmona: 8.1 IP, 1 R DET 4 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Inge: 3-3, GW HR in 9th TB 5 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Upton: 2-4, HR; Kazmir: 7 IP, 2 R SEA 5 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Baek: 6.1 IP, 1 R National League PHI 6 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Moyer: 7.1 IP, 0 R NYN 1 WAS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Maine: 7 IP, 0 R; Bergmann: 7 IP, 1 R MIL 3 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Vargas: 5 IP, 0 R CIN 9 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Encarnacion: 3-4, 3B; Doumit: 4-4, 2B, HR ARI 5 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 6 IP, 3 R COL 9 ATL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings; Tulowitzki: Unassisted triple play LAN 5 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves, 7:05 PM (R) Jon Lieber (1-0) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (3-0) Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Ted Lilly (2-2) vs. (L) Zach Duke (1-2) St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Braden Looper (3-1) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (3-2) Florida Marlins at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (R) Ricky Nolasco (0-0) vs. (R) Orlando Hernandez (2-1) Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) John Patterson (0-4) vs. (R) Jake Peavy (3-0) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 10:10 PM (R) Brandon Webb (1-1) vs. (L) Randy Wolf (3-2) Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (R) Josh Fogg (1-1) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (2-2) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (1-2) vs. (R) Jeremy Bonderman (0-0) Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (0-3) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (3-0) LA Angels of Anaheim at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) John Lackey (3-2) vs. (L) Odalis Perez (2-2)
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 16 8 .667 0.0 16 0TOR 12 12 .500 4.0 14 -2
BAL 12 13 .480 4.5 12 0
TB 11 14 .440 5.5 9 2
NYA 9 14 .391 6.5 12 -3
American League Central CLE 14 8 .636 0.0 12 2
MIN 14 11 .560 1.5 14 0
DET 13 11 .542 2.0 12 1
CHA 12 11 .522 2.5 11 1
KC 8 17 .320 7.5 9 -1
American League West LAA 14 11 .560 0.0 13 1
SEA 10 10 .500 1.5 9 1
OAK 12 13 .480 2.0 13 -1
TEX 10 14 .417 3.5 10 0
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 15 8 .652 0.0 17 -2
ATL 15 9 .625 0.5 13 2
FLA 11 13 .458 4.5 12 -1
PHI 11 13 .458 4.5 12 -1
WAS 8 17 .320 8.0 7 1
National League Central MIL 15 9 .625 0.0 12 3
CIN 12 13 .480 3.5 12 0
PIT 11 12 .478 3.5 9 2
CHN 10 13 .435 4.5 14 -4
STL 10 13 .435 4.5 9 1
HOU 10 14 .417 5.0 11 -1
National League West LAN 15 10 .600 0.0 15 0
ARI 15 11 .577 0.5 13 2
SF 12 11 .522 2.0 11 1
SD 13 12 .520 2.0 14 -1
COL 10 15 .400 5.0 10 0
Game of the Day
The Padres and Dodgers are making of habit of terrific games. Yesterday, they played the longest game of the season to date, a 17-inning affair won by the Dodgers, 5-4. The deciding blow was a double by Brady Clark (.396 WPA), though the true stars of the game were the seven Dodger relievers who allowed only one hit in 10.1 innings.
LA DODGERS (5) VS SAN DIEGO (4) - FINAL IN 17 INNINGS
LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 .208
C Billingsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Pierre cf 7 1 2 0 1 1 5 .282
N Garciaparra 1b 8 0 3 0 0 1 3 .316
J Kent 2b 7 1 2 1 1 1 4 .326
L Gonzalez lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .274
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231
C Tsao p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-O Saenz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188
R Seanez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-M Lieberthal ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100
T Saito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Valdez ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275
R Martin c 8 0 2 1 0 1 6 .314
B Clark rf-lf 6 0 1 1 2 2 3 .286
R Martinez 3b 7 0 2 0 0 1 1 .211
D Lowe p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .232
Totals 63 5 16 4 5 8 34
a-popped out to shortstop for J Broxton in the 10th; b-popped out to first for
C Tsao in the 12th; c-popped out to second for R Seanez in the 14th.
BATTING: 2B - R Furcal (3, D Wells); B Clark (4, J Hampson). HR - J Kent (2,
3rd inning off D Wells 0 on, 1 Out), L Gonzalez (4, 3rd inning off D Wells 0
on, 1 Out). S - D Lowe , R Martinez. RBI - R Martin (18), J Kent (17), L
Gonzalez (11), B Clark (4). 2-out RBI - R Martin, B Clark. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - O Saenz 1, R Martinez 1, R Furcal 1, B Clark 1, J
Pierre 3, R Martin 2. GIDP - D Lowe, N Garciaparra. Team LOB - 15.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre 2 (12, 2nd base off K Cameron/R Bowen, 3rd base
off D Wells/J Bard). CS - B Clark (2, 2nd base by J Hampson).
FIELDING: E - R Martinez (1, ground ball). DP: 1 (D Lowe-R Furcal-N
Garciaparra).
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Giles 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .327
b-K Kouzmanoff ph-3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .119
J Cruz Jr lf 7 1 3 1 0 2 1 .361
B Giles rf 7 0 1 1 0 1 2 .298
A Gonzalez 1b 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 .308
J Hampson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Greene ss 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 .265
J Bard c 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .289
K Cameron p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P LaForest 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
M Cameron cf 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 .190
G Blum 3b-2b 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 .094
D Wells p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
D Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-O Robles ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-T Sledge ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Bowen c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .204
Totals 59 4 9 4 4 12 15
a-sacrificed to third for D Brocail in the 7th; b-grounded to shortstop for M
Giles in the 9th; c-walked for H Bell in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - B Giles (6, D Lowe). 3B - J Cruz Jr (2, D Lowe). S - O Robles.
RBI - A Gonzalez (25), J Cruz Jr (8), B Giles (9), M Giles (14). Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - K Greene 1, K Kouzmanoff 1. GIDP - J Bard. Team
LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - M Cameron (2, 2nd base off C Billingsley/R Martin).
FIELDING: E - D Wells (1, throw); K Kouzmanoff (2, ground ball); P LaForest
(1, catch). PB - R Bowen. DP: 3 (M Giles-A Gonzalez, A Gonzalez-K Greene-M
Giles, G Blum-K Greene-P LaForest).
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LA DODGERS - 202 000 000 000 000 01 -- 5
SAN DIEGO - 102 000 100 000 000 00 -- 4
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LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe 6 1/3 8 4 4 2 3 0 4.62
J Beimel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.77
J Broxton 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.66
C Tsao 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
R Seanez 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.46
T Saito 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.42
C Billingsley (W, 2-0) 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 5.93
SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Wells 5 9 4 4 0 3 2 6.23
D Brocail 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.35
H Bell 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.57
C Meredith 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
K Cameron 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 0.00
J Hampson (L, 0-1) 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3.00
IBB - J Kent (by K Cameron). HBP - L Gonzalez (by D Wells). Pitches-strikes:
D Lowe 86-54; J Beimel 7-6; J Broxton 19-11; C Tsao 15-11; R Seanez 26-18; T
Saito 24-16; C Billingsley 38-24; D Wells 82-56; D Brocail 24-16; H Bell 25-18;
C Meredith 19-14; K Cameron 49-26; J Hampson 55-34. Ground balls-fly balls: D
Lowe 14-2; J Beimel 2-1; J Broxton 4-1; C Tsao 1-4; R Seanez 3-1; T Saito 3-1;
C Billingsley 1-1; D Wells 5-6; D Brocail 5-1; H Bell 3-1; C Meredith 4-2; K
Cameron 0-3; J Hampson 4-7. Batters faced: D Lowe 28; J Beimel 3; J Broxton 6;
C Tsao 6; R Seanez 7; T Saito 6; C Billingsley 8; D Wells 24; D Brocail 6; H
Bell 7; C Meredith 8; K Cameron 11; J Hampson 15.
UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Nelson. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.
T--4:55. Att--44,028.
Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, left to 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.ORG LVL PLAYER POS AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes BAL A+ Jacob Duncan LF 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 RBI BAL A C. Vinyard DH 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 CHC AAA Geovany Soto C 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 CIN A+ Jay Bruce CF 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 FLA AA Grant Psomas 1B 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 HOU AA Francisco CaraballoRF 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 MIN AAA Jose Morales C 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 PIT A+ Steven Pearce 1B 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 8 HR over past week SD A+ Chad Huffman LF 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 5 RBI SEA AAA Mike Morse SS 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 Hitting .56 over last 25 at bats ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL AA Chris Waters 8.0 3 1 1 6 2 0 CLE AAA Brian Slocum 6.0 3 0 0 7 1 0 COL A Keith Weiser 6.0 4 0 0 7 0 0 KC AA Carlos Rosa 6.2 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 ER allowed over last 24 IP KC A+ Blake Johnson 7.0 1 0 0 3 0 0 LA A+ Javy Guerra 6.0 2 0 0 7 3 0 MIL AA Steven Hammond 9.0 6 0 0 6 1 0 SF AAA Tim Lincecum 6.0 3 0 0 14 0 0 0.29 ERA over past month TB A+ Wade Davis 7.0 2 0 0 9 2 0
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