THT Daily: Cust busts slump
by Dave StudemanMay 02, 2008
Major League News for May 2
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 RotoworldThe Rays hope to have B.J. Upton back from a strained left shoulder on Saturday. Reyes aggravated the shoulder on a swing during Thursday's game. "It looks bad right away. It feels bad right away," Upton said. "But this is the best it’s ever felt right after, so we shouldn’t think too much of it." Nathan Haynes figures to start in Upton's place tomorrow.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman said he doesn't expect to see Phil Hughes back before July after he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his rib cage. That sounds right. Hughes will probably go 4-6 weeks without pitching, and it'd be for the best if he spends a full month in the minors before coming off the disabled list. Darrell Rasner will start in his place on Sunday.
The Rocky Mountain News reports that Troy Tulowitzki has suffered a torn tendon in his left quadricep and could be out until at least the All Star break. Not exactly what the struggling Rockies were hoping to hear. Tulowitzki underwent an MRI on Wednesday and the Rockies confirmed he suffered a tear in the quad near the hip area. His agent said that "with the help of God, he will be back in two months." Clint Barmes will take over duties at short stop, with Omar Quintanilla and Jonathan Herrera platooning at second until Jeff Baker is healthy.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Jimmy Rollins (ankle) is now unlikely to return from the disabled list when eligible Monday. Rollins appeared to be on track for a Monday return and was scheduled to begin a minor league rehab assignment, but felt soreness in his sprained ankle while running the bases Wednesday. "Once I'm able to do that, I'll be able to play," Rollins said. "Don't treat it right and I've got a bad ankle for the rest of my career, too. That's not good. When I'm ready, I'll be up on that lineup board."
Yesterday’s Results
American League TB 4 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 3 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 15 LAA 8 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 2 KC 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League LAN 5 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 4 CHN 3 (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 --------------- San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (L) Pat Misch (0-0) vs. (R) Kyle Kendrick (2-2) San Diego Padres at Florida Marlins, 7:10 PM (R) Justin Germano (0-2) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (4-1) Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Nationals, 7:35 PM (L) Phil Dumatrait (0-1) vs. (L) Matt Chico (0-5) Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (R) Edinson Volquez (4-0) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (3-2) Milwaukee Brewers at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Carlos Villanueva (1-2) vs. (R) Roy Oswalt (2-3) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:15 PM (L) Rich Hill (1-0) vs. (R) Adam Wainwright (3-1) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 9:05 PM (R) Brad Penny (4-2) vs. (L) Jeff Francis (0-2) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) John Maine (2-2) vs. (R) Micah Owings (4-0) American League --------------- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (2-2) vs. (R) Clay Buchholz (1-2) Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (L) Erik Bedard (2-0) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (5-0) Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Luke Hochevar (1-1) vs. (L) C.C. Sabathia (1-4) Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (1-2) vs. (R) Shaun Marcum (2-2) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Armando Galarraga (2-0) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (3-1) Baltimore Orioles at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Jeremy Guthrie (0-3) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (2-3) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Vicente Padilla (3-2) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (2-4)
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 16 12 .571 0.0 16 0BOS 17 13 .567 0.0 15 2
BAL 15 13 .536 1.0 14 1
NYA 14 16 .467 3.0 14 0
TOR 12 17 .414 4.5 15 -3
American League Central CHA 14 12 .538 0.0 16 -2
CLE 14 15 .483 1.5 15 -1
DET 14 15 .483 1.5 14 0
MIN 13 14 .481 1.5 11 2
KC 12 16 .429 3.0 11 1
American League West LAA 18 12 .600 0.0 15 3
OAK 18 12 .600 0.0 19 -1
SEA 13 16 .448 4.5 15 -2
TEX 11 18 .379 6.5 10 1
National League East Pwins Diff PHI 16 13 .552 0.0 16 0
NYN 14 12 .538 0.5 13 1
FLA 15 13 .536 0.5 12 3
ATL 12 15 .444 3.0 16 -4
WAS 12 17 .414 4.0 11 1
National League Central STL 18 11 .621 0.0 18 0
CHN 17 11 .607 0.5 18 -1
MIL 16 12 .571 1.5 14 2
HOU 13 16 .448 5.0 14 -1
CIN 12 17 .414 6.0 13 -1
PIT 11 17 .393 6.5 11 0
National League West ARI 20 8 .714 0.0 19 1
LAN 15 13 .536 5.0 17 -2
SF 13 16 .448 7.5 10 3
COL 11 17 .393 9.0 11 0
SD 11 18 .379 9.5 10 1
Game of the Day
The Cubs and Kerry Wood couldn’t hold onto a two-run lead in the ninth inning as Ryan Braun hit a bases-loaded double and the Brewers beat the Cubbies, 4-3, winning the rubber game of the series.Brewers 4, Cubs 3 - FINAL
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .204
M Cameron cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 .231
R Braun lf 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 .287
P Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .240
C Hart rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .301
B Hall 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .236
C Counsell ss 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .275
Y Gallardo p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
va-T Gwynn Jr ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375
D Riske p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
vb-G Kapler ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .296
E Gagne p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Kendall c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .303
Totals 36 4 11 4 3 8 18 ###
CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .164
R Theriot ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .340
D Lee 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .360
A Ramirez 3b 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 .279
K Fukudome rf 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .353
M DeRosa 2b 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 .290
C Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
ha-D Ward ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105
K Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
hb-R Cedeno ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .378
G Soto c 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .330
R Johnson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
F Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
C Zambrano p 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .211
M Fontenot 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 32 3 11 3 2 6 15 ###
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MILWAUKEE - 000 001 003 -- 4 11 0
CHICAGO CUBS - 001 002 000 -- 3 11 2
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va-singled to center for Y Gallardo in the 7th; ha-hit for M Derosa in the
8th; vb-doubled to deep left for B Shouse in the 9th; hb-walked for K Wood in
the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Weeks (5, C Zambrano); G Kapler (4, K Wood); R Braun (10, K
Wood); G Soto (9, Y Gallardo). HR - C Zambrano (1, 3rd inning off Y Gallardo 0
on, 0 Out), R Braun (4, 6th inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 1 Out). SF - M DeRosa.
RBI - R Braun 3 (21), J Kendall (10), C Zambrano (2), M DeRosa (20), G Soto
(21). 2-out RBI - G Soto. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cameron
2, C Counsell 1, P Fielder 1. GIDP - C Hart, D Lee, F Pie. Team LOB - MILWAUKEE
9, CHICAGO CUBS 5. BASERUNNING: CS - C Hart (1, 2nd base by C Zambrano/G Soto),
K Fukudome (2, 2nd base by B Shouse). FIELDING: E - M DeRosa (3, ground ball);
R Johnson (1, fly ball). Outfield assists - R Braun (K Fukudome at Home), K
Fukudome 2 (P Fielder at Home, R Weeks at Home). DP: (Y Gallardo-R Weeks-P
Fielder, C Counsell-R Weeks-P Fielder, G Soto-R Theriot, A Ramirez-D Lee).
MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Y Gallardo 6 9 3 3 1 4 1 1.80
D Riske 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.65
B Shouse (W, 2-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.72
E Gagne (S, 9) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.27
CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano 6 1/3 7 1 1 2 3 1 2.11
C Marmol (H, 8) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 4 0 1.42
K Wood (L, 2-1; B, 3) 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 5.14
WP - C Zambrano. HBP - C Counsell (by K Wood). Pitches-strikes: Y Gallardo
89-59; D Riske 26-19; B Shouse 1-1; E Gagne 14-9; C Zambrano 111-71; C Marmol
28-18; K Wood 20-13. Ground balls-fly balls: Y Gallardo 7-5; D Riske 0-4; B
Shouse 0-0; E Gagne 2-0; C Zambrano 7-7; C Marmol 0-1; K Wood 1-0. Batters
faced: Y Gallardo 25; D Riske 7; B Shouse 0; E Gagne 3; C Zambrano 27; C Marmol
6; K Wood 7. UMPIRES: HP--Brian O'Nora. 1B--Jerry Crawford. 2B--Paul Nauert.
3B--Tom Hallion. T--2:56. Att--40,849. Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, out to center.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, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes PIT AAA Andrew McCutchen.. 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 BOS AAA George Kottaras... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 ATL AAA Scott Thorman..... 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 LA AAA Andy LaRoche...... 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 TOR AA Travis Snider..... 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 TEX AAA John Mayberry..... 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 LAA A+ Peter Bourjos..... 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 R DET AAA Brent Clevlen..... 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 TOR AA Ryan Patterson.... 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 OAK AAA Landon Powell..... 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 RBI LAA AAA Terry Evans....... 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 CHC AAA Bobby Scales...... 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes OAK AA Vincent Mazzaro... 7 6 2 2 11 1 0 CLE AA Chuck Lofgren..... 6 6 1 1 9 3 0 CLE AAA Jeremy Sowers..... 7 5 1 1 6 4 0 MIN AAA Kevin Slowey...... 5 3 2 2 9 2 2 CHC AA Donald Veal....... 7 3 0 0 5 3 0 MIN A+ Jeffrey Manship... 6 4 2 2 6 1 0 TB AA Wade Davis........ 6 6 4 4 8 0 2 WAN AAA Garrett Mock...... 6 7 4 2 4 0 0 SF AA Adam Cowart....... 6 3 3 1 3 0 0 COL AAA Sean Smith........ 4 2 1 1 5 2 0 ATL A Jeffrey Locke..... 6 7 0 0 6 0 0 13 GB ARI AA Anthony Barnette.. 6 4 1 1 6 0 1
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THT Daily: AL 10, NL 4
by Dave StudemanJune 22, 2006
Major League News for June 22
Yesterday’s ResultsToday’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
Interleague BAL 4 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Bedard: 8 IP, 0 R, 12 K, 0 BB, 2 H BOS 9 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Ortiz: HR, 4 RBI; Lester: 6 IP, 10 K, 1 R CHA 13 STL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Thome: 4-5, HR; Konerko: 4 RBI; Marquis: 5 IP, 13 R KC 6 PIT 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Teahen: 2R GWHR in 8th LAA 6 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Izturis: 3R 2B to win; Jeff Weaver: 6 IP, 2 R NYA 5 PHI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Jaret Wright: 5 IP, 0 R; Hamels: 7 IP, 2 R OAK 3 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 inn; Swisher: 2 HR; Cook: 8 IP, 1 R HOU 5 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Everett: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, GWRBI MIL 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Weeks: 2R HR for win; Capuano: 7 IP, 8K, 3 R SD 3 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) SD wins in top of 9th; Millwood: 8 IP, 2 R SEA 8 LAN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Beltre: 3-4, GW 2B in 8th TB 3 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) J. Shields: 7 IP, 2 R, 4-0; Webb loses TOR 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL has lost 9 straight and 19 of last 22 CHN 9 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Zambrano: 6 IP, 2 R; Perez: 2 2B!! National League CIN 6 NYN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Reds: 2 in 9th; Reyes hit for cycle
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time ARI - Gonzalez E. (0-0, -) TB - Kazmir S.* (8-4, 3.39) 12:15 CIN - Milton E.* (4-3, 4.14) NYM - Martinez P. (6-3, 3.01) 1:10 SD - Hensley C. (4-5, 4.05) TEX - Rheinecker J.* (2-1, 3.6 2:05 PIT - Maholm P.* (2-5, 4.50) KC - Elarton S. (2-8, 5.09) 2:10 FLA - Olsen S.* (6-3, 4.70) BAL - Benson K. (8-5, 4.32) 7:05 TOR - Burnett A. (0-1, 6.30) ATL - Ramirez H.* (2-2, 5.06) 7:35 STL - Reyes A. (1-0, 2.25) CWS - Garcia F. (8-4, 5.08) 8:05 MIN - Liriano F.* (6-1, 2.16) HOU - Clemens R. (0-0, -) 8:05 SEA - Hernandez F. (7-6, 5.02) LAD - Lowe D. (5-3, 2.98) 10:10
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 gray bars represent games decided by two runs or less. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.American League East BOS 42 28 .600 0.0NYA 40 30 .571 2.0
TOR 39 32 .549 3.5
BAL 33 40 .452 10.5
TB 31 41 .431 12.0
American League Central DET 48 25 .658 0.0
CHA 46 25 .648 1.0
MIN 35 35 .500 11.5
CLE 32 39 .451 15.0
KC 21 49 .300 25.5
American League West OAK 39 33 .542 0.0
TEX 38 34 .528 1.0
SEA 36 37 .493 3.5
LAA 32 40 .444 7.0
National League East NYN 44 27 .620 0.0
PHI 35 37 .486 9.5
FLA 30 38 .441 12.5
WAS 32 42 .432 13.5
ATL 30 42 .417 14.5
National League Central STL 42 28 .600 0.0
CIN 39 33 .542 4.0
HOU 37 35 .514 6.0
MIL 36 37 .493 7.5
CHN 28 43 .394 14.5
PIT 26 47 .356 17.5
National League West SD 38 33 .535 0.0
LAN 36 35 .507 2.0
SF 36 36 .500 2.5
COL 36 36 .500 2.5
ARI 36 36 .500 2.5
Game of the Day
The streaking Jose Reyes hit for the cycle, but it was former phenom Brandon Phillips who won the game with a two-run, two-out single off Billy Wagner in the ninth as the Reds beat the Mets 6-5.CINCINNATI (6) VS NY METS (5) - FINAL
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Freel 3b-lf 5 2 3 0 0 2 1 .298
F Lopez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .272
K Griffey Jr cf 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 .260
A Kearns rf 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 .275
A Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .221
C Hammond p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Standridge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Ross ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .337
Q McCracken pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
T Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Hatteberg 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 .295
c-R Aurilia ph-1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
B Phillips 2b 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 .312
J LaRue c 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .172
a-J Valentin ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214
J Mays p 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250
J Castro 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Totals 38 6 12 6 4 10 15
a-flied out to center for J Larue in the 8th; b-walked for J Standridge in the
9th; c-reached on infield single to third for S Hatteberg in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - K Griffey Jr (8, A Soler); S Hatteberg (15, A Soler). S - F
Lopez. SF - K Griffey Jr. RBI - K Griffey Jr 3 (39), S Hatteberg (18), B
Phillips 2 (42). 2-out RBI - S Hatteberg, B Phillips 2. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - F Lopez 1, S Hatteberg 1, J Valentin 1, J LaRue 1, R Freel 1.
Team LOB - 11.
FIELDING: E - B Phillips (5, ground ball). Outfield assists - A Kearns (J
Valentin at 2nd base). DP: 2 (S Hatteberg, F Lopez-B Phillips-R Aurilia).
NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 .283
P Lo Duca c 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .274
B Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Beltran cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 .286
C Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .261
D Wright 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 .335
J Valentin 2b 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 .301
X Nady rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .260
E Chavez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .284
A Soler p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-E Marrero ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214
D Oliver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Franco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
R Castro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Totals 37 5 12 4 4 5 19
a-struck out looking for H Bell in the 6th; b-walked for A Heilman in the
8th.
BATTING: 2B - J Reyes (19, J Mays); D Wright (19, J Mays); C Beltran (18, C
Hammond). 3B - J Reyes (9, J Mays). HR - J Reyes (7, 1st inning off J Mays 0
on, 0 Out), J Valentin (6, 7th inning off C Hammond 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Reyes
(34), D Wright (56), J Valentin 2 (23). 2-out RBI - D Wright, J Valentin 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado 1, X Nady 2, A Soler 2.
GIDP - D Wright. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Valentin (2, 2nd base off J Mays/J LaRue).
FIELDING: E - D Wright (8, throw). PB - P Lo Duca.
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CINCINNATI - 102 010 002 -- 6
NY METS - 100 010 300 -- 5
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
J Mays 6 8 2 2 2 5 1 2.08
C Hammond (B, 2) 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 6.41
J Standridge (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
T Coffey (S, 5) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.29
NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
A Soler 5 8 4 3 2 4 0 3.32
H Bell 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.40
D Oliver 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.70
A Heilman (H, 14) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.50
B Wagner (L, 3-1; B, 4) 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2.60
WP - A Soler, J Mays, A Heilman. IBB - J Valentin (by J Mays).
Pitches-strikes: J Mays 102-63; C Hammond 16-13; J Standridge 13-6; T Coffey
18-9; A Soler 100-64; H Bell 14-10; D Oliver 10-6; A Heilman 18-10; B Wagner
28-15. Ground balls-fly balls: J Mays 10-2; C Hammond 1-2; J Standridge 1-1; T
Coffey 2-1; A Soler 4-8; H Bell 0-1; D Oliver 3-0; A Heilman 0-1; B Wagner 1-0.
Batters faced: J Mays 28; C Hammond 6; J Standridge 4; T Coffey 3; A Soler 26;
H Bell 3; D Oliver 4; A Heilman 4; B Wagner 7.
UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Ron Kulpa. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Bob Davidson.
T--2:59. Att--49,758.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.The following graph tracks the game's Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.
Yesterday’s Home Runs
The following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its "standard" distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.Hitter Team Pitcher Team True Dist Stnd Dist HR# Rivera, Juan LAA Lowry, Noah SF 428 428 6 Valentin, Jose NYM Hammond, Chris CIN 423 422 6 Everett, Carl SEA Broxton, Jonathan LAD 429 411 9 Swisher, Nick OAK Cook, Aaron COL 435 408 18 Reyes, Jose NYM Mays, Joe CIN 402 407 7 Teahen, Mark KC Torres, Salomon PIT 417 405 4 Reed, Jeremy SEA Baez, Danys LAD 417 400 5 Piazza, Mike SD Millwood, Kevin TEX 390 399 9 Uribe, Juan CWS Marquis, Jason STL 436 393 8 Wells, Vernon TOR Hudson, Tim ATL 387 390 18 Thome, Jim CWS Marquis, Jason STL 418 387 23 Perez, Timo STL Thornton, Matt CWS 407 387 1 Swisher, Nick OAK Fuentes, Brian COL 413 384 18 Ortiz, David BOS Hill, Shawn WAS 408 384 21 Saenz, Olmedo LAD Washburn, Jarrod SEA 404 381 6 Lopez, Javy BAL Nolasco, Ricky FLA 394 381 6 Weeks, Rickie MIL Zumaya, Joel DET 385 378 7 Taguchi, So STL Buehrle, Mark CWS 409 373 2 Konerko, Paul CWS Marquis, Jason STL 409 368 18 Edmonds, Jim STL Buehrle, Mark CWS 382 365 7 Crede, Joe CWS Marquis, Jason STL 393 357 13 Berkman, Lance HOU Silva, Carlos MIN 330 330 20 Johjima, Kenji SEA Billingsley, Chad LAD NA NA 6
Player News
Derrek Lee will rehab at AAA Iowa this weekend before returning to the Cubs. Cards manager Tony La Russa said he expects Albert Pujols to begin playing Monday, if not sooner.
Kerry Wood fears that he may be done for the year.
The Indians traded pitcher Jason Johnson to the Red Sox for future considerations (player or cash). The Sox also optioned Kyle Snyder to AAA.
The Devil Rays designated 3B Sean Burroughs for assignment. They also placed RHP Ruddy Lugo on the 15-day disabled list and recalled LHP Jon Switzer from AAA. HOU purchased the contract of RHP Roger Clemens from AAA Round Rock and optioned Chris Sampson to AAA.
The Diamondbacks placed LHP Terry Mulholland and RHP Russ Ortiz on unconditional waivers. OF Scott Hairston was placed on the 15-day DL with a right shoulder injury and RHP Casey Daigle was recalled from Triple-A Tucson.
The Royals designated OF Kerry Robinson for assignment and added OF Joey Gathright to the 25-man roster. Also, RHP Zack Greinke was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and optioned to Double-A Wichita and they assigned 2B Fernando Cortez to Triple-A Omaha.
SF INF Kevin Frandsen was recalled from Triple-A Fresno. Florida activated C Josh Willingham from the 15-day DL and optioned Chris Aguila to Triple-A Albuquerque. Toronto sent RHP Francisco Rosario to Triple-A Syracuse to clear a roster spot for RHP A.J. Burnett for Thursday's game.
Rehab news: Phillies LHP Randy Wolf allowed six runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings in a rehab start at Double-A Reading. Wolf had elbow surgery last July 1. OAK's Justin Duchscherer (elbow) pitched a scoreless seventh inning in his second and final rehab appearance at Triple-A Sacramento. The San Diego Padres will be sending pitchers Woody Williams and Doug Brocail to rehab with the Lake Elsinore Storm,.
STL CF Jim Edmonds suffered a mild concussion in the third inning after crashing into the wall trying to catch a home run. He is day-to-day.
The Pirates signed first-round draft pick Brad Lincoln, the overall fourth pick in the draft.
CLE's Edward Mujica came in and gave up a two-run double, but then pitched scoreless ball for 2.2 innings. He has yet to give up an earned run in 41.1 innings at three levels this season.
TB's Rocco Baldelli, who missed all of 2005 and the first two months of this season, is hitting .388 with two HR in 13 games since coming off the disabled list.
LAA's Orlando Cabrera reached base for the 50th straight game. Joey Gathright was 2 for 3 in his Kansas City debut. SEA's Ichiro's hitting streak is now up to 20 games. HOU SS Adam Everett is 11 for 22 in last six games with an .821 OPS for June.
According to Elias, Erik Bedard is the first pitcher to win consecutive starts against teams that were on winning streaks of at least eight games since 1918, when Pittsburgh's Earl Hamilton did it against the Giants and Cubs. Bedard beat the Marlins yesterday and snapped an eight-game winning streak by the Mets in his previous start.
The White Sox have scored at least eight runs in six straight games, a franchise record. 1B Paul Konerko has hit safely in seven straight games and is batting .519 in that span.
Before Oakland scored in the fourth, Colorado pitchers had pitched 25.1 consecutive scoreless innings, a franchise record.
THT's Stats
Groundball pitchers are a special breed. They give up less home runs and, if backed by a strong infield, can be the ace of your staff. Groundball pitching isn’t a guarantee of success, however. For instance, recently traded Jason Johnson is sixth on this list of the most prolific groundball pitchers in the majors (a total of 25 pitchers with 49% groundball rate or higher; the major league average is 43%).GB% refers to percent of batted balls that are groundballs. I’ve also included each pitcher’s ERA for comparison.
Last First Team GB% ERA Lowe Derek LAN 67% 2.98 Webb Brandon ARI 66% 2.48 Westbrook Jake CLE 65% 4.35 Wang Chien-Ming NYA 62% 4.07 Wright Jamey SF 60% 4.55 Johnson Jason CLE 60% 5.96 Hudson Tim ATL 59% 4.05 Cook Aaron COL 59% 3.46 Mulder Mark STL 56% 6.09 Halladay Roy TOR 56% 2.94 Hernandez Felix A SEA 55% 5.02 Carpenter Chris STL 53% 2.46 Maholm Paul G PIT 53% 4.50 Hensley Clay A SD 52% 4.05 Bonderman Jeremy DET 51% 3.82 Loe Kameron D TEX 51% 5.86 Marshall Sean C CHN 50% 4.97 Lidle Cory PHI 50% 5.00 Willis Dontrelle FLA 50% 4.19 Oswalt Roy HOU 49% 3.32 Bedard Erik BAL 49% 5.09 Rogers Kenny DET 49% 3.17 Batista Miguel ARI 49% 5.02 Hendrickson Mark TB 49% 3.75 Duke Zach PIT 49% 4.66Access all of THT’s stats here…
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