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Major League News for July 25

Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Player News
Stats

Yesterday’s Results

American League
SEA     7  TOR     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Johjima: HR, 4 RBI; Hinske: 2 HR; Pineiro: 6 IP, 3 R
NYA     6  TEX     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 6 IP, 2 R, 7 K
LAA     8  TB      4    (Recap and Boxscore) Lackey: 8 IP, 4 R, 2 ER; Anderson: 3-5; 3 RS
BOS     7  OAK     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Beckett: 6 IP, 2 R; Ramirez: HR, 3 RBI
MIN     7  CHA     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Radke: 6 IP, 2 R; Mauer: 4 RBI, HR
DET     9  CLE     7    (Recap and Boxscore) Inge: 3-5, HR

National League
SD      7  LAN     6    (Recap and Boxscore) See below
COL     7  STL     0    (Recap and Boxscore) Francis: 9 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 8 K, 0 BB
MIL    12  PIT     8    (Recap and Boxscore) Hall: 2 2B, 4 RBI; Lee: 3-3, HR
ATL    10  PHI     8    (Recap and Boxscore) LaRoche: 2 HR, 4 RBI
CHN     8  NYN     7    (Recap and Boxscore) Nevin: 2 2B

Today’s Games

Visitors                         Home                                  Time
DET - Rogers K.* (11-3, 3.97)    CLE - Byrd P. (7-6, 4.28)             7:05
ARI - Batista M. (9-5, 4.58)     PHI - Madson R. (8-7, 6.25)           7:05
SF - Morris M. (8-7, 4.42)       WAS - Ortiz R. (6-9, 4.73)            7:05
CHC - Zambrano C. (10-3, 3.11)   NYM - Glavine T.* (11-3, 3.52)        7:10
LAA - Santana E. (11-3, 4.03)    TB - Shields J. (4-4, 5.75)           7:15
FLA - Sanchez A. (3-0, 3.41)     ATL - James C.* (4-0, 3.72)           7:35
MIN - Santana J.* (11-5, 3.00)   CWS - Contreras J. (9-2, 3.43)        8:05
NYY - Mussina M. (11-3, 3.39)    TEX - Eaton A. (0-0, -)               8:05
PIT - Snell I. (8-6, 4.84)       MIL - Sheets B. (1-3, 6.64)           8:05
CIN - Harang A. (10-6, 3.72)     HOU - Clemens R. (2-3, 2.43)          8:05
BAL - Benson K. (9-9, 4.72)      KC - Redman M.* (6-5, 5.02)           8:10
STL - Carpenter C. (9-4, 2.83)   COL - Jennings J. (6-8, 3.88)         9:05
BOS - Schilling C. (12-3, 3.50)  OAK - Windsor J. (0-0, 1.80)         10:05
TOR - Halladay R. (12-2, 3.08)   SEA - Meche G. (9-4, 3.83)           10:05
SD - Park C. (6-6, 4.64)         LAD - Hendrickson M.* (0-3, 4.70)    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 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     60  38 .612    0.0   56      4      
NYA     57  40 .588    2.5   56      1      
TOR     55  44 .556    5.5   55      0      
BAL     45  55 .450   16.0   43      2      
TB      41  59 .410   20.0   40      1      
American League Central
DET     67  32 .677    0.0   63      4      
CHA     59  39 .602    7.5   57      2      
MIN     57  41 .582    9.5   54      3      
CLE     43  55 .439   23.5   52     -9      
KC      34  64 .347   32.5   37     -3      
American League West
OAK     51  48 .515    0.0   49      2      
LAA     51  48 .515    0.0   50      1      
TEX     51  49 .510    0.5   52     -1      
SEA     48  51 .485    3.0   50     -2      

National League East         Pwins Diff
NYN     59  40 .596    0.0   57      2      
ATL     47  51 .480   11.5   52     -5      
FLA     45  52 .464   13.0   47     -2      
PHI     44  52 .458   13.5   45     -1      
WAS     43  56 .434   16.0   44     -1      
National League Central
STL     56  42 .571    0.0   51      5      
CIN     52  47 .525    4.5   48      4      
MIL     48  52 .480    9.0   44      4      
HOU     47  52 .475    9.5   47      0      
CHN     38  60 .388   18.0   39     -1      
PIT     35  66 .347   22.5   43     -8      
National League West
SD      52  47 .525    0.0   50      2      
SF      51  48 .515    1.0   50      1      
ARI     50  48 .510    1.5   49      1      
COL     47  51 .480    4.5   51     -4      
LAN     47  53 .470    5.5   51     -4      

Game of the Day

The Padres solidified their hold on first place and the Dodgers sank further into last in the mercurial NL West as the Pads won in 11 innings, 7-6. Josh Bard had the game-winning hit with two out in the 11th and Mike Cameron had a three-run homer for San Diego. Andre Ethier was 4 for 5 with two home runs. He is the third Dodger rookie with a multi-HR game this year (Matt Kemp and Cody Ross are the others).

It was San Diego’s second consecutive extra-inning win after four straight losses. The Dodgers have lost six in a row and 11 of their last 12.

SAN DIEGO (7) VS LA DODGERS (6) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS 

SAN DIEGO              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
D Roberts lf            5  2  1  0   1  0   2  .287
M Cameron cf            6  2  2  3   0  1   3  .262
B Giles rf              4  0  1  2   0  1   1  .274
 C Meredith p           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 S Linebrink p          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 G Blum 3b              1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .257
M Piazza c              3  0  1  1   0  1   0  .292
 T Sledge rf            2  0  1  0   0  0   0  .194
 D Brocail p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 T Hoffman p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
A Gonzalez 1b           5  0  1  0   0  2   2  .301
K Greene ss             5  0  2  0   0  1   1  .258
M Bellhorn 3b           4  0  0  0   0  1   3  .199
 S Williamson p         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 E Young rf             1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .210
J Barfield 2b           5  2  2  0   0  1   1  .297
C Young p               2  0  0  0   0  2   2  .171
 a-J Bard ph-c          2  1  1  1   1  1   0  .375

Totals                 45  7 12  7   2 11  15

a-walked for C Young in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Cameron (19, D Lowe); K Greene (24, J Beimel); T Sledge (2, T 
Saito); J Barfield (19, G Carrara). HR - M Cameron (14, 7th inning off J 
Broxton 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Giles 2 (51), M Piazza (45), M Cameron 3 (42), J 
Bard (26). 2-out RBI - M Cameron 3, J Bard. Runners left in scoring position, 2 
out - A Gonzalez 1, M Cameron 1, M Bellhorn 1, C Young 1. Team LOB - 7. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (26, 3rd base off D Lowe/R Martin), M Cameron 
(17, 3rd base off D Lowe/R Martin), J Bard (1, 2nd base off G Carrara/R 
Martin). 
 
FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Piazza-M Bellhorn). 

LA DODGERS             ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Furcal ss             4  0  2  0   1  0   1  .268
J Drew rf               5  1  0  0   0  2   3  .279
N Garciaparra 1b        4  1  0  0   1  0   2  .327
A Ethier lf             5  3  4  3   0  0   0  .349
R Martin c              4  1  2  2   1  1   0  .289
W Aybar 2b              3  0  0  0   0  1   1  .248
 J Broxton p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 J Beimel p             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 b-R Ledee ph           1  0  1  1   0  0   0  .268
 K Lofton pr            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .296
 T Saito p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 c-O Saenz ph           1  0  0  0   0  0   2  .297
 G Carrara p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
J Repko cf              2  0  0  0   0  0   1  .296
 a-J Cruz Jr ph-cf      3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .234
C Izturis 3b            4  0  0  0   1  0   0  .263
D Lowe p                2  0  0  0   0  1   2  .075
 R Martinez 2b          3  0  1  0   0  1   0  .309

Totals                 41  6 10  6   4  8  12

a-lined out to first for J Repko in the 7th;  b-singled to left for J Beimel in 
the 8th;  c-grounded to shortstop for T Saito in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - R Furcal (17, C Young); R Martin (17, S Linebrink). 3B - R Furcal 
(3, C Young). HR - A Ethier 2 (8, 2nd inning off C Young 0 on, 0 Out, 3rd 
inning off C Young 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - A Ethier 3 (36), R Martin 2 (39), R 
Ledee (8). 2-out RBI - A Ethier 2, R Martin 2, R Ledee. Runners left in scoring 
position, 2 out - N Garciaparra 1, O Saenz 1, D Lowe 2. Team LOB - 6. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - R Martin 2 (5, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza, 3rd base off 
C Young/M Piazza), C Izturis (1, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza). CS - K Lofton 
(2, 2nd base by S Williamson/J Bard), R Furcal (10, 3rd base by C Young/M 
Piazza). 
 
FIELDING: E - W Aybar (6, ground ball); D Lowe (2, throw). Outfield assists - 
J Repko (B Giles at 2nd base). 
 
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    SAN DIEGO       - 101 001 300 01  --   7
    LA DODGERS      - 012 000 030 00  --   6
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SAN DIEGO                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Young                       6       4   3   3   3   5   2   3.64
C Meredith (H, 4)             1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.38
S Linebrink (B, 6)              2/3   3   3   3   1   0   0   3.72
S Williamson                  1 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   4.85
D Brocail (W, 1-0)            1       2   0   0   0   0   0   8.10
T Hoffman (S, 27)             1       0   0   0   0   2   0   2.09

LA DODGERS                   ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
D Lowe                        6 2/3   7   5   3   1   6   0   4.18
J Broxton                       1/3   1   1   1   0   1   1   3.48
J Beimel                      1       1   0   0   0   1   0   3.64
T Saito                       2       1   0   0   0   3   0   2.02
G Carrara (L, 0-1)            1       2   1   1   1   0   0   2.51

IBB - C Izturis (by C Young). BALK - D Lowe. Pitches-strikes: C Young 97-55; 
C Meredith 10-7; S Linebrink 19-13; S Williamson 13-9; D Brocail 10-7; T 
Hoffman 10-9; D Lowe 100-67; J Broxton 10-7; J Beimel 19-11; T Saito 27-20; G 
Carrara 32-20. Ground balls-fly balls: C Young 0-12; C Meredith 2-1; S 
Linebrink 1-1; S Williamson 2-0; D Brocail 2-1; T Hoffman 0-1; D Lowe 8-5; J 
Broxton 0-0; J Beimel 0-2; T Saito 1-2; G Carrara 2-1. Batters faced: C Young 
24; C Meredith 3; S Linebrink 6; S Williamson 4; D Brocail 5; T Hoffman 3; D 
Lowe 28; J Broxton 2; J Beimel 4; T Saito 7; G Carrara 6. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Jeff 
Nelson. 
EJECTIONS:  SAN DIEGO's Bochy by Timmons (11th). 
T--3:39. Att--38,050. 
Weather: 93 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 mph, out to center.

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.

Batter                   Pitcher                      True Dist.  Std. Dist.
Cameron, Mike     SD     Broxton, Jonathan   LAD          453        442
Teixeira, Mark    TEX    Johnson, Randy      NYY          429        432
Hall, Bill        MIL    Santos, Victor      PIT          442        431
Atkins, Garrett   COL    Reyes, Anthony      STL          463        421
Rivera, Juan      LAA    Seo, Jae            TB           422        421
LaRoche, Adam     ATL    Hamels, Cole        PHI          448        417
Jones, Jacque     CHC    Trachsel, Steve     NYM          419        415
Cuddyer, Michael  MIN    Vazquez, Javier     CWS          441        413
Hinske, Eric      TOR    Pineiro, Joel       SEA          414        404
Hall, Bill        MIL    Duke, Zach          PIT          412        404
Konerko, Paul     CWS    Radke, Brad         MIN          405        403
Anderson, Brian   CWS    Lohse, Kyle         MIN          411        399
Mauer, Joe        MIN    Cotts, Neal         CWS          406        398
Ethier, Andre     LAD    Young, Chris        SD           425        397
Ramirez, Aramis   CHC    Trachsel, Steve     NYM          412        390
Hinske, Eric      TOR    Pineiro, Joel       SEA          399        390
Pratt, Todd       ATL    Hamels, Cole        PHI          424        387
Barrett, Michael  CHC    Trachsel, Steve     NYM          393        382
Guiel, Aaron      NYY    Millwood, Kevin     TEX          388        382
Morneau, Justin   MIN    Vazquez, Javier     CWS          373        381
Lee, Carlos       MIL    Santos, Victor      PIT          386        379
Bell, David       PHI    Ray, Ken            ATL          407        376
Bay, Jason        PIT    Davis, Doug         MIL          388        375
Ethier, Andre     LAD    Young, Chris        SD           391        367
Gonzalez, Alex    BOS    Zito, Barry         OAK          385        364
Swisher, Nick     OAK    Beckett, Josh       BOS          383        362
Betemit, Wilson   ATL    Geary, Geoff        PHI          383        362
Howard, Ryan      PHI    Yates, Tyler        ATL          378        360
Barmes, Clint     COL    Hancock, Josh       STL          387        358
Johjima, Kenji    SEA    Janssen, Casey      TOR          366        358
Ortiz, David      BOS    Zito, Barry         OAK          397        355
LaRoche, Adam     ATL    Hamels, Cole        PHI          376        351
Broussard, Ben    CLE    Bonderman, Jeremy   DET          405        347
Uribe, Juan       CWS    Radke, Brad         MIN          356        336
Young, Dmitri     DET    Cabrera, Fernando   CLE          387        332
Ramirez, Manny    BOS    Zito, Barry         OAK          378        315
Vazquez, Ramon    CLE    Bonderman, Jeremy   DET          368        304
Inge, Brandon     DET    Lee, Cliff          CLE          345        283

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
ARI A+  Emilio Bonifacio   2B  4  3  1  1  0  0  0  Hitting .519 over last 27 at bats
ARI AA  Alberto Gonzalez   SS  4  4  2  1  0  0  0   
BAL AA  Noah Hall          LF  4  2  0  1  1  1  0   
BOS A+  Ignacio Suarez     SS  2  2  2  0  0  1  0   
CLE A   Chris Gimenez      DH  4  3  0  0  1  0  0   
COL A-  Victor Ferrante    RF  4  2  0  0  2  1  1  6 RBI
DET AA  Jackson Melian     LF  5  4  1  0  1  0  1   
MIL AA  Carlos Lee         DH  3  3  0  0  1  0  0   
NYM A   Jesus Gamero       DH  4  4  1  0  1  0  0  4 RBI
PHI A+  Tim Moss           2B  4  3  0  0  1  1  0  4 RBI
 
ORG LVL PLAYER             IP   H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
ARI A-  Shane Dove         9.0  4  1  1  5  0  0  1.13 ERA over past month
ARI AA  Matt Chico         7.0  4  0  0  4  1  0   
ARI A+  Esmerling Vasquez  6.2  3  1  1  9  1  0   
BAL AA  James Johnson      8.0  7  1  1  4  0  0   
BOS A+  Matthew Goodson    7.0  4  1  1  3  1  0   
CIN A   Travis Wood        6.0  3  2  2 11  2  0  18 K over last 13 IP
LA  A+  Adam Thomas        7.0  4  2  2 14  1  1   
MIN A   Oswaldo Sosa       6.0  2  0  0  8  1  0   
MIN A+  Anthony Swarzak    9.0  1  0  0  4  2  0   
NYM A+  Philip Humber      7.0  2  1  1  4  2  1 

Player News

Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.

The White Sox acquired right-handed reliever Mike MacDougal from the Royals on Monday for minor league pitchers Tyler Lumsden and Daniel Cortes. An All-Star in 2003, MacDougal was activated from the DL on July 13 after straining his right shoulder during spring training.

Sean Tracey was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Monday night to make room for MacDougal.

The Milwaukee Brewers activated Ben Sheets (shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned Dana Eveland to Triple-A Nashville after Monday’s game.

The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning after scoring six in the first inning on Sunday and five in the first on Saturday. The Tigers are only the third team in major league history — and the first in 115 years — to score at least five runs in the first inning in each of three consecutive games. St. Louis of the American Association (then a major league) did it in June 1891 and Pittsburgh did it in September 1887. (Source: Elias)

With a win over the White Sox Monday, the Twins are 32-8 over their last 40 games — almost one-quarter of the season. Through June 7, the Twins were 25-33, 11½ games behind the Tigers. However, while the Twins have played .800 ball over the last six weeks, the Tigers have gone 30-10. The only other major league team even playing above .600 since then is the Red Sox (27-15). Before this stretch, the Twins franchise had won 32 of 40 games once in its history, in May and June of 1931 when the team, then in Washington, had such a stretch under manager Walter Johnson. (Source: Elias)

Remember when the Angels weren’t scoring runs earlier this year? In 20 games in July, the Halos have scored 119 runs, 5.95 per game, tying them with the Indians for the highest average in the American League in July. Two N.L. teams have higher averages: the Braves (8.33) and the Mets (6.15). (Elias)

Jeff Francis threw a two-hitter for his first shutout and the Colorado Rockies slowed down the St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-0 victory Monday night. Francis (8-8) took a perfect game into the sixth, when catcher Yadier Molina blooped a single into shallow right-center just out of the reach of diving center fielder Cory Sullivan, who got his glove on the ball only to watch it scoot underneath him. Francis retired his first 15 batters, only a couple of whom came close to reaching base.

Rookie Cole Hamels struck out a career-high 12 in 5 1/3 innings in a strang outing on Monday against Atlanta. Hamels (2-5) was masterful through five innings but labored in the sixth en route to his fifth loss in his last six decisions. Opponents are hitting .198 against Hamels during his first pass through the batting order, .266 in his second pass and .360 after that.

Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen will have season-ending surgery Tuesday for a completely torn ligament in his right elbow. The Tommy John surgery will be performed by Dr. James Andrews, who examined Guillen in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday. An MRI exam revealed the full tear. “He could not go forward without having this operation,” Nationals GM Jim Bowden said. “It can be as early as eight months, it can be as late as a year and a half.”

The Cleveland Indians purchased the contract of reliever Tom Mastny from Triple-A Buffalo on Monday and optioned right-hander Edward Mujica back to the Bisons.

The Cubs placed first baseman Derrek Lee on the 15-day DL with post-traumatic inflammation of his right wrist. In a corresponding roster move, Chicago has recalled infielder Ryan Theriot from Triple-A Iowa. “I don’t think I was ever really able to take a full good swing so the best thing to do is sit down and let it heal the way it’s supposed to and look at it a couple weeks from now,” Lee said. “He has not regressed,” trainer Mark O’Neal said. “He hasn’t gone backwards but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not swinging the bat the way that Derrek’s capable of swinging.” O’Neal said the team will discuss whether Lee needs a rehabilitation stint in the minors after he rests the wrist.

The Blue Jays are the most likely destination for Julio Lugo, especially since they have young pitchers (such as hard-throwing relievers Brandon League and Francisco Rosario and swing men Shaun Marcum and Dustin McGowan) to offer and have space in the budget after trading Shea Hillenbrand.

The Nationals activated UTL Damian Jackson from the 15-day DL.

Dodgers activated OF Jason Repko from the 60-day DL.

Justin Leone was optioned to Triple-A Portland on Monday to make room for newly-acquired Scott Williamson on the active roster.

Kendry Morales was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake after Monday’s game at Tampa Bay and the club purchased the contract of veteran Curtis Pride.

The New York Post reports that the Yankees made an offer to the Phillies for Bobby Abreu, but it was rejected instantly because top prospect Philip Hughes wasn’t included in the package.

OF Ichiro Suzuki’s first-inning single tied him with Wade Boggs for most hits over six-year span. Ichiro now has 1,274 hits, the same number Boggs had from 1983-88.

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