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Major League News for June 17

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

Yesterday’s Results

Inter-League
BAL     6  NYN     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Mora: GW HR; Bedard: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R
BOS     4  ATL     1    (Recap and Boxscore) Lester: 6 IP, 1 R, ATL: 3-15 in last 18
CHA    12  CIN     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Crede: Grand slam HR, Claussen: 2 IP, 9 R
DET     5  CHN     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Robertson: 7 IP, 2 R; Rusch: 1.2 IP, 4 R
KC      7  HOU     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Elarton: Retired first 16 batters; Sanders: 2 2B
MIN     4  PIT     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Liriano: 7 IP, 2 R, 11 K, 1 BB
NYA     7  WAS     5    (Recap and Boxscore) Williams: 4 for 5, GW HR
OAK     7  LAN     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Zito: 8 IP, 11 K, 0 BB, 3 R; OAK wins 8th straight
SEA     5  SF      4    (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: HR #718; Putz K’s Bonds to end game
TB     10  PHI     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Lugo: 2 HR; Shields beats Hamels
TEX     5  ARI     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Millwood beats Webb
FLA     3  TOR     1    (Recap and Boxscore) Olsen: 7 IP, 8 K, 1 R
MIL     6  CLE     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Capuano: 7 IP, 12 K, 2 R; Peralta: 3 for 4, 2B, HR
SD      5  LAA     4    (Recap and Boxscore) See below

National League
STL     8  COL     1    (Recap and Boxscore) Marquis: 8 IP, 1 R

Today’s Games

Visitors                           Home                              Time
NYY - Chacon S. (4-1, 5.23)        WAS - Ortiz R. (5-5, 4.88)        1:20
BOS - Beckett J. (7-3, 5.26)       ATL - Cormier L. (2-1, 6.10)      1:20
SD - Peavy J. (4-7, 4.96)          LAA - Santana E. (6-3, 4.29)      4:05
DET - Verlander J. (7-4, 3.32)     CHC - Marmol C. (1-0, 0.90)       4:05
SF - Schmidt J. (6-2, 2.46)        SEA - Meche G. (6-4, 4.46)        4:05
TOR - Janssen C. (5-4, 3.66)       FLA - Moehler B. (4-5, 6.68)      6:05
CWS - Contreras J. (7-0, 2.62)     CIN - Milton E.* (4-3, 4.10)      6:10
MIN - Bonser B. (1-1, 5.48)        PIT - Maholm P.* (2-5, 4.56)      7:05
TB - Kazmir S.* (7-4, 3.38)        PHI - Mathieson S. (0-0, -)       7:05
CLE - Westbrook J. (6-3, 4.77)     MIL - Bush D. (4-6, 5.04)         7:05
KC - Keppel B. (0-2, 3.04)         HOU - Buchholz T. (3-6, 6.06)     7:05
BAL - Benson K. (7-5, 4.63)        NYM - Martinez P. (6-2, 2.94)     7:10
COL - Francis J.* (5-5, 3.76)      STL - Suppan J. (5-4, 5.35)       7:15
ARI - Jarvis K. (0-0, 9.95)        TEX - Koronka J.* (4-4, 5.11)     8:05
LAD - Lowe D. (5-3, 2.83)          OAK - Saarloos K. (3-4, 4.82)     9:05

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
NYA     38  27 .585  0.0    
BOS     37  28 .569  1.0    
TOR     37  30 .552  2.0    
BAL     31  38 .449  9.0    
TB      28  40 .412 11.5    
American League Central
DET     44  24 .647  0.0    
CHA     42  25 .627  1.5    
MIN     32  34 .485 11.0    
CLE     31  35 .470 12.0    
KC      18  48 .273 25.0    
American League West
OAK     36  31 .537  0.0    
TEX     36  32 .529  0.5    
SEA     32  37 .464  5.0    
LAA     30  37 .448  6.0    

National League East
NYN     42  24 .636  0.0    
PHI     33  34 .493  9.5    
ATL     30  38 .441 13.0    
WAS     30  39 .435 13.5    
FLA     27  37 .422 14.0    
National League Central
STL     40  26 .606  0.0    
CIN     37  30 .552  3.5    
HOU     35  33 .515  6.0    
MIL     33  35 .485  8.0    
CHN     26  40 .394 14.0    
PIT     26  42 .382 15.0    
National League West
LAN     36  31 .537  0.0    
SD      35  32 .522  1.0    
ARI     35  32 .522  1.0    
SF      34  33 .507  2.0    
COL     34  33 .507  2.0    

Game of the Day

The Padres scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth to beat the Angels, 5-4. Khalil Greene had doubled with no one out, then Mike Napoli threw the ball away on Barfield’s sacrifice bunt, allowing Greene to score. The Angels have allowed more unearned runs (48) than any other major league team.

SAN DIEGO (5) VS LA ANGELS (4) - FINAL

SAN DIEGO              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
D Roberts lf            4  1  1  0   0  2   1  .300
M Cameron cf            5  0  0  0   0  2   2  .241
B Giles rf              4  0  2  1   0  0   0  .277
M Piazza dh             4  0  1  0   0  0   4  .259
A Gonzalez 1b           4  2  3  1   0  0   0  .278
J Bard c                4  0  0  0   0  2   3  .338
M Bellhorn 3b           4  1  1  0   0  3   2  .220
 V Castilla 3b          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .222
K Greene ss             4  1  1  0   0  2   4  .211
J Barfield 2b           3  0  1  2   0  1   1  .256

Totals                 36  5 10  4   0 12  17

BATTING: 2B - M Bellhorn (8, J Weaver); J Barfield (11, J Weaver); K Greene 
(15, F Rodriguez). HR - A Gonzalez (8, 6th inning off J Weaver 0 on, 0 Out). S 
- D Roberts , J Barfield. RBI - J Barfield 2 (18), A Gonzalez (25), B Giles 
(39). 2-out RBI - J Barfield 2, B Giles. Runners left in scoring position, 2 
out - M Piazza 3, D Roberts 1, K Greene 1. GIDP - M Piazza. Team LOB - 6. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (19, 2nd base off J Weaver/M Napoli). 
 
FIELDING: DP: 1 (K Greene-J Barfield-A Gonzalez). 

LA ANGELS              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
C Figgins cf            4  1  2  0   0  0   0  .262
O Cabrera ss            4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .310
V Guerrero rf           4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .307
G Anderson dh           4  1  2  2   0  0   0  .280
K Morales 1b            3  0  0  0   1  0   1  .244
M Napoli c              4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .274
D McPherson 3b          4  1  1  0   0  1   1  .268
J Rivera lf             4  1  2  2   0  0   1  .252
 M Izturis pr           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .286
A Kennedy 2b            4  0  1  0   0  1   1  .261

Totals                 35  4  9  4   1  2   9

BATTING: HR - J Rivera (5, 2nd inning off C Hensley 1 on, 1 Out), G Anderson 
(6, 6th inning off C Hensley 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Anderson 2 (42), J Rivera 2 
(23). 2-out RBI - G Anderson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J 
Rivera 1, V Guerrero 1. GIDP - V Guerrero. Team LOB - 5. 
 
FIELDING: E - J Weaver (3, ground ball); D McPherson (3, ground ball); M 
Napoli (3, throw). DP: 1 (D McPherson-A Kennedy-K Morales). 

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    SAN DIEGO       - 000 201 101   --   5
    LA ANGELS       - 120 001 000   --   4
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SAN DIEGO                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Hensley                     7 1/3   8   4   4   1   0   2   4.05
A Embree (W, 2-0)               2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3.80
T Hoffman (S, 16)             1       1   0   0   0   2   0   1.44

LA ANGELS                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Weaver                      6       7   3   3   0   9   1   6.02
H Carrasco (B, 1)             1       2   1   1   0   1   0   4.37
S Shields                     1       0   0   0   0   1   0   1.47
F Rodriguez (L, 0-2)          1       1   1   0   0   1   0   3.30

WP - H Carrasco. Pitches-strikes: C Hensley 94-63; A Embree 12-10; T Hoffman 
16-9; J Weaver 100-66; H Carrasco 13-9; S Shields 9-6; F Rodriguez 12-10. 
Ground balls-fly balls: C Hensley 10-12; A Embree 2-0; T Hoffman 0-1; J Weaver 
6-3; H Carrasco 2-0; S Shields 2-0; F Rodriguez 2-0. Batters faced: C Hensley 
30; A Embree 2; T Hoffman 4; J Weaver 26; H Carrasco 5; S Shields 3; F 
Rodriguez 4. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Jerry Meals. 3B--Andy 
Fletcher. 

T--2:33. Att--44,005. 
Weather: 84 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, in from center.

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  Stnd. Dist
Glaus, Troy        TOR     Olsen, Scott         FLA          450       452
Wilkerson, Brad    TEX     Webb, Brandon        ARI          419       434
Uggla, Dan         FLA     Taubenheim, Ty       TOR          416       425
Rivera, Juan       LAA     Hensley, Clay        SD           414       419
Soriano, Alfonso   WAS     Wright, Jaret        NYY          420       416
Bonds, Barry       SF      Hernandez, Felix     SEA          426       415
Peralta, Jhonny    CLE     Wise, Matt           MIL          418       412
Gonzalez, Adrian   SD      Weaver, Jeff         LAA          407       410
Wilson, Jack       PIT     Liriano, Francisco   MIN          414       406
Hollins, Damon     TB      Fultz, Aaron         PHI          411       406
Mora, Melvin       BAL     Heilman, Aaron       NYM          391       401
Lugo, Julio        TB      Hamels, Cole         PHI          394       392
Anderson, Garret   LAA     Hensley, Clay        SD           393       392
Cabrera, Miguel    FLA     Taubenheim, Ty       TOR          384       389
Lee, Carlos        MIL     Cabrera, Fernando    CLE          391       388
Williams, Bernie   NYY     Cordero, Chad        WAS          390       385
Kearns, Austin     CIN     Garcia, Freddy       CWS          382       381
Ramirez, Aramis    CHC     Zumaya, Joel         DET          407       380
Koskie, Corey      MIL     Sabathia, C.C.       CLE          386       378
Aurilia, Rich      CIN     Garcia, Freddy       CWS          377       373
Thames, Marcus     DET     Rusch, Glendon       CHC          395       370
Lugo, Julio        TB      Hamels, Cole         PHI          373       369
Blanco, Henry      CHC     Robertson, Nate      DET          389       365
Chavez, Eric       OAK     Tomko, Brett         LAD          371       365
Winn, Randy        SF      Hernandez, Felix     SEA          371       365
Suzuki, Ichiro     SEA     Lowry, Noah          SF           374       364
Finley, Steve      SF      Hernandez, Felix     SEA          362       354
Hawpe, Brad        COL     Marquis, Jason       STL          353       345
Crede, Joe         CWS     Claussen, Brandon    CIN          350       344

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
ATL A   Cody Clark          C  4  4  2  0  0  0  0   
CHC A   Robinson Chirinos  2B  4  3  0  0  1  2  0  3 runs scored
HOU AA  J.R. House         1B  5  3  0  0  2  0  1   
KC  AAA Mike Aviles        3B  4  3  1  1  0  0  0   
MIL A   Tony Festa         1B  4  4  3  0  0  1  0  6 RBI
SF  AA  Brian Buscher      3B  4  3  1  0  1  0  0   
SF  AA  Brian Buscher      3B  4  3  1  0  1  0  0   
TEX AA  Nate Gold          DH  4  3  1  0  1  0  0  Hitting .533 over last 30 at bats
WAN A   Scott Schade       1B  4  3  3  0  0  0  0   
WAN AA  Kory Casto         3B  4  3  0  0  1  1  0   
 
ORG LVL PLAYER             IP   H  R ER SO BB HR  Notes
ATL AAA Brian O\'Connor    7.2  3  0  0  4  2  0   
BAL A+  Garrett Olson      8.0  4  0  0  8  0  0   
CHC A   Donald Veal        6.0  1  0  0  6  3  0   
CIN AA  Edward Valdez      6.0  2  0  0  6  1  0   
CLE AA  Sean Smith         7.0  4  0  0  6  2  0  1.26 ERA over past month
MIN A   Eduardo Morlan     9.0  7  2  2  11  0  1   
NYY AA  Jeff Karstens      8.0  5  0  0  10  1  0   
PHI A   Joshua Outman      7.1  4  0  0  12  2  0   
PHI AAA Jeremy Cummings    7.0  2  0  0  7  1  0  0 ERA over past month
SD  AAA Hansel Izquierdo   9.0  8  1  1  6  0  1   

Player News

The Angels announced that Jered Weaver has been sent back down to the Salt Lake Bees, the team’s Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. Bartolo Colon was activated and will start on Sunday. As Rich Lederer says, that’s a head-scratcher.

Durham Bulls shortstop B.J. Upton, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, was charged Friday with drunken driving. Upton was released on a written promise to appear in court, the report said.

In his last minor league rehab start, Roger Clemens pitched 5 2/3 innings for the Triple-A Round Rock Express, with three runs allowed, five strikeouts, five hits and three walks. Of his 91 total pitches, 57 went for strikes. He’ll start for the Astros next Thursday against Minnesota, presumably against the Twins’ young stud, Francisco Liriano.

At this time, the Cubs haven’t announced whether Mark Prior will start for them this Sunday, or make another rehab start in the minors.

The Boston Red Sox put pitcher Matt Clement on the 15-day disabled list. Clement (5-5) was experiencing pain in his right shoulder and biceps when he was pulled out in the fifth inning of his last start. Outfielder Gabe Kapler was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to replace Clement.

The Braves placed right-hander John Thomson on the 15-day disabled list Friday after he left his last start with a blister.

Kyle Farnsworth left Friday’s game at Washington in the eighth inning an apparent back injury.

Albert Pujols says that he may return from his injury, a strained side muscle, much sooner than the Cardinals originally predicted.

Yankees LHP Randy Johnson appealed his five-game suspension for throwing at an opposing batter.

The Red Sox claimed right-handed pitcher Kyle Snyder off waivers from Royals on Friday.

Cubs catcher Michael Barrett gave his side of the story during a hearing Friday regarding his appeal of a 10-game suspension issued by Major League Baseball for punching White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski after a collision at home plate.

Travis Hafner, Cleveland’s DH for 63 games, started at first.

Kevin Millwood improved to 6-1 with a 1.93 ERA in nine career starts against Arizona.

Jonathan Papelbon’s ERA is now 0.27 in 34 innings. Joe Mauer is now batting .381.

THT’s Stats

There are typically five pitchers in a starting rotation and nine players in a lineup. The result is that starting pitchers pitch more often than batters bat, as you can see in this list of the top twenty major league pitchers in batters faced (and pitches thrown). For comparison, the batter with the most plate appearances, Texas’s Michael Young, has 321 plate appearances.

Last         First       Team      BFP    Pit
Hernandez    Livan       WAS       442   1,620
Webb         Brandon     ARI       440   1,523
Hudson       Tim         ATL       424   1,511
Zambrano     Carlos      CHN       421   1,684
Capuano      Chris       MIL       416   1,512
Jennings     Jason       COL       407   1,494
Buehrle      Mark        CHA       405   1,433
Willis       Dontrelle   FLA       405   1,515
Lopez        Rodrigo     BAL       404   1,478
Zito         Barry       OAK       403   1,599
Mussina      Mike        NYA       403   1,528
Pettitte     Andy        HOU       403   1,543
Haren        Danny       OAK       398   1,494
Cook         Aaron       COL       398   1,348
Davis        Doug        MIL       396   1,530
Millwood     Kevin       TEX       394   1,439
Wakefield    Tim         BOS       394   1,440
Arroyo       Bronson     CIN       392   1,530
Marquis      Jason       STL       391   1,368
Smoltz       John        ATL       391   1,434

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