THT Daily: May 25

Major League News for May 24

Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats

Scoreboard

American League
CHA     3  OAK     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
CLE    11  MIN     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     6  KC      3    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA     8  TEX     5    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYA     8  BOS     6    (Recap and Boxscore)
SEA     7  BAL     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
TB     10  TOR     8    (Recap and Boxscore)

National League
ARI     8  PIT     7    (Recap and Boxscore)
ATL    10  SD      6    (Recap and Boxscore)
FLA     9  CHN     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN     7  COL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     6  CIN     2    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYN     5  PHI     4    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL    10  SF      4    (Recap and Boxscore)
WAS     5  HOU     1    (Recap and Boxscore)

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     26  18 .591  0.0    
NYA     26  19 .578  0.5    
TOR     25  21 .543  2.0    
BAL     21  26 .447  6.5    
TB      21  26 .447  6.5    
American League Central
DET     32  14 .696  0.0    
CHA     31  15 .674  1.0    
CLE     23  23 .500  9.0    
MIN     20  26 .435 12.0    
KC      10  34 .227 21.0    
American League West
TEX     23  23 .500  0.0    
OAK     22  24 .478  1.0    
SEA     22  26 .458  2.0    
LAA     19  28 .404  4.5    

National League East
NYN     28  17 .622  0.0    
PHI     23  22 .511  5.0    
ATL     24  23 .511  5.0    
WAS     18  29 .383 11.0    
FLA     14  31 .311 14.0    
National League Central
STL     31  16 .660  0.0    
CIN     27  20 .574  4.0    
HOU     25  22 .532  6.0    
MIL     24  23 .511  7.0    
CHN     18  28 .391 12.5    
PIT     14  33 .298 17.0    
National League West
ARI     27  19 .587  0.0    
LAN     27  20 .574  0.5    
COL     25  22 .532  2.5    
SF      24  23 .511  3.5    
SD      24  23 .511  3.5    

Game of the Day

Carl Crawford found his stroke for at least one game as he collected five hits and scored five runs, and Toronto ran seven pitchers to the mound in Tampa Bay’s 10-8 win.

TAMPA BAY (10) VS TORONTO (8) - FINAL

TAMPA BAY              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Lugo ss               5  2  3  0   0  1   1  .284
C Crawford lf           5  5  5  2   0  0   0  .287
J Gomes dh              3  0  0  1   1  1   4  .275
A Huff 3b               3  1  1  1   2  0   1  .167
 T Lee 1b               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .195
T Wigginton 1b-2b       4  1  3  4   0  0   0  .269
T Hall c                5  1  1  2   0  1   4  .275
D Hollins rf            3  0  1  0   1  0   2  .248
T Perez 2b-3b           4  0  0  0   0  0   2  .172
J Gathright cf          4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .189

Totals                 36 10 14 10   4  4  15

BATTING: HR - C Crawford (2, 2nd inning off J Towers 1 on, 2 Out), T Hall (6, 
7th inning off J Frasor 1 on, 2 Out), T Wigginton (11, 9th inning off J Speier 
1 on, 2 Out). SF - T Wigginton , J Gomes. RBI - J Gomes (38), A Huff (8), C 
Crawford 2 (19), T Wigginton 4 (37), T Hall 2 (16). 2-out RBI - C Crawford 2, T 
Wigginton 3, T Hall 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Hollins 1, T 
Hall 1, J Lugo 1. GIDP - T Perez. Team LOB - 5. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - J Lugo (8, 2nd base off J Towers/B Molina), C Crawford 4 
(17, 2nd base off J Towers/B Molina, 2nd base off J Speier/G Zaun, 2nd base off 
F Rosario/B Molina, 3rd base off S Schoeneweis/B Molina), J Gathright (10, 2nd 
base off T Taubenheim/B Molina). CS - J Gomes (5, 2nd base by S Downs/B 
Molina). 
 
FIELDING: E - S Camp (1, throw). Outfield assists - D Hollins (V Wells at 3rd 
base). DP: 1 (T Perez-J Lugo-T Wigginton). 
 

TORONTO                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Johnson lf            5  1  1  0   0  3   6  .351
A Rios rf               4  1  2  2   1  0   3  .357
V Wells cf              5  0  1  0   0  1   5  .328
T Glaus 3b              5  1  1  0   0  0   1  .258
S Hillenbrand dh        5  2  3  1   0  0   1  .340
B Molina c              4  0  1  0   0  0   1  .270
 R Adams pr-ss          1  0  1  1   0  0   0  .258
L Overbay 1b            5  1  1  1   0  1   3  .289
A Hill 2b               3  2  3  1   1  0   0  .240
 a-F Catalanotto ph     1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .317
J McDonald ss           2  0  0  0   1  0   0  .233
 G Zaun c               0  0  0  0   1  0   0  .348

Totals                 40  8 14  6   4  6  21

a-struck out looking for A Hill in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - A Rios (17, C Fossum); S Hillenbrand (9, C Fossum); T Glaus (12, 
T Walker); R Adams (9, T Walker). HR - S Hillenbrand (6, 5th inning off C 
Fossum 0 on, 2 Out), A Hill (1, 6th inning off C Fossum 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - L 
Overbay (26), A Rios 2 (35), S Hillenbrand (21), A Hill (11), R Adams (17). 
2-out RBI - A Rios 2, S Hillenbrand. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - 
F Catalanotto 1, T Glaus 1, V Wells 2, A Rios 1. GIDP - L Overbay. Team LOB - 
9. 
 
FIELDING: Outfield assists - R Johnson (J Lugo at 2nd base). DP: 1 (A Hill-J 
McDonald-L Overbay). 
 
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    TAMPA BAY       - 220 010 302   --  10
    TORONTO         - 030 013 001   --   8
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TAMPA BAY                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Fossum                      5 2/3   9   6   5   2   3   2   5.46
S Camp (W, 2-0)                 2/3   2   1   0   1   0   0   2.86
R Lugo (H, 4)                 1 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0   5.47
T Walker (S, 9)               1 1/3   2   1   1   0   2   0   4.72

TORONTO                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Towers                      1 2/3   6   4   4   1   0   1   9.00
S Downs                       2 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   4.43
F Rosario                     1       2   1   1   1   1   0   1.93
T Taubenheim                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0   4.50
S Schoeneweis (H, 6)            1/3   1   2   2   1   0   0   7.90
J Frasor (L, 1-1; B, 1)       1 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   1   7.47
J Speier                      1       2   2   2   0   1   1   2.65

IBB - A Huff (by F Rosario). Pitches-strikes: C Fossum 89-56; S Camp 20-9; R 
Lugo 20-12; T Walker 27-20; J Towers 43-27; S Downs 20-11; F Rosario 35-19; T 
Taubenheim 13-8; S Schoeneweis 12-5; J Frasor 19-15; J Speier 18-12. Ground 
balls-fly balls: C Fossum 8-6; S Camp 1-1; R Lugo 2-1; T Walker 1-1; J Towers 
1-4; S Downs 6-0; F Rosario 0-2; T Taubenheim 1-1; S Schoeneweis 1-0; J Frasor 
1-2; J Speier 1-1. Batters faced: C Fossum 28; S Camp 5; R Lugo 5; T Walker 6; 
J Towers 12; S Downs 6; F Rosario 6; T Taubenheim 4; S Schoeneweis 3; J Frasor 
6; J Speier 5. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Larry Vanover. 

T--3:11. Att--20,187. 
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 9 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 flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.

                                                Distance
Batter                Pitcher                 True  Standard
Byrnes         ARI    Duke          PIT        432     444
Ramirez        BOS    Proctor       NYY        409     433
Wilkerson      TEX    Weaver        LAA        439     430
Burrell        PHI    Feliciano     NYM        424     430
Ensberg        HOU    O'Connor      WAS        414     422
Wainwright     STL    Lowry         SF         405     421
Lee            MIL    Claussen      CIN        419     420
Crawford       TB     Towers        TOR        413     414
Inge           DET    Wood          KC         398     412
Borchard       FLA    Maddux        CHC        426     412
Blake          CLE    Radke         MIN        404     410
Blake          CLE    Reyes         MIN        400     406
Infante        DET    Gobble        KC         391     405
Infante        DET    Nunez         KC         391     404
Bay            PIT    Grimsley      ARI        389     401
Wilson         PIT    Batista       ARI        389     400
Jones          ATL    Young         SD         398     399
DeRosa         TEX    Rodriguez     LAA        392     395
Lopez          BAL    Washburn      SEA        397     394
McPherson      LAA    Tejeda        TEX        418     392
Beltran        NYM    Lieber        PHI        373     386
Stairs         KC     Bonderman     DET        371     384
Jones          ATL    Young         SD         396     384
Wright         NYM    Lieber        PHI        369     379
Mora           BAL    Washburn      SEA        381     378
Cabrera        FLA    Novoa         CHC        371     376
Taguchi        STL    Hennessey     SF         367     375
Hill           TOR    Fossum        TB         365     366
Kearns         CIN    Davis         MIL        373     366
Youkilis       BOS    Johnson       NYY        347     364
Wigginton      TB     Speier        TOR        350     351
Hall           TB     Frasor        TOR        343     344
Renteria       ATL    Young         SD         332     342
Hillenbrand    TOR    Fossum        TB         338     340
Ramirez        BOS    Johnson       NYY         NA      NA

THT’s Stats

Would you be surprised to find out that Jon Papelbon, who has allowed only one run in 23 innings, has “created” more runs than Albert Pujols? I’m talking about Pitching Runs Created, a stat that expresses a pitcher’s performance on the same scale as Runs Created. A combined list of Runs Created and Pitching Runs Created is a pretty good list of which players have done the most for their team.

Player       Team    POS      PRC/RC
Papelbon     BOS     P           63
Pujols       STL     1B          58
Ryan         TOR     P           56
Thome        CHA     DH          52
Kazmir       TB      P           49
Hafner       CLE     DH          47
Mussina      NYA     P           47
Contreras    CHA     P           43
Santana      MIN     P           42
Cabrera      FLA     3B          42
Jeter        NYA     SS          41
Blake        CLE     RF          41
Sabathia     CLE     P           41
Lopez        SEA     2B          41
Halladay     TOR     P           41
Giambi       NYA     1B          40
Konerko      CHA     1B          40
Berkman      HOU     1B          39
Giles        SD      RF          39
Zito         OAK     P           38
Soriano      WAS     LF          38
Lee          MIL     LF          38
Delgado      NYN     1B          37
Hernandez    BAL     C           37
Sizemore     CLE     CF          37

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