THT Daily: May 28

Major League News for May 27

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

Scoreboard

American League
BOS     6  TB      4    (Recap and Boxscore)
DET     3  CLE     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAA    10  BAL     1    (Recap and Boxscore) Jered Weaver wins debut
MIN     9  SEA     5    (Recap and Boxscore) Twins turn triple play
NYA    15  KC      4    (Recap and Boxscore) 2 long HRs by A-Rod
OAK     6  TEX     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
TOR     3  CHA     2    (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings

National League
ARI     7  CIN     0    (Recap and Boxscore)
ATL     2  CHN     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
LAN     3  WAS     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
MIL     9  PHI     6    (Recap and Boxscore)
NYN     7  FLA     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Glavine vs. Willis
PIT     8  HOU     7    (Recap and Boxscore) 18 inning game
SF      4  COL     1    (Recap and Boxscore)
STL     4  SD      3    (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     29  18 .617  0.0    
NYA     27  20 .574  2.0    
TOR     27  21 .563  2.5    
BAL     22  28 .440  8.5    
TB      21  29 .420  9.5    
American League Central
DET     35  14 .714  0.0    
CHA     31  17 .646  3.5    
CLE     23  25 .479 11.5    
MIN     22  26 .458 12.5    
KC      11  36 .234 23.0    
American League West
TEX     25  24 .510  0.0    
OAK     23  26 .469  2.0    
LAA     21  28 .429  4.0    
SEA     22  29 .431  4.0    

National League East
NYN     29  19 .604  0.0    
ATL     26  23 .531  3.5    
PHI     24  24 .500  5.0    
WAS     20  30 .400 10.0    
FLA     15  32 .319 13.5    
National League Central
STL     32  17 .653  0.0    
CIN     27  22 .551  5.0    
MIL     26  23 .531  6.0    
HOU     25  25 .500  7.5    
CHN     18  30 .375 13.5    
PIT     16  33 .327 16.0    
National League West
ARI     29  19 .604  0.0    
LAN     28  21 .571  1.5    
SF      26  23 .531  3.5    
COL     25  24 .510  4.5    
SD      25  24 .510  4.5    

Game of the Day

You just can’t count out Atlanta. The Braves are 14-5 in their last nineteen games and now in second place in the NL East. This game marked the succesful return of Horacio Ramirez from the disabled list. The Cubs have been worse than Kansas City the last month (6-23) and lost this game on a botched relay throw.

ATLANTA (2) VS CHICAGO CUBS (1) - FINAL

ATLANTA                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Giles 2b              3  0  1  2   1  1   1  .239
E Renteria ss           4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .313
C Jones 3b              4  0  1  0   0  0   2  .307
A Jones cf              4  0  1  0   0  0   3  .271
J Francoeur rf          4  0  1  0   0  1   3  .249
M Diaz lf               4  0  0  0   0  0   3  .362
 R Langerhans lf        0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .242
B Jordan 1b             4  0  0  0   0  1   2  .227
 A LaRoche 1b           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .241
B Pena c                3  1  1  0   1  0   0  .500
H Ramirez p             2  1  1  0   0  0   0  .750
 K Ray p                0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 a-W Betemit ph         1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .280
 C Reitsma p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 M Remlinger p          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 33  2  7  2   2  4  16

a-struck out swinging for K Ray in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M Giles (11, S Marshall); B Pena (1, S Marshall); A Jones (11, S 
Marshall). S - H Ramirez. RBI - M Giles 2 (10). 2-out RBI - M Giles 2. Runners 
left in scoring position, 2 out - E Renteria 2, B Jordan 1, M Diaz 1, J 
Francoeur 1. Team LOB - 7. 
 
FIELDING: DP: 2 (B Jordan-E Renteria-H Ramirez, C Jones-M Giles-B Jordan). 
 
CHICAGO CUBS           ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
J Pierre cf             3  1  1  0   0  0   1  .231
J Hairston Jr 2b        2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .215
 a-J Mabry ph           1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .180
 S Eyre p               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
T Walker 1b             4  0  2  1   0  0   1  .299
M Barrett c             4  0  1  0   0  0   1  .294
A Ramirez 3b            4  0  0  0   0  0   1  .241
M Murton lf             4  0  3  0   0  0   1  .277
J Jones rf              4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .277
R Cedeno ss             4  0  1  0   0  0   4  .279
S Marshall p            2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .158
 B Howry p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 b-T Womack ph-2b       1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .263

Totals                 33  1 10  1   0  2  10

a-flied out to center for J Hairston Jr in the 8th;  b-singled to left for B 
Howry in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - M Murton (5, H Ramirez). S - J Hairston Jr , J Pierre. RBI - T 
Walker (22). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Walker 1, J Pierre 1, 
R Cedeno 3, M Murton 1. GIDP - A Ramirez, M Barrett. Team LOB - 7. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre (15, 2nd base off H Ramirez/B Pena). 
 
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    ATLANTA         - 020 000 000   --   2
    CHICAGO CUBS    - 100 000 000   --   1
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ATLANTA                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
H Ramirez (W, 1-0)            7       7   1   1   0   2   0   5.40
K Ray (H, 5)                  1       1   0   0   0   0   0   1.50
C Reitsma (H, 3)                2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5.91
M Remlinger (S, 2)              1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   2.87

CHICAGO CUBS                 ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
S Marshall (L, 3-3)           6       7   2   2   2   2   0   5.03
B Howry                       2       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.28
S Eyre                        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   1.46

Pitches-strikes: H Ramirez 87-58; K Ray 10-7; C Reitsma 9-5; M Remlinger 
10-6; S Marshall 93-59; B Howry 27-19; S Eyre 11-9. Ground balls-fly balls: H 
Ramirez 13-6; K Ray 1-2; C Reitsma 1-1; M Remlinger 1-0; S Marshall 6-10; B 
Howry 4-1; S Eyre 1-1. Batters faced: H Ramirez 26; K Ray 4; C Reitsma 3; M 
Remlinger 2; S Marshall 27; B Howry 6; S Eyre 3. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Phil Cuzzi. 1B--Jerry Crawford. 2B--Chuck Meriwether. 3B--Brian 
Onora. 

T--2:36. Att--41,526. 
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.

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.

Hitter                  Pitcher               True Dist  Std. Dist. HR #
Rodriguez, Alex   NYY   Affeldt, Jeremy   KC       445       457    12
Rodriguez, Alex   NYY   Affeldt, Jeremy   KC       440       442    13
Hall, Bill        MIL   Franklin, Ryan    PHI      426       438    12
Castillo, Jose    PIT   Gallo, Mike       HOU      427       423     4
Morales, Kendry   LAA   Loewen, Adam      BAL      397       417     2
Hudson, Orlando   ARI   Mercker, Kent     CIN      421       414     1
Salmon, Tim       LAA   Bedard, Erik      BAL      398       412     6
Stinnett, Kelly   NYY   Affeldt, Jeremy   KC       398       408     1
Nevin, Phil       TEX   Zito, Barry       OAK      402       406     9
Hillenbrand, Shea TOR   Nelson, Jeff      CWS      386       403     7
Bay, Jason        PIT   Rodriguez, Wandy  HOU      425       402    15
Castro, Ramon     NYM   Willis, Dontrelle FLA      403       401     2
Ibanez, Raul      SEA   Bonser, Boof      MIN      404       399     7
Howard, Ryan      PHI   Wise, Matt        MIL      390       399    16
Murphy, Tommy     LAA   Loewen, Adam      BAL      383       398     1
Ordonez, Magglio  DET   Byrd, Paul        CLE      406       388    12
Castro, Juan      MIN   Moyer, Jamie      SEA      389       384     1
Borchard, Joe     FLA   Glavine, Tom      NYM      383       382     4
Sizemore, Grady   CLE   Verlander, Justin DET      369       379     9
Weeks, Rickie     MIL   Franklin, Ryan    PHI      367       378     5
Burnitz, Jeromy   PIT   Wheeler, Dan      HOU      404       377     8
Bellhorn, Mark    SD    Wainwright, Adam  STL      381       371     3
Cuddyer, Michael  MIN   Moyer, Jamie      SEA      371       366     6
Rollins, Jimmy    PHI   Bush, Dave        MIL      374       360     5
Giles, Brian      SD    Ponson, Sidney    STL      378       355     5
Lee, Carlos       MIL   Floyd, Gavin      PHI      351       334    17

THT’s Stats

FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) is a measure of a pitcher’s core strengths (strikeouts, walks and home runs). A pitcher’s ERA will generally be close to his FIP and ERA will usually move toward FIP when there is a big difference between the two. Following is a list of the biggest differences so far. Note that two White Sox are at the top of the list, and that Scott Elarton appears to be “lucky” to have a 4.76 ERA.

Team    Last           First          ERA     FIP     Diff
CHA     Contreras      Jose           1.83    3.77    1.94
CHA     Buehrle        Mark           2.62    4.50    1.88
KC      Elarton        Scott          4.76    6.47    1.72
DET     Verlander      Justin B       2.55    4.27    1.71
OAK     Zito           Barry          3.16    4.82    1.65
DET     Robertson      Nate           3.02    4.47    1.45
TOR     Lilly          Ted            4.00    5.32    1.32
DET     Rogers         Kenny          3.32    4.62    1.30
SD      Young          Chris          4.32    5.55    1.23
PHI     Myers          Brett          2.86    4.08    1.22
STL     Carpenter      Chris          2.63    3.78    1.15
TB      Fossum         Casey          5.46    6.59    1.12
CIN     Arroyo         Bronson        2.29    3.33    1.04
BOS     Beckett        Josh           3.80    4.82    1.02
LAN     Lowe           Derek          2.90    3.82    0.92
CHN     Zambrano       Carlos         3.45    4.37    0.92
SF      Schmidt        Jason          2.78    3.68    0.89
ATL     Thomson        John           3.04    3.92    0.88
NYA     Mussina        Mike           2.72    3.58    0.85
STL     Mulder         Mark           3.74    4.52    0.78

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