Around the Majors: Brown returns today
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Orioles 3, Tigers 0
Angels 5, A’s 3
Devil Rays 6, BlueJays 5
Whitesox 5, Royals 1
Indians 5, Twins 3
Redsox 12, Yankees 5
Rangers 5, Mariners 4
NL
Brewers 8, Astros 0
Mets 4, Cubs 3 (11)
Cardinals 10, Rockies 6
Giants 9, Dodgers 5
Braves 1, Marlins 0
Reds 7, Pirates 4
Phillies 4, Expos 3 (10)
Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK y--Yankees 97 58 .626 - 54-24 43-34 48-24 17-12 22-14 LOST 1 Redsox 92 62 .597 4 1/2 54-26 38-36 42-26 19-13 22-14 WON 1 e--Orioles 73 80 .477 23 33-39 40-41 33-35 20-15 15-17 WON 3 e--Devil Rays 66 87 .431 30 39-36 27-51 25-47 16-15 10-22 WON 2 e--BlueJays 64 90 .416 32 1/2 38-40 26-50 26-42 13-19 17-19 LOST 2 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Twins 89 66 .574 - 47-31 42-35 19-14 43-29 16-16 LOST 1 e--Whitesox 78 76 .506 10 1/2 45-35 33-41 16-16 35-33 19-17 WON 1 e--Indians 76 79 .490 13 44-36 32-43 17-15 32-37 17-19 WON 1 e--Tigers 68 85 .444 20 35-40 33-45 10-16 34-39 15-21 LOST 4 e--Royals 57 97 .370 31 1/2 32-41 25-56 12-24 31-37 08-24 LOST 1 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK A's 88 66 .571 - 49-25 39-41 23-20 27-16 28-22 LOST 1 Angels 86 68 .558 2 44-36 42-32 25-18 28-15 26-24 WON 1 Rangers 86 68 .558 2 50-26 36-42 25-18 23-20 28-22 WON 1 e--Mariners 59 95 .383 29 37-42 22-53 13-30 19-24 18-32 LOST 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Braves 91 64 .587 - 46-31 45-33 48-24 16-17 19-13 WON 2 d--Phillies 80 74 .519 10 1/2 37-37 43-37 35-36 16-17 20-12 WON 1 d--Marlins 79 75 .513 11 1/2 42-38 37-37 39-29 15-21 18-14 LOST 6 e--Mets 68 87 .439 23 36-41 32-46 27-43 14-21 17-15 WON 1 e--Expos 65 90 .419 26 35-41 30-49 26-43 17-19 15-17 LOST 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Cardinals 102 52 .662 - 51-26 51-26 19-11 52-31 20-09 WON 4 d--Cubs 87 67 .565 15 43-32 44-35 15-11 49-37 15-15 LOST 1 d--Astros 85 70 .548 17 1/2 42-33 43-37 16-14 51-35 11-16 LOST 1 e--Reds 72 82 .468 30 39-39 33-43 18-12 34-48 15-15 WON 4 e--Pirates 68 86 .442 34 38-41 30-45 16-11 34-51 16-14 LOST 5 e--Brewers 64 89 .418 37 1/2 36-44 28-45 11-19 33-51 12-15 WON 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 88 66 .571 - 45-29 43-37 14-18 22-14 42-26 LOST 1 Giants 87 68 .561 1 1/2 47-34 40-34 19-13 20-16 37-32 WON 1 Padres 84 71 .542 4 1/2 40-37 44-34 18-14 19-17 39-30 WON 2 e--Rockies 67 87 .435 21 38-42 29-45 11-21 10-22 38-34 LOST 2 e--Diamondbacks 47 108 .303 41 1/2 25-50 22-58 09-23 13-20 19-53 LOST 5
x–clinched the division title
y–clinched a postseason berth
d–eliminated from winning the division title
e–eliminated from winning the division title and the postseason
3) Wild card standings–
AL WON LOST PCT GB Redsox 92 62 .597 - Angels 86 68 .558 6 Rangers 86 68 .558 6 NL WON LOST PCT GB Cubs 87 67 .565 - Giants 87 68 .561 1/2 Astros 85 70 .548 2 1/2 Padres 84 71 .542 3 1/2 Phillies 80 74 .519 7 Marlins 79 75 .513 8
4) The Redsox will clinch a tie for a postseason berth if they beat the Yankees, the Angels lose to the A’s and the Rangers lose to the Mariners.
5) The Marlins will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if they lose to the Braves or the Giants beat the Dodgers or the Cubs beat the Mets or the Padres beat the Diamondbacks.
6) The Phillies will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if (1) they lose to the Expos and (2) the Giants beat the Dodgers or the Cubs beat the Mets or the Padres beat the Diamondbacks.
7) The Phillies passed the Marlins into sole possession of 2nd place in the NL East.
8) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, 4
AL Central–Twins, clinched
AL West–A’s, 7
AL wild card–Redsox, 3
NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Dodgers, 7
NL wild card–Cubs, 8
9) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The AL champions will have the #1 seed. The Twins have a 1/2 game lead over the A’s for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals clinched the top seed. The Braves have a 2 1/2 game lead over the Dodgers for the #2 seed.
10) Today’s schedule–
AL
Twins (Carlos Silva, 4.26) at Indians (Francisco Cruceta, 9.00), 1:05
Tigers (Mike Maroth, 4.23) at Orioles (Rodrigo Lopez, 3.77), 1:35
Yankees (Kevin Brown, 3.99) at Redsox (Curt Schilling, 3.28), 2:05
Mariners (Cha Seung Baek, 5.82) at Whitesox (Jon Garland, 5.11), 3:05
A’s (Mark Mulder, 4.25) at Angels (John Lackey, 4.62), 8:05
BlueJays at Devil Rays–already PPD
NL
Phillies (Cory Lidle, 5.09) at Expos (Livan Hernandez, 3.68), 1:05
Marlins (Dontrelle Willis, 3.84) at Braves (John Thomson, 3.82), 1:05
Cubs (Kerry Wood, 3.56) at Mets (Al Leiter, 3.19), 1:10
Reds (Jose Acevedo, 6.16) at Pirates (Josh Fogg, 4.86), 1:35
Astros (Carlos Hernandez, 5.90) at Brewers (Victor Santos, 4.74), 2:05
Cardinals (Jason Marquis, 3.70) at Rockies (Chris Gissell, 17.36), 3:05
Diamondbacks (Steve Sparks, 5.94) at Padres (Jake Peavy, 2.27), 4:05
Dodgers (Jeff Weaver, 4.00) at Giants (Brett Tomko, 4.15), 4:05
11) Yesterday’s HR–
Tony Batista–#32
Carlos Lee–#29
Hideki Matsui–#28
Jose Valentin–#28
Kevin Mench–#24
Jermaine Dye–#21
Pedro Feliz–#21
Milton Bradley–#19
Justin Morneau–#18
Josh Phelps–#16
Coco Crisp–#15
Keith Ginter–#15
Ray Durham–#15
Todd Walker–#14
John Mabry–#13
Edgar Martinez–#12
Russell Branyan–#11
Todd Greene–#10
Doug Mirabelli–#9
Alex Cora–#9
Geoff Blum–#8
Joe Randa–#8
Darin Erstad–#7
DeWayne Wise–#4
Roger Cedeno–#3
Eric Crozier–#2
Victor Diaz–#2
Midre Cummings–#1
Craig Brazell–#1
12) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–42
T2) Paul Konerko–40
T2) David Ortiz–40
4) Mark Teixeira–37
5) Gary Sheffield–36
6) Alex Rodriguez–35
7) Vladimir Guerrero–33
8) Hank Blalock–32
9) Miguel Tejada–31
10) Carlos Delgado–30
NL
1) Adrian Beltre–47
2) Albert Pujols–45
3) Barry Bonds–44
T4) Jim Thome–42
T4) Adam Dunn–42
T4) Jim Edmonds–42
-) Carlos Beltran–38 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL)
T7) Moises Alou–37
T7) Jeromy Burnitz–37
9) Aramis Ramirez–35
10) Steve Finley–34
*–hit 1 yesterday
13) Barry Bonds watch–
OBA–.615, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.834, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.449, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–152, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–221, new major league record
BB above average–190, new major league record
career HR–has 702, is 12 behind Ruth, is 53 behind Aaron
career HR above average–has 460, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622
career RCAA–1496, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795
14) Whitesox LF Carlos Lee hit his 150th career HR.
After 17 RCAA/.843 OPS and 11 RCAA/.830 OPS seasons, Lee is hitting .526 SLG, .368 OBA, .894 OPS, 24 RCAA in 145 games. He has a .828 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 44 RCAA in 872 games.
15) Yankees P Kevin Brown will return to the mound today.
It will be his first start since he broke his left hand by punching a clubhouse wall on September 3. After 4.81 ERA/-8 RSAA and 2.39 ERA/38 RSAA seasons, Brown has a 3.99 ERA/7 RSAA in 20 starts. He has a 3.20 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.30, and 323 RSAA in 471 games.
16) Rockies P Steve Reed started serving a 2 game suspension, from an incident in June.
After 2.01 ERA/13 RSAA and 3.27 ERA/11 RSAA seasons, Reed has a 3.55 ERA/12 RSAA in 62 games. He has a 3.50 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.31, and 129 RSAA in 800 games.
17) The Braves activated P Horacio Ramirez from the DL.
Ramirez has a 3.58 ERA/17 RSAA in 38 career games, including a 2.28 ERA/14 RSAA in 9 starts in 2004.
18) Braves INF Mark DeRosa is expected to miss the rest of the season, including the postseason, due to a knee injury. The preliminary diagnosis was a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which would require surgery.
After -1 RCAA/.768 OPS and -7 RCAA/.699 OPS seasons, DeRosa has a .320 SLG, .293 OBA, .614 OPS, -21 RCAA in 118 games. He has a .690 career OPS, compared to his league average of .775, and -33 RCAA in 393 games.
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