Around the Majors: Cardinals sweep the Padres
1) Yesterday’s scores–
Angels at Yankees–PPD (Angels lead the series, 2-1)
Astros 7, Braves 3 (Astros lead the series, 2-1)
Cardinals 7, Padres 4 (Cardinals win the series, 3-0)
2) Today’s schedule–
Braves (Tim Hudson, 3.52, 19 RSAA) at Astros (Brandon Backe, 4.76, -11 RSAA), 1:05
Angels (Jarrod Washburn, 3.20, 20 RSAA) at Yankees (Shawn Chacon, 3.44, 20 RSAA), 7:35
3) ASTROS 7, BRAVES 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Braves 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 0
Astros 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 X 7 12 1
* Braves CF Andruw Jones had 3 hits (2 2B) and SS Rafael Furcal was 0 for 5.
JONES YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 13 .338 .513 .851 .567 5.79 .277 36 116 4 156 Braves 2004 27 0 .345 .488 .833 .500 5.25 .261 29 91 6 154 Braves 2005 28 22 .347 .575 .922 .597 6.56 .263 51 128 5 160 Braves CAR 103 .342 .503 .845 .553 5.89 .267 301 894 129 1451 LG AVG 0 .343 .433 .776 .500 5.24 .270 172 711 99 POS AVG -2 .339 .433 .773 .495 5.24 .270 171 663 171 FURCAL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 24 .352 .443 .794 .609 6.36 .292 15 61 25 156 Braves 2004 25 1 .344 .414 .758 .507 5.32 .279 14 59 29 143 Braves 2005 26 5 .348 .429 .777 .526 5.61 .284 12 58 46 154 Braves CAR 15 .348 .409 .756 .512 5.38 .284 57 292 189 817 LG AVG 0 .342 .433 .774 .500 5.20 .269 105 426 54 POS AVG -93 .318 .384 .702 .401 4.21 .262 57 322 75
* Astros 2B Craig Biggio had 3 hits (3 2B).
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 37 1 .350 .412 .763 .504 5.40 .264 15 62 8 153 Astros 2004 38 8 .337 .469 .806 .536 5.72 .281 24 63 7 156 Astros 2005 39 8 .325 .468 .792 .543 5.44 .264 26 69 11 155 Astros CAR 354 .370 .437 .807 .601 6.17 .285 260 1063 407 2564 LG AVG 0 .338 .419 .757 .500 4.98 .268 279 1229 207 POS AVG -104 .333 .392 .726 .459 4.62 .265 202 1037 232
* Astros P Roy Oswalt’s line–7 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ER, 2 BB, 7 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 21 2.97 21 21 127.1 108 7.63 10.60 10 5 0 10 5 Astros 2004 26 22 3.49 36 35 237 206 7.82 11.62 20 10 0 18 12 Astros 2005 27 32 2.94 35 35 241.2 184 6.85 11.14 20 12 0 21 11 Astros CAREER 137 3.07 155 145 980.2 850 7.80 10.95 83 39 0 79 43 LG AVG 0 4.25 980.2 733 6.73 12.75 55 55
4) CARDINALS 7, PADRES 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Cardinals 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 13 1
Padres 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 9 0
* Cardinals SS David Eckstein had 3 hits (1 HR, 1 BB) and 1B Albert Pujols reached base safely 4 times (2 H (2 2B), 2 BB).
ECKSTEIN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -12 .325 .325 .651 .405 3.76 .252 3 31 16 120 Angels 2004 29 -17 .339 .332 .671 .399 4.09 .276 2 35 16 142 Angels 2005 30 0 .363 .395 .758 .499 5.14 .294 8 61 11 158 Cardinals CAR -32 .351 .362 .713 .462 4.64 .282 25 231 93 725 LG AVG 0 .335 .429 .764 .500 5.04 .268 91 380 49 POS AVG -37 .325 .408 .733 .457 4.63 .269 68 330 66 PUJOLS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 101 .439 .667 1.106 .830 11.80 .359 43 124 5 157 Cardinals 2004 24 75 .415 .657 1.072 .768 9.77 .331 46 123 5 154 Cardinals 2005 25 75 .430 .609 1.039 .770 9.96 .330 41 117 16 161 Cardinals CAR 356 .416 .621 1.037 .764 9.58 .332 201 621 29 790 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.15 .268 88 358 45 POS AVG 68 .360 .470 .830 .570 6.04 .277 115 426 29
* Padres C Ramon Hernandez reached base safely all 4 times up–2 H (1 HR), 2 BB.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 6 .331 .458 .789 .542 5.14 .273 21 78 0 140 A's 2004 28 5 .341 .477 .818 .539 5.27 .276 18 63 1 111 Padres 2005 29 2 .322 .450 .772 .516 4.73 .290 12 58 1 99 Padres CAR -33 .325 .418 .742 .457 4.48 .262 90 384 5 805 LG AVG 0 .339 .432 .771 .500 5.15 .269 88 367 46 POS AVG -82 .315 .394 .710 .395 4.11 .255 71 332 12
* Cardinals P Matt Morris’s line–6 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 7 3.76 27 27 172.1 120 6.27 10.81 11 8 0 10 9 Cardinals 2004 29 -12 4.72 32 32 202 131 5.84 11.90 15 10 0 11 14 Cardinals 2005 30 4 4.11 31 31 192.2 117 5.47 11.87 14 10 0 12 12 Cardinals CAREER 86 3.61 237 206 1377.1 986 6.44 11.73 101 62 4 92 71 LG AVG 0 4.27 1377.1 1037 6.78 12.78 77 77
* Padres P Woody Williams took a pounding–1 2/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 36 6 3.87 34 33 220.2 153 6.24 11.66 18 9 0 14 13 Cardinals 2004 37 0 4.18 31 31 189.2 131 6.22 12.34 11 8 0 9 10 Cardinals 2005 38 -19 4.85 28 28 159.2 106 5.97 12.85 9 12 0 8 13 Padres CAREER 32 4.12 366 275 1883 1307 6.25 12.07 112 96 0 107 101 LG AVG 0 4.47 1883 1380 6.60 13.07 105 106
5) Yesterday’s HR–
Mike Lamb
David Eckstein
Dave Roberts
Ramon Hernandez
6) The Marlins will interview A’s 3B coach Ron Washington for their managerial position.
7) The Pirates will interview Ken Macha today and Jim Tracy tomorrow for their managerial position.
8) The Yankees gave the Devil Rays permission to interview bench coach Joe Girardi for their managerial job.