THT Daily: 2,000 and 450 for A-Rod
Major League News for July 22
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 7 NYA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Glaus: 2-2, 4 RBI; Burnett: 7.1 IP, 3 R TEX 10 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 4 RBI TB 14 BAL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Cantu: GS HR, 5 RBI BOS 9 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS: 5 HR DET 7 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Verlander: 6 IP, 1 R MIN 14 CLE 6 (Recap and Boxscore) White: 4-5, 4 RBI; Cuddyer: 4 RBI KC 8 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Hernandez: 7.1 IP, 3 R National League SF 8 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Cain: 8.2 IP, 2 R; Peavy routed STL 2 LAN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Suppan: 7 IP, 0 R FLA 4 PIT 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Olsen: 6.2 IP, 1 R, 11 K PHI 6 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 HOU 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Maine: CG shutout; Valentin: GS HR WAS 7 CHN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Ramirez: 2 HR; Prior routed CIN 6 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN bullpen: 4 IP, 0 R ARI 6 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Vargas: 6 IP, 2 R
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time CHC - Rusch G.* (3-7, 7.14) WAS - Hernandez L. (6-8, 5.87) 1:20 HOU - Backe B. (1-0, 2.25) NYM - Hernandez O. (5-8, 5.52) 1:20 OAK - Blanton J. (9-8, 4.73) DET - Miner Z. (6-2, 3.30) 1:20 ATL - James C.* (4-0, 3.72) PHI - Myers B. (6-3, 3.77) 4:05 BOS - Gabbard K.* (0-0, -) SEA - Hernandez F. (8-8, 4.89) 4:05 NYY - Wang C. (10-4, 3.92) TOR - Lilly T.* (9-8, 3.86) 4:07 PIT - Wells K. (0-4, 9.13) FLA - Nolasco R. (7-6, 4.67) 6:05 MIL - Bush D. (6-7, 4.42) CIN - Mays J. (0-1, 6.56) 6:10 MIN - Baker S. (3-5, 5.89) CLE - Sowers J.* (1-3, 7.15) 7:05 TEX - Koronka J.* (6-6, 5.22) CWS - Garcia F. (10-6, 5.07) 7:05 LAA - Escobar K. (6-9, 3.88) KC - Hudson L. (2-3, 5.40) 7:10 BAL - Lopez R. (6-10, 6.44) TB - Corcoran T. (4-1, 2.48) 7:15 SD - Williams W. (4-1, 3.38) SF - Schmidt J. (6-6, 3.06) 9:05 COL - Fogg J. (7-5, 4.23) ARI - Gonzalez E. (3-2, 4.99) 9:40 STL - Weaver J. (0-1, 13.50) LAD - Sele A. (6-3, 3.34) 10:10
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. “PWins” is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East Pwins Diff BOS 59 36 .621 0.0 54 5NYA 55 39 .585 3.5 55 0
TOR 54 42 .563 5.5 53 1
BAL 44 54 .449 16.5 42 2
TB 40 57 .412 20.0 39 1
American League Central DET 65 31 .677 0.0 62 3
CHA 58 37 .611 6.5 55 3
MIN 55 40 .579 9.5 53 2
CLE 42 53 .442 22.5 50 -8
KC 34 62 .354 31.0 36 -2
American League West OAK 50 46 .521 0.0 48 2
TEX 50 47 .515 0.5 51 -1
LAA 48 48 .500 2.0 48 0
SEA 45 51 .469 5.0 48 -3
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 58 38 .604 0.0 56 2
PHI 44 50 .468 13.0 44 0
ATL 45 51 .469 13.0 50 -5
FLA 43 52 .453 14.5 46 -3
WAS 41 56 .423 17.5 42 -1
National League Central STL 54 41 .568 0.0 49 5
CIN 51 46 .526 4.0 47 4
MIL 46 51 .474 9.0 42 4
HOU 46 51 .474 9.0 46 0
CHN 37 58 .389 17.0 38 -1
PIT 35 63 .357 20.5 42 -7
National League West SD 50 46 .521 0.0 48 2
SF 50 47 .515 0.5 49 1
ARI 49 47 .510 1.0 48 1
LAN 47 50 .485 3.5 51 -4
COL 45 50 .474 4.5 48 -3
Game of the Day
The Minnesota Twins won their eighth straight game by beating the Indians 14-6. It was the third time the Twins have won at least eight games in a row, and they are now just three games behind the White Sox in the AL Central and wildcard race.
MINNESOTA (14) VS CLEVELAND (6) - FINAL
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
L Castillo 2b 6 1 1 0 0 1 5 .285
N Punto 3b 5 1 1 0 1 4 2 .319
J Mauer c 5 2 3 2 1 0 1 .381
M Cuddyer rf 5 3 3 4 0 1 2 .271
J Morneau 1b 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 .308
R White lf 5 1 4 4 0 0 0 .221
J Rabe dh 5 1 2 1 1 2 4 .333
J Tyner cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .375
J Bartlett ss 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 .298
Totals 42 14 18 14 6 8 21
BATTING: 2B - L Castillo (17, C Sabathia); J Mauer (23, C Sabathia); M Cuddyer
(23, C Sabathia); R White (9, J Davis); J Morneau (19, E Mujica). 3B - J Mauer
(2, G Mota). SF - M Cuddyer , J Bartlett 2. RBI - J Mauer 2 (50), J Tyner (7),
J Bartlett 2 (11), M Cuddyer 4 (58), R White 4 (25), J Rabe (1). 2-out RBI - J
Mauer, M Cuddyer 3, R White 3, J Rabe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- M Cuddyer 1, L Castillo 1, J Tyner 1. GIDP - J Bartlett. Team LOB - 11.
FIELDING: E - J Bartlett (3, ground ball). Outfield assists - M Cuddyer (T
Hafner at Home).
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 .298
J Michaels lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 8 .266
T Hafner dh 6 0 1 1 0 3 4 .309
V Martinez c 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .319
B Broussard 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .318
C Blake rf 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 .303
J Peralta ss 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 .261
J Inglett 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .280
A Boone 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .255
Totals 40 6 16 6 5 5 30
BATTING: 2B - G Sizemore (28, C Silva); V Martinez 2 (23, C Silva 2); J
Michaels (14, C Silva); A Boone (19, J Crain). S - J Inglett. SF - J Michaels ,
J Peralta. RBI - T Hafner (78), J Peralta (44), J Michaels 2 (33), V Martinez
(58), G Sizemore (46). 2-out RBI - V Martinez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Michaels 3, T Hafner 1, J Inglett 3, B Broussard 2, J
Peralta 1. Team LOB - 15.
FIELDING: E - A Boone (15, ground ball). DP: 1 (J Peralta-B Broussard).
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MINNESOTA - 100 802 201 -- 14
CLEVELAND - 101 220 000 -- 6
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MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Silva 4 1/3 13 6 5 2 1 0 6.91
K Lohse 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.14
D Reyes (W, 2-0) 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.42
J Crain 2 1/3 3 0 0 1 2 0 4.47
P Neshek 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
C Sabathia (L, 7-6) 3 2/3 6 8 3 4 4 0 3.73
J Davis 1 1/3 5 3 3 1 0 0 5.68
E Mujica 1 2/3 5 2 2 0 2 0 2.63
B Sikorski 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.86
G Mota 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.89
J Davis pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
WP - J Crain. IBB - G Sizemore (by C Silva). HBP - R White (by C Sabathia).
Pitches-strikes: C Silva 100-65; K Lohse 1-1; D Reyes 10-6; J Crain 41-22; P
Neshek 19-13; C Sabathia 90-51; J Davis 26-18; E Mujica 39-27; B Sikorski
20-13; G Mota 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: C Silva 4-8; K Lohse 0-1; D Reyes
1-1; J Crain 3-2; P Neshek 1-1; C Sabathia 4-3; J Davis 3-1; E Mujica 1-2; B
Sikorski 1-1; G Mota 1-2. Batters faced: C Silva 28; K Lohse 1; D Reyes 3; J
Crain 11; P Neshek 5; C Sabathia 22; J Davis 10; E Mujica 10; B Sikorski 5; G
Mota 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Larry Vanover.
3B--Paul Nauert.
EJECTIONS: CLEVELAND's Sabathia by Guccione (4th).
T--3:43. Att--29,695.
Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 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.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist. HR # Rodriguez, Alex NYY Burnett, A.J. TOR 453 449 21 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Gryboski, Kevin WAS 436 448 19 Duncan, Chris STL Penny, Brad LAD 451 432 5 Teixeira, Mark TEX Buehrle, Mark CWS 424 423 13 Glaus, Troy TOR Wilson, Kris NYY 425 421 25 Coste, Chris PHI Smoltz, John ATL 420 421 2 Cantu, Jorge TB Loewen, Adam BAL 420 419 8 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Smoltz, John ATL 418 410 11 Thome, Jim CWS Wasdin, John TEX 429 409 32 Atkins, Garrett COL Vargas, Claudio ARI 420 406 12 Crawford, Carl TB Ortiz, Russ BAL 405 404 14 Izturis, Maicer LAA Hernandez, Runelvys KC 409 403 2 Thorman, Scott ATL Lidle, Corey PHI 418 402 4 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Astacio, Pedro WAS 397 401 18 Gonzalez, Alex BOS Moyer, Jamie SEA 408 400 7 DeJesus, David KC Colon, Bartolo LAA 400 397 5 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Gordon, Tom PHI 395 396 18 Grudzielanek, Mark KC Donnelly, Brendan LAA 393 396 4 Encarnacion, Edwin CIN Capuano, Chris MIL 401 392 7 Inge, Brandon DET Haren, Dan OAK 391 392 18 Wilkerson, Brad TEX Tracey, Sean CWS 384 391 15 Varitek, Jason BOS Moyer, Jamie SEA 397 390 10 Greene, Khalil SD Cain, Matt SF 389 389 14 LaRue, Jason CIN Capuano, Chris MIL 390 386 5 Young, Michael TEX Buehrle, Mark CWS 372 384 8 Ross, Cody FLA Maholm, Paul PIT 376 382 6 Ramirez, Manny BOS Moyer, Jamie SEA 386 379 26 Youkilis, Kevin BOS Moyer, Jamie SEA 386 379 11 Lugo, Julio TB Rodriguez, Eddy BAL 378 378 10 Crede, Joe CWS Littleton, Wes TEX 388 377 20 Delgado, Carlos NYM Buchholz, Taylor HOU 376 374 24 Navarro, Dioner TB Rodriguez, Eddy BAL 375 374 3 Mabry, John CHC Astacio, Pedro WAS 372 371 2 Mench, Kevin TEX Cotts, Neal CWS 356 370 12 Renteria, Edgar ATL Lidle, Corey PHI 361 365 10 Valentin, Jose NYM Buchholz, Taylor HOU 372 364 11 Ortiz, David BOS Moyer, Jamie SEA 368 362 33
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 CLE A+ Rodney Choy Foo DH 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 runs scored LA A+ Andrew Locke DH 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 NYM AA Corey Ragsdale SS 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 NYM A- Dustin Martin LF 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 OAK AA Matthew Allegra CF 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 RBI PHI AAA Carlos Ruiz C 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 PIT A Eddie Prasch 3B 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 runs scored PIT A+ Juan Tejeda DH 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 6 RBI SD A+ Peter Ciofrone LF 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 SF A+ Carlos Sosa LF 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CHC A- Mark Pawelek 5.0 1 0 0 5 1 0 CIN AA Homer Bailey 6.2 3 1 1 6 2 0 0.88 ERA over past month CLE AAA Jeremy Guthrie 7.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 CLE A Jeffrey Stevens 5.0 1 0 0 5 1 0 DET A Lucas French 9.0 1 0 0 7 3 0 FLA A Ryan Tucker 6.0 2 0 0 7 5 0 FLA AA Jose Garcia 7.0 3 2 2 10 0 0 34 K over last 29 IP LA AA Spike Lundberg 6.0 4 0 0 6 1 0 OAK AA David Bradley 6.1 3 0 0 4 3 0 SD AA Jose Oyervidez 7.0 3 1 1 6 4 1
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Shea Hillenbrand was traded to the San Francisco Giants along with relief pitcher Vinnie Chulk late on Friday night for relief pitcher Jeremy Accardo.
Jose Valentin hit a grand slam for the Mets. That was the Mets’ fourth grand slam in their last five games — Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran each hit grannies on Sunday in Chicago and Beltran had another on Tuesday in Cincinnati. According to Elias, the Mets are the first team in major league history to hit four grand slams in a five-game span.
Mark Prior (oblique) was activated from the 15-day disbled list on Friday and he started at Washington. He lasted just 3 1/3 innings, allowing four earned runs, four hits and three walks. He did not figure into the decision.
Alex Rodriguez, who turns 31 in six days, recorded the 2,000th hit of his major league career. A-Rod is the eighth player in major league history to reach 2,000 hits before turning 31. A-Rod’s 2,000th hit was also his 450th home run. He’s the first player in major league history to get to 450 home runs before his 31st birthday. The previous youngest player at that milestone was Ken Griffey Jr., who was 31 years, 261 days old when he got there in 2001. (Source: Elias)
Mike Piazza also had the 2,000th hit of his career, a second-inning double. It was the second time this year that two players reached 2,000 hits on the same day. Garret Anderson and Manny Ramirez did it on July 1. Before that, it had not happened since Pete Rose and Willie Davis reached that milestone on June 19, 1973.
Barry Bonds left Friday’s game against the Padres in the bottom of the third inning. He was hit by a pitch on the left kneecap in the bottom of the first inning, but stayed in the game. He then had trouble running to first following a leadoff single in the third.
John Maine, told at 5pm that he would start Friday’s game against Houston in place of Orlando Hernandez, allowed just four hits and a walk in a complete game shutout. “How about that, huh?” manager Willie Randolph said. “Johnny Maine threw the ball great. He did an outstanding job. He kept hitting his spots and putting up zeroes. He was strong and stayed in his rythym.”
C.C. Sabathia did not enjoy pitching on his 26th birthday on Friday night against the Twins. He allowed eight runs — three earned — and six hits in just 3 2/3 innings to take the loss and fall to 7-6. He also walked four batters and struck out just four.
Mark Buehrle allowed five earned runs and seven hits in seven innings on Friday against the Rangers. It was only the second time in his career that he’s lost four in a row.
Pete Walker (shoulder) has elected to have season-ending surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder, according to the Toronto Star.
The Detroit Tigers optioned Ramon Santiago to Triple-A Toledo on Friday, as they made room for Dmitri Young on the active roster.
Ryan Theriot was optioned to Triple-A Iowa on Friday.
The San Diego Padres optioned Brian Sweeney and Mike Thompson to Triple-A Portland, recalled Terrmel Sledge and purchased the contract of Justin Leone.
The Boston Red Sox will recall Kason Gabbard from Triple-A Pawtucket to start Saturday’s game against the Seattle Mariners in his major league debut.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that J.J. Hardy’s surgery on his ankle tendon was successful Thursday.
The Baltimore Orioles purchased the contract of third baseman Fernando Tatis from Triple-A Ottawa. To make room for Tatis, the Orioles outrighted utility player Howie Clark to Ottawa. Baltimore also recalled pitcher Hayden Penn (appendix) from his rehab assignment and optioned him to Ottawa.
The Houston Astros optioned left-hander Wandy Rodriguez to Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday and called up right-hander Matt Albers from Double-A. Albers was 10-2 with a 2.17 ERA in 19 starts for Corpus Christi.
The Angels’ Kelvim Escobar (shoulder irritation) is expected to come off of the 15-day disabled list on Saturday to start at Kansas City.
THT Stats
Here’s a list of the major league leaders in baserunner pickoffs. I’ve also thrown in stolen base stats so you can see each pitcher’s total baserunning picture. Most of the leaders are lefties, though Detroit’s Justin Verlander stands out as a righthanded pitcher who does a great job controlling the running game.
Last First Team SB CS PO Maholm Paul G PIT 8 7 6 Verlander Justin B DET 1 3 5 Kazmir Scott E TB 15 2 4 Capuano Chris MIL 1 2 4 Rodriguez Wandy E HOU 5 6 4 Buehrle Mark CHA 2 3 4 Duke Zach PIT 8 8 4 Wright Jamey SF 13 5 4 Moyer Jamie SEA 2 5 4 Olsen Scott M FLA 7 7 3 Morris Matt SF 10 3 3 Rogers Kenny DET 1 2 2 Glavine Tom NYN 3 6 2 Meche Gil SEA 3 6 2 Lilly Ted TOR 9 3 2 Vazquez Javier CHA 6 4 2 Pettitte Andy HOU 9 3 2 Vargas Claudio ARI 4 3 2 Wakefield Tim BOS 21 4 2 Westbrook Jake CLE 7 1 2 Koronka John V TEX 6 3 2 Washburn Jarrod SEA 3 3 2 Fossum Casey TB 8 3 2 Elarton Scott KC 4 3 2
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