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Major League News for July 25
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 SEA 7 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Johjima: HR, 4 RBI; Hinske: 2 HR; Pineiro: 6 IP, 3 R NYA 6 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 6 IP, 2 R, 7 K LAA 8 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lackey: 8 IP, 4 R, 2 ER; Anderson: 3-5; 3 RS BOS 7 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Beckett: 6 IP, 2 R; Ramirez: HR, 3 RBI MIN 7 CHA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Radke: 6 IP, 2 R; Mauer: 4 RBI, HR DET 9 CLE 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Inge: 3-5, HR National League SD 7 LAN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) See below COL 7 STL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Francis: 9 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 8 K, 0 BB MIL 12 PIT 8 (Recap and Boxscore) Hall: 2 2B, 4 RBI; Lee: 3-3, HR ATL 10 PHI 8 (Recap and Boxscore) LaRoche: 2 HR, 4 RBI CHN 8 NYN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Nevin: 2 2B
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time DET - Rogers K.* (11-3, 3.97) CLE - Byrd P. (7-6, 4.28) 7:05 ARI - Batista M. (9-5, 4.58) PHI - Madson R. (8-7, 6.25) 7:05 SF - Morris M. (8-7, 4.42) WAS - Ortiz R. (6-9, 4.73) 7:05 CHC - Zambrano C. (10-3, 3.11) NYM - Glavine T.* (11-3, 3.52) 7:10 LAA - Santana E. (11-3, 4.03) TB - Shields J. (4-4, 5.75) 7:15 FLA - Sanchez A. (3-0, 3.41) ATL - James C.* (4-0, 3.72) 7:35 MIN - Santana J.* (11-5, 3.00) CWS - Contreras J. (9-2, 3.43) 8:05 NYY - Mussina M. (11-3, 3.39) TEX - Eaton A. (0-0, -) 8:05 PIT - Snell I. (8-6, 4.84) MIL - Sheets B. (1-3, 6.64) 8:05 CIN - Harang A. (10-6, 3.72) HOU - Clemens R. (2-3, 2.43) 8:05 BAL - Benson K. (9-9, 4.72) KC - Redman M.* (6-5, 5.02) 8:10 STL - Carpenter C. (9-4, 2.83) COL - Jennings J. (6-8, 3.88) 9:05 BOS - Schilling C. (12-3, 3.50) OAK - Windsor J. (0-0, 1.80) 10:05 TOR - Halladay R. (12-2, 3.08) SEA - Meche G. (9-4, 3.83) 10:05 SD - Park C. (6-6, 4.64) LAD - Hendrickson M.* (0-3, 4.70) 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 red 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 60 38 .612 0.0 56 4NYA 57 40 .588 2.5 56 1
TOR 55 44 .556 5.5 55 0
BAL 45 55 .450 16.0 43 2
TB 41 59 .410 20.0 40 1
American League Central DET 67 32 .677 0.0 63 4
CHA 59 39 .602 7.5 57 2
MIN 57 41 .582 9.5 54 3
CLE 43 55 .439 23.5 52 -9
KC 34 64 .347 32.5 37 -3
American League West OAK 51 48 .515 0.0 49 2
LAA 51 48 .515 0.0 50 1
TEX 51 49 .510 0.5 52 -1
SEA 48 51 .485 3.0 50 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 59 40 .596 0.0 57 2
ATL 47 51 .480 11.5 52 -5
FLA 45 52 .464 13.0 47 -2
PHI 44 52 .458 13.5 45 -1
WAS 43 56 .434 16.0 44 -1
National League Central STL 56 42 .571 0.0 51 5
CIN 52 47 .525 4.5 48 4
MIL 48 52 .480 9.0 44 4
HOU 47 52 .475 9.5 47 0
CHN 38 60 .388 18.0 39 -1
PIT 35 66 .347 22.5 43 -8
National League West SD 52 47 .525 0.0 50 2
SF 51 48 .515 1.0 50 1
ARI 50 48 .510 1.5 49 1
COL 47 51 .480 4.5 51 -4
LAN 47 53 .470 5.5 51 -4
Game of the Day
The Padres solidified their hold on first place and the Dodgers sank further into last in the mercurial NL West as the Pads won in 11 innings, 7-6. Josh Bard had the game-winning hit with two out in the 11th and Mike Cameron had a three-run homer for San Diego. Andre Ethier was 4 for 5 with two home runs. He is the third Dodger rookie with a multi-HR game this year (Matt Kemp and Cody Ross are the others).
It was San Diego’s second consecutive extra-inning win after four straight losses. The Dodgers have lost six in a row and 11 of their last 12.
SAN DIEGO (7) VS LA DODGERS (6) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts lf 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 .287
M Cameron cf 6 2 2 3 0 1 3 .262
B Giles rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .274
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Blum 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
M Piazza c 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .292
T Sledge rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .194
D Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Gonzalez 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .301
K Greene ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 .258
M Bellhorn 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .199
S Williamson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
E Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210
J Barfield 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 .297
C Young p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .171
a-J Bard ph-c 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 .375
Totals 45 7 12 7 2 11 15
a-walked for C Young in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - M Cameron (19, D Lowe); K Greene (24, J Beimel); T Sledge (2, T
Saito); J Barfield (19, G Carrara). HR - M Cameron (14, 7th inning off J
Broxton 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Giles 2 (51), M Piazza (45), M Cameron 3 (42), J
Bard (26). 2-out RBI - M Cameron 3, J Bard. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - A Gonzalez 1, M Cameron 1, M Bellhorn 1, C Young 1. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (26, 3rd base off D Lowe/R Martin), M Cameron
(17, 3rd base off D Lowe/R Martin), J Bard (1, 2nd base off G Carrara/R
Martin).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Piazza-M Bellhorn).
LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .268
J Drew rf 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 .279
N Garciaparra 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .327
A Ethier lf 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 .349
R Martin c 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 .289
W Aybar 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .248
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Ledee ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .268
K Lofton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
T Saito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-O Saenz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
G Carrara p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Repko cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296
a-J Cruz Jr ph-cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .234
C Izturis 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263
D Lowe p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .075
R Martinez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .309
Totals 41 6 10 6 4 8 12
a-lined out to first for J Repko in the 7th; b-singled to left for J Beimel in
the 8th; c-grounded to shortstop for T Saito in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - R Furcal (17, C Young); R Martin (17, S Linebrink). 3B - R Furcal
(3, C Young). HR - A Ethier 2 (8, 2nd inning off C Young 0 on, 0 Out, 3rd
inning off C Young 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - A Ethier 3 (36), R Martin 2 (39), R
Ledee (8). 2-out RBI - A Ethier 2, R Martin 2, R Ledee. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - N Garciaparra 1, O Saenz 1, D Lowe 2. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - R Martin 2 (5, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza, 3rd base off
C Young/M Piazza), C Izturis (1, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza). CS - K Lofton
(2, 2nd base by S Williamson/J Bard), R Furcal (10, 3rd base by C Young/M
Piazza).
FIELDING: E - W Aybar (6, ground ball); D Lowe (2, throw). Outfield assists -
J Repko (B Giles at 2nd base).
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SAN DIEGO - 101 001 300 01 -- 7
LA DODGERS - 012 000 030 00 -- 6
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SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
C Young 6 4 3 3 3 5 2 3.64
C Meredith (H, 4) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.38
S Linebrink (B, 6) 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 0 3.72
S Williamson 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.85
D Brocail (W, 1-0) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.10
T Hoffman (S, 27) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.09
LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe 6 2/3 7 5 3 1 6 0 4.18
J Broxton 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.48
J Beimel 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.64
T Saito 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.02
G Carrara (L, 0-1) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2.51
IBB - C Izturis (by C Young). BALK - D Lowe. Pitches-strikes: C Young 97-55;
C Meredith 10-7; S Linebrink 19-13; S Williamson 13-9; D Brocail 10-7; T
Hoffman 10-9; D Lowe 100-67; J Broxton 10-7; J Beimel 19-11; T Saito 27-20; G
Carrara 32-20. Ground balls-fly balls: C Young 0-12; C Meredith 2-1; S
Linebrink 1-1; S Williamson 2-0; D Brocail 2-1; T Hoffman 0-1; D Lowe 8-5; J
Broxton 0-0; J Beimel 0-2; T Saito 1-2; G Carrara 2-1. Batters faced: C Young
24; C Meredith 3; S Linebrink 6; S Williamson 4; D Brocail 5; T Hoffman 3; D
Lowe 28; J Broxton 2; J Beimel 4; T Saito 7; G Carrara 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Jeff
Nelson.
EJECTIONS: SAN DIEGO's Bochy by Timmons (11th).
T--3:39. Att--38,050.
Weather: 93 degrees, clear. Wind: 6 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 were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Batter Pitcher True Dist. Std. Dist. Cameron, Mike SD Broxton, Jonathan LAD 453 442 Teixeira, Mark TEX Johnson, Randy NYY 429 432 Hall, Bill MIL Santos, Victor PIT 442 431 Atkins, Garrett COL Reyes, Anthony STL 463 421 Rivera, Juan LAA Seo, Jae TB 422 421 LaRoche, Adam ATL Hamels, Cole PHI 448 417 Jones, Jacque CHC Trachsel, Steve NYM 419 415 Cuddyer, Michael MIN Vazquez, Javier CWS 441 413 Hinske, Eric TOR Pineiro, Joel SEA 414 404 Hall, Bill MIL Duke, Zach PIT 412 404 Konerko, Paul CWS Radke, Brad MIN 405 403 Anderson, Brian CWS Lohse, Kyle MIN 411 399 Mauer, Joe MIN Cotts, Neal CWS 406 398 Ethier, Andre LAD Young, Chris SD 425 397 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Trachsel, Steve NYM 412 390 Hinske, Eric TOR Pineiro, Joel SEA 399 390 Pratt, Todd ATL Hamels, Cole PHI 424 387 Barrett, Michael CHC Trachsel, Steve NYM 393 382 Guiel, Aaron NYY Millwood, Kevin TEX 388 382 Morneau, Justin MIN Vazquez, Javier CWS 373 381 Lee, Carlos MIL Santos, Victor PIT 386 379 Bell, David PHI Ray, Ken ATL 407 376 Bay, Jason PIT Davis, Doug MIL 388 375 Ethier, Andre LAD Young, Chris SD 391 367 Gonzalez, Alex BOS Zito, Barry OAK 385 364 Swisher, Nick OAK Beckett, Josh BOS 383 362 Betemit, Wilson ATL Geary, Geoff PHI 383 362 Howard, Ryan PHI Yates, Tyler ATL 378 360 Barmes, Clint COL Hancock, Josh STL 387 358 Johjima, Kenji SEA Janssen, Casey TOR 366 358 Ortiz, David BOS Zito, Barry OAK 397 355 LaRoche, Adam ATL Hamels, Cole PHI 376 351 Broussard, Ben CLE Bonderman, Jeremy DET 405 347 Uribe, Juan CWS Radke, Brad MIN 356 336 Young, Dmitri DET Cabrera, Fernando CLE 387 332 Ramirez, Manny BOS Zito, Barry OAK 378 315 Vazquez, Ramon CLE Bonderman, Jeremy DET 368 304 Inge, Brandon DET Lee, Cliff CLE 345 283
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 ARI A+ Emilio Bonifacio 2B 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 Hitting .519 over last 27 at bats ARI AA Alberto Gonzalez SS 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 BAL AA Noah Hall LF 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 BOS A+ Ignacio Suarez SS 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 CLE A Chris Gimenez DH 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 COL A- Victor Ferrante RF 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 6 RBI DET AA Jackson Melian LF 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 MIL AA Carlos Lee DH 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 NYM A Jesus Gamero DH 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 RBI PHI A+ Tim Moss 2B 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ARI A- Shane Dove 9.0 4 1 1 5 0 0 1.13 ERA over past month ARI AA Matt Chico 7.0 4 0 0 4 1 0 ARI A+ Esmerling Vasquez 6.2 3 1 1 9 1 0 BAL AA James Johnson 8.0 7 1 1 4 0 0 BOS A+ Matthew Goodson 7.0 4 1 1 3 1 0 CIN A Travis Wood 6.0 3 2 2 11 2 0 18 K over last 13 IP LA A+ Adam Thomas 7.0 4 2 2 14 1 1 MIN A Oswaldo Sosa 6.0 2 0 0 8 1 0 MIN A+ Anthony Swarzak 9.0 1 0 0 4 2 0 NYM A+ Philip Humber 7.0 2 1 1 4 2 1
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
The White Sox acquired right-handed reliever Mike MacDougal from the Royals on Monday for minor league pitchers Tyler Lumsden and Daniel Cortes. An All-Star in 2003, MacDougal was activated from the DL on July 13 after straining his right shoulder during spring training.
Sean Tracey was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Monday night to make room for MacDougal.
The Milwaukee Brewers activated Ben Sheets (shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list and optioned Dana Eveland to Triple-A Nashville after Monday’s game.
The Tigers scored five runs in the first inning after scoring six in the first inning on Sunday and five in the first on Saturday. The Tigers are only the third team in major league history — and the first in 115 years — to score at least five runs in the first inning in each of three consecutive games. St. Louis of the American Association (then a major league) did it in June 1891 and Pittsburgh did it in September 1887. (Source: Elias)
With a win over the White Sox Monday, the Twins are 32-8 over their last 40 games — almost one-quarter of the season. Through June 7, the Twins were 25-33, 11½ games behind the Tigers. However, while the Twins have played .800 ball over the last six weeks, the Tigers have gone 30-10. The only other major league team even playing above .600 since then is the Red Sox (27-15). Before this stretch, the Twins franchise had won 32 of 40 games once in its history, in May and June of 1931 when the team, then in Washington, had such a stretch under manager Walter Johnson. (Source: Elias)
Remember when the Angels weren’t scoring runs earlier this year? In 20 games in July, the Halos have scored 119 runs, 5.95 per game, tying them with the Indians for the highest average in the American League in July. Two N.L. teams have higher averages: the Braves (8.33) and the Mets (6.15). (Elias)
Jeff Francis threw a two-hitter for his first shutout and the Colorado Rockies slowed down the St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-0 victory Monday night. Francis (8-8) took a perfect game into the sixth, when catcher Yadier Molina blooped a single into shallow right-center just out of the reach of diving center fielder Cory Sullivan, who got his glove on the ball only to watch it scoot underneath him. Francis retired his first 15 batters, only a couple of whom came close to reaching base.
Rookie Cole Hamels struck out a career-high 12 in 5 1/3 innings in a strang outing on Monday against Atlanta. Hamels (2-5) was masterful through five innings but labored in the sixth en route to his fifth loss in his last six decisions. Opponents are hitting .198 against Hamels during his first pass through the batting order, .266 in his second pass and .360 after that.
Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen will have season-ending surgery Tuesday for a completely torn ligament in his right elbow. The Tommy John surgery will be performed by Dr. James Andrews, who examined Guillen in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday. An MRI exam revealed the full tear. “He could not go forward without having this operation,” Nationals GM Jim Bowden said. “It can be as early as eight months, it can be as late as a year and a half.”
The Cleveland Indians purchased the contract of reliever Tom Mastny from Triple-A Buffalo on Monday and optioned right-hander Edward Mujica back to the Bisons.
The Cubs placed first baseman Derrek Lee on the 15-day DL with post-traumatic inflammation of his right wrist. In a corresponding roster move, Chicago has recalled infielder Ryan Theriot from Triple-A Iowa. “I don’t think I was ever really able to take a full good swing so the best thing to do is sit down and let it heal the way it’s supposed to and look at it a couple weeks from now,” Lee said. “He has not regressed,” trainer Mark O’Neal said. “He hasn’t gone backwards but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not swinging the bat the way that Derrek’s capable of swinging.” O’Neal said the team will discuss whether Lee needs a rehabilitation stint in the minors after he rests the wrist.
The Blue Jays are the most likely destination for Julio Lugo, especially since they have young pitchers (such as hard-throwing relievers Brandon League and Francisco Rosario and swing men Shaun Marcum and Dustin McGowan) to offer and have space in the budget after trading Shea Hillenbrand.
The Nationals activated UTL Damian Jackson from the 15-day DL.
Dodgers activated OF Jason Repko from the 60-day DL.
Justin Leone was optioned to Triple-A Portland on Monday to make room for newly-acquired Scott Williamson on the active roster.
Kendry Morales was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake after Monday’s game at Tampa Bay and the club purchased the contract of veteran Curtis Pride.
The New York Post reports that the Yankees made an offer to the Phillies for Bobby Abreu, but it was rejected instantly because top prospect Philip Hughes wasn’t included in the package.
OF Ichiro Suzuki’s first-inning single tied him with Wade Boggs for most hits over six-year span. Ichiro now has 1,274 hits, the same number Boggs had from 1983-88.
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