THT Daily: 7 Innings is the New Complete Game
Major League News for July 16
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 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) 14 innings BAL 8 TEX 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bedard: 7 IP, 1 R LAA 9 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Vlad: 5 RBI; Santana: 7 IP, 2 R BOS 7 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Schilling: 7 IP, 0 R, 9 K; Ortiz: 3B, HR NYA 14 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Jeter, Williams: 2 2B, 3 RBI each MIN 6 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana: 7 IP, 2 R DET 6 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Verlander: 7 IP, 0 R National League PHI 14 SF 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Burrell: 4-4, 4 RBI ATL 11 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Smoltz; 7 IP, 0 R STL 2 LAN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Suppan: 7 IP, 1 R PIT 7 WAS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 9 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Zambrano: 6 IP, 2 R, SB ARI 8 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Webb: 7 IP, 0 R, 10K; Jackson: 2 HR HOU 12 FLA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Pettitte: 7 IP, 0 R, 10 K; Everett: 4-4, 4 RBI CIN 3 COL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Arroyo: 7 IP, 0 R; Cook: 7 IP, 1 R
Today’s Games
Time Visitors Home 1:05 HOU - Buchholz T. (6-6, 5.21) FLA - Olsen S.* (6-4, 4.24) 1:05 CWS - Garcia F. (10-5, 4.91) NYY - Wright J. (5-5, 4.23) 1:05 KC - Elarton S. (3-9, 5.38) DET - Miner Z. (6-1, 2.57) 1:07 SEA - Hernandez F. (8-8, 4.95) TOR - Burnett A. (1-3, 4.58) 1:15 COL - Fogg J. (7-5, 4.44) CIN - Ramirez E. (3-6, 4.14) 1:35 WAS - Hernandez L. (6-8, 5.94) PIT - Maholm P.* (3-8, 5.10) 1:35 TEX - Wasdin J. (2-1, 4.26) BAL - Lopez R. (5-10, 6.77) 2:05 OAK - Blanton J. (8-8, 4.95) BOS - Snyder K. (1-0, 10.29) 2:10 CLE - Sowers J.* (1-2, 7.47) MIN - Silva C. (4-9, 7.00) 2:15 LAD - Penny B. (10-2, 2.91) STL - Reyes A. (1-3, 3.86) 3:35 TB - Fossum C.* (3-3, 4.92) LAA - Colon B. (1-4, 4.57) 4:05 ATL - James C.* (3-0, 2.87) SD - Peavy J. (4-8, 4.46) 4:05 PHI - Myers B. (5-3, 3.86) SF - Cain M. (6-6, 5.12) 4:40 MIL - Bush D. (5-7, 4.34) ARI - Vargas C. (7-5, 4.91) 6:05 NYM - Hernandez O. (5-8, 5.12) CHC - Marshall S.* (5-7, 4.80)
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 54 35 .607 0.0 51 3NYA 52 36 .591 1.5 52 0
TOR 50 40 .556 4.5 49 1
BAL 42 51 .452 14.0 40 2
TB 39 52 .429 16.0 37 2
American League Central DET 62 29 .681 0.0 59 3
CHA 57 33 .633 4.5 53 4
MIN 49 40 .551 12.0 47 2
CLE 41 49 .456 20.5 49 -8
KC 31 59 .344 30.5 32 -1
American League West TEX 47 44 .516 0.0 48 -1
OAK 47 44 .516 0.0 45 2
LAA 45 45 .500 1.5 45 0
SEA 44 47 .484 3.0 46 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 54 37 .593 0.0 52 2
PHI 41 48 .461 12.0 42 -1
ATL 42 49 .462 12.0 46 -4
FLA 39 50 .438 14.0 42 -3
WAS 38 54 .413 16.5 39 -1
National League Central STL 51 39 .567 0.0 47 4
CIN 48 44 .522 4.0 45 3
HOU 45 47 .489 7.0 45 0
MIL 44 48 .478 8.0 38 6
CHN 35 55 .389 16.0 36 -1
PIT 32 60 .348 20.0 40 -8
National League West SD 48 42 .533 0.0 46 2
SF 46 45 .505 2.5 46 0
LAN 46 45 .505 2.5 50 -4
ARI 45 45 .500 3.0 44 1
COL 44 46 .489 4.0 46 -2
Game of the Day
Chris Denorfia celebrated his 26th birthday by driving in two runs in the bottom of the ninth on a high-hop grounder and the Reds beat the Rockies 3-2. Starters Bronson Arroyo (0 runs allowed in 7 innings) and Aaron Cook (1 run allowed in, yup, 7 innings) both turned in fine efforts, but newly acquired Gary Majewski allowed two Rockie runs in the eighth and then the Colorado bullpen, one of the best in the majors so far, allowed two in the ninth.
The last person to drive in the game-winning run on his birthday was none other than Barry Bonds, who did it on July 24, 2003. Among the other Hall-of-Famers or Hall-of-Famers-to-be who did that: Joe Morgan, Paul Molitor, Cal Ripken and Alex Rodriguez, according to Elias.
COLORADO (2) VS CINCINNATI (3) - FINAL
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Carroll 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319
C Sullivan cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .273
T Helton 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .293
M Holliday lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .331
G Atkins 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .313
B Hawpe rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .308
Y Torrealba c 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 .241
b-J Piedra ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .175
C Freeman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
T Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Mesa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O Quintanilla ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176
a-C Barmes ph-ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .215
A Cook p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083
c-J Closser ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .217
Totals 36 2 11 2 2 7 18
a-singled to left center for O Quintanilla in the 7th; b-doubled to right for
Y Torrealba in the 8th; c-struck out swinging for A Cook in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - G Atkins (28, B Arroyo); J Piedra (2, G Majewski). S - A Cook.
RBI - J Piedra 2 (9). 2-out RBI - J Piedra 2. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - Y Torrealba 1, J Closser 1, G Atkins 1, C Sullivan 1, O Quintanilla 1.
Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Barmes (4, 2nd base off B Arroyo/J LaRue).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (O Quintanilla-J Carroll-T Helton, J Mesa-C Barmes-T Helton).
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Denorfia rf 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 .318
A Dunn lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244
K Griffey Jr cf 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .253
R Aurilia 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .272
S Hatteberg 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .307
B Phillips 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .297
R Clayton ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .269
J LaRue c 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .197
D Wise pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .149
a-R Freel ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .297
K Mercker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Bray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-E Encarnacion ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Totals 30 3 7 3 4 5 11
a-walked for B Arroyo in the 7th; b-hit by pitch for B Bray in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - S Hatteberg (20, A Cook). RBI - S Hatteberg (29), C Denorfia 2
(3). 2-out RBI - S Hatteberg, C Denorfia 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - B Arroyo 1, B Phillips 2, C Denorfia 1. GIDP - R Aurilia 2. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - R Freel (21, 2nd base off A Cook/Y Torrealba), B Phillips
(17, 2nd base off B Fuentes/J Closser). CS - R Clayton (4, 2nd base by A Cook/Y
Torrealba).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Arroyo-S Hatteberg).
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COLORADO - 000 000 020 -- 2
CINCINNATI - 000 001 002 -- 3
Two outs when winning run scored.
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
A Cook 7 6 1 1 3 3 0 3.59
T Martin (H, 7) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.04
J Mesa (H, 17) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.93
B Fuentes (L, 2-3; B, 4) 2/3 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.33
CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
B Arroyo 7 8 0 0 1 5 0 2.96
K Mercker (H, 7) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.74
G Majewski (B, 6) 2/3 3 2 2 1 2 0 3.97
B Bray (W, 2-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75
IBB - J LaRue (by A Cook), B Hawpe (by B Arroyo), C Barmes (by G Majewski).
HBP - K Griffey Jr (by T Martin); J LaRue (by B Fuentes); E Encarnacion (by B
Fuentes). Pitches-strikes: A Cook 93-55; T Martin 3-2; J Mesa 2-2; B Fuentes
27-16; B Arroyo 106-75; K Mercker 3-3; G Majewski 27-18; B Bray 13-9. Ground
balls-fly balls: A Cook 14-3; T Martin 0-1; J Mesa 2-0; B Fuentes 0-0; B Arroyo
7-8; K Mercker 0-1; G Majewski 0-0; B Bray 2-1. Batters faced: A Cook 28; T
Martin 2; J Mesa 1; B Fuentes 6; B Arroyo 29; K Mercker 1; G Majewski 6; B Bray
3.
UMPIRES: HP--Ed Rapuano. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Joe West.
T--2:49. Att--35,396.
Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.
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.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist. HR # Howard, Ryan PHI Hennessey, Brad SF 469 460 30 Ibanez, Raul SEA Halladay, Roy TOR 461 451 21 Jones, Andruw ATL Park, Chan Ho SD 463 449 22 Alou, Moises SF Lidle, Corey PHI 422 436 11 Berkman, Lance HOU Johnson, Josh FLA 418 433 25 Thome, Jim CWS Mussina, Mike NYY 412 420 31 Sexson, Richie SEA League, Brandon TOR 417 408 17 Glaus, Troy TOR Moyer, Jamie SEA 415 405 24 Jackson, Conor ARI Capuano, Chris MIL 416 404 8 Napoli, Mike LAA Shields, James TB 406 404 12 Everett, Carl SEA League, Brandon TOR 414 401 11 Pujols, Albert STL Hendrickson, Mark LAD 411 400 31 Gonzalez, Adrian SD McBride, Macay ATL 416 397 16 Burrell, Pat PHI Lowry, Noah SF 373 397 20 Guerrero, VladimiLAA Harville, Chad TB 396 396 20 Thorman, Scott ATL Park, Chan Ho SD 404 393 3 Molina, Bengie TOR Moyer, Jamie SEA 405 392 8 Burke, Chris HOU Petit, Yusmeiro FLA 377 391 6 Jackson, Conor ARI Capuano, Chris MIL 401 390 7 Crosby, Bubba NYY Politte, Cliff CWS 377 382 1 Hafner, Travis CLE Santana, Johan MIN 386 380 27 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Snell, Ian PIT 416 375 28 Ortiz, David BOS Sauerbeck, Scott OAK 396 375 32 Betemit, Wilson ATL Sikorski, Brian SD 387 373 7 Estrada, Johnny ARI Capuano, Chris MIL 364 354 8 Morneau, Justin MIN Sabathia, C.C. CLE 359 354 24 McDonald, John TOR Moyer, Jamie SEA 358 350 1 Phillips, Andy NYY Jenks, Bobby CWS 336 343 6 McCann, Brian ATL Sikorski, Brian SD 346 333 7
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 ATL AAA Gregor Blanco CF 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 BOS AAA Dustin Pedroia 2B 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 CIN A Craig Tatum C 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 CLE A+ Rodney Choy Foo 1B 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 DET A- Scott Sizemore 2B 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 RBI LA A+ Cory Dunlap DH 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 RBI MIN AA Trent Oeltjen RF 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 RBI NYM A+ Ivan Naccarata 3B 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 runs scored NYY A+ Hector Made 2B 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 PIT A+ Juan Tejeda DH 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 runs scored ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL A Asher Demme 7.0 3 0 0 5 1 0 ATL AA Matt Harrison 7.0 5 0 0 3 0 0 BAL A- Jeffrey Moore 6.0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0.60 ERA over past month DET A- Jeffrey Gerbe 7.0 4 0 0 6 1 0 FLA A- Graham Taylor 5.0 1 0 0 5 0 0 MIL AAA Carlos Villanueva 6.0 0 0 0 6 3 0 MIN AA Kevin Slowey 9.0 2 4 4 5 2 1 NYM A+ Blake Eager 7.0 1 0 0 8 1 0 PIT AAA Britt Reames 6.0 1 0 0 7 0 0 SD AAA Hansel Izquierdo 7.0 3 0 0 6 0 0
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Ten of the 15 games played were decided by margins of six or more runs — the second-most games decided in that manner on any day in the history of the major leagues. Back on May 30, 1884 (a year in which there were three major leagues — the National League, the American Association and the Union Association), 12 of the 24 major league games were decided by at least six runs. (Source: Elias)
As a result of the lopsided scores, there wasn’t a single save in any of the 15 big-league games — making it the first day in major-league history in which at least that many games were played with no saves. (Source: Elias)
Saturday was Arizona’s first game without shortstop and leadoff man Craig Counsell, expected to miss three-to-six weeks with a broken rib. Eric Byrnes replaced Counsell at the top of the order and started the first and fourth innings with doubles. Stephen Drew, the Diamondbacks’ first-round pick in the 2004 draft, made his major league debut at shortstop, going 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
The Los Angeles Angels announced that Jered Weaver (6-0, 1.12 ERA) will miss Monday night’s scheduled start against Cleveland due to biceps tendinitis. Dustin Mosley, acquired by the Angels from Cincinnati in December 2004, will be promoted from Triple-A Salt Lake to make his major league debut in Weaver’s place.
Octavio Dotel (elbow surgery) threw a scoreless inning Saturday night in his first minor league rehabilitation appearance since being shut down last month because of inflammation in his surgically repaired right elbow.
The Atlanta Braves placed John Thomson on the 15-day disabled list due to inflammation in his right shoulder. The move is retroactive to July 10. Peter Moylan was recalled from Triple-A Richmond to replace Thomson on the active roster.
The Milwaukee Brewers recalled Anthony Gwynn from Triple-A Nashville on Saturday to replace Corey Koskie (concussion) on the active roster.
The Washington Nationals placed John Patterson (forearm) on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday. They purchased Kevin Gryboski’s contract from Triple-A New Orleansy.
Manager Frank Robinson said Tony Armas Jr. (forearm) will be activated from the 15-day disabled list and get the start on Monday at Florida.
Torii Hunter (foot) will have an MRI on his left foot after leaving Saturday’s game against the Indians after two innings. Hunter had X-rays at a local area hospital, but the results were inconclusive. “He came in and said he couldn’t run,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. “It’s more on the top of his foot toward the outer part of the little toe. He was hurting. He was close to having tears coming out of his eyes.”
Shannon Stewart was placed back on the 15-day disabled list after Saturday’s game against the Indians due to his plantar fasciitis. He aggravated his injury legging out a grounder in the fifth inning and was replaced by Jason Kubel in the lineup.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Kirk Saarloos has lost his spot in the rotation to Jason Windsor, who will start Monday’s game at Baltimore opposite Russ Ortiz. The San Francisco Chronicle reports 2004 first-round selection Richie Robnett will miss the rest of the season in the minors after breaking the hamate bone in his hand.
Henry Owens gave up four hits and four runs in one inning at the Cubs Saturday. Owens was sent to Double-A Binghamton after the game. The Mets called up Heath Bell from Triple-A Norfolk.
Seattle’s Richie Sexson and Carl Everett hit consecutive homers at Toronto Saturday.
The Yankees’ official website reports Robinson Cano (hamstring) said he would likely miss another 10-14 days due to his injury. He returned to Tampa to continue his rehab, running the bases and taking grounders on Thursday. Miguel Cairo and Nick Green will continue to see time in his absence.
THT Stats
There may have been no saves yesterday, but there were still seven holds. Holds celebrate the middle relievers who are often just as valuable to their teams as the closer. Following is a list of all major league pitchers with at least twelve holds:
Last First Team Holds Zumaya Joel DET 21 Linebrink Scott SD 18 Speier Justin TOR 18 Lyon Brandon ARI 18 Vizcaino Luis ARI 17 Schoeneweis Scott TOR 17 Mesa Jose COL 17 Timlin Mike BOS 16 Rhodes Arthur PHI 16 Shields Scot LAA 14 Rincon Juan MIN 14 Calero Kiko OAK 14 Wheeler Dan HOU 14 Heilman Aaron NYN 14 Cordero Francisco TEX 13 Farnsworth Kyle NYA 13 Flores Randy STL 13 Looper Braden STL 12 Sanchez Duaner NYN 12 Dessens Elmer KC 12 Howry Bob CHN 12 Proctor Scott NYA 12 Torres Salomon PIT 12 Cotts Neal CHA 12 Kensing Logan FLA 12
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