THT Daily: AL 10, NL 4
Major League News for Father’s Day
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Games
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
Interleague BAL 4 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Benson: 8 IP, 1 ER, hit HR BOS 5 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Ortiz: 2B, HR; Beckett: 6 IP, 2 R CHA 8 CIN 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA scores 3 in 9th to win DET 9 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 3 SD 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana over Peavy MIN 5 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN: 6 straight OAK 5 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) 17 innings! Won on bases-loaded walk. SEA 8 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Ibanez: 4 RBI; Meche: 9 IP, 1 R TB 7 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Kazmir: 5 IP, 9 K, 1 R; PHI has lost 8 or last 9 TEX 8 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 8 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Moehler: 7 IP, 2 R; Jacobs: 2B, HR; FLA: 7 straight HOU 7 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Berkman: 4 RBI, Buchholz: 6 IP, 2 R MIL 3 CLE 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL: 2 in 9th to win; Bush and Westbrook pitched well WAS 11 NYA 9 (Recap and Boxscore) National League STL 6 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Suppan: 7.2 IP, 2 R; Encarnacion: 2 HR
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time TOR - Halladay R. (8-1, 2.75) FLA - Johnson J. (5-4, 2.05) 1:05 NYY - Wang C. (7-2, 4.15) WAS - O'Connor M.* (3-4, 3.70) 1:05 BAL - Loewen A.* (0-1, 7.84) NYM - Glavine T.* (9-2, 3.31) 1:10 CWS - Garland J. (5-3, 6.01) CIN - Harang A. (7-4, 3.91) 1:15 MIN - Santana J.* (6-4, 2.99) PIT - Perez O.* (2-8, 6.68) 1:35 TB - McClung S. (2-9, 6.51) PHI - Madson R. (6-4, 6.11) 1:35 ARI - Gonzalez E. (2-0, 1.64) TEX - Loe K. (3-6, 5.57) 2:05 CLE - Byrd P. (5-5, 4.81) MIL - Jackson Z.* (1-0, 4.40) 2:05 KC - Duckworth B. (0-1, 3.18) HOU - Pettitte A.* (6-7, 5.46) 2:05 COL - Fogg J. (4-4, 4.91) STL - Carpenter C. (5-3, 2.57) 2:15 DET - Rogers K.* (9-3, 3.25) CHC - Prior M. (0-0, -) 2:20 SD - Park C. (4-3, 4.15) LAA - Colon B. (0-2, 7.07) 3:35 LAD - Sele A. (3-1, 2.32) OAK - Blanton J. (6-6, 5.04) 4:05 SF - Wright J. (5-6, 4.48) SEA - Moyer J.* (3-6, 3.80) 4:05 BOS - Schilling C. (9-2, 3.59) ATL - Smoltz J. (4-5, 3.78) 8:05
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. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East NYA 38 28 .576 0.0BOS 38 28 .576 0.0
TOR 37 31 .544 2.0
BAL 32 38 .457 8.0
TB 29 40 .420 10.5
American League Central DET 45 24 .652 0.0
CHA 43 25 .632 1.5
MIN 33 34 .493 11.0
CLE 31 36 .463 13.0
KC 18 49 .269 26.0
American League West OAK 37 31 .544 0.0
TEX 37 32 .536 0.5
SEA 33 37 .471 5.0
LAA 31 37 .456 6.0
National League East NYN 42 25 .627 0.0
PHI 33 35 .485 9.5
WAS 31 39 .443 12.5
ATL 30 39 .435 13.0
FLA 28 37 .431 13.0
National League Central STL 41 26 .612 0.0
CIN 37 31 .544 4.5
HOU 36 33 .522 6.0
MIL 34 35 .493 8.0
CHN 26 41 .388 15.0
PIT 26 43 .377 16.0
National League West LAN 36 32 .529 0.0
SD 35 33 .515 1.0
ARI 35 33 .515 1.0
SF 34 34 .500 2.0
COL 34 34 .500 2.0
Game of the Day
The Yankees had a 9-2 lead in the fifth, but the Nationals battled back to win 11-9, including two runs off Mariano Rivera in the eighth. Johnny Damon hit a grand slam for the Yankees.
NY YANKEES (9) VS WASHINGTON (11) - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 6 2 4 5 0 0 2 .297
B Williams rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .279
A Phillips 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
D Jeter ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .337
J Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .269
B Crosby pr-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
A Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 .278
J Posada c 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 .298
R Cano 2b 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 .332
M Cabrera lf 5 1 0 0 0 1 7 .260
S Chacon p 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 .000
M Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Beam p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
M Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Proctor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Cairo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236
Totals 42 9 15 9 3 7 25
a-reached on infield single to shortstop for M Rivera in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Damon 2 (18, R Ortiz 2); R Cano (15, R Ortiz); D Jeter (15, J
Rauch). HR - A Rodriguez (15, 5th inning off R Ortiz 1 on, 1 Out), J Posada (9,
5th inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 1 Out), J Damon (10, 5th inning off S Rivera 3 on,
1 Out). RBI - D Jeter (44), J Damon 5 (37), A Rodriguez 2 (49), J Posada (36).
2-out RBI - J Damon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Damon 1, J
Posada 1, B Williams 2, M Cabrera 2. GIDP - B Williams. Team LOB - 10.
FIELDING: E - J Posada (4, throw). DP: 2 (M Smith-D Jeter-R Cano-J Giambi, R
Cano-D Jeter-A Phillips).
WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Soriano lf 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 .289
J Vidro 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .303
N Johnson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312
a-D Ward ph-1b 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 .306
J Guillen rf 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 .226
R Zimmerman 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .283
B Schneider c 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 .233
B Harris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .233
c-R Fick ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .280
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Byrd cf 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .231
R Ortiz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .107
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-M Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239
M Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-D Jackson ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .214
Totals 34 11 13 10 6 5 16
a-walked for N Johnson in the 3rd; b-struck out swinging for S Rivera in the
6th; c-singled to center for B Harris in the 7th; d-struck out swinging for M
Stanton in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - B Schneider (8, S Chacon); R Zimmerman (20, S Chacon); J Guillen
(11, T Beam). 3B - J Guillen (1, M Rivera). HR - D Ward (5, 7th inning off T
Beam 0 on, 0 Out). S - R Ortiz. RBI - J Vidro (28), M Byrd (14), D Ward 2 (11),
R Zimmerman 2 (44), B Schneider 2 (26), R Fick (3), J Guillen (25). 2-out RBI -
J Vidro, M Byrd, R Fick. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Jackson 1,
J Guillen 1. GIDP - B Harris, B Schneider. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Soriano 2 (17, 2nd base off M Rivera/J Posada, 3rd base
off M Rivera/J Posada).
FIELDING: E - M Byrd (2, fly ball). PB - B Schneider. DP: 1 (J Vidro-B
Harris-D Ward).
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NY YANKEES - 110 070 000 -- 9
WASHINGTON - 001 140 23x -- 11
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
S Chacon 4 1/3 6 6 6 3 3 0 5.89
M Smith 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
T Beam (H, 1) 1 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 13.50
M Myers (H, 12) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.69
S Proctor (H, 9) 2/3 1 1 1 2 1 0 3.74
M Rivera (L, 4-4; B, 2) 2/3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2.29
WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
R Ortiz 4 1/3 11 7 6 1 2 2 5.27
S Rivera 1 2/3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2.79
M Stanton 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.85
J Rauch (W, 2-1) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.00
C Cordero (S, 13) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
IBB - J Giambi (by J Rauch). HBP - J Giambi (by R Ortiz); M Byrd (by S
Chacon). Pitches-strikes: S Chacon 100-55; M Smith 5-4; T Beam 33-22; M Myers
4-2; S Proctor 20-11; M Rivera 15-9; R Ortiz 87-54; S Rivera 32-19; M Stanton
17-11; J Rauch 20-12; C Cordero 17-12. Ground balls-fly balls: S Chacon 4-6; M
Smith 2-0; T Beam 0-3; M Myers 0-1; S Proctor 0-1; M Rivera 2-0; R Ortiz 4-7; S
Rivera 2-1; M Stanton 1-1; J Rauch 0-2; C Cordero 2-0. Batters faced: S Chacon
23; M Smith 2; T Beam 7; M Myers 1; S Proctor 5; M Rivera 4; R Ortiz 26; S
Rivera 7; M Stanton 4; J Rauch 5; C Cordero 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Lance Barksdale. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Bob
Davidson.
T--3:51. Att--45,085.
Weather: 86 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, in from 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.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Stnd Dist HR# Rodriguez, Alex NYY Ortiz, Ramon WAS 434 442 15 Ward, Daryle WAS Beam, T.J. NYY 429 437 5 Jacobs, Mike FLA Janssen, Casey TOR 426 433 10 Sexson, Richie SEA Schmidt, Jason SF 411 426 11 Baldelli, Rocco TB Mathieson, Scott PHI 430 420 1 Ortiz, David BOS Remlinger, Mike ATL 419 416 19 Kubel, Jason MIN Maholm, Paul PIT 405 415 6 Damon, Johnny NYY Rivera, Saul WAS 401 412 10 Lopez, Felipe CIN Contreras, Jose CWS 406 409 7 Closser, J.D. COL Isringhausen, Jason STL 402 408 1 Atkins, Garrett COL Hancock, Josh STL 404 407 10 Cantu, Jorge TB Franklin, Ryan PHI 408 399 3 Morneau, Justin MIN Marte, Damaso PIT 392 398 16 Youkilis, Kevin BOS Cormier, Lance ATL 419 397 8 Encarnacion, Juan STL Francis, Jeff COL 412 396 9 Crawford, Carl TB Geary, Geoff PHI 393 396 9 Holliday, Matt COL Suppan, Jeff STL 388 394 14 Tiffee, Terry MIN Maholm, Paul PIT 395 392 1 Uribe, Juan CWS Hammond, Chris CIN 411 390 6 Nunez, Abraham PHI Kazmir, Scott TB 395 379 1 Guillen, Carlos DET Marmol, Carlos CHC 415 372 8 Durham, Ray SF Meche, Gil SEA 368 372 6 Ibanez, Raul SEA Correia, Kevin SF 366 371 13 Reed, Jeremy SEA Schmidt, Jason SF 364 369 4 Posada, Jorge NYY Ortiz, Ramon WAS 365 365 9 Anderson, Garret LAA Peavy, Jake SD 393 357 7 Encarnacion, Juan STL Francis, Jeff COL 365 346 9 Paulino, Ronny PIT Bonser, Boof MIN 343 338 2 Benson, Kris BAL Martinez, Pedro NYM 364 331 1 McPherson, Dallas LAA Peavy, Jake SD 341 322 6 Green, Shawn ARI Koronka, John TEX NA NA 6 Matthews, Gary TEX Jarvis, Kevin ARI NA NA 7 Fasano, Sal PHI Kazmir, Scott TB NA NA 4
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 BAL A+ Jacob Duncan LF 4 3 2 0 0 1 1 BOS A+ Jeffrey Corsaletti LF 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 CHC AA Scott Moore 3B 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 .524 OBP during past week CHW AAA Ryan Sweeney CF 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 5 RBI CLE A Chris Gimenez DH 6 3 1 0 2 0 1 4 RBI CLE A P.J. Hiser RF 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 FLA A Matthew Kutler RF 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 LA AAA Eric Riggs 3B 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 LAA AAA Reggie Willits LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 MIN AA Denard Span CF 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL AAA Brian Burres 6.0 2 0 0 5 2 0 CHW AAA Heath Phillips 6.2 4 0 0 6 1 0 COL MLB Kris Wilson 8.0 6 1 1 7 0 0 HOU AA Matt Albers 5.2 2 0 0 7 4 0 15 K over last 11 IP HOU A+ Chad Reineke 8.0 3 0 0 8 1 0 LAA A+ F. RodriguezJr. 7.0 5 2 0 7 2 0 PHI AA Daniel Haigwood 7.0 5 0 0 5 2 0 PIT A+ Luis Munoz 7.0 5 1 0 5 1 0 PIT AA Ron Chiavacci 7.0 2 0 0 6 0 0
Player News
San Diego’s Dave Roberts hurt his knee attempting to catch a Dallas McPherson liner. He slid for the ball, but it went off his glove and he slammed into the fence and banged his right knee. The ball bounced away, and McPherson circled the bases while Roberts was unable to get up. After the play, he was lifted onto a stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital for precautionary X-rays.
The Mets placed left fielder Cliff Floyd on the disabled list due to a sprained left ankle.
The Reds put LHP Brandon Claussen on the 15-day DL with a sore shoulder.
Top Dodgers third base prospect Andy LaRoche has a slight labrum tear in his throwing shoulder, according to an MRI. He will rest for ten days before a decision regarding surgery is made. LaRoche hit .309 with nine home runs and 46 RBIs in 62 games at AA Jacksonville and was hitting .333 with two home runs and four RBIs in four games at AAA Las Vegas.
Gary Matthews Jr. had a big game for the Rangers. He robbed Shawn Green of a home run in the fourth, then hit a two-run HR in the bottom of the inning. He also stole second and scored in the first and went 2 for 4. He’s batting 15-for-32 (.469) in his last seven games.
Juan Encarnacion has been batting cleanup regularly since Albert Pujols went on the 15-day disabled list on June 4 with a strained right side muscle and is 17-for-37 (.459) with nine RBI during a nine-game hitting streak.
Cardinals SS David Eckstein missed his second straight game with a mild concussion. Manager Tony La Russa said Eckstein was will probably start Sunday.
What a difference from last year: Alex Gonzalez tied a Red Sox record with his 48th straight game without an error.
The Angels’ Orlando Cabrera walked in the first inning to extend his streak of reaching base safely to a franchise-record 47 straight games, the longest current streak in the majors.
Troy Glaus started at shortstop for the third time this season.
Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki singled to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, second-longest in the AL this season behind his 18-game streak last month.
The Phillies’ Scott Mathieson made his major league debut, giving up four runs in six innings against Tampa Bay.
Carlos Marmol allowed four runs and seven hits against Detroit in six innings in his second major league start.
A.J. Burnett, on the 60-day DL with right elbow discomfort, will make a rehab start Saturday night. The Blue Jays hope he can rejoin the team and pitch Thursday at Atlanta.
Brewers RHP Ben Sheets (right shoulder tendinitis) threw 70 pitches in a bullpen session on Saturday. He said there’s still no timetable for his return, saying that it is unlikely he’ll come back before the All-Star break.
Mark Prior will make his first start of the season today against the Detroit Tigers. Kerry Wood might pitch a simulated game in Cleveland and could be ready as soon as next weekend.
Arizona’s Luis Gonzalez has gone 183 at-bats without a homer. He hit 57 in 2001.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Pirates will begin contracts talks with Sean Casey soon. They would prefer to have something in place prior to the July 31 trading deadline.
Oh, Clint! Earlier this week, Cory Sullivan set a major league record with seven sacrifice bunts in two straight games (Wednesday’s and Thursday’s games).
THT’s Stats
Gross Production Average (GPA) is a simple combination of OBP and SLG that is more telling than OPS (OBP plus SLG). Following the lead of Moneyball, GPA gives greater weight to OBP (80% more than SLG) and is calculated to look very similar to the scale of Batting Average. In other words, it’s a very effective and simple batting “rate stat.” Here are the top twenty major league batters according to GPA. One name that might surprise you is Washington’s Nick Johnson, who is fifth in the majors.
Last First Team GPA Pujols Albert STL .386 Hafner Travis CLE .375 Beltran Carlos NYN .358 Cabrera Miguel FLA .358 Johnson Nick WAS .357 Garciaparra Nomar LAN .354 Giambi Jason NYA .352 Wright David A NYN .348 Bay Jason PIT .342 Thome Jim CHA .340 Rolen Scott STL .336 Dye Jermaine CHA .335 Mauer Joe MIN .326 Soriano Alfonso WAS .321 Suzuki Ichiro SEA .320 Blake Casey CLE .320 Drew J.D. LAN .319 Swisher Nick T OAK .318 Konerko Paul CHA .318 Sizemore Grady CLE .314 Ramirez Manny BOS .314
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