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Major League News for June 21
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 BOS 11 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Wakefield: 6 IP, 1 R; CHA 20 STL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: 7.2 IP, 1 ER DET 10 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Ordonez: 2 HR; Miner: CG, 1 R KC 10 PIT 6 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 HOU 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; MIN: 8 straight W NYA 9 PHI 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Howard: 2 HR, 7 RBI; Williams: 5-5, 2 2B SEA 9 LAN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Beltre: 2 BB, 2B, HR, 4 RS TB 8 ARI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Huff: 4-5; Baldelli: 2B, HR TOR 6 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 3-4, HR; ATL: 18 L in last 21 G COL 6 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Jennings: 7 IP, 1 H FLA 6 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Willis: 8.2 IP, 2 R; FLA: 9 straight W SD 6 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 3 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Morris over Lackey; Morris: 2 RBI National League NYN 9 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Nady: 2 HR; Trachsel: 6 IP, 2 R, hit HR
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time DET - Robertson N.* (7-3 3.43) MIL - Capuano C.* (7-4 3.30) 2:05 LAA - Weaver J. (3-9 6.02) SF - Lowry N.* (2-5 4.20) 3:35 CHC - Zambrano C. (5-3 2.82) CLE - Sabathia C.* (5-3 3.08) 7:05 NYY - Wright J. (3-4 4.86) PHI - Hamels C.* (1-2 4.91) 7:05 WAS - Hill S. (1-1 2.42) BOS - Lester J.* (1-0 3.48) 7:05 FLA - Nolasco R. (5-3 3.06) BAL - Bedard E.* (6-6 5.60) 7:05 CIN - Mays J. (0-0 1.29) NYM - Soler A. (2-1 3.00) 7:10 ARI - Webb B. (8-2 2.37) TB - Shields J. (3-0 3.13) 7:15 TOR - Lilly T.* (6-7 4.12) ATL - Hudson T. (6-5 3.88) 7:35 STL - Marquis J. (9-4 4.55) CWS - Buehrle M.* (7-4 3.13) 8:05 SD - Young C. (6-3 3.27) TEX - Millwood K. (8-3 4.47) 8:05 MIN - Silva C. (3-8 7.07) HOU - Rodriguez W.* (8-4 4.59) 8:05 PIT - Snell I. (7-4 4.71) KC - Wood M. (3-2 4.69) 8:10 OAK - Zito B.* (8-3 3.51) COL - Cook A. (5-7 3.66) 9:05 SEA - Washburn J.* (4-8 4.66) LAD - Billingsley C. (0-0 3.38) 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. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East BOS 41 28 .594 0.0NYA 39 30 .565 2.0
TOR 38 32 .543 3.5
BAL 32 40 .444 10.5
TB 30 41 .423 12.0
American League Central DET 48 24 .667 0.0
CHA 45 25 .643 2.0
MIN 35 34 .507 11.5
CLE 32 38 .457 15.0
KC 20 49 .290 26.5
American League West TEX 38 33 .535 0.0
OAK 38 33 .535 0.0
SEA 35 37 .486 3.5
LAA 31 40 .437 7.0
National League East NYN 44 26 .629 0.0
PHI 35 36 .493 9.5
FLA 30 37 .448 12.5
WAS 32 41 .438 13.5
ATL 30 41 .423 14.5
National League Central STL 42 27 .609 0.0
CIN 38 33 .535 5.0
HOU 36 35 .507 7.0
MIL 35 37 .486 8.5
CHN 27 43 .386 15.5
PIT 26 46 .361 17.5
National League West SD 37 33 .529 0.0
LAN 36 34 .514 1.0
SF 36 35 .507 1.5
COL 36 35 .507 1.5
ARI 36 35 .507 1.5
Game of the Day
The White Sox went nuts against Mark Mulder and the Cardinals, beating them 20-6, scoring eleven runs in the third inning and six runs in the sixth. The number 5 through 8 hitters had 14 hits, including two home runs from Joe Crede. In the sixth inning, Cardinal reliever Sidney Ponson twice hit batters with the bases loaded. Chicago’s David Riske subsequently hit Chris Duncan, and he and Ozzie Guillen were ejected from the game.
ST LOUIS (6) VS CHI WHITE SOX (20) - FINAL
ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Eckstein ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .319
Y Molina 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
S Taguchi lf-cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .287
S Rolen 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .343
a-C Duncan ph-1b-lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 .306
J Edmonds cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .262
H Luna lf-ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .307
J Encarnacion rf 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .285
T Perez rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .231
S Spiezio 1b-3b 5 0 2 2 0 1 4 .296
J Rodriguez dh 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .316
G Bennett c 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .203
A Miles 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .274
Totals 42 6 16 6 2 5 22
a-grounded to shortstop for S Rolen in the 5th.
BATTING: 2B - J Edmonds (9, J Vazquez); A Miles (9, D Riske); G Bennett (5, N
Cotts). HR - C Duncan (3, 9th inning off A Montero 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - J
Encarnacion (39), S Spiezio 2 (22), C Duncan 2 (9), G Bennett (9). 2-out RBI -
J Encarnacion. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 3, S Spiezio
2, G Bennett 1, H Luna 1. GIDP - C Duncan. Team LOB - 12.
FIELDING: E - Y Molina (2, ground ball).
CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
P Ozuna lf 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 .424
T Iguchi 2b 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 .292
J Thome dh 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .276
a-C Widger ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
P Konerko 1b 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 .320
R Gload 1b 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 .265
J Dye rf 6 2 4 1 0 0 2 .313
A Pierzynski c 6 3 3 3 0 0 4 .327
J Uribe ss 6 3 3 3 0 0 2 .222
J Crede 3b 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 .307
B Anderson cf 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 .178
Totals 49 20 24 19 1 5 17
a-struck out looking for J Thome in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - J Crede (14, M Mulder); B Anderson (5, M Mulder); A Pierzynski
(15, S Ponson). HR - A Pierzynski (4, 3rd inning off M Mulder 2 on, 1 Out), J
Crede 2 (12, 3rd inning off M Mulder 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off T Johnson 0
on, 1 Out), J Uribe (7, 4th inning off B Thompson 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - B
Anderson 2 (18), T Iguchi (27), P Konerko 3 (55), J Dye (54), A Pierzynski 3
(21), J Crede 3 (48), J Uribe 3 (27), P Ozuna (13), R Gload 2 (6). 2-out RBI -
P Konerko 2, R Gload 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Uribe 1, J
Dye 1, P Konerko 1, A Pierzynski 1. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (P Konerko-J Uribe-J Vazquez).
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ST LOUIS - 100 001 004 -- 6
CHI WHITE SOX - 0011 206 10x -- 20
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ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
M Mulder (L, 6-5) 2 1/3 10 9 9 0 0 2 6.09
B Thompson 1 2/3 5 4 4 1 1 1 4.36
S Ponson 1 4 6 6 0 2 0 5.30
T Johnson 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 1 1 4.38
J Hancock 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.35
R Flores 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.22
CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Vazquez (W, 8-4) 6 7 2 2 2 3 0 4.43
D Riske 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.18
N Cotts 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.18
A Montero 1 6 4 4 0 0 1 7.20
S Ponson pitched to 6 batters in the 6th.
WP - T Johnson. HBP - B Anderson (by S Ponson); P Ozuna (by S Ponson); C
Duncan (by D Riske). Pitches-strikes: M Mulder 49-33; B Thompson 37-26; S
Ponson 28-19; T Johnson 28-17; J Hancock 15-8; R Flores 20-13; J Vazquez 97-60;
D Riske 10-6; N Cotts 22-13; A Montero 28-20. Ground balls-fly balls: M Mulder
2-5; B Thompson 2-2; S Ponson 0-1; T Johnson 0-3; J Hancock 2-0; R Flores 0-2;
J Vazquez 9-6; D Riske 0-2; N Cotts 1-1; A Montero 1-2. Batters faced: M Mulder
17; B Thompson 11; S Ponson 9; T Johnson 7; J Hancock 3; R Flores 5; J Vazquez
26; D Riske 4; N Cotts 6; A Montero 9.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Alfonso Marquez. 2B--Larry Young. 3B--Chad
Fairchild.
EJECTIONS: CHI WHITE SOX's Riske by Everitt (7th), CHI WHITE SOX's Guillen by Everitt (7th).
T--3:23. Att--39,463.
Weather: 71 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, left to right.
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. Stnd. Dist Jones Andruw ATL Towers Josh TOR 448 445 Wilson Craig PIT Redman Mark KC 458 440 Gonzalez Adrian SD Padilla Vicente TEX 422 438 Glaus Troy TOR Sosa Jorge ATL 451 436 Crede Joe CWS Johnson Tyler STL 429 436 Patterson Corey BAL Willis DontrelleFLA 438 428 Napoli Mike LAA Kline Steve SF 413 427 Uggla Dan FLA Cabrera Daniel BAL 422 425 Duncan Chris STL Montero Agustin CWS 426 418 Howard Ryan PHI Mussina Mike NYY 429 414 Ramirez Aramis CHC Lee Cliff CLE 408 414 Monroe Craig DET Villanueva Carlos MIL 419 412 Crede Joe CWS Mulder Mark STL 405 408 Beltre Adrian SEA Penny Brad LAD 426 407 Ordonez Magglio DET Helling Rick MIL 413 406 Ordonez Magglio DET Helling Rick MIL 412 406 Johnson Reed TOR Sosa Jorge ATL 407 406 Treanor Matt FLA Cabrera Daniel BAL 404 406 Morneau Justin MIN Miller Trever HOU 401 400 Nady Xavier NYM Coffey Todd CIN 424 399 Cuddyer Michael MIN Oswalt Roy HOU 394 393 Howard Ryan PHI Mussina Mike NYY 437 387 Closser J.D. COL Loaiza Esteban OAK 427 387 Byrnes Eric ARI Meadows Brian TB 384 383 Nady Xavier NYM Weathers David CIN 395 379 Uribe Juan CWS Thompson Brad STL 375 378 Rodriguez Ivan DET Villanueva Carlos MIL 381 376 Amezaga Alfredo FLA Cabrera Daniel BAL 386 370 Wilson Jack PIT Burgos Ambiorix KC 388 367 Trachsel Steve NYM Ramirez Elizardo CIN 373 367 Cameron Mike SD Feldman Scott TEX 371 367 Berkman Lance HOU Radke Brad MIN 367 366 Crisp Coco BOS Bray Bill WAS 383 365 Sexson Richie SEA Penny Brad LAD 386 364 Burke Chris HOU Radke Brad MIN 361 360 Sizemore Grady CLE Maddux Greg CHC 351 360 Giambi Jason NYY Lidle Corey PHI 390 359 Pierzynski A.J. CWS Mulder Mark STL 367 359 Baldelli Rocco TB Batista Miguel ARI 360 359 Delgado Carlos NYM Ramirez Elizardo CIN 378 346 Wilson Preston HOU Nathan Joe MIN 338 338 Posada Jorge NYY Lidle Corey PHI 379 334
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 AA Jesus Cota 1B 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 runs scored BOS AA Jeremy West 1B 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 .545 OBP during past week CHC AA Scott Moore 3B 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 CHW AAA Ernie Young DH 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 CIN AAA Matt Kata 2B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hitting .538 over last 26 at bats DET A- Brandon Timm LF 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 KC A+ Wilver Perez 2B 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 runs scored MIN A+ Brock Peterson 1B 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 NYM AA Rashad Eldridge LF 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 RBI OAK A+ Tommy Everidge 1B 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BOS AA Kason Gabbard 7.0 2 0 0 5 0 0 CHW A+ Adam Russell 6.0 2 0 0 4 3 0 1.46 ERA over past month CHW AAA Sean Tracey 9.0 6 0 0 8 1 0 CLE A+ Chuck Lofgren 5.0 2 0 0 8 3 0 COL MLB Jorge De Paula 7.0 5 0 0 5 0 0 MIL AA Tim Dillard 9.0 3 0 0 7 1 0 MIN AAA Scott Baker 6.0 2 0 0 8 3 0 17 K over last 12 IP NYM A+ Michael Devaney 9.0 2 0 0 10 2 0 NYM AA Mike Pelfrey 7.0 4 1 1 6 3 0
Player News
The Indians designated Jason Johnson for assignment, optioned right-hander Jeremy Guthrie to Triple-A Buffalo, recalled right-hander Edward Mujica from the Bisons and purchased the contract of utility man Joe Inglett. The Indians also confirmed that they will bring up top prospect Jeremy Sowers to fill Johnson’s rotation slot.
The Royals traded left-hander J.P. Howell to Tampa Bay for outfielder Joey Gathright and minor league infielder Fernando Cortez. The Devil Rays say Howell will join their rotation in AAA, while Gathright will take over center field for the Royals and David DeJesus will move to left.
Also, Tampa Bay optioned right-hander Seth McClung to Durham, where the right-hander will convert from a starter to a closer. Right-hander Tim Corcoran will replace McClung in the rotation, and the Devil Rays also recalled right-hander Edwin Jackson from Durham for the bullpen.
Boston Right-hander Craig Hansen was recalled from Pawtucket and pitcher Jermaine Van Buren was sent down. The Dodgers activated shortstop Cesar Izturis and optioned INF Willy Aybar to Las Vegas. The Oakland Athletics placed Milton Bradley on the 15-day disabled list again due to a strained shoulder.
Baltimore third baseman Melvin Mora left in the sixth inning with a bruised left knee after being struck by a pitch from Dontrelle Willis. X-rays were negative.
Phillie Rehabs: Phillies left-hander Randy Wolf, who had elbow surgery last July, will make his third rehab start at Double-A Reading Wednesday night. Phillies right-hander Jon Lieber, sidelined with a groin injury, will start Thursday night for Philadelphia’s Gulf Coast team in Clearwater.
Kip Wells’ start for Pittsburgh was his first since undergoing surgery on March 6 to repair total blockage in the artery carrying blood to his brain and arm, “Fortunately, my stuff was as good as it can be. I take heart in that,” he said. “But obviously you want to have consistent command.”
Pujols and Lee are getting ready to return to action. The Cardinals’ Albert Pujols hit in the batting cage, took grounders and ran hard in the outfield before the game, and the Cubs’ Derrek Lee took batting practice on the field for the first time.
A couple of first-round picks from the draft signed: The White Sox signed Kyle McCulloch, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Texas, and the Dodgers signed left-hander Clayton Kershaw, the seventh overall selection.
Regarding Ryan Howard’s great game, pitcher Robert Person was the last Phillie to drive in seven runs in one game. He did it against Montreal on June 2, 2002.
Ichiro Suzuki extended his hitting streak to 19 games.
The Royals sent eight men to the plate in the eighth inning but had only two official at-bats.
The Devil Rays improved to 6-1 in interleague play this season. They lost 15 of 18 against the NL last year.
Colorado’s shutout of Oakland was its second in a row. It marked the second time there have been back-to-back shutouts at Coors; five Rockies pitchers did it in consecutive games April 30 and May 1, 2002. It was also the seventh overall shutout — fourth by the Rockies — at the park this season. That’s one more than the team record set in 1997 with 47 home games still left on the schedule.
THT’s Stats
The list of leading double hitters is always enlightening, because doubles are often overlooked in favor of their more glamorous extra base hit brethren, home runs. Also, the hitters with the most doubles are often some of the most overlooked productive hitters in the majors. For instance, in this list of the 25 major leaguers with at least 19 doubles, you’ll find the renewed Mike Lowell and the surprising Gary Matthews Jr. at the top. I’ve included each player’s Slugging Percentage for reference.
Last First Team 2B SLG Lowell Mike BOS 26 .508 Matthews Jr. Gary TEX 25 .554 Young Michael TEX 25 .458 Teixeira Mark TEX 24 .435 Biggio Craig HOU 24 .444 Cabrera Miguel FLA 23 .567 Johnson Nick WAS 23 .561 Holliday Matt T COL 22 .622 Rolen Scott STL 22 .576 Atkins Garrett COL 22 .519 Sanchez Freddy PIT 21 .509 Koskie Corey MIL 21 .505 Cabrera Orlando LAA 21 .431 Garciaparra Nomar LAN 20 .592 Fielder Prince G MIL 20 .543 Guillen Carlos DET 20 .492 Zimmerman Ryan W WAS 20 .470 Gonzalez Luis ARI 20 .410 Wells Vernon TOR 19 .608 Rios Alexis I TOR 19 .602 Mauer Joe MIN 19 .524 Youkilis Kevin E BOS 19 .512 Sizemore Grady CLE 19 .534 Hall Bill MIL 19 .583 Tracy Chad A ARI 19 .464
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