THT Daily: AL 11, NL 3
Major League News for June 17
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
Inter-League BAL 6 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Mora: GW HR; Bedard: 6 IP, 3 H, 3 R BOS 4 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Lester: 6 IP, 1 R, ATL: 3-15 in last 18 CHA 12 CIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Crede: Grand slam HR, Claussen: 2 IP, 9 R DET 5 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Robertson: 7 IP, 2 R; Rusch: 1.2 IP, 4 R KC 7 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Elarton: Retired first 16 batters; Sanders: 2 2B MIN 4 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Liriano: 7 IP, 2 R, 11 K, 1 BB NYA 7 WAS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Williams: 4 for 5, GW HR OAK 7 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Zito: 8 IP, 11 K, 0 BB, 3 R; OAK wins 8th straight SEA 5 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: HR #718; Putz K’s Bonds to end game TB 10 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lugo: 2 HR; Shields beats Hamels TEX 5 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Millwood beats Webb FLA 3 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Olsen: 7 IP, 8 K, 1 R MIL 6 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Capuano: 7 IP, 12 K, 2 R; Peralta: 3 for 4, 2B, HR SD 5 LAA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below National League STL 8 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Marquis: 8 IP, 1 R
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time NYY - Chacon S. (4-1, 5.23) WAS - Ortiz R. (5-5, 4.88) 1:20 BOS - Beckett J. (7-3, 5.26) ATL - Cormier L. (2-1, 6.10) 1:20 SD - Peavy J. (4-7, 4.96) LAA - Santana E. (6-3, 4.29) 4:05 DET - Verlander J. (7-4, 3.32) CHC - Marmol C. (1-0, 0.90) 4:05 SF - Schmidt J. (6-2, 2.46) SEA - Meche G. (6-4, 4.46) 4:05 TOR - Janssen C. (5-4, 3.66) FLA - Moehler B. (4-5, 6.68) 6:05 CWS - Contreras J. (7-0, 2.62) CIN - Milton E.* (4-3, 4.10) 6:10 MIN - Bonser B. (1-1, 5.48) PIT - Maholm P.* (2-5, 4.56) 7:05 TB - Kazmir S.* (7-4, 3.38) PHI - Mathieson S. (0-0, -) 7:05 CLE - Westbrook J. (6-3, 4.77) MIL - Bush D. (4-6, 5.04) 7:05 KC - Keppel B. (0-2, 3.04) HOU - Buchholz T. (3-6, 6.06) 7:05 BAL - Benson K. (7-5, 4.63) NYM - Martinez P. (6-2, 2.94) 7:10 COL - Francis J.* (5-5, 3.76) STL - Suppan J. (5-4, 5.35) 7:15 ARI - Jarvis K. (0-0, 9.95) TEX - Koronka J.* (4-4, 5.11) 8:05 LAD - Lowe D. (5-3, 2.83) OAK - Saarloos K. (3-4, 4.82) 9:05
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 27 .585 0.0BOS 37 28 .569 1.0
TOR 37 30 .552 2.0
BAL 31 38 .449 9.0
TB 28 40 .412 11.5
American League Central DET 44 24 .647 0.0
CHA 42 25 .627 1.5
MIN 32 34 .485 11.0
CLE 31 35 .470 12.0
KC 18 48 .273 25.0
American League West OAK 36 31 .537 0.0
TEX 36 32 .529 0.5
SEA 32 37 .464 5.0
LAA 30 37 .448 6.0
National League East NYN 42 24 .636 0.0
PHI 33 34 .493 9.5
ATL 30 38 .441 13.0
WAS 30 39 .435 13.5
FLA 27 37 .422 14.0
National League Central STL 40 26 .606 0.0
CIN 37 30 .552 3.5
HOU 35 33 .515 6.0
MIL 33 35 .485 8.0
CHN 26 40 .394 14.0
PIT 26 42 .382 15.0
National League West LAN 36 31 .537 0.0
SD 35 32 .522 1.0
ARI 35 32 .522 1.0
SF 34 33 .507 2.0
COL 34 33 .507 2.0
Game of the Day
The Padres scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth to beat the Angels, 5-4. Khalil Greene had doubled with no one out, then Mike Napoli threw the ball away on Barfield’s sacrifice bunt, allowing Greene to score. The Angels have allowed more unearned runs (48) than any other major league team.
SAN DIEGO (5) VS LA ANGELS (4) - FINAL
SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .300
M Cameron cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .241
B Giles rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .277
M Piazza dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .259
A Gonzalez 1b 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .278
J Bard c 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .338
M Bellhorn 3b 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 .220
V Castilla 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
K Greene ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 .211
J Barfield 2b 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 .256
Totals 36 5 10 4 0 12 17
BATTING: 2B - M Bellhorn (8, J Weaver); J Barfield (11, J Weaver); K Greene
(15, F Rodriguez). HR - A Gonzalez (8, 6th inning off J Weaver 0 on, 0 Out). S
- D Roberts , J Barfield. RBI - J Barfield 2 (18), A Gonzalez (25), B Giles
(39). 2-out RBI - J Barfield 2, B Giles. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - M Piazza 3, D Roberts 1, K Greene 1. GIDP - M Piazza. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (19, 2nd base off J Weaver/M Napoli).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (K Greene-J Barfield-A Gonzalez).
LA ANGELS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Figgins cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .262
O Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .310
V Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .307
G Anderson dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .280
K Morales 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .244
M Napoli c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
D McPherson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .268
J Rivera lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .252
M Izturis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
A Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .261
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 2 9
BATTING: HR - J Rivera (5, 2nd inning off C Hensley 1 on, 1 Out), G Anderson
(6, 6th inning off C Hensley 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - G Anderson 2 (42), J Rivera 2
(23). 2-out RBI - G Anderson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Rivera 1, V Guerrero 1. GIDP - V Guerrero. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: E - J Weaver (3, ground ball); D McPherson (3, ground ball); M
Napoli (3, throw). DP: 1 (D McPherson-A Kennedy-K Morales).
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SAN DIEGO - 000 201 101 -- 5
LA ANGELS - 120 001 000 -- 4
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SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
C Hensley 7 1/3 8 4 4 1 0 2 4.05
A Embree (W, 2-0) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.80
T Hoffman (S, 16) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.44
LA ANGELS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Weaver 6 7 3 3 0 9 1 6.02
H Carrasco (B, 1) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.37
S Shields 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.47
F Rodriguez (L, 0-2) 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.30
WP - H Carrasco. Pitches-strikes: C Hensley 94-63; A Embree 12-10; T Hoffman
16-9; J Weaver 100-66; H Carrasco 13-9; S Shields 9-6; F Rodriguez 12-10.
Ground balls-fly balls: C Hensley 10-12; A Embree 2-0; T Hoffman 0-1; J Weaver
6-3; H Carrasco 2-0; S Shields 2-0; F Rodriguez 2-0. Batters faced: C Hensley
30; A Embree 2; T Hoffman 4; J Weaver 26; H Carrasco 5; S Shields 3; F
Rodriguez 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Jerry Meals. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.
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Weather: 84 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 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.
Batter Pitcher True Dist Stnd. Dist Glaus, Troy TOR Olsen, Scott FLA 450 452 Wilkerson, Brad TEX Webb, Brandon ARI 419 434 Uggla, Dan FLA Taubenheim, Ty TOR 416 425 Rivera, Juan LAA Hensley, Clay SD 414 419 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Wright, Jaret NYY 420 416 Bonds, Barry SF Hernandez, Felix SEA 426 415 Peralta, Jhonny CLE Wise, Matt MIL 418 412 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Weaver, Jeff LAA 407 410 Wilson, Jack PIT Liriano, Francisco MIN 414 406 Hollins, Damon TB Fultz, Aaron PHI 411 406 Mora, Melvin BAL Heilman, Aaron NYM 391 401 Lugo, Julio TB Hamels, Cole PHI 394 392 Anderson, Garret LAA Hensley, Clay SD 393 392 Cabrera, Miguel FLA Taubenheim, Ty TOR 384 389 Lee, Carlos MIL Cabrera, Fernando CLE 391 388 Williams, Bernie NYY Cordero, Chad WAS 390 385 Kearns, Austin CIN Garcia, Freddy CWS 382 381 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Zumaya, Joel DET 407 380 Koskie, Corey MIL Sabathia, C.C. CLE 386 378 Aurilia, Rich CIN Garcia, Freddy CWS 377 373 Thames, Marcus DET Rusch, Glendon CHC 395 370 Lugo, Julio TB Hamels, Cole PHI 373 369 Blanco, Henry CHC Robertson, Nate DET 389 365 Chavez, Eric OAK Tomko, Brett LAD 371 365 Winn, Randy SF Hernandez, Felix SEA 371 365 Suzuki, Ichiro SEA Lowry, Noah SF 374 364 Finley, Steve SF Hernandez, Felix SEA 362 354 Hawpe, Brad COL Marquis, Jason STL 353 345 Crede, Joe CWS Claussen, Brandon CIN 350 344
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 A Cody Clark C 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 CHC A Robinson Chirinos 2B 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 runs scored HOU AA J.R. House 1B 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 KC AAA Mike Aviles 3B 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 MIL A Tony Festa 1B 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 6 RBI SF AA Brian Buscher 3B 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 SF AA Brian Buscher 3B 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 TEX AA Nate Gold DH 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 Hitting .533 over last 30 at bats WAN A Scott Schade 1B 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 WAN AA Kory Casto 3B 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL AAA Brian O\'Connor 7.2 3 0 0 4 2 0 BAL A+ Garrett Olson 8.0 4 0 0 8 0 0 CHC A Donald Veal 6.0 1 0 0 6 3 0 CIN AA Edward Valdez 6.0 2 0 0 6 1 0 CLE AA Sean Smith 7.0 4 0 0 6 2 0 1.26 ERA over past month MIN A Eduardo Morlan 9.0 7 2 2 11 0 1 NYY AA Jeff Karstens 8.0 5 0 0 10 1 0 PHI A Joshua Outman 7.1 4 0 0 12 2 0 PHI AAA Jeremy Cummings 7.0 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 ERA over past month SD AAA Hansel Izquierdo 9.0 8 1 1 6 0 1
Player News
The Angels announced that Jered Weaver has been sent back down to the Salt Lake Bees, the team’s Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. Bartolo Colon was activated and will start on Sunday. As Rich Lederer says, that’s a head-scratcher.
Durham Bulls shortstop B.J. Upton, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, was charged Friday with drunken driving. Upton was released on a written promise to appear in court, the report said.
In his last minor league rehab start, Roger Clemens pitched 5 2/3 innings for the Triple-A Round Rock Express, with three runs allowed, five strikeouts, five hits and three walks. Of his 91 total pitches, 57 went for strikes. He’ll start for the Astros next Thursday against Minnesota, presumably against the Twins’ young stud, Francisco Liriano.
At this time, the Cubs haven’t announced whether Mark Prior will start for them this Sunday, or make another rehab start in the minors.
The Boston Red Sox put pitcher Matt Clement on the 15-day disabled list. Clement (5-5) was experiencing pain in his right shoulder and biceps when he was pulled out in the fifth inning of his last start. Outfielder Gabe Kapler was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket to replace Clement.
The Braves placed right-hander John Thomson on the 15-day disabled list Friday after he left his last start with a blister.
Kyle Farnsworth left Friday’s game at Washington in the eighth inning an apparent back injury.
Albert Pujols says that he may return from his injury, a strained side muscle, much sooner than the Cardinals originally predicted.
Yankees LHP Randy Johnson appealed his five-game suspension for throwing at an opposing batter.
The Red Sox claimed right-handed pitcher Kyle Snyder off waivers from Royals on Friday.
Cubs catcher Michael Barrett gave his side of the story during a hearing Friday regarding his appeal of a 10-game suspension issued by Major League Baseball for punching White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski after a collision at home plate.
Travis Hafner, Cleveland’s DH for 63 games, started at first.
Kevin Millwood improved to 6-1 with a 1.93 ERA in nine career starts against Arizona.
Jonathan Papelbon’s ERA is now 0.27 in 34 innings. Joe Mauer is now batting .381.
THT’s Stats
There are typically five pitchers in a starting rotation and nine players in a lineup. The result is that starting pitchers pitch more often than batters bat, as you can see in this list of the top twenty major league pitchers in batters faced (and pitches thrown). For comparison, the batter with the most plate appearances, Texas’s Michael Young, has 321 plate appearances.
Last First Team BFP Pit Hernandez Livan WAS 442 1,620 Webb Brandon ARI 440 1,523 Hudson Tim ATL 424 1,511 Zambrano Carlos CHN 421 1,684 Capuano Chris MIL 416 1,512 Jennings Jason COL 407 1,494 Buehrle Mark CHA 405 1,433 Willis Dontrelle FLA 405 1,515 Lopez Rodrigo BAL 404 1,478 Zito Barry OAK 403 1,599 Mussina Mike NYA 403 1,528 Pettitte Andy HOU 403 1,543 Haren Danny OAK 398 1,494 Cook Aaron COL 398 1,348 Davis Doug MIL 396 1,530 Millwood Kevin TEX 394 1,439 Wakefield Tim BOS 394 1,440 Arroyo Bronson CIN 392 1,530 Marquis Jason STL 391 1,368 Smoltz John ATL 391 1,434
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