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Major League News for September 20

Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Player News
Stats

Yesterday’s Results
American League
MIN     7  BOS     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Morneau: 5 for 5, 2 2B
BAL     5  TB      4    (Recap and Boxscore) TB: 9th straight loss
NYA     6  TOR     3    (Recap and Boxscore)
CHA     7  DET     0    (Recap and Boxscore) See below
LAA     5  KC      2    (Recap and Boxscore) Saunders: 7 IP, 1 R
OAK     7  CLE     3    (Recap and Boxscore) Kielty: GS HR; Saarloos: 5 IP, 2 R, 11 K
SEA     9  TEX     7    (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Bloomquist: 5 for 6

National League
NYN     3  FLA     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Glavine: 8 IP, 2 R; Olsen: 7 IP, 1 R
PHI     4  CHN     1    (Recap and Boxscore) Moyer: 7 IP, 1 R, PHI: 1 G out of wildcard
WAS     9  ATL     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Beltran: 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, first ML start
CIN     5  HOU     4    (Recap and Boxscore) Scott: 2B, 3B, HR
STL    12  MIL     2    (Recap and Boxscore) STL keystone combo: 7-10; Weaver: 6 IP, 2 R
COL    12  SF      4    (Recap and Boxscore) Atkins: 3B, 2 HR
PIT    10  LAN     6    (Recap and Boxscore) Bautista: 5 RBI; Snell: 6 IP, 1 R; Only 2 LA HR’s
SD      5  ARI     2    (Recap and Boxscore) Hensley: 6 IP, 2 R; Cameron: HR, 3 RBI

Today’s Games
Visitors                         Home                           Starts
CIN - Arroyo B. (14-9, 3.17)     HOU - Clemens R. (6-5, 2.52)     2:05
SF - Schmidt J. (11-8, 3.45)     COL - Cook A. (9-14, 4.23)       3:05
BAL - Penn H. (0-3, 27.00)       TB - Seo J. (1-6, 4.28)          4:15
CHC - Walrond L.* (0-0, 7.59)    PHI - Myers B. (11-6, 4.04)      7:05
ATL - Cormier L. (3-5, 5.23)     WAS - Ortiz R. (10-14, 5.30)     7:05
MIN - Bonser B. (5-5, 4.52)      BOS - Schilling C. (14-7, 4.13)  7:05
NYY - Henn S.* (0-0, 9.00)       TOR - Halladay R. (16-5, 3.20)   7:07
FLA - Willis D.* (11-11, 3.80)   NYM - Perez O.* (3-11, 6.61)     7:10
DET - Bonderman J. (12-8, 4.14)  CWS - Garland J. (17-5, 4.30)    8:05
SEA - Baek C. (3-1, 3.90)        TEX - Tejeda R. (4-3, 4.58)      8:05
STL - Suppan J. (12-7, 4.23)     MIL - Villanueva C. (1-1, 4.05)  8:05
LAA - Escobar K. (10-13, 3.54)   KC - Perez O.* (2-3, 5.82)       8:10
CLE - Carmona F. (1-9, 6.03)     OAK - Loaiza E. (10-8, 4.83)    10:05
ARI - Gonzalez E. (1-3, 5.26)    SD - Wells D.* (0-1, 3.94)      10:05
PIT - Chacon S. (1-3, 5.56)      LAD - Maddux G. (13-13, 4.22)   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
NYA     92  59 .609    0.0   90      2      
BOS     81  70 .536   11.0   76      5      
TOR     79  72 .523   13.0   80     -1      
BAL     66  85 .437   26.0   65      1      
TB      57  94 .377   35.0   59     -2      
American League Central
DET     90  61 .596    0.0   89      1      
MIN     89  61 .593    0.5   86      3      
CHA     85  66 .563    5.0   85      0      
CLE     70  80 .467   19.5   81     -11     
KC      58  93 .384   32.0   58      0      
American League West
OAK     87  63 .580    0.0   80      7      
LAA     81  70 .536    6.5   77      4      
TEX     77  75 .507   11.0   82     -5      
SEA     72  79 .477   15.5   72      0      

National League East         Pwins Diff
NYN     92  58 .613    0.0   86      6      
PHI     78  73 .517   14.5   79     -1      
FLA     74  77 .490   18.5   76     -2      
ATL     73  78 .483   19.5   77     -4      
WAS     66  85 .437   26.5   65      1      
National League Central
STL     80  69 .537    0.0   78      2      
CIN     74  77 .490    7.0   71      3      
HOU     72  78 .480    8.5   75     -3      
MIL     68  83 .450   13.0   65      3      
PIT     64  87 .424   17.0   66     -2      
CHN     62  90 .408   19.5   64     -2      
National League West
SD      79  71 .527    0.0   79      0      
LAN     79  72 .523    0.5   80     -1      
SF      74  76 .493    5.0   72      2      
ARI     71  79 .473    8.0   73     -2      
COL     71  80 .470    8.5   77     -6      

Wildcard Standings
American League
MIN     89  61 .593    0.0
CHA     85  66 .563    4.5
BOS     81  70 .536    8.5
LAA     81  70 .536    8.5
TOR     79  72 .523   10.5
National League
LAN     79  72 .523    0.0
PHI     78  73 .517    1.0
SF      74  76 .493    4.5
FLA     74  77 .490    5.0
CIN     74  77 .490    5.0

Game of the Day

For the second start in a row, Freddy Garcia allowed only one hit over eight innings and the White Sox beat the Tigers 7-0. The win keeps the White Sox in the AL Central and wildcard races, if just barely. A.J. Pierzynski hit a grand slam home run for the Pale Hose.

The last starter to go at least eight innings and allow no more than one hit in consecutive starts was Dave Stieb in 1988, and the only other pitcher to do so in the last 50 years was Sam McDowell in 1966.

DETROIT (0) VS CHI WHITE SOX (7) - FINAL

DETROIT                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
C Granderson cf         3  0  0  0   1  3   0  .261
I Rodriguez c           3  0  1  0   0  1   0  .293
 V Wilson c             1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .276
S Casey 1b              3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .248
 C Shelton 1b           1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .273
M Ordonez rf            3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .294
 B Clevlen rf           1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .297
C Guillen ss            3  0  0  0   0  0   2  .309
 O Infante 2b           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .288
M Stairs dh             3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .241
C Monroe lf             3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .259
 A Gomez lf             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .283
B Inge 3b               2  0  0  0   1  1   0  .251
 K Hooper 3b            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
N Perez 2b-ss           3  0  0  0   0  0   1  .193

Totals                 29  0  2  0   2  8   9

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Guillen 1. Team LOB - 4. 
 
FIELDING: DP: 1 (N Perez-O Infante-S Casey). 
 
CHI WHITE SOX          ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
S Podsednik lf          3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .261
 a-J Fields ph-3b-lf    1  0  0  0   0  0   2  .500
T Iguchi 2b             3  1  1  1   1  0   2  .287
J Dye rf                3  2  1  1   0  0   1  .320
 R Sweeney rf           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .235
J Thome dh              2  2  1  1   2  1   1  .287
 J Owens pr-dh-cf       0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
P Konerko 1b            4  1  2  0   0  0   1  .314
A Pierzynski c          4  1  2  4   0  1   0  .292
J Crede 3b              4  0  0  0   0  0   2  .291
 R Mackowiak lf         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .289
A Cintron ss            4  0  2  0   0  0   0  .283
B Anderson cf           2  0  0  0   1  0   1  .231

Totals                 30  7 10  7   4  2  10

a-flied out to right for S Podsednik in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - A Pierzynski (16, 4th inning off J Verlander 3 on, 0 Out), J Dye 
(43, 5th inning off J Verlander 0 on, 2 Out), J Thome (41, 5th inning off J 
Verlander 0 on, 2 Out), T Iguchi (16, 7th inning off C Durbin 0 on, 0 Out). S - 
S Podsednik. RBI - A Pierzynski 4 (63), J Dye (118), J Thome (102), T Iguchi 
(63). 2-out RBI - J Dye, J Thome. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J 
Crede 1, T Iguchi 1, J Fields 1. GIDP - P Konerko. Team LOB - 6. 
 
BASERUNNING: CS - S Podsednik (18, 2nd base by J Verlander/I Rodriguez). 
Picked Off - A Cintron (1st base, J Verlander). 
 
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    DETROIT         - 000 000 000   --   0
    CHI WHITE SOX   - 000 420 10x   --   7
----------------------------------------------------

DETROIT                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Verlander (L, 16-9)         4 2/3   6   6   6   3   2   3   3.63
C Durbin                      1 2/3   3   1   1   0   0   1   5.40
A Miller                      1 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   2.84

CHI WHITE SOX                ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
F Garcia (W, 15-9)            8       1   0   0   2   5   0   4.63
B Jenks                       1       1   0   0   0   3   0   3.86

HBP - J Dye (by J Verlander); B Anderson (by A Miller). Pitches-strikes: J 
Verlander 93-53; C Durbin 21-12; A Miller 21-13; F Garcia 106-67; B Jenks 
16-14. Ground balls-fly balls: J Verlander 3-7; C Durbin 4-1; A Miller 4-1; F 
Garcia 9-10; B Jenks 0-0. Batters faced: J Verlander 22; C Durbin 8; A Miller 
7; F Garcia 27; B Jenks 4. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Young. 1B--Alfonso Marquez. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Tom 
Hallion. 

T--2:25. Att--38,850. 
Weather: 55 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 14 mph, out to center.

The following graph tracks the game’s Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.

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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. You can read their daily updates at the Hit Tracker Blog.

Two innings after taking a Matt Cain pitch in the back, Colorado’s Matt Holliday took him deep for the longest home run of 2006, a 496 foot home run to left field at Coors Field during a 12-4 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants. Holliday’s blast left the bat at a powerful 116.8 mph and under standard conditions (70 degrees, no wind, sea level) would have traveled 443 feet, a notable but not especially long distance. However, the game was at Coors Field, which is as far from standard conditions as you can get. The wind, temperature and altitude added +6, +1 and +44 feet respectively (note: these numbers are rounded, which is why they don’t add to 496), turning Holliday’s homer into the longest of the year, dethroning Ryan Howard and his 491 foot blast that had stood up for 5 months…

Holliday knocked his previous long homer of the season, a 475 foot shot at Dodger Stadium, out of the top 5, but with 2 of the 6 longest homers of the year, one of which came on the road, Holliday is establishing himself as one of the premier long-distance hitters in the major leagues!

Hitter                       Pitcher                     True Dist  Std. Dist.  HR #
Holliday, Matt       COL     Cain, Matt          SF         496        443      29
Posada, Jorge        NYY     Marcum, Shaun       TOR        464        443      20
Guerrero, Vladimir   LAA     De La Rosa, Jorge   KC         432        431      30
Teixeira, Mark       TEX     Washburn, Jarrod    SEA        431        425      28
Quinlan, Robb        LAA     De La Rosa, Jorge   KC         420        425       8
Kielty, Bobby        OAK     Lee, Cliff          CLE        427        423       8
Cameron, Mike        SD      Hernandez, Orlando  ARI        417        420      21
Scott, Luke          HOU     Harang, Aaron       CIN        431        418       7
Johjima, Kenji       SEA     Volquez, Edinson    TEX        421        418      17
Chavez, Eric         OAK     Lee, Cliff          CLE        414        416      20
Nady, Xavier         PIT     Kuo, Hong-Chih      LAD        427        415      17
Johnson, Nick        WAS     James, Chuck        ATL        420        415      23
Abreu, Bobby         NYY     Speier, Justin      TOR        410        411      12
Murton, Matt         CHC     Moyer, Jamie        PHI        403        411      13
Hall, Bill           MIL     Weaver, Jeff        STL        412        409      32
Anderson, Marlon     LAD     Capps, Matt         PIT        420        408      10
Belliard, Ronnie     STL     Sheets, Ben         MIL        410        408      10
Furcal, Rafael       LAD     Snell, Ian          PIT        417        407      15
Helms, Wes           FLA     Glavine, Tom        NYM        398        405       9
Matthews, Gary       TEX     Washburn, Jarrod    SEA        406        400      19
Atkins, Garrett      COL     Cain, Matt          SF         435        394      26
Blalock, Hank        TEX     Jimenez, Cesar      SEA        403        392      16
Cantu, Jorge         TB      Loewen, Adam        BAL        393        392      14
Hernandez, Anderson  NYM     Olsen, Scott        FLA        381        392       1
Pierzynski, A.J.     CWS     Verlander, Justin   DET        423        391      16
Gonzalez, Adrian     SD      Hernandez, Orlando  ARI        401        391      23
Atkins, Garrett      COL     Wright, Jamey       SF         419        388      27
Vidro, Jose          WAS     James, Chuck        ATL        380        384       7
Hunter, Torii        MIN     Wakefield, Tim      BOS        407        379      27
Iguchi, Tadahito     CWS     Durbin, Chad        DET        392        367      16
Bautista, Jose       PIT     Dessens, Elmer      LAD        372        364      14
Matsui, Hideki       NYY     Tallet, Brian       TOR        356        357       7
Kinsler, Ian         TEX     Jimenez, Cesar      SEA        357        356      13
Rollins, Jimmy       PHI     Aardsma, David      CHC        365        355      22
Denorfia, Chris      CIN     Albers, Matt        HOU        358        353       1
Swisher, Nick        OAK     Perez, Rafael       CLE        347        350      32
Everett, Adam        HOU     Harang, Aaron       CIN        372        349       6
Thome, Jim           CWS     Verlander, Justin   DET        374        344      41
Dye, Jermaine        CWS     Verlander, Justin   DET        380        341      43
Bartlett, Jason      MIN     Wakefield, Tim      BOS        364        323       2

Player News

Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.

Verlander
, Josh Johnson, Weaver, Sanchez, Cain … in a season when every month seemed to deliver a new candidate for top rookie pitcher, Chuck James has quietly been the winningest freshman (10-4) since the date of his first victory (June 25). But there’s a new sheriff in town. On Tuesday night, Beltran Perez of the Nationals defeated James and the Braves, and he did it impressively, allowing one hit and no walks in six innings. Only two other pitchers in the live-ball era allowed a total of one hit and walk pitching at least six innings in their first major-league start: Darrin Winston (1997 Phillies) and Jimmy Jones (1986 Padres). (Source: Elias)

Kirk Saarloos struck out 11 batters in five innings in earning the victory in the A’s 7-3 win over the Indians. Saarloos hadn’t recorded even half that many strikeouts in any of his previous 29 starts.

A Hardball Times Update
Goodbye for now.

Delmon Young went 0-for-4 in the Devil Rays’ 5-4 loss to the Orioles, and he’s now 31-for-84 (.369) after 20 major-league games. Young’s total of 31 hits to date is the most by any player in his first 20 games since Bo Hart went 32-for-89 (.360) for the Cardinals in 2003. According to Elias, the last AL player with at least 31 hits in his first 20 games was Ichiro (31-for-88 in 2001).

The Pirates defeated the Dodgers, 10-6, on Tuesday night despite striking out 15 times. It was the third time this season that a team scored in double-figures despite at least 15 strikeouts. (The Braves and Nationals did it, both against the Phillies.) There were only two other such games during the live-ball era — one in 2001, the other in 1975.

Jeff Karstens was the winning pitcher in the Yankees’ 6-3 victory over the Blue Jays, one night after his fellow rookie teammate Darrell Rasner started and won. It was the first time in 15 years that a pair of Yankees rookies started and won consecutive games. On Wednesday night, Sean Henn can try to match the three-game streak in 1991 by Scott Kamieniecki, Jeff Johnson, and Wade Taylor. (Source: Elias)

Jimmy Rollins hit his 22nd home run of the season and extended his stolen-base streak to 20 in a row in the Phillies’ 4-1 victory over the Cubs.

The Red Sox purchased the contract of RHP Devern Hansack from Double-A Portland of the EL an placed LHP Abe Alvarez on the 60-day DL. Hansack, 28, was 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA (3 ER/14 IP) in his two starts in the Double-A playoffs, pitching seven shutout innings in Game 1 and allowing three runs in seven frames with eight strikeouts as the Sea Dogs were 8-5 winners in the fifth and deciding game Sunday. He spent the entire 2006 season at Portland, going 8-7 with a 3.26 ERA and one save in 31 games/18 starts. He led the Sea Dogs in innings (132 1/3) and strikeouts (124) and had the lowest ERA on the staff.

The Giants want RHP Brian Wilson to pitch in winter ball and become a closer. “He has the good fastball and slider,” manager Felipe Alou said. “But he’s weird and off beat. I saw him downtown (Monday) and he asked me when he had to be at the ballpark.” He returned from a side problem Monday night and might be a candidate for token save chances in the season’s final days.

1B Todd Helton was moved from No. 2 to No. 5 in the batting order Monday. “It’s something I’ve been toying about for a long time and didn’t want to wait until spring training to do it,” manager Clint Hurdle said. “It will give him more chances to drive in runs.”

The Reds said LHP Chris Michalak will start Friday in place of Eric Milton, who says his sore left elbow has ended his season. Milton left the game against San Diego on Sept. 12 with the elbow getting stiff on him. He had a cortisone shot the next day and tried to pitch Sunday but lasted only seven batters and realized he shouldn’t have pitched. Jason Johnson will likely be the Reds’ No. 5 starter when that turn comes up next week.

Michael Young is hitting .403 (29-of-72) with 10 multihit games in September, raising his average from .296 to .317.

1B Tony Clark is expected to undergo right shoulder surgery soon. Manager Bob Melvin said he hopes Clark, who is signed through next season, will be ready for spring training.

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