THT Daily: Close and Late
Major League News for September 15
Player News
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Stats
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Ryan Dempster was pulled from the ninth inning of a 5-3 game against the Cardinals on Friday after giving up two homers and a third baserunner.
Dempster entered the ninth with the score 5-1, but he gave up homers to Jim Edmonds and Ryan Ludwick. Yadier Molina singled with two outs after Ludwick’s blast, so Bob Howry was brought in and recorded a save by retiring just one hitter. Dempster has been awful of late, yielding runs in six of his last nine outings while taking two losses and blowing a save. Manager Lou Piniella isn’t shy and he’s already come close to removing Dempster from the closer’s role twice this season. The Cubs can’t afford to give away any wins in the tight NL Central race, so don’t be surprised if Piniella announces that Howry is his new closer this weekend.
Yesterday’s Results
American League NYA 8 BOS 7 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL 6 TOR 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 5 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 KC 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 4 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 11 TEX 9 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 2 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League PHI 3 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 8 WAS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 4 HOU 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 6 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 5 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 7 COL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 7 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 1:10 PM (L) Ted Lilly (15-7) vs. (R) Braden Looper (12-10) Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets, 1:10 PM (R) Kyle Lohse (8-12) vs. (R) Pedro Martinez (2-0) Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:55 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (10-9) vs. (R) Derek Lowe (11-12) Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Lance Cormier (2-5) vs. (R) Jason Bergmann (4-5) Cincinnati Reds at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Kirk Saarloos (1-4) vs. (R) Jeff Suppan (9-11) Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros, 7:05 PM (R) Matt Morris (9-9) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (8-13) Florida Marlins at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Sergio Mitre (5-8) vs. (R) Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (L) Sean Marshall (7-7) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (4-3) San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (R) Matt Cain (7-14) vs. (R) Brett Tomko (2-11) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 1:07 PM (L) Kurt Birkins (1-1) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (14-7) Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics, 3:55 PM (R) Brandon McCarthy (5-9) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (13-9) New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, 3:55 PM (R) Chien-Ming Wang (18-6) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (18-6) Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, 7:05 PM (R) Zack Greinke (6-5) vs. (R) Fausto Carmona (16-8) LA Angels of Anaheim at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (R) Jered Weaver (11-7) vs. (R) Jon Garland (9-11) Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Yorman Bazardo (1-1) vs. (L) Johan Santana (15-11) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Seattle Mariners, 9:05 PM (L) Scott Kazmir (12-8) vs. (L) Horacio Ramirez (8-6)
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 BOS 89 59 .601 0.0 93 -4NYA 84 63 .571 4.5 89 -5
TOR 73 74 .497 15.5 77 -4
BAL 63 83 .432 25.0 65 -2
TB 61 87 .412 28.0 60 1
American League Central CLE 86 61 .585 0.0 82 4
DET 81 67 .547 5.5 81 0
MIN 72 75 .490 14.0 74 -2
KC 63 83 .432 22.5 69 -6
CHA 63 84 .429 23.0 58 5
American League West LAA 86 61 .585 0.0 84 2
SEA 78 68 .534 7.5 71 7
OAK 73 76 .490 14.0 74 -1
TEX 69 78 .469 17.0 71 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 83 63 .568 0.0 80 3
PHI 78 69 .531 5.5 78 0
ATL 75 72 .510 8.5 80 -5
WAS 65 82 .442 18.5 62 3
FLA 64 83 .435 19.5 66 -2
National League Central CHN 76 71 .517 0.0 78 -2
MIL 74 72 .507 1.5 73 1
STL 69 76 .476 6.0 64 5
CIN 68 79 .463 8.0 68 0
PIT 66 81 .449 10.0 67 -1
HOU 63 84 .429 13.0 62 1
National League West ARI 83 65 .561 0.0 71 12
SD 79 67 .541 3.0 79 0
LAN 78 69 .531 4.5 77 1
COL 76 71 .517 6.5 79 -3
SF 66 81 .449 16.5 71 -5
Wildcard Standings American League NYA 84 63 .571 0.0 DET 81 67 .547 3.5 SEA 78 68 .534 5.5 TOR 73 74 .497 11.0 MIN 72 75 .490 12.0 National League SD 79 67 .541 0.0 PHI 78 69 .531 1.5 LAN 78 69 .531 1.5 COL 76 71 .517 3.5 ATL 75 72 .510 4.5
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