THT Daily: Dead Heat in the West
Major League News for July 4
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 3 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Halladay: 7.2 IP, 0 R TB 9 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Fossum: 5 IP, 1 R LAA 14 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Rivera: 2 HR, 5 RBI OAK 2 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 Innings; Verlander and Haren: 7 IP, 1 R CLE 19 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) See below KC 7 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 13 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Uribe: 5 RBI, HR; Contreras: 6.2 IP, 0 R National League COL 6 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Francis: 5 IP, 0 R PHI 6 SD 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI: 11 straight wins over SD since 2004 STL 6 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 PIT 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Nady: 3 RBI, go-ahead single in 8th WAS 6 FLA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Zimmerman: 3R Walkoff HR MIL 5 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Davis: 8.2 IP, 2 R LAN 11 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Ethier: 4 RBI; Drew: 2 2B; Sele: 6 IP, 2 R HOU 7 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Pettitte: 6 IP, 1 R; Lamb: 3 RBI
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time DET - Rogers K.* (10-3, 3.72) OAK - Saarloos K. (3-4, 4.61) 3:35 NYY - Mussina M. (9-3, 3.17) CLE - Byrd P. (6-5, 4.10) 7:05 SD - Peavy J. (4-8, 4.50) PHI - Mathieson S. (0-2, 6.75) 7:05 FLA - Petit Y. (0-1, 7.36) WAS - O'Connor M.* (3-5, 3.77) 7:05 PIT - Wells K. (0-3, 15.19) NYM - Hernandez O. (4-8, 5.55) 7:10 BOS - Johnson J. (3-9, 6.22) TB - Corcoran T. (2-0, 1.17) 7:15 STL - Suppan J. (6-4, 5.17) ATL - James C.* (2-0, 2.13) 7:35 BAL - Cabrera D. (4-5, 5.13) CWS - Garland J. (7-3, 5.60) 8:05 TOR - Janssen C. (6-6, 4.38) TEX - Padilla V. (7-5, 4.47) 8:05 CIN - Ramirez E. (3-6, 4.11) MIL - Villanueva C. (0-1, 4.50) 8:05 CHC - Marshall S.* (4-7, 5.19) HOU - Oswalt R. (6-4, 3.27) 8:05 MIN - Radke B. (7-7, 5.11) KC - Duckworth B. (1-1, 5.57) 8:10 SF - Wright J. (5-7, 4.92) COL - Fogg J. (6-5, 4.58) 9:05 LAA - Colon B. (0-4, 5.77) SEA - Moyer J.* (5-7, 3.39) 10:05 ARI - Vargas C. (7-4, 4.82) LAD - Penny B. (9-2, 2.94) 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. “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 50 31 .617 0.0 46 4TOR 47 36 .566 4.0 46 1
NYA 46 35 .568 4.0 46 0
BAL 39 46 .459 13.0 37 2
TB 37 47 .440 14.5 35 2
American League Central DET 56 28 .667 0.0 54 2
CHA 54 29 .651 1.5 51 3
MIN 46 36 .561 9.0 44 2
CLE 39 43 .476 16.0 46 -7
KC 28 54 .341 27.0 28 0
American League West OAK 44 39 .530 0.0 41 3
TEX 42 42 .500 2.5 43 -1
SEA 42 43 .494 3.0 44 -2
LAA 39 44 .470 5.0 40 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 49 34 .590 0.0 47 2
PHI 38 44 .463 10.5 37 1
FLA 35 45 .438 12.5 39 -4
WAS 37 48 .435 13.0 38 -1
ATL 36 48 .429 13.5 40 -4
National League Central STL 45 37 .549 0.0 43 2
CIN 44 40 .524 2.0 41 3
HOU 42 42 .500 4.0 40 2
MIL 42 43 .494 4.5 36 6
CHN 30 53 .361 15.5 31 -1
PIT 29 56 .341 17.5 38 -9
National League West SD 43 40 .518 0.0 43 0
LAN 43 40 .518 0.0 47 -4
COL 43 40 .518 0.0 43 0
SF 43 41 .512 0.5 43 0
ARI 40 44 .476 3.5 40 0
Game of the Day
It was George Steinbrenner’s 76th birthday, but the Cleveland Indians showed no mercy, routing the Yankees 19-1. Victor Martinez went 5-for-6 and Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner each hit two of Cleveland’s six home runs to lead the Cleveland attack. The Yankees’ only run was unearned.
According to Elias, this game marked the third time the Indians have beaten the Yankees by at least 18 runs. They won 24-6 in June 1928 and 22-0 in August 2004. Aside from those three games, the Yankees have lost only one other game by 18 or more runs in their history: A 19-1 loss to the Tigers in June 1925.
NY YANKEES (1) VS CLEVELAND (19) - FINAL
NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon cf 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292
M Cairo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .229
D Jeter ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .341
K Stinnett c 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .222
J Giambi dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .269
A Rodriguez 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .291
J Posada c 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289
a-B Crosby ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217
A Phillips 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .259
M Cabrera lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .261
K Reese rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .417
N Green 2b-ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .104
Totals 35 1 9 0 3 4 22
a-lined out to first for J Posada in the 6th.
BATTING: 2B - A Rodriguez (12, J Westbrook). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - A Phillips 2, D Jeter 1, J Posada 1, K Stinnett 1. GIDP - J Giambi, M
Cabrera. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - K Reese (1, 2nd base off J Westbrook/V Martinez).
FIELDING: E - J Posada (5, catch). PB - J Posada 2.
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 .304
F Gutierrez cf-rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245
R Belliard 2b 5 1 2 4 0 0 4 .293
J Peralta ss 5 3 2 3 1 0 1 .252
T Hafner dh 5 4 3 4 1 0 1 .318
V Martinez c 6 2 5 3 0 0 0 .307
B Broussard 1b 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 .327
J Michaels lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .272
T Hollandsworth rf 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .256
a-J Inglett ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
A Boone 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 .253
R Vazquez 3b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .159
Totals 44 19 21 19 6 6 14
a-grounded to second for T Hollandsworth in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - G Sizemore 2 (25, S Chacon, T Beam); V Martinez (18, S Chacon); T
Hollandsworth (10, T Beam); T Hafner (16, T Beam); R Belliard (19, S Proctor).
HR - J Peralta 2 (9, 1st inning off S Chacon 1 on, 1 Out, 5th inning off T Beam
0 on, 2 Out), V Martinez (11, 1st inning off S Chacon 1 on, 1 Out), T Hafner 2
(24, 2nd inning off S Chacon 2 on, 1 Out, 6th inning off S Proctor 0 on, 1
Out), R Belliard (8, 5th inning off T Beam 1 on, 2 Out). S - R Belliard. RBI -
J Peralta 3 (39), V Martinez 3 (56), T Hafner 4 (70), G Sizemore (42), R
Belliard 4 (41), T Hollandsworth 2 (25), A Boone 2 (34). 2-out RBI - G
Sizemore, R Belliard 2, J Peralta, V Martinez, T Hollandsworth 2, A Boone 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Michaels 1, T Hafner 1, R Belliard
1, A Boone 1. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: E - A Boone (11, ground ball). DP: 2 (R Belliard-J Peralta-B
Broussard, R Belliard-B Broussard).
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NY YANKEES - 100 000 000 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 430 091 20x -- 19
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NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
S Chacon (L, 4-3) 1 1/3 6 7 7 3 1 3 6.71
R Villone 2 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.99
T Beam 2/3 6 6 6 0 1 2 12.15
M Myers 1/3 3 3 2 2 0 0 1.65
S Proctor 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 4.58
K Farnsworth 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.62
CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
J Westbrook (W, 7-4) 7 5 1 0 3 3 0 4.09
E Mujica 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
HBP - J Michaels (by S Chacon). Pitches-strikes: S Chacon 56-26; R Villone
36-26; T Beam 26-17; M Myers 22-11; S Proctor 28-19; K Farnsworth 9-6; J
Westbrook 101-61; E Mujica 44-25. Ground balls-fly balls: S Chacon 1-2; R
Villone 0-6; T Beam 1-0; M Myers 1-0; S Proctor 2-3; K Farnsworth 0-2; J
Westbrook 14-4; E Mujica 1-4. Batters faced: S Chacon 14; R Villone 10; T Beam
8; M Myers 6; S Proctor 11; K Farnsworth 3; J Westbrook 28; E Mujica 10.
UMPIRES: HP--John Hirschbeck. 1B--Wally Bell. 2B--Mark Carlson. 3B--C.B.
Bucknor.
T--3:10. Att--29,638.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 7 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.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist. HR # Ramirez, Manny BOS Camp, Shawn TB 451 451 23 Gomes, Jonny TB Schilling, Curt BOS 433 431 18 Uribe, Juan CWS Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 403 420 11 Hinske, Eric TOR Koronka, John TEX 417 415 7 DeJesus, David KC Bonser, Boof MIN 426 414 4 Ruiz, Carlos PHI Hensley, Clay SD 409 412 1 Adams, Russ TOR Koronka, John TEX 407 410 3 Sexson, Richie SEA Santana, Ervin LAA 403 404 16 Hafner, Travis CLE Chacon, Shawn NYY 407 401 23 Hafner, Travis CLE Proctor, Scott NYY 403 399 24 Ford, Lew MIN Gobble, Jimmy KC 403 399 3 Rivera, Juan LAA Meche, Gil SEA 398 399 7 Wilson, Vance DET Haren, Dan OAK 382 397 4 Wigginton, Ty TB Schilling, Curt BOS 397 396 16 Konerko, Paul CWS Chen, Bruce BAL 390 393 21 Encarnacion, Juan STL Thomson, John ATL 418 390 11 Lugo, Julio TB Schilling, Curt BOS 390 389 9 Giles, Marcus ATL Carpenter, Chris STL 421 388 7 Atkins, Garrett COL Taschner, Jack SF 438 387 11 Peralta, Jhonny CLE Chacon, Shawn NYY 391 386 8 Kapler, Gabe BOS Fossum, Casey TB 385 385 2 Ortiz, David BOS Harville, Chad TB 385 384 27 Zimmerman, Ryan WAS Borowski, Joe FLA 376 382 12 Koskie, Corey MIL Arroyo, Bronson CIN 394 381 12 Blanco, Henry CHC Lidge, Brad HOU 382 381 4 Ramirez, Hanley FLA Rauch, Jon WAS 379 381 5 Helton, Todd COL Schmidt, Jason SF 422 379 10 Ibanez, Raul SEA Santana, Ervin LAA 379 379 19 Peralta, Jhonny CLE Beam, T.J. NYY 386 374 9 Byrd, Marlon WAS Olsen, Scott FLA 364 370 5 Martinez, Victor CLE Chacon, Shawn NYY 381 368 11 Belliard, Ronnie CLE Beam, T.J. NYY 362 362 8 Hudson, Orlando ARI Sele, Aaron LAD 379 360 6 Hatteberg, Scott CIN Davis, Doug MIL 371 353 7 Rivera, Juan LAA Soriano, Rafael SEA 336 334 8
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 CIN AAA Chris Denorfia CF 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 COL AAA Chris Iannetta C 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 .524 OBP during past week DET AAA Ryan Ludwick RF 5 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 runs scored KC A+ Brian Mc Fall RF 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 LA A+ Andrew Locke LF 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 RBI LA AAA Joel Guzman LF 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 MIL AA Drew Anderson LF 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 4 runs scored NYM A- Jonathan Sanchez RF 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 runs scored TB A+ Fernando Perez CF 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 RBI TOR AAA Jason Phillips C 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ARI AA Matt Chico 8.0 3 1 1 5 2 0 ARI A Cody Evans 8.0 4 0 0 8 1 0 ATL AAA Dan Curtis 8.0 3 0 0 7 2 0 BAL A+ Luis Ramirez 8.0 1 1 1 4 1 1 BAL AAA Adam Loewen 7.0 3 0 0 10 0 0 CHC A+ Donald Veal 7.0 3 0 0 6 1 0 0.74 ERA over past month COL AAA Jose Acevedo 7.0 3 1 1 6 0 0 KC A+ John Gragg III 8.0 3 2 2 7 2 1 LA AA T.J. Nall 9.0 2 0 0 12 0 0 57 K over last 44 IP MIL AA Travis Phelps 7.0 4 1 1 10 0 0
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Jose Contreras earned the win in Chicago’s 13-0 whitewash of Baltimore, his 17th consecutive victory. Only three other living pitchers have won 17 straight decisions in the majors: Johan Santana (17 straight in 2004-05), Roger Clemens (20 in a row from 1998-99) and Elroy Face (22 consecutive victories from 1958-59). (Source: Elias)
Pittsburgh is the first team in major-league history to have a season in which it lost 25 games by one run by the Fourth of July. The previous record was held by the Astros, who lost 24 times by one run through games of July 4, 1971. (Source: Elias)
The San Francisco Giants optioned Kevin Frandsen to Triple-A Fresno and recalled relief pitcher Jack Taschner.
The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased the contract of Giovanni Carrara and optioned Hong-Chih Kuo to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ricky Ledee (groin) was moved from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
Cole Hamels worked only two innings on Tuesday against the Padres, allowing one run and a hit. He also walked two and struck out two, but he was not permitted to come back into the game after an hour rain delay. “I kept my arm warm by throwing every 10-15 minutes, but I didn’t get the chance to go back in,” Hamels said. “That was (the coaching staff’s) call.”
Cliff Floyd left Tuesday’s game against the Pirates in the fifth inning due to a mild concussion. He was injured in a collision with shortstop Jose Reyes while pursuing a fly ball.
Ben Sheets (right shoulder tendinitis) tossed a 45-pitch simulated game. Manager Ned Yost said that he threw great, but the team would wait to see how he responds on Wednesday before deciding whether he will head out for a rehab start in the minors or not.
Outfielder Jason Michaels was activated from the 15-day disabled list by the Cleveland Indians and was in the starting lineup for Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees. To make room for Michaels, first baseman Ryan Garko was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.
Billy Wagner earned his 300th save. He recorded three outs for his 16th save in 20 chances this season. “Like (Carlos) Delgado told me, it means that I’m getting old,” Wagner said, referring to his milestone. “No, it’s special. It means a lot to me.”
Needing a fresh arm, the New York Mets purchased pitcher Jose Lima’s contract from Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday and optioned reliever Heath Bell to their top farm club. To make room for Lima on the 40-man roster, right-hander Mike Adams was designated for assignment.
Boston pitcher Matt Clement cut short his first minor league rehabilitation start after one inning Tuesday with the Gulf Coast League Red Sox after hurting his biceps. “He did go back out for the second inning and on the second warm-up pitch he walked off the mound,” Boston manager Terry Francona said before the Red Sox played at Tampa Bay. “He felt some biceps soreness, so we immediately shut him down.”
Chipper Jones is scheduled to see a specialist Wednesday about his injured right foot, and Braves manager Bobby Cox said the reports don’t sound encouraging. Tests have revealed Jones has a partial tear of the plantar plate of his right second toe and an inflamed ligament.
The Philadelphia Phillies placed catcher Sal Fasano on the 15-day disabled list with a knee injury, recalled catcher Carlos Ruiz and outfielder Chris Roberson from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and designated right-hander Adam Bernero for assignment on Tuesday.
Mariners’ utility player Mike Morse, who was recently optioned to Triple-A Tacoma, tore cartilage in his right knee and will have arthroscopic surgery this week.
All-Star RF Alex Rios was still hospitalized with a staph infection on Monday, but the Blue Jays expect him back immediately after the break.
The New York Yankees have signed 16-year-old Venezuelan catcher Jesus Montero to a $2 million deal, according to published reports. The Yankees outbid Boston, Cleveland and the Mets for Montero shortly after the international signing period began late Saturday night, several newspapers reported.
THT Stats
When batters hit flyballs, they like to hit them a long way. In particular, they like to hit them out of the infield. Following is a list of the twenty major league batters who have hit the least flyballs in the infield (as a percentage of total flyballs). As you can see, most of them have a BABIP (Batting Average on Balls in Play) higher than the major league average of .311.
Last First Team IF/F BABIP Abreu Bobby PHI 0% .359 Green Shawn ARI 0% .346 Gonzalez Adrian SD 1% .304 Kennedy Adam LAA 1% .316 Jones Chipper ATL 2% .344 Mauer Joe MIN 2% .424 Jeter Derek NYA 2% .393 Roberts Brian BAL 3% .356 Rios Alexis I TOR 3% .356 Giles Marcus ATL 3% .283 Sullivan Cory COL 3% .359 Granderson Curtis DET 3% .366 Young Michael TEX 4% .355 Posada Jorge NYA 4% .320 Youkilis Kevin E BOS 4% .362 Howard Ryan J PHI 4% .315 Barfield Joshua L SD 4% .315 Delgado Carlos NYN 4% .265 Rodriguez Ivan DET 4% .335 Figgins Chone LAA 4% .300
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