THT Daily: Hall of Fame Day
Major League News for July 31
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 OAK 6 TOR 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Bradley: GW HR; Each team scored 3 in 9th TEX 15 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 4-6, HR; Kinsler: 3-3, HR; DeRosa: 4-5; 4 RBI NYA 4 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Damon: 3-4, 2 HR; Mussina: 7 IP, 2 R SEA 7 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Pineiro: 7 IP, 3 R; Lee: 7.2 IP, 3 R; SEA: 4 in 9th MIN 6 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below BAL 8 CHA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) BAL: 2 in 9th off Jenks; Dye: 5 RBI LAA 10 BOS 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Isturiz: 2 2B National League PIT 2 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings; Duke, Morris: 6 IP, 0 R COL 3 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Jennings: 7 IP, 1 R CHN 6 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Zambrano: 6 IP, 2 R PHI 9 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Howard: 3-4, HR; Utley: 2-4, HR; Madson: 6 IP, 2 R PHI 11 FLA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Howard: 5 BB; Lieberthal: 5 RBI; Willingham: 2 HR NYN 10 ATL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Beltran: 2 HR, 5 RBI; Delgado: 4-5, HR LAN 4 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN sweeps WAS MIL 4 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Sheets: 8 IP, 10 K, 2 R; Mench: 3-4, HR; Cordero: S ARI 7 HOU 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Clemens: 7 IP, 1 R; ARI: 6 R in last 2 innings
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time FLA - Johnson J. (8-5, 2.60) PHI - Lieber J. (4-7, 5.52) 1:05 CLE - Byrd P. (7-6, 4.71) BOS - Wells D.* (0-1, 8.64) 7:05 SEA - Meche G. (9-5, 4.19) BAL - Loewen A.* (1-2, 6.50) 7:05 DET - Rogers K.* (11-4, 4.45) TB - Fossum C.* (4-4, 5.22) 7:15 ARI - Webb B. (11-4, 2.64) CHC - Prior M. (0-4, 6.60) 8:05 TEX - Rheinecker J.* (4-4, 5.06) MIN - Silva C. (6-9, 6.84) 8:10 CWS - Contreras J. (9-3, 3.52) KC - Hernandez R. (2-5, 6.80) 8:10 MIL - Bush D. (6-8, 4.95) COL - Cook A. (6-9, 3.88) 9:05 OAK - Haren D. (7-9, 3.89) LAA - Santana E. (11-4, 4.25) 10:05 WAS - Astacio P. (1-1, 5.06) SF - Lowry N.* (5-6, 4.16) 10:15
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 62 41 .602 0.0 57 5NYA 61 41 .598 0.5 58 3
TOR 57 48 .543 6.0 58 -1
BAL 48 58 .453 15.5 46 2
TB 43 62 .410 20.0 43 0
American League Central DET 70 34 .673 0.0 66 4
CHA 61 42 .592 8.5 59 2
MIN 60 43 .583 9.5 57 3
CLE 45 58 .437 24.5 54 -9
KC 37 67 .356 33.0 39 -2
American League West OAK 55 50 .524 0.0 52 3
LAA 54 50 .519 0.5 54 0
TEX 52 53 .495 3.0 54 -2
SEA 51 53 .490 3.5 53 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 63 41 .606 0.0 61 2
PHI 49 54 .476 13.5 50 -1
FLA 48 56 .462 15.0 50 -2
ATL 48 56 .462 15.0 53 -5
WAS 46 59 .438 17.5 46 0
National League Central STL 58 46 .558 0.0 54 4
CIN 55 50 .524 3.5 51 4
MIL 50 55 .476 8.5 46 4
HOU 49 56 .467 9.5 50 -1
CHN 43 61 .413 15.0 43 0
PIT 40 66 .377 19.0 47 -7
National League West SD 55 50 .524 0.0 54 1
ARI 53 51 .510 1.5 51 2
SF 51 54 .486 4.0 52 -1
COL 50 54 .481 4.5 53 -3
LAN 50 55 .476 5.0 54 -4
Game of the Day
There were many dramatic games yesterday: Milton Bradley’s game-winning home run after the Blue Jays had scored three in the top of the ninth to take the lead; the Pirates scored one in the ninth and one in the tenth to beat the Giants, 2-1; the Orioles scored two in the bottom of the ninth and beat the White Sox 8-7; and the Diamondbacks scored six in the last two innings as they overcame the Astros and Roger Clemens, 7-6.
But the game of the day honors goes to Minnesota’s victory over Detroit thanks to a bizarre six-run rally in the eighth against a dominant Jeremy Bonderman. Instead of describing the eighth, I’ll just send you to this description.
DETROIT (4) VS MINNESOTA (6) - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
P Polanco 2b 5 0 3 2 0 0 3 .299
M Thames lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .272
a-C Granderson ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284
C Monroe dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .265
b-D Young ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235
M Ordonez rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .300
C Guillen ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .297
B Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .246
C Shelton 1b 4 0 2 1 1 1 3 .277
V Wilson c 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .291
B Clevlen cf-lf 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 .667
Totals 39 4 13 4 4 6 31
a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for M Thames in the 6th;
b-popped out to second for C Monroe in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - P Polanco (17, J Santana); B Clevlen (1, J Santana); C Monroe
(23, J Santana); M Ordonez 2 (21, J Nathan, J Santana). RBI - P Polanco 2 (40),
M Ordonez (75), C Shelton (45). 2-out RBI - C Shelton. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - M Thames 2, V Wilson 1, M Ordonez 1, B Inge 2, C Shelton 1.
Team LOB - 13.
BASERUNNING: CS - V Wilson (4, 3rd base by J Santana/M Redmond).
FIELDING: E - B Inge (13, throw); M Ordonez (5, bobble); C Guillen (18,
throw); C Shelton (5, ground ball). Outfield assists - B Clevlen (L Castillo at
Home). DP: 1 (B Clevlen-V Wilson).
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
L Castillo 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .280
N Punto 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .308
J Mauer dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .368
M Cuddyer rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .265
J Morneau 1b 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 .316
R White lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
J Rabe lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444
a-J Kubel ph-lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273
M Redmond c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
J Tyner cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .355
J Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .328
Totals 30 6 6 4 2 9 8
a-reached on error for J Rabe in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - M Redmond (9, J Bonderman). 3B - M Cuddyer (4, J Bonderman). RBI
- M Redmond (15), L Castillo (37), M Cuddyer 2 (65). 2-out RBI - M Cuddyer 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cuddyer 1, J Morneau 1. Team LOB - 2.
BASERUNNING: SB - L Castillo (14, 2nd base off J Bonderman/V Wilson).
FIELDING: E - J Rabe 2 (2, throw 2).
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DETROIT - 001 011 001 -- 4
MINNESOTA - 000 000 06x -- 6
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Bonderman (L, 11-5) 7 2/3 6 6 3 2 8 0 3.65
J Walker 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.11
MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Santana 5 1/3 9 3 3 4 2 0 3.11
J Crain 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.29
D Reyes 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.27
P Neshek (W, 1-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.74
J Nathan (S, 22) 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.60
IBB - J Mauer (by J Bonderman). BALK - J Bonderman. HBP - B Inge (by J
Crain). Pitches-strikes: J Bonderman 116-75; J Walker 5-3; J Santana 105-61; J
Crain 21-14; D Reyes 13-7; P Neshek 5-5; J Nathan 16-11. Ground balls-fly
balls: J Bonderman 6-8; J Walker 0-0; J Santana 8-5; J Crain 1-2; D Reyes 1-1;
P Neshek 0-1; J Nathan 1-0. Batters faced: J Bonderman 31; J Walker 1; J
Santana 28; J Crain 7; D Reyes 3; P Neshek 1; J Nathan 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Marty
Foster.
T--3:04. Att--43,204.
Weather: INDOORS
The following graph tracks the game’s Win Probability, courtesy of Fan Graphs.
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 # Guerrero, Vladimir LAA Schilling, Curt BOS 476 467 21 Delgado, Carlos NYM James, Chuck ATL 418 420 26 Dye, Jermaine CWS Williams, Todd BAL 433 419 28 Brown, Emil KC Koronka, John TEX 411 418 7 Beltran, Carlos NYM Shiell, Jason ATL 412 416 32 Bradley, Milton OAK Ryan, B.J. TOR 416 410 6 Damon, Johnny NYY Shields, James TB 393 407 12 Sexson, Richie SEA Lee, Cliff CLE 408 404 22 Castillo, Jose PIT Benitez, Armando SF 414 402 12 Konerko, Paul CWS Chen, Bruce BAL 400 395 26 Young, Michael TEX Redman, Mark KC 408 394 9 Cedeno, Ronny CHC Carpenter, Chris STL 391 393 3 Mench, Kevin MIL Harang, Aaron CIN 394 387 13 Damon, Johnny NYY Shields, James TB 375 386 13 Howard, Ryan PHI Pinto, Renyel FLA 397 382 35 Byrnes, Eric ARI Qualls, Chad HOU 383 382 14 Cruz, Jose LAD Ortiz, Ramon WAS 406 379 5 Drew, J.D. LAD Ortiz, Ramon WAS 403 377 11 Cabrera, Orlando LAA Schilling, Curt BOS 382 377 8 Ethier, Andre LAD Ortiz, Ramon WAS 411 376 10 Aurilia, Rich CIN Turnbow, Derrick MIL 383 376 14 Rivera, Juan LAA Schilling, Curt BOS 377 373 16 Willingham, Josh FLA Fultz, Aaron PHI 369 373 13 Jackson, Conor ARI Lidge, Brad HOU 373 372 10 Willingham, Josh FLA Fultz, Aaron PHI 370 371 14 Lieberthal, Mike PHI Sanchez, Anibal FLA 367 369 2 Olivo, Miguel FLA Wolf, Randy PHI 365 369 11 Linden, Todd SF Capps, Matt PIT 364 369 1 Kinsler, Ian TEX Redman, Mark KC 376 367 8 Johnson, Reed TOR Komine, Shane OAK 364 366 7 Burrell, Pat PHI Moehler, Brian FLA 361 365 22 Griffey Jr., Ken CIN Sheets, Ben MIL 369 363 21 Holliday, Matt COL Thompson, Mike SD 387 354 19 Gibbons, Jay BAL Vazquez, Javier CWS 347 354 11 Beltran, Carlos NYM James, Chuck ATL 371 352 31 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Moehler, Brian FLA 369 351 12 Willingham, Josh FLA Madson, Ryan PHI 364 348 15 Utley, Chase PHI Messenger, Randy FLA 364 347 21
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 CLE A P.J. Hiser RF 4 4 2 1 1 1 0 CLE AA Brian Barton LF 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 .565 OBP during past week COL AAA Carlos Rivera 1B 7 5 1 0 0 1 1 COL AAA Jeff Salazar CF 5 3 1 0 1 3 1 FLA AAA Tom Wilson 1B 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 PIT A+ Neil Walker DH 5 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 RBI PIT A+ John Suomi C 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 runs scored STL AAA Derek Wathan 2B 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 runs scored TB A+ Reid Brignac SS 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 RBI TEX AA Kevin Mahar CF 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL AAA Kevin Barry 6.0 2 0 0 4 4 0 CHW AA Wesley Whisler 7.0 3 1 1 3 3 1 COL MLB Jeff Karstens 7.0 4 1 0 7 3 0 DET AAA Chad Durbin 8.0 3 1 1 4 1 0 LA MLB Kristian Bell 6.0 1 0 0 4 4 0 NYM AA Miguel Perez 6.0 4 0 0 6 1 0 SD AAA Dewon Brazelton 7.0 4 1 1 4 2 0 SD AA Jack Cassel 7.0 5 1 0 2 1 0 SEA AA Travis Chick 7.1 2 0 0 5 3 0
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Reliever Bruce Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesteday in Cooperstown, NY, along with 17 Negro League and pre-Negro League leaders: 12 players and five executives. Among them, the first woman ever to have a plaque hung in the Hall — Effa Manley, the co-owner and business manager of the Newark Eagles. You can read more coverage of the Hall of Fame ceremonies on the MLB website.
The New York Yankees acquired All-Star right fielder Bobby Abreu and starting pitcher Cory Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday for four minor league prospects. The Phillies get left-hander Matt Smith and Class-A shortstop C.J. Henry – a first-round draft pick in 2005. They also landed rookie league catcher Jesus Sanchez and right-hander Carlos Monasteries.
The Baltimore Orioles were on the brink of losing yet another close game to the Chicago White Sox when the unimaginable happened: Down by a run in the ninth inning, they rallied to beat All-Star closer Bobby Jenks. Javy Lopez’s bases-loaded single capped a two-run ninth, and the Orioles averted a three-game sweep with an 8-7 victory Sunday.
Huston Street blew a save on Sunday against Toronto, which kept Shane Komine from a victory over 13-game winner Roy Halladay in his major league debut. Komine pitched six impressive innings, delivering exactly the kind of outing Oakland had hoped for from the 25-year-old right-hander, who won his last six starts for Triple-A Sacramento before being promoted. The rookie had about 50 family members and friends in the stands to support him, with some flying in from his native Hawaii for the game. His parents, younger brother, and fiancee attended after learning Wednesday that Komine would pitch for Oakland.
Milton Bradley hit a three-run shot for his first career walkoff home run after Toronto rallied in the top of the ninth, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Bradley sent a 2-1 pitch from closer B.J. Ryan (1-1) over the center-field wall for his sixth homer to give him four RBI. He was mobbed at home plate after rounding the bases.
Randy Wolf made his first start in more than a year Sunday vs. Florida after having surgery on his left arm. He labored in his first start since June 11, 2005, throwing 97 pitches in 4 1/3 innings. “I had butterflies, but I felt fine out there,” Wolf said. “I wanted to be aggressive, but I was probably nibbling too much. My command was not that great.” He retired his first two batters, then walked two and gave up a run-scoring single to Josh Willingham. Wolf allowed three hits, walked five and struck out four.
Chase Utley hit safely in both games Sunday, extending his hitting streak to 31 games.
Carlos Beltran’s second-inning homer in the Mets’ 10-6 win at Atlanta was his third grand slam of the season, all during July, tying the major-league record for the most in a calendar month.
With the trade of Ronnie Belliard to the Cardinals for Hector Luna, Joe Inglett, Aaron Boone and Luna could split time at second base. Andy Marte figures to get a full-time look at third.
The Texas Rangers acquired catcher Miguel Ojeda from the Colorado Rockies for cash on Sunday and assigned him to Triple-A Oklahoma.
The Texas Rangers traded right-handed reliever Bryan Corey to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday for minor league pitcher Luis Mendoza. Corey was designated for assignment Tuesday when the Rangers activated starting pitcher Adam Eaton from the disabled list. Corey was 1-1 with a 2.60 ERA in 16 appearances for Texas after his contract was purchased from Triple-A Oklahoma on June 9.
The Los Angeles Angels placed Bartolo Colon, the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner, on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with tendinitis in his right triceps. Right-handed reliever Greg Jones was added to the roster to replace Colon.
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed first baseman Nomar Garciaparra on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of a strained ligament in his right knee. The move was made retroactive to July 25, one day after Garciaparra was injured trying to make a tag play at second base on a bloop double by San Diego’s Josh Barfield
The Red Sox transferred RHP Matt Clement from the 15-day to the 60-day DL on Sunday. On on the 15-day DL since June 15 with a shoulder strain, threw 60 to 65 pitches on a side session and felt no pain Saturday. “He’ll do it again Monday,” Boston manager Terry Francona said.
The Devil Rays placed All-Star pitcher Scott Kazmir and infielder Ty Wigginton on the 15-day disabled list Sunday. Kazmir went on the DL, retroactive to July 24, with soreness in his left shoulder. The Devil Rays also recalled left-hander J.P. Howell from Triple-A Durham. Howell will start Tuesday against Detroit in Kazmir’s place.
The Brewers placed 2B Rickie Weeks on the 15-day DL with a right wrist tendon injury. Tony Graffanino will be the everyday 2B in his absence, which could be until late August at this point … or longer if the Brewers fall out of the race.
The Blue Jays activated RHP Ty Taubenheim from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse.
Nationals rookie LHP Mike O’Connor, who allowed a career-high seven runs and five walks over four-plus innings in Saturday’s 7-5 loss, was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans — partly because the Nationals won’t need a fifth starter again until Aug. 12.
The Colorado Rockies activated catcher Danny Ardoin from the 15-day disabled list Sunday and optioned catcher J.D Closser to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Ardoin, Colorado’s opening day starter, went on the disabled list on May 26 after straining his knee the day before in a collision at the plate with Jose Cruz Jr. of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Mike Thompson was called up to start for right-hander Chan Ho Park, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with abdominal pain, on Sunday at Colorado.
The Baltimore Orioles shuffled their bullpen staff Sunday, activating left-hander Tim Byrdak from the 60-day disabled list and recalling Eddy Rodriguez from Triple-A Ottawa after placing LaTroy Hawkins on the bereavement list.
Outfielder Michael Bourn and right-hander Scott Mathieson were recalled from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre on Sunday.
The Reds designated OF Dewayne Wise for assignment Saturday. They have 10 days to trade, release or outright him to the minor leagues.
The Diamondbacks activated OF Scott Hairston from 15-day DL and optioned him to Triple-A Tucson.
The Blue Jays purchased the contract of 2B Ryan Roberts. “He’s got some pop in his bat, and he’s a solid little defender,” manager John Gibbons told MLB.com.
The Marlins optioned LHP Jason Vargas to Triple-A Albuquerque and recalled LHP Renyel Pinto from Triple-A on Saturday night. The Rangers optioned OF Freddy Guzman to Oklahoma on Friday. The A’s optioned LHP Randy Keisler to Sacramento instead of LHP Ron Flores.
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