THT Daily: History in Colorado
Major League News for July 9
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 7 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 4 TEX 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Liriano dominates NYA 5 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wang: 8.1 IP, 1 R DET 2 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 6 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Weaver: 7 IP, 0 R BAL 7 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS 9 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Ortiz: 31st HR; Thome: 30th HR; Dye: 2 HR National League SF 11 LAN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Durham: 4 RS, 3 RBI SD 5 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 7 HOU 6 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings PHI 6 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 17 FLA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Valentin: 7 RBI; Floyd: 5 RBI; Pelfrey debut FLA 3 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 3 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 8 COL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) See below ATL 4 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Smoltz: 8 IP, 1 R
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time BAL - Lopez R. (5-10, 6.92) CLE - Westbrook J. (7-4, 4.09) 1:05 SD - Hensley C. (5-6, 4.16) WAS - Patterson J. (1-2, 4.31) 1:05 CIN - Arroyo B. (9-5, 2.79) ATL - Thomson J. (2-7, 5.05) 1:05 FLA - Olsen S.* (6-4, 4.17) NYM - Glavine T.* (11-2, 3.43) 1:10 NYY - Wilson K. (0-0, 0.00) TB - Fossum C.* (3-3, 4.84) 1:15 PIT - Duke Z.* (5-7, 5.01) PHI - Hamels C.* (1-4, 5.45) 1:35 BOS - Schilling C. (10-3, 3.63) CWS - Contreras J. (9-0, 3.31) 2:05 MIN - Santana J.* (9-4, 2.76) TEX - Koronka J.* (6-5, 4.68) 2:05 CHC - Prior M. (0-4, 7.71) MIL - Davis D.* (5-5, 4.60) 2:05 TOR - Halladay R. (11-2, 3.02) KC - Gobble J.* (3-1, 3.66) 2:10 ARI - Cruz J. (3-4, 4.53) COL - Cook A. (6-7, 3.61) 3:05 LAA - Santana E. (9-3, 4.13) OAK - Haren D. (6-6, 3.40) 4:05 DET - Robertson N.* (8-4, 3.35) SEA - Meche G. (7-4, 3.92) 4:05 SF - Schmidt J. (6-4, 2.69) LAD - Sele A. (5-2, 3.05) 4:10 STL - Carpenter C. (7-4, 2.88) HOU - Pettitte A.* (7-9, 5.37) 8:05
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. “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 53 32 .624 0.0 49 4NYA 50 35 .588 3.0 49 1
TOR 48 39 .552 6.0 47 1
BAL 40 49 .449 15.0 38 2
TB 38 50 .432 16.5 37 1
American League Central DET 59 28 .678 0.0 57 2
CHA 56 31 .644 3.0 53 3
MIN 47 38 .553 11.0 45 2
CLE 40 46 .465 18.5 47 -7
KC 31 55 .360 27.5 32 -1
American League West OAK 45 42 .517 0.0 42 3
TEX 44 43 .506 1.0 45 -1
LAA 42 45 .483 3.0 42 0
SEA 42 46 .477 3.5 44 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 52 36 .591 0.0 51 1
PHI 39 47 .453 12.0 39 0
FLA 38 47 .447 12.5 42 -4
ATL 39 49 .443 13.0 43 -4
WAS 38 51 .427 14.5 38 0
National League Central STL 47 39 .547 0.0 44 3
CIN 45 43 .511 3.0 43 2
MIL 44 45 .494 4.5 38 6
HOU 43 45 .489 5.0 41 2
CHN 33 54 .379 14.5 34 -1
PIT 30 59 .337 18.5 39 -9
National League West SD 47 40 .540 0.0 46 1
LAN 45 42 .517 2.0 49 -4
SF 45 43 .511 2.5 45 0
COL 44 42 .512 2.5 45 -1
ARI 42 45 .483 5.0 41 1
Game of the Day
Entering the top of the ninth inning, the score was tied, 1-1. By the time the ninth was over, Arizona had beaten Colorado 8-7. According to Elias, There have been more than 3,000 games in major-league history that were tied 1-1 going to the ninth inning. Saturday’s game at Coors was the first of those games in which, by game’s end, as many as 15 runs had been scored.
(The previous high — 14 runs — also was set in Denver, in 1994 at Mile High Stadium: After being tied 1-1 through eight innings, both the Padres and Rockies scored once in the 10th. Then San Diego scored nine in the 11th, Colorado responded with one, and the Padres won 11-3.)
ARIZONA (8) VS COLORADO (7) - FINAL
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J DaVanon lf 3 0 0 1 1 3 2 .279
E Byrnes cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .296
S Green rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .308
C Jackson 1b 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 .276
C Tracy 3b 4 1 2 4 0 0 1 .273
J Estrada c 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .315
O Hudson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 .258
C Counsell ss 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 .270
B Webb p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167
a-L Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
L Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-A Green ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .210
G Aquino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 8 14 8 2 9 10
a-grounded to first for B Webb in the 8th; b-walked for L Vizcaino in the
9th.
BATTING: 2B - O Hudson (15, B Fuentes). HR - C Counsell (3, 8th inning off J
Jennings 0 on, 1 Out), C Tracy (13, 9th inning off B Fuentes 3 on, 0 Out). SF -
J DaVanon. RBI - C Counsell (27), C Tracy 4 (50), J DaVanon (29), E Byrnes
(33), S Green (38). 2-out RBI - E Byrnes, S Green. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Jackson 1. GIDP - B Webb, J Estrada. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: E - J DaVanon (2, fly ball). Outfield assists - E Byrnes (J Carroll
at Home). DP: 1 (E Byrnes-J Estrada).
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Carroll 2b 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .329
O Quintanilla ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 .200
T Helton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .296
M Holliday lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .334
G Atkins 3b 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 .306
B Hawpe rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .311
Y Torrealba c 4 1 2 4 0 0 0 .235
C Freeman cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247
a-C Sullivan ph-cf 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .272
J Jennings p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212
b-J Piedra ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Cortes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-L Gonzalez ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .236
Totals 32 7 7 5 4 10 12
a-struck out swinging for C Freeman in the 8th; b-grounded to shortstop for J
Jennings in the 8th; c-walked for D Cortes in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Carroll (11, B Webb); O Quintanilla (1, G Aquino); Y Torrealba
(5, G Aquino). S - O Quintanilla. RBI - Y Torrealba 4 (19), B Hawpe (49). 2-out
RBI - Y Torrealba 4, B Hawpe. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O
Quintanilla 1. Team LOB - 4.
BASERUNNING: CS - Y Torrealba (2, 2nd base by B Webb/J Estrada), M Holliday
(3, 2nd base by B Webb/J Estrada).
FIELDING: DP: 3 (G Atkins-J Carroll-T Helton, J Jennings-T Helton, O
Quintanilla-J Carroll-T Helton).
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ARIZONA - 000 000 017 -- 8
COLORADO - 000 010 006 -- 7
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Webb 7 4 1 1 1 6 0 2.65
L Vizcaino (W, 3-3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.82
G Aquino 2/3 3 5 4 1 2 0 5.34
J Julio (S, 9) 1/3 0 1 0 2 1 0 3.54
COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Jennings 8 6 1 1 1 8 1 3.67
B Fuentes (L, 2-2) 1/3 6 6 6 0 1 1 3.89
R Ramirez 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3.00
R King 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.07
D Cortes 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.45
R Ramirez pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
WP - B Webb, J Julio. HBP - G Atkins (by G Aquino). Pitches-strikes: B Webb
100-63; L Vizcaino 11-7; G Aquino 29-16; J Julio 21-9; J Jennings 99-63; B
Fuentes 23-16; R Ramirez 7-3; R King 6-5; D Cortes 2-1. Ground balls-fly balls:
B Webb 9-4; L Vizcaino 1-1; G Aquino 0-0; J Julio 0-0; J Jennings 8-7; B
Fuentes 0-0; R Ramirez 0-0; R King 0-1; D Cortes 0-1. Batters faced: B Webb 24;
L Vizcaino 3; G Aquino 7; J Julio 4; J Jennings 28; B Fuentes 7; R Ramirez 1; R
King 3; D Cortes 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Dreckman. 1B--Gary Darling. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Ed
Hickox.
T--2:50. Att--22,874.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, in from center.
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 # Ortiz, David BOS Garcia, Freddy CWS 419 412 31 Thome, Jim CWS Beckett, Josh BOS 408 400 30 Dye, Jermaine CWS Beckett, Josh BOS 452 441 23 Dye, Jermaine CWS Beckett, Josh BOS 390 364 24 Cabrera, Miguel FLA Maine, John NYM 368 391 15 Willingham, Josh FLA Maine, John NYM 389 413 11 Ramirez, Hanley FLA Maine, John NYM 397 412 6 Valentin, Jose NYM Nolasco, Ricky FLA 374 361 9 Biggio, Craig HOU Reyes, Anthony STL 383 382 8 Durham, Ray SF Lowe, Derek LAD 411 406 12 Lowry, Noah SF Lowe, Derek LAD 411 394 1 Mora, Melvin BAL Sowers, Jeremy CLE 392 404 11 Shoppach, Kelly CLE Bedard, Erik BAL 389 409 1 Hillenbrand, SheaTOR Peralta, Joel KC 447 427 12 Berroa, Angel KC Lilly, Ted TOR 439 420 5 Hunter, Torii MIN Rheinecker, John TEX 423 423 14 Rivera, Juan LAA Gaudin, Chad OAK 404 391 11 Izturis, Maicer LAA Blanton, Joe OAK 369 356 1 Ibanez, Raul SEA Miner, Zach DET 336 329 20 Beltran, Carlos NYM Vargas, Jason FLA 377 387 25 Floyd, Cliff NYM Vargas, Jason FLA 426 414 7 Pujols, Albert STL Oswalt, Roy HOU 384 382 29 Spiezio, Scott STL Lidge, Brad HOU 368 366 5 Alou, Moises SF Beimel, Joe LAD 375 358 10 Saenz, Olmedo LAD Wilson, Brian SF 405 396 7 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Harang, Aaron CIN 409 397 16 Bay, Jason PIT Lidle, Corey PHI 408 405 21 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Astacio, Pedro WAS 398 379 13 Cameron, Mike SD Astacio, Pedro WAS 418 406 10 Bellhorn, Mark SD Astacio, Pedro WAS 357 339 7 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Young, Chris SD 420 403 27 Tracy, Chad ARI Fuentes, Brian COL 402 378 13 Counsell, Craig ARI Jennings, Jason COL 368 344 3
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 ARI A+ Javier Brito RF 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 RBI ARI A+ Mark Reynolds 3B 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .552 OBP during past week ATL A+ Kala Kaaihue 1B 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 BAL A+ Pete Maestrales DH 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 runs scored BAL AA Noah Hall CF 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 RBI CHW A Juan Camacho 3B 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 CIN A+ Drew Anderson 2B 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 DET AAA Dustan Mohr CF 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 KC AA Mitch Maier CF 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 LA A+ Cole Bruce DH 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL A Reid Hamblet 7.0 4 1 1 8 0 0 CHC AA Sean Gallagher 7.0 2 0 0 12 2 0 DET AA Nathan Bumstead 7.0 4 0 0 6 4 0 DET A Burke Badenhop 7.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 FLA AA James Russ 8.0 3 0 0 3 4 0 HOU A Raymar Diaz 7.0 3 0 0 9 1 0 LA AA Spike Lundberg 8.0 2 0 0 5 1 0 MIL A Steve Garrison 6.0 2 1 0 8 0 0 NYY A- George Kontos 6.0 2 0 0 7 2 0 23 K over last 18 IP NYY A Erick Abreu 6.2 4 0 0 8 1 0
THT Stats
J.C. Bradbury has started keeping track of Jeff Francoeur’s outs, comparing his season totals to Horace Clarke’s all-time record of 514. As you can imagine, Francoeur leads the majors in most outs at bat, but not by a lot. Here’s a list of the top twenty out makers, including a number of players who are having very good seasons (at least, on the surface).
Last First Team PA Outs Francoeur Jeff ATL 380 270 Rollins Jimmy PHI 395 267 Pierre Juan CHN 397 266 Soriano Alfonso WAS 398 262 Reyes Jose NYN 404 259 Furcal Rafael LAN 399 258 Sexson Richie SEA 362 255 Mora Melvin BAL 398 254 Sizemore Grady CLE 406 253 Teixeira Mark TEX 393 253 Young Michael TEX 403 252 Feliz Pedro SF 366 250 Beltre Adrian SEA 368 250 Lopez Jose SEA 377 249 Peralta Jhonny CLE 371 249 Lopez Felipe CIN 390 249 Tejada Miguel BAL 394 248 Winn Randy SF 384 248 Tracy Chad ARI 377 248 Figgins Chone LAA 380 247
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