THT Daily: June 10
Major League News for June 10
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League BOS 4 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Papelbon blows first save, gets win CHA 5 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA: 2 R in 8th to win KC 4 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Redman: 8 IP, 2 R; KC: 3 R in 8th MIN 7 BAL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Morneau: 5 RBI, 2 HR OAK 6 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 4 LAA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Washburn: 6 IP, 1 R TOR 10 DET 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR scores 8 in 8th National League CHN 6 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Blanco: 3 RBI, runner CS HOU 7 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 3 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Penny: 8.3 IP, 0 R NYN 10 ARI 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Beltran: 4 for 5, 2 HR; Delgado: 2 HR PIT 3 SF 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santos beats Morris SD 3 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 12K in 6 IP, 3B STL 10 MIL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 9 PHI 8 (Recap and Boxscore) 12 Innings
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 1:20 PM (R) Cory Lidle (4-5) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (5-5) Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros, 4:05 PM (R) Tim Hudson (5-4) vs. (R) Taylor Buchholz (3-5) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants, 4:05 PM (R) Ian Snell (6-3) vs. (L) Noah Lowry (2-3) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 6:10 PM (R) Carlos Zambrano (4-3) vs. (L) Brandon Claussen (3-6) St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, 7:05 PM (R) Jason Marquis (8-4) vs. (L) Chris Capuano (6-4) Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Aaron Sele (3-0) vs. (R) Jason Jennings (3-6) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Alay Soler (1-1) vs. (R) Brandon Webb (8-0) Florida Marlins at San Diego Padres, 10:05 PM (L) Scott Olsen (4-3) vs. (R) Clay Hensley (4-4) American League --------------- Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, 1:20 PM (L) CC Sabathia (5-2) vs. (L) Mark Buehrle (6-4) Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees, 1:20 PM (R) Kirk Saarloos (2-4) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (8-1) Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 1:20 PM (L) John Rheinecker (2-0) vs. (L) Jon Lester (0-0) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Kansas City Royals, 2:10 PM (L) Casey Fossum (1-2) vs. (R) Mike Wood (3-1) Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 4:07 PM (R) Zach Miner (0-1) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (5-6) Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins, 7:10 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (3-2) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (2-7) Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox, 8:05 PM (R) John Wasdin (0-0) vs. (R) Josh Beckett (7-3) Seattle Mariners at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Gil Meche (5-4) vs. (R) John Lackey (4-3)
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. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East BOS 35 23 .603 0.0NYA 35 24 .593 0.5
TOR 34 26 .567 2.0
BAL 28 34 .452 9.0
TB 24 37 .393 12.5
American League Central DET 38 23 .623 0.0
CHA 37 23 .617 0.5
CLE 29 31 .483 8.5
MIN 27 33 .450 10.5
KC 16 43 .271 21.0
American League West TEX 32 28 .533 0.0
OAK 30 31 .492 2.5
SEA 29 34 .460 4.5
LAA 27 33 .450 5.0
National League East NYN 37 23 .617 0.0
PHI 32 29 .525 5.5
WAS 29 33 .468 9.0
ATL 29 33 .468 9.0
FLA 21 37 .362 15.0
National League Central STL 36 24 .600 0.0
CIN 36 25 .590 0.5
HOU 31 31 .500 6.0
MIL 29 33 .468 8.0
CHN 24 36 .400 12.0
PIT 23 39 .371 14.0
National League West LAN 34 27 .557 0.0
ARI 34 27 .557 0.0
SF 32 29 .525 2.0
SD 32 29 .525 2.0
COL 29 31 .483 4.5
Game of the Day
Justin Morneau hit a wallk-off home run in the 12th to lead the Twins to a 7-5 victory over the Orioles. Joe Mauer went 3 for 5 to raise his average to .384.
BALTIMORE (5) VS MINNESOTA (7) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS
BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .318
M Mora 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .291
L Matos lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .195
M Tejada ss 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 .331
R Hernandez dh 6 1 1 0 0 3 7 .297
J Lopez c 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 .285
C Patterson cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 .291
J Conine 1b 5 0 2 0 1 0 4 .234
B Fahey lf-3b 6 0 1 2 0 2 4 .272
N Markakis rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .225
Totals 45 5 13 4 5 8 26
BATTING: 2B - R Hernandez (15, B Radke); C Patterson (8, B Radke); J Lopez (9,
B Radke). S - B Roberts 2, C Patterson. RBI - C Patterson 2 (24), B Fahey 2
(13). 2-out RBI - C Patterson, B Fahey 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - R Hernandez 3, C Patterson 1, N Markakis 1. GIDP - M Tejada. Team LOB -
12.
BASERUNNING: SB - B Roberts (15, 2nd base off B Radke/J Mauer). CS - C
Patterson 2 (3, 3rd base by B Radke/J Mauer, 2nd base by D Reyes/J Mauer).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Roberts-M Tejada-J Conine).
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
L Castillo 2b 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 .278
L Ford lf 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 .233
J Mauer c 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 .384
T Hunter cf 5 0 0 0 1 1 5 .260
M Cuddyer rf 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 .272
J Kubel dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .254
N Punto pr-dh 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .305
J Morneau 1b 4 2 2 5 2 0 2 .240
T Tiffee 3b 5 0 2 1 0 2 3 .231
J Castro ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .240
a-L Rodriguez ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231
Totals 46 7 13 7 6 9 16
a-flied out to right for J Castro in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - M Cuddyer (14, R Lopez). HR - J Morneau 2 (13, 4th inning off R
Lopez 2 on, 0 Out, 12th inning off B Chen 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Morneau 5 (43),
J Kubel (8), T Tiffee (1). 2-out RBI - T Tiffee, J Morneau 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - L Rodriguez 1, J Castro 1, T Hunter 1. GIDP - T
Hunter. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Mauer (6, 2nd base off L Hawkins/J Lopez), N Punto (4,
2nd base off C Britton/J Lopez). CS - T Tiffee (1, 2nd base by R Lopez/J
Lopez).
FIELDING: E - T Tiffee (1, ground ball); L Rodriguez (1, throw). DP: 1 (T
Tiffee-L Castillo-J Morneau).
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BALTIMORE - 010 004 000 000 -- 5
MINNESOTA - 000 300 020 002 -- 7
Two outs when winning run scored.
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BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
R Lopez 7 7 3 3 3 6 1 6.51
K Birkins (H, 1) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.02
L Hawkins (B, 3) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.72
T Williams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.24
C Britton 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 2.37
B Chen (L, 0-6) 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 7.76
MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Radke 5 2/3 7 5 2 3 2 0 6.17
J Crain 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 6.04
D Reyes 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.72
J Rincon 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.76
J Nathan (W, 4-0) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2.05
J Crain pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
K Birkins pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
IBB - M Tejada 2 (by J Rincon, J Nathan), J Morneau (by C Britton).
Pitches-strikes: R Lopez 100-62; K Birkins 6-2; L Hawkins 25-16; T Williams
14-9; C Britton 23-15; B Chen 22-12; B Radke 104-67; J Crain 22-16; D Reyes
12-9; J Rincon 25-15; J Nathan 30-20. Ground balls-fly balls: R Lopez 8-6; K
Birkins 0-0; L Hawkins 2-1; T Williams 1-2; C Britton 0-2; B Chen 1-2; B Radke
9-5; J Crain 2-1; D Reyes 2-0; J Rincon 2-2; J Nathan 3-0. Batters faced: R
Lopez 29; K Birkins 1; L Hawkins 6; T Williams 4; C Britton 7; B Chen 5; B
Radke 26; J Crain 6; D Reyes 5; J Rincon 7; J Nathan 9.
UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Tony Randazzo.
T--4:07. Att--22,894.
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.
Interesting note: Ryan Howard has hit 16 of his 22 home runs this year to the opposite field: They have landed to the left of dead center, and only 6 to the right of dead center… You can check this by clicking on Howard’s name on the Hit Tracker site, then sorting the table on horizontal angle, anything greater than 90 is to the left of dead center, anything less is to the right of dead center.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Hillenbrand, SheaTOR Rodney, Fernando DET 433 431 10 Morneau, Justin MIN Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 429 422 12 Lamb, Mike HOU Sosa, Jorge ATL 419 417 5 Wright, David NYM Batista, Miguel ARI 427 414 11 Cameron, Mike SD Nolasco, Ricky FLA 406 414 2 Howard, Ryan PHI Armas, Tony WAS 399 411 22 Beltran, Carlos NYM Medders, Brandon ARI 414 408 17 Hatteberg, Scott CIN Maddux, Greg CHC 402 408 4 Hafner, Travis CLE Cotts, Neal CWS 418 401 17 Beltran, Carlos NYM Batista, Miguel ARI 406 400 16 Morneau, Justin MIN Chen, Bruce BAL 405 400 13 Young, Michael TEX Wakefield, Tim BOS 394 400 4 Nixon, Trot BOS Padilla, Vicente TEX 389 399 6 Kielty, Bobby OAK Johnson, Randy NYY 411 398 1 Snyder, Chris ARI Trachsel, Steve NYM 411 394 3 Delgado, Carlos NYM Batista, Miguel ARI 409 394 17 Delgado, Carlos NYM Valverde, Jose ARI 398 391 18 Jacobs, Mike FLA Young, Chris SD 386 390 8 Dye, Jermaine CWS Lee, Cliff CLE 418 389 19 Dunn, Adam CIN Maddux, Greg CHC 404 386 19 Thomas, Frank OAK Johnson, Randy NYY 395 381 15 Giambi, Jason NYY Halsey, Brad OAK 388 376 17 Lee, Carlos MIL Mulder, Mark STL 379 376 20 Perez, Antonio OAK Johnson, Randy NYY 399 368 1 Ibanez, Raul SEA Escobar, Kelvim LAA 395 365 11 Utley, Chase PHI Stanton, Mike WAS 379 365 12 Counsell, Craig ARI Trachsel, Steve NYM 376 365 1 Burrell, Pat PHI Majewski, Gary WAS 345 362 15 Polanco, Placido DET Downs, Scott TOR 358 357 3 Biggio, Craig HOU Sosa, Jorge ATL 348 347 6 Bay, Jason PIT Morris, Matt SF 345 321 19 Jones, Andruw ATL Nieve, Fernando HOU NA NA 16
THT’s Stats
Arguably, the single most important simple batting stat is Total Bases, which is the upper half of Slugging Percentage. So how well is Alfonso Soriano playing for the Nationals? He leads the majors in Total Bases by a wide margin, and he has 14 stolen bases to boot. That’s pretty darn good.
Last First Team TB Soriano Alfonso WAS 156 Wells Vernon TOR 144 Pujols Albert STL 139 Sizemore Grady CLE 137 Bay Jason PIT 136 Howard Ryan J PHI 136 Holliday Matt T COL 136 Tejada Miguel BAL 135 Wright David A NYN 132 Lee Carlos MIL 132 Rios Alexis I TOR 131 Hafner Travis CLE 130 Utley Chase PHI 130 Thome Jim CHA 127 Konerko Paul CHA 127 Berkman Lance HOU 126 Swisher Nick T OAK 126 Cabrera Miguel FLA 125 Guerrero Vladimir LAA 125
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