THT Daily: June 13
Major League News for June 13
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League BAL 6 TOR 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Rios: 2 HR CHA 8 TEX 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Contreras: 8 IP, 11 K, 0 BB, 15th straight win DET 4 TB 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 Innings; See below LAA 4 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League COL 4 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Francis over Ortiz MIL 6 CIN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Ross: 2 HR; Reds lose 4th straight
Today’s Games
American League Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees, 7:05 pm (R) Paul Byrd (5-4) vs. (R) Chien-Ming Wang (6-2) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 pm (R) Seth McClung (2-8) vs. (L) Kenny Rogers (8-3) Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 7:07 pm (L) Adam Loewen (0-0) vs. (R) Roy Halladay (7-1) Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 8:05 pm (R) Jon Garland (4-3) vs. (R) Kameron Loe (3-5) Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 pm (R) Curt Schilling (9-2) vs. (L) Johan Santana (6-4) Kansas City Royals at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 pm (R) Brandon Duckworth (0-0) vs. (R) Jered Weaver (3-0) Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 pm (L) Jamie Moyer (3-5) vs. (R) Joe Blanton (5-6) National League Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins, 7:05 pm (R) John Smoltz (4-4) vs. (R) Josh Johnson (4-4) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 pm (L) Tom Glavine (9-2) vs. (R) Ryan Madson (6-3) St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 pm (R) Chris Carpenter (4-3) vs. (L) Oliver Perez (2-7) Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 pm (R) Josh Fogg (3-4) vs. (L) Michael OConnor (3-3) Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 pm (L) Doug Davis (3-4) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (8-2) Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 pm (L) Andy Pettitte (5-7) vs. (L) Sean Marshall (3-4) San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 pm (R) Jamey Wright (5-5) vs. (R) Enrique Gonzalez (1-0) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 10:05 pm (R) Aaron Sele (3-0) vs. (R) Chan Ho Park (3-3)
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 36 25 .590 0.0NYA 35 26 .574 1.0
TOR 34 29 .540 3.0
BAL 30 35 .462 8.0
TB 26 38 .406 11.5
American League Central DET 41 23 .641 0.0
CHA 39 24 .619 1.5
CLE 30 32 .484 10.0
MIN 28 34 .452 12.0
KC 16 46 .258 24.0
American League West TEX 34 30 .531 0.0
OAK 32 31 .508 1.5
SEA 31 34 .477 3.5
LAA 28 35 .444 5.5
National League East NYN 39 23 .629 0.0
PHI 33 30 .524 6.5
ATL 30 34 .469 10.0
WAS 30 35 .462 10.5
FLA 23 37 .383 15.0
National League Central STL 37 25 .597 0.0
CIN 36 28 .563 2.0
HOU 32 32 .500 6.0
MIL 31 34 .477 7.5
CHN 26 36 .419 11.0
PIT 25 39 .391 13.0
National League West LAN 35 28 .556 0.0
ARI 34 29 .540 1.0
SF 32 31 .508 3.0
SD 32 31 .508 3.0
COL 31 32 .492 4.0
Game of the Day
Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers scored two to tie the game and then won it in the 13th. Curtis Granderson was 4 for 6 and delivered key singles in both rallies, and the featured starting pitchers, Scott Kazmir and Justin Verlander, didn’t disappoint; Kazmir held the Tigers scoreless for the first six innings. The game was delayed going into the bottom of the ninth when the lights went out.
TAMPA BAY (3) VS DETROIT (4) - FINAL IN 13 INNINGS
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 .255
C Crawford lf 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 .305
J Cantu 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .325
J Gomes dh 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .263
A Huff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .190
T Perez 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .180
T Wigginton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273
G Norton rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266
a-R Baldelli ph-cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .389
T Hall c 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .249
D Hollins cf-rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .232
Totals 40 3 6 3 5 5 12
a-intentionally walked for G Norton in the 7th.
BATTING: HR - J Cantu (2, 1st inning off J Verlander 0 on, 2 Out), J Lugo (5,
8th inning off R Colon 0 on, 1 Out). SF - J Cantu. RBI - J Cantu 2 (14), J Lugo
(12). 2-out RBI - J Cantu. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Huff 1,
J Gomes 1. GIDP - C Crawford, T Hall, J Gomes. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: CS - T Wigginton (2, 3rd base by R Colon/I Rodriguez). Picked
Off - J Gomes (1st base, I Rodriguez).
FIELDING: E - J Lugo 2 (6, ground ball, throw); D Hollins (2, bobble).
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 6 1 4 2 1 0 0 .285
P Polanco 2b 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 .283
I Rodriguez c 6 0 2 0 0 1 5 .310
M Ordonez rf 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 .303
M Thames lf 6 0 2 0 0 4 5 .310
A Gomez pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
O Infante ss 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 .278
C Shelton 1b 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 .282
C Monroe dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .232
a-C Guillen ph-dh 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .290
B Inge 3b 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 .215
Totals 51 4 12 3 4 12 26
a-walked for C Monroe in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Thames (12, S Kazmir); P Polanco (8, T Harper); C Granderson
(14, B Meadows). RBI - C Granderson 2 (31), P Polanco (23). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - M Thames 2, I Rodriguez 2, M Ordonez 1, B Inge 1, C
Shelton 1. Team LOB - 14.
FIELDING: E - B Inge (10, pop up). DP: 3 (J Verlander-O Infante-C Shelton, O
Infante-P Polanco-C Shelton, B Inge-P Polanco-C Shelton).
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TAMPA BAY - 100 001 010 000 0 -- 3
DETROIT - 000 000 102 000 1 -- 4
One out when winning run scored.
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
S Kazmir 5 4 0 0 2 3 0 3.37
T Harper (H, 5) 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 5.54
S Camp (H, 8) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
T Walker (B, 2) 2 3 2 2 1 4 0 4.95
B Meadows (L, 1-1) 2 1/3 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.26
DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander 6 3 2 2 3 2 1 3.32
J Walker 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.93
R Colon 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.48
F Rodney 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.59
T Jones (W, 1-4) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.37
T Harper pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
WP - J Verlander. IBB - R Baldelli (by J Walker). HBP - T Wigginton (by J
Verlander). Pitches-strikes: S Kazmir 98-61; T Harper 31-19; S Camp 13-7; T
Walker 35-22; B Meadows 33-22; J Verlander 98-56; J Walker 14-7; R Colon 17-11;
F Rodney 29-20; T Jones 20-13. Ground balls-fly balls: S Kazmir 4-8; T Harper
1-2; S Camp 1-0; T Walker 0-2; B Meadows 3-4; J Verlander 10-5; J Walker 0-0; R
Colon 1-3; F Rodney 5-2; T Jones 3-3. Batters faced: S Kazmir 22; T Harper 9; S
Camp 3; T Walker 10; B Meadows 11; J Verlander 22; J Walker 3; R Colon 5; F
Rodney 10; T Jones 7.
UMPIRES: HP--Tony Randazzo. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Ed Rapuano.
T--4:00. Att--16,302.
Weather: 65 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 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 flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions. Note the difference between the two on all home runs hit in Wrigley.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Hernandez, Ramon BAL Schoeneweis, Scott TOR 432 447 10 Rios, Alex TOR Benson, Kris BAL 405 432 14 Lugo, Julio TB Colon, Roman DET 412 419 5 Stairs, Matt KC Santana, Ervin LAA 403 416 6 Zaun, Gregg TOR Ray, Chris BAL 390 406 6 Cantu, Jorge TB Verlander, Justin DET 390 405 2 Pierzynski, A.J. CWS Benoit, Joaquin TEX 402 402 3 Guillen, Jose WAS Fuentes, Brian COL 403 398 6 Fielder, Prince MIL Mercker, Kent CIN 417 395 11 Lee, Carlos MIL Harang, Aaron CIN 415 393 21 Dunn, Adam CIN Jackson, Zach MIL 424 387 21 Ross, David CIN Jackson, Zach MIL 402 385 9 Barajas, Rod TEX Contreras, Jose CWS 397 385 5 Ross, David CIN Jackson, Zach MIL 402 381 8 Rios, Alex TOR Benson, Kris BAL 353 377 13 LaRue, Jason CIN Jackson, Zach MIL 378 370 4
THT’s Stats
As a general rule, the more patience a batter shows at the plate, the more likely he is to get a pitch to his liking or draw a walk. As you can see, the top 20 batters in pitches per plate appearance generally have high On Base Percentages, with the striking exception of Cleveland shortstop Jhonny Peralta. Peralta’s .225 batting average is to blame, though his line drive percentage (21%) hints that he’s not swinging the bat that poorly.
Last First Team OBP P/PA Youkilis Kevin E BOS .438 4.55 Giambi Jason NYA .454 4.49 Abreu Bobby PHI .455 4.48 Peralta Jhonny CLE .307 4.33 Hafner Travis CLE .461 4.31 Glaus Troy TOR .371 4.30 Ramirez Manny BOS .436 4.27 Beltran Carlos NYN .406 4.26 Thomas Frank OAK .352 4.26 Wilkerson Brad TEX .328 4.26 Granderson Curtis DET .386 4.25 Ensberg Morgan HOU .380 4.23 Burrell Pat PHI .380 4.23 Podsednik Scott CHA .351 4.23 Hall Bill MIL .326 4.21 Johnson Nick WAS .425 4.20 Dye Jermaine CHA .400 4.18 Thome Jim CHA .414 4.17 Shelton Chris B DET .346 4.16 Ramirez Hanley FLA .364 4.16
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