THT Daily: June 15
Major League News for June 15
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Games
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League KC 4 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 8 BOS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Radke: 6 IP, 1 R; Morneau: 4 RBI NYA 6 CLE 1 (Recap and Boxscore) R. Johnson: 6.3 IP, 6 K, 1 R OAK 7 SEA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Haren: 7 IP, 1 R, OAK has won 11 of 13 TB 5 DET 1 (Recap and Boxscore) 12 innings TEX 8 CHA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Padilla: 8 IP, 7 K, 0 R TOR 6 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League CIN 3 MIL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 Innings; E. Ramirez: 8 IP, 10 K COL 14 WAS 8 (Recap and Boxscore) COL has scored more runs on road FLA 6 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings, Helms: 2 HR HOU 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Oswalt beats Maddux NYN 9 PHI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN: 6 2B, 2 3B, 7 straight W PIT 9 STL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 5 LAN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) The NL West is VERY crowded. SF 11 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: 717 HR
Today’s Games
National League --------------- St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM (L) Mark Mulder (5-4) vs. (R) Victor Santos (4-6) New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, 1:05 PM (R) Steve Trachsel (3-4) vs. (R) Cory Lidle (4-5) Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals, 1:05 PM (R) Jason Jennings (4-6) vs. (R) Livan Hernandez (5-6) Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (R) Fernando Nieve (2-3) vs. (R) Carlos Zambrano (5-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres, 3:35 PM (R) Chad Billingsley (0-0) vs. (R) Chris Young (6-3) San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, 6:40 PM (R) Matt Morris (3-7) vs. (R) Miguel Batista (6-3) Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins, 7:05 PM (R) Jorge Sosa (1-8) vs. (R) Ricky Nolasco (4-3) American League --------------- Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, 12:37 PM (R) Daniel Cabrera (4-2) vs. (L) Ted Lilly (5-7) Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Cliff Lee (4-5) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (8-2) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 PM (L) Casey Fossum (2-2) vs. (R) Zach Miner (1-1) Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, 3:35 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (4-7) vs. (R) Esteban Loaiza (1-3) Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (L) Mark Buehrle (6-4) vs. (L) John Rheinecker (2-0) Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 8:10 PM (R) Tim Wakefield (4-7) vs. (R) Carlos Silva (2-8) Kansas City Royals at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Mike Wood (3-2) vs. (R) John Lackey (4-4)
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 NYA 37 26 .587 0.0BOS 36 27 .571 1.0
TOR 36 29 .554 2.0
BAL 30 37 .448 9.0
TB 27 39 .409 11.5
American League Central DET 42 24 .636 0.0
CHA 40 25 .615 1.5
MIN 30 34 .469 11.0
CLE 30 34 .469 11.0
KC 17 47 .266 24.0
American League West TEX 35 31 .530 0.0
OAK 34 31 .523 0.5
SEA 31 36 .463 4.5
LAA 29 36 .446 5.5
National League East NYN 41 23 .641 0.0
PHI 33 32 .508 8.5
ATL 30 36 .455 12.0
WAS 30 37 .448 12.5
FLA 25 37 .403 15.0
National League Central STL 38 26 .594 0.0
CIN 37 29 .561 2.0
HOU 34 32 .515 5.0
MIL 32 35 .478 7.5
CHN 26 38 .406 12.0
PIT 26 40 .394 13.0
National League West LAN 35 30 .538 0.0
ARI 35 30 .538 0.0
SD 34 31 .523 1.0
SF 33 32 .508 2.0
COL 33 32 .508 2.0
Game of the Day
Oakland’s cylinders are all clicking. The A’s have won 11 of 13 on good hitting , fielding and pitching and the A’s are now only half a game behind Texas. The bullpen has been outstanding, and Frank Thomas has a 1.113 OPS in June, though he strained a right quad during the game and could be out a while. (Hat tip to Athletics’ Nation and Baseball Musings)
SEATTLE (2) VS OAKLAND (7) - FINAL
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .367
A Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .234
J Lopez 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .280
R Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .274
R Sexson 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .202
C Everett dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .243
K Johjima c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .267
J Reed cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228
a-W Bloomquist ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Y Betancourt ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .288
Totals 32 2 7 1 3 5 16
a-fouled out to first for J Reed in the 8th.
BATTING: RBI - J Lopez (51). 2-out RBI - J Lopez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Ibanez 1, R Sexson 1. GIDP - R Ibanez, K Johjima. Team LOB
- 6.
FIELDING: E - A Beltre (10, ground ball). DP: 1 (A Beltre-J Lopez-R Sexson).
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Kotsay cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .274
N Swisher lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .294
E Chavez 3b 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .265
F Thomas dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .239
M Bradley pr-dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .213
B Crosby ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .250
D Johnson 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 .230
B Kielty rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 .280
J Kendall c 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .268
M Scutaro 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .196
Totals 31 7 9 7 4 3 17
BATTING: 2B - J Kendall (8, J Pineiro); D Johnson (7, J Pineiro); B Kielty (6,
J Pineiro). SF - D Johnson. RBI - J Kendall 2 (21), F Thomas (39), B Kielty 2
(7), M Kotsay (24), D Johnson (16). 2-out RBI - J Kendall 2, F Thomas, M
Kotsay, B Kielty. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, J
Kendall 1. GIDP - N Swisher. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: CS - M Kotsay (2, 2nd base by J Pineiro/K Johjima).
FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Scutaro-B Crosby-D Johnson, M Scutaro-D Johnson).
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SEATTLE - 100 000 010 -- 2
OAKLAND - 021 220 00x -- 7
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Pineiro (L, 5-7) 4 6 7 5 2 0 0 5.42
J Woods 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 4.91
OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren (W, 6-5) 7 4 1 1 2 4 0 3.44
B Halsey 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.19
C Gaudin 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.43
J Pineiro pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.
HBP - F Thomas (by J Pineiro). Pitches-strikes: J Pineiro 81-46; J Woods
59-33; D Haren 104-67; B Halsey 17-12; C Gaudin 17-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Pineiro 7-4; J Woods 4-5; D Haren 8-9; B Halsey 1-2; C Gaudin 0-2. Batters
faced: J Pineiro 21; J Woods 16; D Haren 25; B Halsey 6; C Gaudin 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Meals. 1B--Andy Fletcher. 2B--Mike Reilly. 3B--Jeff
Kellogg.
T--2:26. Att--20,550.
Weather: 65 degrees, overcast. Wind: 17 mph, in from left.
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 # Kemp, Matt LAD Linebrink, Scott SD 444 448 7 Damon, Johnny NYY Johnson, Jason CLE 407 442 9 Helms, Wes FLA Ray, Ken ATL 425 439 4 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Willis, Dontrelle FLA 411 425 14 Dunn, Adam CIN Kolb, Dan MIL 456 423 23 Grudzielanek, Mark KC Escobar, Kelvim LAA 407 421 3 Rolen, Scott STL Capps, Matt PIT 417 419 8 Green, Shawn ARI Cain, Matt SF 431 418 5 Kubel, Jason MIN Clement, Matt BOS 422 416 4 Giles, Marcus ATL Willis, Dontrelle FLA 390 415 4 Blalock, Hank TEX Vazquez, Javier CWS 417 414 10 Phillips, Andy NYY Johnson, Jason CLE 405 406 5 Catalanotto, Frank TOR Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 399 403 5 Matthews, Gary TEX Vazquez, Javier CWS 390 403 6 Bellhorn, Mark SD Penny, Brad LAD 391 402 5 Aybar, Willy LAD Thompson, Mike SD 402 391 3 Wright, David NYM Myers, Brett PHI 397 389 13 Castillo, Jose PIT Thompson, Brad STL 397 388 10 Wells, Vernon TOR Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 404 386 17 Quinlan, Robb LAA Redman, Mark KC 399 386 1 Rios, Alex TOR Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 394 382 15 Finley, Steve SF Vargas, Claudio ARI 391 381 3 Atkins, Garrett COL Armas, Tony WAS 382 373 9 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Hernandez, Orlando NYM 376 373 9 Helton, Todd COL Cordero, Chad WAS 373 371 6 Crisp, Coco BOS Radke, Brad MIN 372 367 2 Bonds, Barry SF Valverde, Jose ARI 368 359 9 Helms, Wes FLA Thomson, John ATL 360 357 3 Morneau, Justin MIN Delcarmen, Manny BOS 358 353 15 Carroll, Jamey COL Bray, Bill WAS 353 347 3
Top Minor League Games
First Inning is a cutting-edge minor league website that tracks the individual play of every minor leaguer. The site includes historical and current stats, splits, scouting reports, game logs, major league projections and player news, and I’ve probably forgotten a few things. 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 AAA Scott Hairston LF 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 4 runs scored ATL A+ Matt Young CF 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 CLE A John Drennen CF 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 COL A+ Neil Wilson DH 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 .52 OBP during past week FLA A Trent D'Antonio C 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 HOU AAA Luke Scott LF 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 .559 OBP during past week LAA A+ Sean Rodriguez SS 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 .529 OBP during past week NYY AA Gabe Lopez 2B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 SD AAA Paul McAnulty 3B 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 .524 OBP during past week SEA AAA Shin-Soo Choo RF 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 .548 OBP during past week ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes CLE AA Dan Denham 5.0 0 0 0 7 0 0 COL AA Ubaldo Jimenez 6.0 1 0 0 6 3 0 1.23 ERA over past month FLA AA Anibal Sanchez 6.0 4 0 0 10 3 0 MIL AA Tim Dillard 7.0 2 0 0 4 4 0 OAK AA David Bradley 7.1 5 1 1 8 0 1 PHI AAA Adam Bernero 9.0 4 2 2 3 2 0 PIT AAA Tom Gorzelanny 7.0 2 0 0 10 1 0 SEA AA Ryan Feierabend 6.2 5 0 0 10 0 0 STL A+ Mitchell Boggs 9.0 1 0 0 11 0 0
THT’s Stats
It’s the stat that Moneyball made famous. On Base Percentage (OBP) is important for two reasons: One, because getting on base generally leads to runs. Two, when you get on base you don’t make an out. Arguably, the second reason is more important than the first. Here’s a list of the top non-out makers this year; all batters with an OBP of at least .400.
Last First Team OBP Abreu Bobby PHI .454 Hafner Travis CLE .452 Giambi Jason NYA .450 Pujols Albert STL .442 Mauer Joe MIN .442 Bay Jason PIT .436 Youkilis Kevin E BOS .435 Ramirez Manny BOS .432 Johnson Nick WAS .431 Rolen Scott STL .431 Cabrera Miguel FLA .430 Jeter Derek NYA .428 Nixon Trot BOS .427 Posada Jorge NYA .419 Suzuki Ichiro SEA .416 Thome Jim CHA .415 Vizquel Omar SF .413 Beltran Carlos NYN .412 Helton Todd COL .408 Wright David A NYN .406 Hatteberg Scott CIN .403 Renteria Edgar ATL .401 Atkins Garrett COL .401
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