THT Daily: June 16
Major League News for June 16
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Games
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League CHA 8 TEX 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Buehrle: 8 IP, 2 R, 0 HBP CLE 8 NYA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Belliard: 4 for 5, Hollandsworth: 4 RBI DET 6 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Miner: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER LAA 3 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 10 innings, Lackey: 7 IP, 0 ER MIN 5 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Silva: 6 IP, 0 R (!), Twins sweep Sox OAK 9 SEA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Johnson: 4 RBI, batting .519 in 8 G, Oak sweeps SEA TOR 4 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Lilly: 6 IP, 8 K, 0 R, TOR 1 game out National League COL 8 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Jennings: 8 IP, 0 ER, Hawpe: 4 RBI, HR, COL sweeps WAS FLA 3 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Nolasco: 7 IP, 1 R, FLA sweeps ATL HOU 3 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) See below LAN 7 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Billingsley debut: 5.3 IP, 2 R, Kent: 3 for 5, 2B, 3B NYN 5 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Burrell: 2 HR, Mets sweep Phils SF 8 ARI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Feliz: 4 for 5, 6 RBI, Morris: CG, 2 R STL 6 PIT 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Duncan: 3 for 4, 2B, 3B
Today’s Games
National League --------------- Colorado Rockies at St. Louis Cardinals, 8:10 PM (R) Aaron Cook (5-6) vs. (R) Jason Marquis (8-4) Inter-League ------------ Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 PM (L) Nate Robertson (6-3) vs. (L) Glendon Rusch (2-6) Minnesota Twins at Pittsburgh Pirates, 7:05 PM (L) Francisco Liriano (5-1) vs. (R) Ian Snell (7-3) New York Yankees at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (R) Jaret Wright (3-4) vs. (R) Shawn Hill (1-1) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Philadelphia Phillies, 7:05 PM (R) James Shields (2-0) vs. (L) Cole Hamels (1-1) Baltimore Orioles at New York Mets, 7:10 PM (L) Erik Bedard (5-6) vs. (R) Alay Soler (2-1) Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (R) Freddy Garcia (7-4) vs. (L) Brandon Claussen (3-7) Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves, 7:35 PM (L) Jon Lester (0-0) vs. (R) Tim Hudson (6-4) Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Marlins, 7:35 PM (R) Ty Taubenheim (0-3) vs. (L) Scott Olsen (5-3) Cleveland Indians at Milwaukee Brewers, 8:05 PM (L) CC Sabathia (5-2) vs. (L) Chris Capuano (6-4) Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) Scott Elarton (1-8) vs. (L) Wandy Rodriguez (8-3) Arizona Diamondbacks at Texas Rangers, 8:05 PM (R) Brandon Webb (8-1) vs. (R) Kevin Millwood (7-3) Los Angeles Dodgers at Oakland Athletics, 10:05 PM (R) Brett Tomko (5-5) vs. (L) Barry Zito (7-3) San Diego Padres at LA Angels of Anaheim, 10:05 PM (R) Clay Hensley (4-5) vs. (R) Jeff Weaver (3-9) San Francisco Giants at Seattle Mariners, 10:05 PM (L) Noah Lowry (2-4) vs. (R) Felix Hernandez (6-6)
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 27 .578 0.0TOR 37 29 .561 1.0
BOS 36 28 .563 1.0
BAL 30 38 .441 9.0
TB 27 40 .403 11.5
American League Central DET 43 24 .642 0.0
CHA 41 25 .621 1.5
MIN 31 34 .477 11.0
CLE 31 34 .477 11.0
KC 17 48 .262 25.0
American League West OAK 35 31 .530 0.0
TEX 35 32 .522 0.5
LAA 30 36 .455 5.0
SEA 31 37 .456 5.0
National League East NYN 42 23 .646 0.0
PHI 33 33 .500 9.5
ATL 30 37 .448 13.0
WAS 30 38 .441 13.5
FLA 26 37 .413 15.0
National League Central STL 39 26 .600 0.0
CIN 37 29 .561 2.5
HOU 35 32 .522 5.0
MIL 32 35 .478 8.0
CHN 26 39 .400 13.0
PIT 26 41 .388 14.0
National League West LAN 36 30 .545 0.0
ARI 35 31 .530 1.0
SF 34 32 .515 2.0
COL 34 32 .515 2.0
SD 34 32 .515 2.0
Game of the Day
Houston beat the Cubs on a two-run single by Brad Ausmus in the eighth, 3-2. Carlos Zambrano had a great start for the Cubs and Juan Pierre had four stolen bases, but the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead. The Astros have won eight of their last nine and are now five games out of first place.
HOUSTON (3) VS CHICAGO CUBS (2) - FINAL
HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .265
M Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .339
C Burke 2b 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 .320
L Berkman 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .308
J Lane rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .209
P Wilson lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .279
B Ausmus c 4 0 2 2 0 1 3 .286
A Everett ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .210
F Nieve p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
T Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Ensberg ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
D Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-O Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222
C Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 3 9 3 3 7 21
a-hit by pitch for T Miller in the 7th; b-struck out looking for D Borkowski
in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - A Everett (10, C Zambrano). S - F Nieve. RBI - W Taveras (15), B
Ausmus 2 (17). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Lane 1, O Palmeiro
1, B Ausmus 1. Team LOB - 11.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Burke-A Everett-L Berkman).
CHICAGO CUBS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Pierre cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .245
T Womack 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .274
M Barrett c 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .308
T Walker 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .294
A Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .248
J Jones rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .286
F Bynum lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .234
R Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296
b-J Mabry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
C Zambrano p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .103
a-P Nevin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
B Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
S Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Novoa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 32 2 8 2 1 2 12
a-grounded to second for C Zambrano in the 7th; b-grounded to second for R
Cedeno in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - T Walker (10, F Nieve). 3B - F Bynum (3, D Borkowski). HR - J
Jones (12, 2nd inning off F Nieve 0 on, 0 Out). S - T Womack. SF - M Barrett.
RBI - M Barrett (30), J Jones (34). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T
Walker 1, T Womack 3, J Jones 1. GIDP - T Walker. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre 4 (24, 2nd base off D Borkowski/B Ausmus, 2nd base
off F Nieve/B Ausmus 3).
FIELDING: E - T Walker (3, throw).
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HOUSTON - 000 010 020 -- 3
CHICAGO CUBS - 110 000 000 -- 2
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HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
F Nieve 5 2/3 6 2 2 0 0 1 4.71
T Miller 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.42
D Borkowski (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.82
C Qualls (H, 8) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.82
B Lidge (S, 18) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.68
CHICAGO CUBS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Zambrano 7 5 1 1 2 5 0 2.82
B Howry (L, 2-2; B, 2) 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 2.23
S Eyre 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.45
R Novoa 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
HBP - M Ensberg (by C Zambrano). Pitches-strikes: F Nieve 87-59; T Miller
7-5; D Borkowski 22-11; C Qualls 9-5; B Lidge 11-9; C Zambrano 107-68; B Howry
29-20; S Eyre 21-13; R Novoa 1-1. Ground balls-fly balls: F Nieve 9-8; T Miller
0-1; D Borkowski 3-0; C Qualls 3-0; B Lidge 1-0; C Zambrano 7-9; B Howry 1-2; S
Eyre 0-1; R Novoa 0-1. Batters faced: F Nieve 23; T Miller 1; D Borkowski 5; C
Qualls 3; B Lidge 3; C Zambrano 29; B Howry 7; S Eyre 4; R Novoa 1.
UMPIRES: HP--Dan Iassogna. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Lance
Barksdale.
T--2:53. Att--40,236.
Weather: 77 degrees, overcast. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.
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.
Batter Pitcher True Dist Stnd. Dist Guerrero, Vladimir LAA Wood, Mike KC 469 466 Thome, Jim CWS Mahay, Ron TEX 459 470 Hollandsworth, Todd CLE Mussina, Mike NYY 435 401 Hinske, Eric TOR Cabrera, Daniel BAL 434 453 Castillo, Jose PIT Mulder, Mark STL 430 409 Bautista, Jose PIT Mulder, Mark STL 422 404 LaRoche, Adam ATL Borowski, Joe FLA 417 424 Cabrera, Melky NYY Lee, Cliff CLE 416 392 Burrell, Pat PHI Trachsel, Steve NYM 414 422 Feliz, Pedro SF Aquino, Greg ARI 404 394 Uribe, Juan CWS Rheinecker, John TEX 398 400 Hawpe, Brad COL Hernandez, Livan WAS 392 350 Jones, Jacque CHC Nieve, Fernando HOU 389 393 Ross, Cody FLA Sosa, Jorge ATL 388 426 Burrell, Pat PHI Trachsel, Steve NYM 385 399 Castilla, Vinny SD Broxton, Jonathan LAD 380 368 Uggla, Dan FLA Yates, Tyler ATL 380 401 Williams, Bernie NYY Lee, Cliff CLE 372 364 Burnitz, Jeromy PIT Wainwright, Adam STL 366 352 Wright, David NYM Lidle, Corey PHI 356 366 Kubel, Jason MIN Wakefield, Tim BOS 350 346 Rodriguez, Alex NYY Lee, Cliff CLE NA NA Kielty, Bobby OAK Washburn, Jarrod SEA NA NA Alfonzo, Eliezer SF Aquino, Greg ARI NA NA
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 CHC AA Scott Moore 3B 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 CIN A Bobby Mosby DH 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 CIN AA Joey Votto 1B 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 CIN AA Dewayne Wise RF 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 Hitting .565 over last 23 at bats CLE AA David Wallace C 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 CLE A+ Jordan Brown LF 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 RBI HOU A+ Edwin Maysonet SS 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 KC A+ Irving Falu SS 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 5 RBI LAA A+ Sean Rodriguez SS 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 .541 OBP during past week MIN A+ Garrett Guzman LF 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BOS AA Kason Gabbard 7.0 4 0 0 5 2 0 CHC AA Chris Shaver 7.0 5 0 0 5 3 0 HOU A Thomas Fairchild 7.0 4 1 1 7 2 0 1.35 ERA over past month LA AA Heath Totten 8.0 8 1 1 10 1 0 LAA A Nick Adenhart 8.0 5 2 2 8 1 0 MIL A+ Mark Rogers 7.0 1 0 0 10 4 0 MIN AA Matt Garza 6.0 3 0 0 8 2 0 1.26 ERA over past month PHI A Matthew Maloney 7.0 2 0 0 8 5 0 1.15 ERA over past month SD A Joshua Geer 7.0 3 0 0 3 2 0 SF A Daniel Griffin 6.0 4 0 0 7 0 0
Player News
Luis Gonzalez held a press conference before today’s games to respond to an interview with Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick, in which he said other Diamondback players have been taking HGH, and specifically mentioned Gonzalez. In a word, Gonzalez was angry.
Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson was suspended five games by the commissioner’s office for intentionally throwing at Cleveland’s Eduardo Perez. Manager Joe Torre was suspended for one game.
The Red Sox and White Sox swapped relievers. Boston, which didn’t have a lefty reliever, acquired one in Javier Lopez, who has been pitching in AAA for the ChiSox. Chicago, which needed another righty relief option, picked up David Riske. Lopez appeared in yesterday’s game with the Red Sox.
Having handed the starting shortstop job to Jason Bartlett, the Minnesota Twins traded infielder Juan Castro back to the Cincinnati Reds for minor league outfielder Brandon Roberts. The Twins also designated Tony Batista for assignment.
John Wetteland was fired as the Washington Nationals’ bullpen coach, due to philosophical disagreements with manager Frank Robinson.
Placed on the disabled list: Oakland’s Frank Thomas and Cleveland’s Casey Blake.
The Los Angeles Times reports the Angels might be leaning towards keeping Jered Weaver in the rotation and moving his brother Jeff to the bullpen when Bartolo Colon (shoulder) is healthy enough to return. “I’m not an oddsmaker,” pitching coach Bud Black said, “but Jered has shown he deserves to get major league starts in the future.”
Chris Burke has officially taken the Astros’ center field job from Willie Taveras. Burke is hitting .400 (14-for-35) over his last nine games.
Colorado’s Todd Helton had a single, a double and three walks, reaching base in nine straight plate appearances over two games.
The Seattle Mariners have scheduled a Friday news conference to announce they have signed Brandon Morrow, the fifth overall choice in this month’s major league draft.
THT’s Stats
Hitting flyballs doesn’t help a whole lot unless you hit them hard. Following is a list of the top twenty major league batters in hitting outfield flyballs over the fence (adjusted for ballpark). As you can see, when Ryan Howard hits the ball, he hits it far.
Last First Team HR/F Howard Ryan J PHI 36% Pujols Albert STL 29% Dunn Adam CIN 29% Jones Jacque CHN 27% Beltran Carlos NYN 26% Delgado Carlos NYN 25% Bay Jason PIT 25% Soriano Alfonso WAS 24% Ensberg Morgan HOU 22% Jones Andruw ATL 21% Berkman Lance HOU 21% Johnson Nick WAS 21% Lee Carlos MIL 21% Burrell Pat PHI 20% Francoeur Jeff B ATL 20% Hall Bill MIL 19% LaRoche Adam ATL 18% Kearns Austin CIN 18% Holliday Matt T COL 18% Hawpe Brad B COL 17%
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