THT Daily: June 8
Major League News for June 8
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League CHA 4 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 11 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 6 TB 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Rookie stars: Weaver, Napoli HR, Morales HR SEA 10 MIN 9 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 Innings, Cuddyer: 5 RBI TEX 4 KC 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX: Four runs in the ninth TOR 5 BAL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) BOS at NYY: Postponed National League CIN 7 STL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN ties STL for 1st in NL Central COL 16 PIT 9 (Recap and Boxscore) Carroll: 8 for last 10 FLA 8 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Uggla: 2HR, 5 RBI HOU 1 CHN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Rookies: Sampson beats Marshall NYN 9 LAN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Furcal: 2 HR PHI 7 ARI 3 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 6 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 ATL 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s Games
National League --------------- San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers, 2:05 PM (R) Mike Thompson (2-2) vs. (L) Doug Davis (3-4) Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals, 7:05 PM (L) Eude Brito (0-1) vs. (L) Michael OConnor (2-3) Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 PM (L) Glendon Rusch (2-5) vs. (R) Bronson Arroyo (7-2) Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros, 8:05 PM (R) John Thomson (2-5) vs. (L) Andy Pettitte (4-7) New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, 9:40 PM (R) Orlando Hernandez (3-5) vs. (R) Claudio Vargas (6-2) Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants, 10:15 PM (L) Zach Duke (4-6) vs. (R) Matt Cain (4-5) American League --------------- Oakland Athletics at Cleveland Indians, 12:05 PM (R) Esteban Loaiza (0-3) vs. (R) Jason Johnson (3-5) Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners, 4:35 PM (L) Johan Santana (5-4) vs. (R) Joel Pineiro (5-5) Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, 7:05 PM (R) Curt Schilling (8-2) vs. (R) Jaret Wright (3-3) Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM (R) Roy Halladay (7-1) vs. (L) Adam Loewen (0-0) Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, 8:05 PM (L) Kenny Rogers (7-3) vs. (R) Jon Garland (4-2) Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (R) Kameron Loe (3-5) vs. (R) Kyle Snyder (0-0)
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 35 22 .614 0.0BOS 33 23 .589 1.5
TOR 33 25 .569 2.5
BAL 27 33 .450 9.5
TB 24 36 .400 12.5
American League Central DET 37 22 .627 0.0
CHA 36 22 .621 0.5
CLE 29 29 .500 7.5
MIN 25 33 .431 11.5
KC 14 43 .246 22.0
American League West TEX 32 26 .552 0.0
OAK 28 31 .475 4.5
LAA 27 32 .458 5.5
SEA 28 33 .459 5.5
National League East NYN 35 23 .603 0.0
PHI 32 27 .542 3.5
ATL 29 31 .483 7.0
WAS 27 33 .450 9.0
FLA 21 36 .368 13.5
National League Central STL 35 24 .593 0.0
CIN 35 24 .593 0.0
HOU 29 31 .483 6.5
MIL 28 32 .467 7.5
CHN 23 35 .397 11.5
PIT 22 38 .367 13.5
National League West ARI 34 25 .576 0.0
LAN 33 27 .550 1.5
SF 31 28 .525 3.0
SD 31 28 .525 3.0
COL 29 30 .492 5.0
Game of the Day
For the second night in a row, Alex Cintron hit the game-winning blow as the White Sox beat the Tigers 4-3. The White Sox have now tied the Tigers for first place in the AL Central.
DETROIT (3) VS CHI WHITE SOX (4) - FINAL
DETROIT ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Granderson cf 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 .286
P Polanco 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 .285
O Infante 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .301
M Ordonez rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 .315
C Guillen ss 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 .300
M Thames dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 .302
C Shelton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .291
C Monroe lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A Gomez lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .233
V Wilson c 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .280
Totals 34 3 9 2 4 6 21
BATTING: HR - C Granderson (9, 3rd inning off J Contreras 0 on, 2 Out). SF - M
Thames. RBI - C Granderson (28), M Thames (17). 2-out RBI - C Granderson.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Thames 2, A Gomez 2, M Ordonez 1.
GIDP - C Shelton, M Ordonez. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Guillen (8, 2nd base off J Contreras/A Pierzynski).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (P Polanco-C Guillen-C Shelton).
CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Podsednik lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .258
T Iguchi 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .290
J Thome dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .295
P Konerko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .293
J Dye rf 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .313
A Pierzynski c 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .324
J Crede 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .296
R Mackowiak cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .262
A Cintron ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .281
Totals 29 4 8 4 2 7 9
BATTING: 3B - S Podsednik (5, J Verlander). HR - J Dye (18, 4th inning off J
Verlander 0 on, 1 Out), J Thome (21, 6th inning off J Verlander 0 on, 1 Out). S
- R Mackowiak. RBI - S Podsednik (17), J Dye (43), J Thome (53), A Cintron
(11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Thome 1, T Iguchi 1. GIDP - J
Crede. Team LOB - 4.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Cintron 2 (5, 2nd base off J Walker/V Wilson, 2nd base
off J Verlander/V Wilson). Picked Off - R Mackowiak (1st base, J Verlander).
FIELDING: E - J Crede 2 (7, ground ball, throw). DP: 2 (A Cintron-T Iguchi-P
Konerko, A Cintron-P Konerko).
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DETROIT - 001 100 100 -- 3
CHI WHITE SOX - 001 101 10x -- 4
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DETROIT ip h r er bb so hr era
J Verlander (L, 7-4) 6 7 4 4 2 4 2 3.35
J Walker 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.96
J Zumaya 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.57
CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Contreras (W, 6-0) 7 7 3 2 4 4 1 2.54
A Montero (H, 1) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
N Cotts (H, 8) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.42
B Jenks (S, 17) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.20
J Verlander pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
IBB - C Guillen (by J Contreras). HBP - M Ordonez (by J Contreras).
Pitches-strikes: J Verlander 103-65; J Walker 12-10; J Zumaya 9-6; J Contreras
119-71; A Montero 8-7; N Cotts 6-3; B Jenks 8-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J
Verlander 10-3; J Walker 2-0; J Zumaya 1-0; J Contreras 8-9; A Montero 0-2; N
Cotts 0-0; B Jenks 2-0. Batters faced: J Verlander 25; J Walker 5; J Zumaya 2;
J Contreras 33; A Montero 3; N Cotts 1; B Jenks 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Bob Davidson.
T--2:31. Att--37,612.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.
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 # Howard, Ryan PHI Nippert, Dustin ARI 452 439 21 Sizemore, Grady CLE Blanton, Joe OAK 415 419 12 Everett, Carl SEA Crain, Jesse MIN 423 418 8 Aurilia, Rich CIN Johnson, Tyler STL 402 411 7 Furcal, Rafael LAD Glavine, Tom NYM 418 408 4 Edmonds, Jim STL Weathers, David CIN 400 406 6 Milledge, Lastings NYM Seo, Jae LAD 414 406 2 Crawford, Carl TB Weaver, Jered LAA 407 405 6 Burnitz, Jeromy PIT Fogg, Josh COL 467 400 9 Granderson, Curtis DET Contreras, Jose CWS 392 398 9 Borchard, Joe FLA Wright, Jamey SF 434 394 5 Orr, Pete ATL Ortiz, Ramon WAS 411 393 1 Cruz, Jose LAD Glavine, Tom NYM 398 393 4 Hall, Bill MIL Park, Chan Ho SD 385 391 13 Napoli, Mike LAA McClung, Seth TB 389 389 4 Clark, Brady MIL Cassidy, Scott SD 384 389 2 Torrealba, Yorvit COL Perez, Oliver PIT 430 383 1 Thome, Jim CWS Verlander, Justin DET 393 383 21 Castilla, Vinny SD Wise, Matt MIL 368 381 2 Cuddyer, Michael MIN Soriano, Rafael SEA 391 378 8 Rollins, Jimmy PHI Nippert, Dustin ARI 387 377 6 Ibanez, Raul SEA Reyes, Dennys MIN 373 371 10 Furcal, Rafael LAD Glavine, Tom NYM 379 371 3 Ausmus, Brad HOU Marshall, Sean CHC 371 370 1 Anderson, Marlon WAS Smoltz, John ATL 390 367 2 Sexson, Richie SEA Bonser, Boof MIN 379 366 9 Blake, Casey CLE Keisler, Randy OAK 365 364 10 Martinez, Victor CLE Karsay, Steve OAK 358 362 7 Morales, Kendry LAA McClung, Seth TB 360 360 3 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Wise, Matt MIL 371 360 7 Fasano, Sal PHI Gonzalez, Enrique ARI 368 359 3 Suzuki, Ichiro SEA Bonser, Boof MIN 362 359 2 Boone, Aaron CLE Blanton, Joe OAK 355 351 3 Dye, Jermaine CWS Verlander, Justin DET 361 348 18 Uggla, Dan FLA Worrell, Tim SF 401 346 9 Betancourt, Yuniesky SEA Bonser, Boof MIN 356 343 3 Uggla, Dan FLA Wright, Jamey SF 381 336 8 Lugo, Julio TB Weaver, Jered LAA 328 327 3
THT’s Stats
ERA+ is a pitching stat that compares each pitcher’s ERA to his league and adjusts for his ballpark. Here is a list of the top twenty major league leaders in ERA+. Note that 100 is average.
Last First Team ERA ERA+ Webb Brandon ARI 2.14 218 Contreras Jose CHA 2.54 188 Arroyo Bronson CIN 2.40 187 Mussina Mike NYA 2.67 180 Halladay Roy TOR 2.81 179 Schmidt Jason SF 2.53 176 Myers Brett PHI 2.90 165 Penny Brad LAN 2.62 157 Carpenter Chris STL 2.83 156 Lowe Derek LAN 2.70 153 Lackey John LAA 3.06 152 Santana Johan MIN 3.24 150 Oswalt Roy HOU 3.11 148 Buehrle Mark CHA 3.31 144 Zito Barry OAK 3.28 144 Robertson Nate DET 3.25 144 Cook Aaron COL 3.63 141 Verlander Justin B DET 3.35 140 Zambrano Carlos CHN 3.09 139 Martinez Pedro NYN 3.01 138
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