THT Daily: LOOONG Day in Chicago
Major League News for July 10
Yesterday’s Results
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League TOR 11 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Hill: 4-5; Halladay: 7 IP, 1 R TEX 5 MIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Koronka: 5 IP, 2 R TB 6 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Huff: 3-3, 3 RBI; Giambi: GS HR SEA 3 DET 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Meche over Robertson LAA 4 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana: 7 IP, 2 R BAL 5 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 6 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) See below National League LAN 3 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Sele: 6 IP, 1 R SD 10 WAS 9 (Recap and Boxscore) Piazza: GW PH HR; SD: 5 straight W STL 7 HOU 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 12 innings PHI 8 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 7 FLA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 11 MIL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Jones: 2 2B; Pierre: 3 RBI ARI 8 COL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 8 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL: Won 7 of last 10
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. “PWins” is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East Pwins Diff BOS 53 33 .616 0.0 50 3NYA 50 36 .581 3.0 50 0
TOR 49 39 .557 5.0 48 1
BAL 41 49 .456 14.0 39 2
TB 39 50 .438 15.5 37 2
American League Central DET 59 29 .670 0.0 57 2
CHA 57 31 .648 2.0 54 3
MIN 47 39 .547 11.0 46 1
CLE 40 47 .460 18.5 48 -8
KC 31 56 .356 27.5 32 -1
American League West TEX 45 43 .511 0.0 46 -1
OAK 45 43 .511 0.0 43 2
LAA 43 45 .489 2.0 43 0
SEA 43 46 .483 2.5 45 -2
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 53 36 .596 0.0 51 2
PHI 40 47 .460 12.0 40 0
ATL 40 49 .449 13.0 44 -4
FLA 38 48 .442 13.5 42 -4
WAS 38 52 .422 15.5 39 -1
National League Central STL 48 39 .552 0.0 45 3
CIN 45 44 .506 4.0 43 2
MIL 44 46 .489 5.5 38 6
HOU 43 46 .483 6.0 42 1
CHN 34 54 .386 14.5 35 -1
PIT 30 60 .333 19.5 39 -9
National League West SD 48 40 .545 0.0 47 1
LAN 46 42 .523 2.0 49 -3
SF 45 44 .506 3.5 46 -1
COL 44 43 .506 3.5 45 -1
ARI 43 45 .489 5.0 42 1
Game of the Day
The Red Sox and White Sox almost played through the All-Star break, but Tadahito Iguchi hit a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 19th inning to win it for Chicago, 6-5. It was the longest game of the year so far; 19 innings in 6 hours and 19 minutes.
Jermaine Dye tied the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with a homer off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon, the first run the rookie has given up on the road all season. After the Red Sox scored two in the 11th, the White Sox responded with two in their half. Then it looked for a while like the game might never end.
Boston’s Trot Nixon went 0-for-9 and Jason Varitek, hitting directly behind Nixon in the order, went 0-for-8. The last time two major-league teammates each had eight or more at-bats without a hit in the same game was on June 3, 1989, when the Dodgers’ John Shelby (0-for-10) and Mike Davis (0-for-8) did it in a 22-inning game at Houston. (Source: Elias).
The White Sox (57-31) and Tigers (59-29) hit the All-Star break with the two best records in the major leagues. Since 1990, there has been only one other season in which teams from the same division had the two best records in the majors at the break: Montreal and Atlanta did that in 1994.
BOSTON (5) VS CHI WHITE SOX (6) - FINAL IN 19 INNINGS
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Youkilis 1b 5 2 0 0 4 2 3 .297
M Loretta 2b 7 0 2 3 0 1 2 .305
D Ortiz dh 7 0 1 1 2 1 5 .278
M Ramirez lf 8 0 1 0 1 2 4 .306
T Nixon rf 9 0 0 0 0 4 5 .311
J Varitek c 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 .232
M Lowell 3b 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 .307
W Harris pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159
A Cora 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .300
C Crisp cf 5 1 2 0 2 1 2 .268
A Gonzalez ss 7 0 2 0 1 2 5 .284
Totals 65 5 11 5 11 18 27
BATTING: 2B - M Ramirez (16, N Cotts); C Crisp 2 (8, M Thornton, N Cotts); A
Gonzalez (13, J Vazquez). HR - M Lowell (11, 4th inning off J Contreras 0 on, 2
Out). S - C Crisp. RBI - D Ortiz (87), M Lowell (46), M Loretta 3 (37). 2-out
RBI - M Lowell, M Loretta 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp
1, M Ramirez 1, T Nixon 3, D Ortiz 2, A Gonzalez 3. GIDP - D Ortiz 2. Team LOB
- 17.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Crisp (8, 2nd base off J Contreras/A Pierzynski), W
Harris (6, 3rd base off B Jenks/A Pierzynski), K Youkilis (5, 2nd base off B
Jenks/A Pierzynski).
FIELDING: DP: 3 (J Varitek-A Gonzalez, M Loretta-A Gonzalez-K Youkilis, A
Cora-K Youkilis).
CHI WHITE SOX ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Podsednik lf 8 0 3 0 1 2 2 .276
T Iguchi 2b 7 1 2 2 2 2 4 .287
J Thome dh 7 1 2 1 0 2 2 .298
P Ozuna pr-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .413
P Konerko 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313
R Gload pr-1b 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 .288
J Dye rf 8 1 2 2 0 3 2 .318
A Pierzynski c 7 0 2 0 1 2 0 .320
J Crede 3b 8 0 1 0 0 1 5 .294
J Uribe ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
a-A Cintron ph-ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .284
B Anderson cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .192
b-R Mackowiak ph-cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .309
Totals 70 6 18 6 4 16 25
a-grounded to second for J Uribe in the 10th; b-struck out swinging for B
Anderson in the 11th.
BATTING: 2B - B Anderson (9, C Schilling); J Thome (12, J Lopez); J Dye (15, M
Timlin); J Crede (18, J Tavarez). HR - T Iguchi (10, 4th inning off C Schilling
0 on, 0 Out), J Dye (25, 9th inning off J Papelbon 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - T Iguchi
2 (40), J Thome (77), J Dye 2 (68), A Cintron (20). 2-out RBI - J Dye. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Mackowiak 2, A Cintron 1, J Dye 1, R Gload
1. GIDP - R Gload, P Ozuna. Team LOB - 13.
BASERUNNING: SB - S Podsednik (29, 2nd base off C Hansen/J Varitek). CS - B
Anderson (2, 2nd base by C Schilling/J Varitek).
FIELDING: PB - A Pierzynski. DP: 2 (J Crede-P Konerko, B McCarthy-J Crede-R
Gload).
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BOSTON - 100 200 000 020 000 000 0 -- 5
CHI WHITE SOX - 000 101 001 020 000 000 1 -- 6
One out when winning run scored.
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
C Schilling 6 5 2 2 1 6 1 3.60
M Delcarmen (H, 7) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.52
J Papelbon (B, 3) 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 0.59
J Lopez (H, 7) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.40
M Timlin (B, 3) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.59
C Hansen 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.63
J Tavarez 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.56
R Seanez (L, 2-1) 2 1/3 5 1 1 1 1 0 4.86
CHI WHITE SOX ip h r er bb so hr era
J Contreras 6 4 3 3 5 6 1 3.37
N Cotts 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.95
D Riske 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.75
B Jenks 2 2/3 2 2 2 2 2 0 2.83
J Vazquez 1 2/3 1 0 0 2 2 0 5.07
M Thornton 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 3.13
B McCarthy 4 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.25
C Politte (W, 2-2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.04
J Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 11th.
WP - J Contreras 2. IBB - D Ortiz (by J Vazquez), A Pierzynski (by M Timlin),
M Ramirez (by M Thornton). HBP - M Loretta 2 (by J Contreras, J Vazquez).
Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 86-57; M Delcarmen 20-14; J Papelbon 29-23; J
Lopez 4-2; M Timlin 20-13; C Hansen 22-14; J Tavarez 49-25; R Seanez 41-27; J
Contreras 114-68; N Cotts 27-17; D Riske 3-2; B Jenks 31-20; J Vazquez 38-17; M
Thornton 18-13; B McCarthy 55-33; C Politte 13-10. Ground balls-fly balls: C
Schilling 4-7; M Delcarmen 2-2; J Papelbon 2-2; J Lopez 0-0; M Timlin 1-1; C
Hansen 0-1; J Tavarez 8-2; R Seanez 3-3; J Contreras 3-9; N Cotts 2-0; D Riske
0-1; B Jenks 5-1; J Vazquez 0-3; M Thornton 1-0; B McCarthy 5-7; C Politte 0-2.
Batters faced: C Schilling 23; M Delcarmen 6; J Papelbon 9; J Lopez 1; M Timlin
6; C Hansen 4; J Tavarez 13; R Seanez 12; J Contreras 28; N Cotts 7; D Riske 1;
B Jenks 11; J Vazquez 9; M Thornton 6; B McCarthy 14; C Politte 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Chris
Guccione.
T--6:19. Att--39,335.
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny. Wind: 12 mph, in from 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 # Iguchi, Tadahito CWS Schilling, Curt BOS 416 422 10 Johnson, Nick WAS Hensley, Clay SD 418 416 14 Hinske, Eric TOR Wellemeyer, Todd KC 422 415 8 Cantu, Jorge TB Villone, Ron NYY 416 415 6 Gonzalez, Luis ARI Cook, Aaron COL 429 413 7 Olivo, Miguel FLA Wagner, Billy NYM 423 413 10 Lee, Carlos MIL Novoa, Roberto CHC 432 410 26 Piazza, Mike SD Cordero, Chad WAS 425 409 12 Molina, Bengie TOR Nelson, Joe KC 414 407 7 Dunn, Adam CIN Villarreal, Oscar ATL 443 406 28 Jones, Andruw ATL Coffey, Todd CIN 441 405 20 Lowell, Mike BOS Contreras, Jose CWS 394 403 11 Giambi, Jason NYY Fossum, Casey TB 401 400 27 Weeks, Rickie MIL Rusch, Glendon CHC 428 399 8 Ordonez, Magglio DET Meche, Gil SEA 402 396 16 Rivera, Rene SEA Robertson, Nate DET 401 396 2 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Davis, Doug MIL 427 395 16 Hudson, Orlando ARI Mesa, Jose COL 407 394 8 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Arroyo, Bronson CIN 428 392 17 Schneider, Brian WAS Cassidy, Scott SD 391 392 3 Lopez, Javy BAL Westbrook, Jake CLE 396 387 7 Greene, Khalil SD Cordero, Chad WAS 401 386 12 Teixeira, Mark TEX Santana, Johan MIN 393 382 9 Molina, Jose LAA Haren, Dan OAK 351 381 2 Glaus, Troy TOR Gobble, Jimmy KC 381 375 23 Barmes, Clint COL Cruz, Juan ARI 396 374 4 Escobar, Alex WAS Hensley, Clay SD 385 373 1 Huff, Aubrey TB Wilson, Kris NYY 374 373 8 Matthews, Gary TEX Santana, Johan MIN 376 368 10 Rolen, Scott STL Wheeler, Dan HOU 367 365 14 Nady, Xavier NYM Olsen, Scott FLA 406 360 12 Burke, Chris HOU Carpenter, Chris STL 362 360 5 Wright, David NYM Kensing, Logan FLA 395 351 20 Dye, Jermaine CWS Papelbon, Jonathan BOS 343 338 25 Thorman, Scott ATL Arroyo, Bronson CIN 353 326 2 Pagan, Angel CHC Gonzalez, Geremi MIL NA NA 3
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 BAL AA Cory Keylor RF 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 8 RBI BOS A- Aaron Bates 1B 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 .536 OBP during past week DET A Michael Hollimon SS 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 RBI KC A+ Juan Senreiso CF 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 runs scored LA A+ Cory Dunlap 1B 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI LAA A+ Cody Fuller RF 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 OAK A Isaac Omura 2B 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 PHI A- Quintin Berry CF 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 runs scored PHI AA Peeter Ramos 2B 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 RBI PHI A Mike Spidale CF 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ARI A- Cesar Valdez 6.0 1 0 0 5 2 0 BAL A+ Luis Ramirez 7.2 5 2 2 6 1 0 CHW AAA Charlie Haeger 5.0 2 1 0 9 1 0 CIN A+ James Avery 7.0 4 0 0 2 0 0 COL AAA Jose Acevedo 7.0 6 0 0 4 0 0 KC A Rayner Oliveros 6.2 4 1 1 7 3 0 MIN A Oswaldo Sosa 8.0 6 2 1 6 2 0 NYY A- Francisco Castillo 5.0 1 0 0 7 2 0 PHI AAA Eude Brito 9.0 5 0 0 7 1 0 PIT AAA Marty McLeary 6.1 3 2 2 11 2 0 1.23 ERA over past month
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
RHP Brett Myers, who took a leave of absence after his arrest on charges that he hit his wife in the face, will rejoin the Phillies on Friday. A decision about his return to the rotation will be made at a later date.
Glendon Rusch filled in for Mark Prior with five solid innings and the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-4 Sunday for their third straight win. Prior was scratched before the game with a strained muscle in his left side, suffered while he was taking batting practice Saturday. The team said it was too early to decide whether the injury would put the right-hander on the disabled list for the seventh time in his five-year career.
Brewers LHP Chris Capuano was named to the NL All-Star team before Sunday’s game, replacing Tom Glavine of the New York Mets.
Carlos Lee’s 26 home runs are tied for the most hit by a Brewers player at the All-Star break.
Milton Bradley (shoulder) felt fine on Sunday after his successful rehab outing with Triple-A Sacramento at Salt Lake. He went 4-for-6 with two homers, six RBIs and three runs scored on Saturday night. “Milton’s health was 100 percent,” trainer Larry Davis said. “Milton said he felt perfect.”
Chone Figgins stole his 32nd base of the year in the fifth inning on Sunday at Oakland and then his 33rd in the seventh. He has 25 career steals against Oakland – eight this year and five this series – for his most vs. any team. He has four against Cleveland. Figgins went 9-for-18 (.500) with a home run and two RBIs this series and is batting 15-for-37 (.405) on the year vs. Oakland – his second-best average against any club. He is hitting .412 against Detroit.
Jeff Kent (abdominal) was out of the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Giants, as he missed his sixth straight game. Ramon Martinez started at second base in his absence.
Toronto rookie RHP Shaun Marcum, who has an 8.22 ERA in five relief appearances, will be moving into the rotation after the All-Star break, replacing RHP Ty Taubenheim, who is 0-5 with a 4.99 ERA in seven starts. Marcum was 4-0 with a 3.42 ERA in 18 games, including four starts, with Triple-A Syracuse before his July 2 promotion.
Francisco Liriano (10-1), the major league ERA leader at 1.83, is only the second rookie to go into the All-Star break with an ERA under 2.00 and at least 10 wins. Jerry Koosman was 11-4 with a 1.94 ERA for the New York Mets heading into the 1968 break.
Carlos Beltran’s 25 home runs are the second most by a Mets player at the All-Star break. Dave Kingman had 30 in 1976.
Curt Schilling’s right elbow was swollen and sore after he was hit by a line drive off Jim Thome’s bat in the sixth inning of Boston’s 6-5, 19-inning loss to the White Sox on Sunday. X-rays were negative.
Mike Lieberthal, who is recovering from a strained left hip, already has begun his rehabilitation with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He caught all nine innings of Sunday’s game against Rochester and went 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI.
Randy Wolf, out since last season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery, will make a rehab start at Class A Lakewood this week.
It is believed that 2B Dan Uggla is the first player to earn a berth in the All-Star Game the season immediately after his selection in the Rule 5 draft.
The Mets announced that Jose Reyes, voted the starting shortstop for the National League, will not play in Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Reyes needed seven stitches to repair a cut on his left pinkie suffered in Friday’s game against Florida and was used only as a pinch runner the last two games.
RHP Eric Bedard did something in the first half of the season that he hasn’t done in his whole professional baseball career — win 10 games. Bedard went 10-6 in the first half with 4.28 ERA. “It was the best half of my career,” said Bedard, whose previous high win total was nine in 2000 for Class A Delmarva and in 2001 for Class A Frederick.
Since Rocco Baldelli returned from the disabled list June 7, the Devil Rays are 15-15. Before that they were 24-35.
Aubrey Huff’s past 23 games, he hit .433 (39-for-90) with 13 doubles, five home runs and 16 RBI. He hit safely in 20 games with 12 multi-hit games.
If the All-Star Futures Game is any indication, there’s hope for the lowly Kansas City Royals. A pair of their prospects, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon, led the United States to an 8-5 victory over the World team Sunday in the eighth annual showcase for top minor leaguers. Butler hit a two-run homer and singled to earn MVP honors. Gordon added two RBIs for a U.S. squad managed by Hall of Famer Gary Carter, opening All-Star festivities at gorgeous PNC Park.
Oklahoma State quarterback Josh Fields showed he can play some baseball, too, in the All-Star Futures Game. Now a rising third base prospect with the Chicago White Sox, Fields doubled, singled, scored and knocked in a run. Power-hitting prospect Wladimir Balentien of the Seattle Mariners had a pair of doubles and an RBI and San Diego catcher George Kottaras homered and doubled for the World team.
Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon said a tender middle finger on LHP Scott Kazmir’s throwing hand is not a problem and the team would have no concern about him pitching in the All-Star game on Tuesday night. A callous on the finger softened during Saturday’s start against the Yankees, but Kazmir said it didn’t affect his performance.
The New York Mets on Saturday signed Dominican prospect Francisco Pena, the son of former major-league catcher Tony Pena, a source told ESPNdeportes.com. The Mets, who paid Pena a bonus of $750,000, are not planning to make the move public until next week. “After intense negotiations with the most interested teams — around 10 — the Pena family decided to accept the Mets’ offer,” the source said. Pena, 16, is considered to be one of the best catching prospects in the Dominican Republic’s baseball history.
THT Stats
Individual players don’t win games, teams do. But for some insane reason, baseball writers continue to count wins and losses as pitching stats. So I thought I’d follow this thoughtless tradition and show you the wins, losses and ERA of every pitcher that has reached double figures in wins. Look at the list and tell me: are these the 17 best pitchers in baseball? Does the list contain even half of the 17 best pitchers in baseball?
Last First Team Wins Losses ERA Halladay Roy TOR 12 2 2.92 Glavine Tom NYN 11 2 3.48 Beckett Josh BOS 11 4 4.75 Marquis Jason STL 11 6 5.55 Rogers Kenny DET 11 3 3.85 Penny Brad LAN 10 2 2.91 Capuano Chris MIL 10 4 3.21 Santana Ervin R LAA 10 3 3.96 Bedard Erik BAL 10 6 4.28 Liriano Francisco MIN 10 1 1.83 Kazmir Scott E TB 10 6 3.27 Garcia Freddy CHA 10 5 4.91 Verlander Justin B DET 10 4 3.01 Schilling Curt BOS 10 3 3.60 Mussina Mike NYA 10 3 3.24 Johnson Randy NYA 10 7 5.13
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