THT Daily: May 23
Major League News for May 21
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
BOS 9 NYA 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 5 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 KC 0 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 8 BAL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 3 LAA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 6 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 4 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 3 SD 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 15 MIL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 9 CHN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 10 WAS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 6 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 9 STL 2 (Recap and Boxscore)
Standings
The graphics next to each team are called “sparklines.” 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 26 16 .619 0.0NYA 24 19 .558 2.5
TOR 24 20 .545 3.0
BAL 20 25 .444 7.5
TB 20 25 .444 7.5
American League Central DET 30 14 .682 0.0
CHA 29 15 .659 1.0
CLE 22 22 .500 8.0
MIN 19 25 .432 11.0
KC 10 32 .238 19.0
American League West TEX 23 21 .523 0.0
OAK 22 22 .500 1.0
SEA 21 25 .457 3.0
LAA 17 28 .378 6.5
National League East NYN 26 17 .605 0.0
PHI 23 20 .535 3.0
ATL 23 22 .511 4.0
WAS 16 29 .356 11.0
FLA 12 31 .279 14.0
National League Central STL 29 16 .644 0.0
CIN 26 19 .578 3.0
HOU 25 20 .556 4.0
MIL 23 22 .511 6.0
CHN 18 26 .409 10.5
PIT 14 31 .311 15.0
National League West ARI 25 19 .568 0.0
LAN 25 20 .556 0.5
COL 25 20 .556 0.5
SF 24 21 .533 1.5
SD 23 22 .511 2.5
Game of the Day
The Diamondbacks took back first place in a pitcher’s duel with the Pirates. Five of the seven runs were scored in the last inning of play.
PITTSBURGH (3) VS ARIZONA (4) - FINAL
PITTSBURGH ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N McLouth cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .248
J Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .287
F Sanchez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .339
J Bay lf 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 .282
J Burnitz rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .222
C Wilson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 .254
R Paulino c 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 .281
J Castillo 2b 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 .297
O Perez p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .167
a-R Doumit ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
D Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Torres p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .146
Totals 33 3 9 3 4 10 17
a-popped out to first for O Perez in the 7th; b-struck out swinging for S
Torres in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Castillo (8, O Hernandez); N McLouth (5, O Hernandez). HR - J
Bay (10, 2nd inning off O Hernandez 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Bay (30), J Castillo
2 (13). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Doumit 1, O Perez 2, N
McLouth 1. GIDP - F Sanchez. Team LOB - 7.
BASERUNNING: CS - J Burnitz (1, 2nd base by O Hernandez/J Estrada).
FIELDING: E - J Burnitz (1, fly ball); D Marte (1, throw).
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Counsell ss 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 .324
E Byrnes cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .325
L Gonzalez lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .292
C Jackson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .296
J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Green rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 .321
D Easley 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .238
J Estrada c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
O Hudson 2b 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 .224
O Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273
a-A Green ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .242
B Medders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-T Clark ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .169
Totals 28 4 7 3 5 5 17
a-walked for O Hernandez in the 7th; b-struck out looking for B Medders in the
8th.
BATTING: 2B - L Gonzalez (15, O Perez); E Byrnes (14, O Perez). S - J Estrada ,
C Counsell , O Hernandez. SF - O Hudson. RBI - L Gonzalez (24), O Hudson (8), C
Counsell (16). 2-out RBI - L Gonzalez, C Counsell. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - O Hudson 1, D Easley 2, C Counsell 1, E Byrnes 1, C Jackson
1. Team LOB - 10.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (O Hudson-C Counsell, O Hudson-C Counsell-C Jackson).
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PITTSBURGH - 010 000 002 -- 3
ARIZONA - 000 000 13x -- 4
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PITTSBURGH ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 6 4 0 0 3 4 0 6.04
D Marte (L, 0-3; B, 3) 1 2/3 3 4 2 2 1 0 3.60
S Torres 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.66
ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
O Hernandez 7 6 1 1 3 9 1 6.11
B Medders (W, 1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.81
J Valverde (S, 13) 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 3.44
BALK - O Perez. HBP - C Jackson (by O Perez). Pitches-strikes: O Perez 97-61;
D Marte 41-25; S Torres 2-2; O Hernandez 109-72; B Medders 11-6; J Valverde
22-16. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 5-9; D Marte 4-1; S Torres 1-0; O
Hernandez 4-6; B Medders 1-2; J Valverde 0-2. Batters faced: O Perez 26; D
Marte 11; S Torres 1; O Hernandez 27; B Medders 3; J Valverde 7.
UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Bob Davidson. 3B--Ron Kulpa.
T--2:37. Att--18,103.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear. Wind: 3 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 flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Batter Pitcher True Distance Stnd. Distance Berkman Lance HOU Day Zach WAS 466 478 Ramirez Manny BOS Wang Chien-Ming NYY 440 441 Thomas Frank OAK Garland Jon CWS 400 434 Crosby Bobby OAK Garland Jon CWS 403 432 Branyan Russell TB Janssen Casey TOR 432 431 Thomas Frank OAK Garland Jon CWS 395 427 Sexson Richie SEA Bedard Erik BAL 415 418 Wilkerson Brad TEX Escobar Kelvim LAA 402 417 Glaus Troy TOR McClung Seth TB 417 416 Dye Jermaine CWS Karsay Steve OAK 395 416 Jones Chipper ATL Embree Alan SD 419 408 Jackson Damian WAS Rodriguez Wandy HOU 363 408 Posada Jorge NYY Foulke Keith BOS 412 406 Bay Jason PIT Hernandez Orlando ARI 410 400 Rodriguez Alex NYY Foulke Keith BOS 370 398 Tejada Miguel BAL Green Sean SEA 394 397 Ramirez Aramis CHC Nolasco Ricky FLA 380 397 Griffey Jr. Ken CIN Bush Dave MIL 428 394 Paul Josh TB Janssen Casey TOR 395 394 Inge Brandon DET Affeldt Jeremy KC 409 390 Hall Bill MIL Shackelford Brian CIN 418 385 Hinske Eric TOR McClung Seth TB 380 379 Piazza Mike SD Ray Ken ATL 406 378 Nolasco Ricky FLA Marshall Sean CHC 354 375 Dunn Adam CIN Demaria Chris MIL 416 374 Granderson Curtis DET Affeldt Jeremy KC 379 363 Langerhans Ryan ATL Peavy Jake SD 371 362 Lopez Jose SEA Bedard Erik BAL 357 360 Mackowiak Rob CWS Street Huston OAK 348 357 Vizquel Omar SF Looper Braden STL 338 357 Kearns Austin CIN Bush Dave MIL 388 348
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Here are the major league leaders in Gross Production Average:
Player Team GPA Pujols Albert STL .401 Hafner Travis CLE .372 Blake Casey CLE .365 Thome Jim CHA .358 Giambi Jason NYA .355 Cabrera Miguel FLA .340 Beltran Carlos NYN .339 Gomes Jonny TB .336 Tejada Miguel BAL .336 Bonds Barry SF .335 Delgado Carlos NYN .334 Shelton Chris B DET .333 Johnson Nick WAS .330 Wright David A NYN .326 Ensberg Morgan HOU .325 Jeter Derek NYA .324 Swisher Nick T OAK .323 Ramirez Hanley FLA .323 Drew J.D. LAN .322 Konerko Paul CHA .322
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