THT Daily: May 24
Major League News for May 22
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League BAL 14 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 9 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 7 TEX 6 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 6 CLE 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 7 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 4 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ARI 7 PIT 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 CHN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 9 PHI 8 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 2 ATL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 8 SF 5 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 4 HOU 1 (Recap and Boxscore)
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 BOS 26 17 .605 0.0NYA 25 19 .568 1.5
TOR 25 20 .556 2.0
BAL 21 25 .457 6.5
TB 20 26 .435 7.5
American League Central DET 31 14 .689 0.0
CHA 30 15 .667 1.0
CLE 22 23 .489 9.0
MIN 20 25 .444 11.0
KC 10 33 .233 20.0
American League West TEX 23 22 .511 0.0
OAK 22 23 .489 1.0
SEA 21 26 .447 3.0
LAA 18 28 .391 5.5
National League East NYN 27 17 .614 0.0
PHI 23 21 .523 4.0
ATL 23 23 .500 5.0
WAS 17 29 .370 11.0
FLA 13 31 .295 14.0
National League Central STL 30 16 .652 0.0
CIN 27 19 .587 3.0
HOU 25 21 .543 5.0
MIL 23 23 .500 7.0
CHN 18 27 .400 11.5
PIT 14 32 .304 16.0
National League West ARI 26 19 .578 0.0
LAN 26 20 .565 0.5
COL 25 21 .543 1.5
SF 24 22 .522 2.5
SD 24 22 .522 2.5
Game of the Day
In the longest game of the season so far, the Mets extended their NL East lead over the Phillies on Carlos Beltran’s home run in the 16th inning at Shea Stadium.
PHILADELPHIA (8) VS NY METS (9) - FINAL IN 16 INNINGS
PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 .242
C Utley 2b 6 1 3 0 1 2 1 .315
B Abreu rf 7 1 1 0 1 1 3 .283
P Burrell lf 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 .281
C Roberson pr-lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083
R Howard 1b 4 2 0 1 2 4 5 .291
S Victorino cf 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 .360
D Bell 3b 5 1 2 5 0 0 6 .275
R Madson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
S Fasano c 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 .238
C Ruiz pr-c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138
G Floyd p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .048
A Fultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
G Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
a-D Dellucci ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243
A Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Nunez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .173
Totals 57 8 12 8 8 15 21
a-struck out swinging for G Geary in the 7th.
BATTING: 2B - C Utley (12, S Trachsel); D Bell (10, A Heilman). HR - D Bell (4,
5th inning off S Trachsel 2 on, 2 Out). SF - R Howard. RBI - P Burrell (32), R
Howard (35), S Victorino (10), D Bell 5 (18). 2-out RBI - S Victorino, D Bell
3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Bell 3, D Dellucci 1. Team LOB -
11.
BASERUNNING: CS - C Utley (3, 2nd base by D Oliver/P Lo Duca).
FIELDING: E - G Floyd (1, catch).
NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Reyes ss 7 1 1 2 1 2 2 .246
P Lo Duca c 7 0 2 0 1 2 3 .296
C Beltran cf 7 1 3 2 1 3 3 .262
C Delgado 1b 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 .273
D Wright 3b 7 1 2 1 0 2 4 .312
C Floyd lf 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 .210
K Matsui 2b 7 1 1 1 0 1 4 .231
E Chavez rf 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 .288
S Trachsel p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
a-J Valentin ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .255
P Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-J Franco ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .292
A Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-C Woodward ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278
D Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-X Nady ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
B Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Bradford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-R Castro ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260
D Oliver p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 59 9 15 9 7 13 20
a-walked for S Trachsel in the 5th; b-hit a ground rule double to deep right
center for P Feliciano in the 6th; c-doubled to left for J Julio in the 8th;
d-flied out to right for D Sanchez in the 10th; e-struck out swinging for C
Bradford in the 12th.
BATTING: 2B - C Floyd (6, G Floyd); K Matsui (6, G Floyd); J Franco (2, A
Fultz); C Woodward (3, R Franklin). HR - D Wright (7, 2nd inning off G Floyd 0
on, 0 Out), C Floyd (5, 4th inning off G Floyd 0 on, 2 Out), J Reyes (4, 8th
inning off R Franklin 1 on, 2 Out), C Beltran (12, 16th inning off R Madson 0
on, 0 Out). RBI - D Wright (29), C Floyd (16), C Beltran 2 (31), K Matsui (7),
J Franco (6), C Woodward (7), J Reyes 2 (22). 2-out RBI - C Floyd, C Beltran, C
Woodward, J Reyes 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Lo Duca 2, D
Wright 2, K Matsui 2. Team LOB - 12.
BASERUNNING: SB - E Chavez (3, 3rd base off G Floyd/S Fasano), C Beltran (7,
2nd base off G Floyd/S Fasano), J Reyes (18, 2nd base off R Madson/S Fasano), D
Wright (8, 2nd base off R Madson/S Fasano).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Reyes-K Matsui).
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PHILADELPHIA - 200 040 200 000 000 0 -- 8
NY METS - 010 112 030 000 000 1 -- 9
No outs when winning run scored.
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
G Floyd 5 7 5 5 3 5 2 6.07
A Fultz (H, 2) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
G Geary (H, 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.70
A Rhodes (H, 10) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.60
R Franklin (B, 1) 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 4.43
R Madson (L, 4-3) 7 4 1 1 4 6 1 5.98
NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era
S Trachsel 5 7 6 6 4 2 1 4.99
P Feliciano 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.66
A Heilman 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 2.05
J Julio 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.06
D Sanchez 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1.84
B Wagner 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.22
C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
D Oliver (W, 2-0) 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 3.04
G Floyd pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
R Madson pitched to 1 batter in the 16th.
WP - S Trachsel. IBB - C Floyd 2 (by R Madson). HBP - C Utley (by D Oliver).
Pitches-strikes: G Floyd 101-64; A Fultz 6-5; G Geary 3-2; A Rhodes 7-6; R
Franklin 21-16; R Madson 105-67; S Trachsel 102-66; P Feliciano 17-9; A Heilman
27-15; J Julio 21-12; D Sanchez 30-21; B Wagner 17-11; C Bradford 8-7; D Oliver
56-39. Ground balls-fly balls: G Floyd 6-4; A Fultz 1-1; G Geary 0-1; A Rhodes
1-1; R Franklin 0-2; R Madson 7-7; S Trachsel 6-7; P Feliciano 0-2; A Heilman
0-0; J Julio 1-1; D Sanchez 2-1; B Wagner 0-1; C Bradford 2-1; D Oliver 4-3.
Batters faced: G Floyd 25; A Fultz 3; G Geary 1; A Rhodes 3; R Franklin 6; R
Madson 28; S Trachsel 26; P Feliciano 4; A Heilman 6; J Julio 3; D Sanchez 8; B
Wagner 3; C Bradford 3; D Oliver 14.
UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Kellogg. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Andy Fletcher. 3B--Mike Reilly.
T--5:22. Att--28,958.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 24 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 flew uninterrupted back to field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Distance Batter Pitcher True Standard Ward WAS Springer HOU 438 411 Patterson BAL Pineiro SEA 434 422 Perez CLE Santana MIN 431 424 Brown KC Rogers DET 428 415 Guillen DET Hernandez KC 427 412 Bay PIT Lyon ARI 427 416 Ramirez BOS Proctor NYY 424 400 Cabrera FLA Wood CHC 422 431 Grudzielanek KC Rogers DET 420 397 Soriano WAS Springer HOU 420 420 Sanders KC Rogers DET 417 410 Sosa ATL Thompson SD 417 408 Barrett CHC Olsen FLA 412 418 Hillenbrand TOR Hendrickson TB 409 408 Dye CWS Saarloos OAK 408 409 Griffey Jr. CIN Eveland MIL 406 396 Ensberg HOU Ortiz WAS 405 425 Rodriguez NYY Wakefield BOS 403 420 Cuddyer MIN Lee CLE 403 397 Grudzielanek KC Rogers DET 402 381 Konerko CWS Saarloos OAK 398 398 Thome CWS Saarloos OAK 397 400 Jackson ARI Santos PIT 397 387 Wright NYM Floyd PHI 396 391 Estrada ARI Santos PIT 393 383 Damon NYY Wakefield BOS 391 363 Beltran NYM Madson PHI 390 376 Bell PHI Trachsel NYM 387 406 Jackson WAS Nieve HOU 384 405 Young TEX Donnelly LAA 383 378 Bay PIT Vargas ARI 382 372 Murton CHC Olsen FLA 380 387 Atkins COL Hamulack LAD 379 373 Pujols STL Morris SF 379 367 Guerrero LAA Padilla TEX 375 385 Floyd NYM Floyd PHI 369 389 Hernandez BAL Pineiro SEA 368 363 Chavez OAK Vazquez CWS 362 384 Reyes NYM Franklin PHI 359 345 Morales LAA Padilla TEX 357 367 Winn SF Marquis STL 332 354
THT’s Stats
I know Batting Average is an old, mundane stat. But have you noticed all the weirdos leading the majors in batting? Players like Alexis Rios, Casey Blake, Jose Vidro, A.J. Pierzynski, for crying out load? Take a look at the top twenty for yourself:
Player Team League BA Rios TOR AL .353 Jeter NYA AL .352 Blake CLE AL .351 Vidro WAS NL .350 Pierzynski CHA AL .343 Tejada BAL AL .343 Young TEX AL .340 Ramirez FLA NL .340 Hawpe COL NL .338 Mauer MIN AL .336 Blalock TEX AL .335 Wells TOR AL .331 Lowell BOS AL .331 Hillenbrand TOR AL .331 Fielder MIL NL .328 Ordonez DET AL .327 Cabrera FLA NL .327 Counsell ARI NL .326 Holliday COL NL .326 Guillen DET AL .325
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