THT Daily: May 25
Major League News for May 24
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League CHA 3 OAK 2 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 11 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 6 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 8 TEX 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 8 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) SEA 7 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TB 10 TOR 8 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ARI 8 PIT 7 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 10 SD 6 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 9 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 7 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 CIN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 5 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 10 SF 4 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 5 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 18 .591 0.0NYA 26 19 .578 0.5
TOR 25 21 .543 2.0
BAL 21 26 .447 6.5
TB 21 26 .447 6.5
American League Central DET 32 14 .696 0.0
CHA 31 15 .674 1.0
CLE 23 23 .500 9.0
MIN 20 26 .435 12.0
KC 10 34 .227 21.0
American League West TEX 23 23 .500 0.0
OAK 22 24 .478 1.0
SEA 22 26 .458 2.0
LAA 19 28 .404 4.5
National League East NYN 28 17 .622 0.0
PHI 23 22 .511 5.0
ATL 24 23 .511 5.0
WAS 18 29 .383 11.0
FLA 14 31 .311 14.0
National League Central STL 31 16 .660 0.0
CIN 27 20 .574 4.0
HOU 25 22 .532 6.0
MIL 24 23 .511 7.0
CHN 18 28 .391 12.5
PIT 14 33 .298 17.0
National League West ARI 27 19 .587 0.0
LAN 27 20 .574 0.5
COL 25 22 .532 2.5
SF 24 23 .511 3.5
SD 24 23 .511 3.5
Game of the Day
Carl Crawford found his stroke for at least one game as he collected five hits and scored five runs, and Toronto ran seven pitchers to the mound in Tampa Bay’s 10-8 win.
TAMPA BAY (10) VS TORONTO (8) - FINAL
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Lugo ss 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 .284
C Crawford lf 5 5 5 2 0 0 0 .287
J Gomes dh 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 .275
A Huff 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 .167
T Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195
T Wigginton 1b-2b 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 .269
T Hall c 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 .275
D Hollins rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .248
T Perez 2b-3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .172
J Gathright cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .189
Totals 36 10 14 10 4 4 15
BATTING: HR - C Crawford (2, 2nd inning off J Towers 1 on, 2 Out), T Hall (6,
7th inning off J Frasor 1 on, 2 Out), T Wigginton (11, 9th inning off J Speier
1 on, 2 Out). SF - T Wigginton , J Gomes. RBI - J Gomes (38), A Huff (8), C
Crawford 2 (19), T Wigginton 4 (37), T Hall 2 (16). 2-out RBI - C Crawford 2, T
Wigginton 3, T Hall 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Hollins 1, T
Hall 1, J Lugo 1. GIDP - T Perez. Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - J Lugo (8, 2nd base off J Towers/B Molina), C Crawford 4
(17, 2nd base off J Towers/B Molina, 2nd base off J Speier/G Zaun, 2nd base off
F Rosario/B Molina, 3rd base off S Schoeneweis/B Molina), J Gathright (10, 2nd
base off T Taubenheim/B Molina). CS - J Gomes (5, 2nd base by S Downs/B
Molina).
FIELDING: E - S Camp (1, throw). Outfield assists - D Hollins (V Wells at 3rd
base). DP: 1 (T Perez-J Lugo-T Wigginton).
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Johnson lf 5 1 1 0 0 3 6 .351
A Rios rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 3 .357
V Wells cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .328
T Glaus 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 .258
S Hillenbrand dh 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 .340
B Molina c 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .270
R Adams pr-ss 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .258
L Overbay 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 .289
A Hill 2b 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 .240
a-F Catalanotto ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .317
J McDonald ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .233
G Zaun c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .348
Totals 40 8 14 6 4 6 21
a-struck out looking for A Hill in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - A Rios (17, C Fossum); S Hillenbrand (9, C Fossum); T Glaus (12,
T Walker); R Adams (9, T Walker). HR - S Hillenbrand (6, 5th inning off C
Fossum 0 on, 2 Out), A Hill (1, 6th inning off C Fossum 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - L
Overbay (26), A Rios 2 (35), S Hillenbrand (21), A Hill (11), R Adams (17).
2-out RBI - A Rios 2, S Hillenbrand. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
F Catalanotto 1, T Glaus 1, V Wells 2, A Rios 1. GIDP - L Overbay. Team LOB -
9.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - R Johnson (J Lugo at 2nd base). DP: 1 (A Hill-J
McDonald-L Overbay).
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TAMPA BAY - 220 010 302 -- 10
TORONTO - 030 013 001 -- 8
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
C Fossum 5 2/3 9 6 5 2 3 2 5.46
S Camp (W, 2-0) 2/3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2.86
R Lugo (H, 4) 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.47
T Walker (S, 9) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 0 4.72
TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Towers 1 2/3 6 4 4 1 0 1 9.00
S Downs 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.43
F Rosario 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1.93
T Taubenheim 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50
S Schoeneweis (H, 6) 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 7.90
J Frasor (L, 1-1; B, 1) 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 7.47
J Speier 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 2.65
IBB - A Huff (by F Rosario). Pitches-strikes: C Fossum 89-56; S Camp 20-9; R
Lugo 20-12; T Walker 27-20; J Towers 43-27; S Downs 20-11; F Rosario 35-19; T
Taubenheim 13-8; S Schoeneweis 12-5; J Frasor 19-15; J Speier 18-12. Ground
balls-fly balls: C Fossum 8-6; S Camp 1-1; R Lugo 2-1; T Walker 1-1; J Towers
1-4; S Downs 6-0; F Rosario 0-2; T Taubenheim 1-1; S Schoeneweis 1-0; J Frasor
1-2; J Speier 1-1. Batters faced: C Fossum 28; S Camp 5; R Lugo 5; T Walker 6;
J Towers 12; S Downs 6; F Rosario 6; T Taubenheim 4; S Schoeneweis 3; J Frasor
6; J Speier 5.
UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Larry Vanover.
T--3:11. Att--20,187.
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.
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 Byrnes ARI Duke PIT 432 444 Ramirez BOS Proctor NYY 409 433 Wilkerson TEX Weaver LAA 439 430 Burrell PHI Feliciano NYM 424 430 Ensberg HOU O'Connor WAS 414 422 Wainwright STL Lowry SF 405 421 Lee MIL Claussen CIN 419 420 Crawford TB Towers TOR 413 414 Inge DET Wood KC 398 412 Borchard FLA Maddux CHC 426 412 Blake CLE Radke MIN 404 410 Blake CLE Reyes MIN 400 406 Infante DET Gobble KC 391 405 Infante DET Nunez KC 391 404 Bay PIT Grimsley ARI 389 401 Wilson PIT Batista ARI 389 400 Jones ATL Young SD 398 399 DeRosa TEX Rodriguez LAA 392 395 Lopez BAL Washburn SEA 397 394 McPherson LAA Tejeda TEX 418 392 Beltran NYM Lieber PHI 373 386 Stairs KC Bonderman DET 371 384 Jones ATL Young SD 396 384 Wright NYM Lieber PHI 369 379 Mora BAL Washburn SEA 381 378 Cabrera FLA Novoa CHC 371 376 Taguchi STL Hennessey SF 367 375 Hill TOR Fossum TB 365 366 Kearns CIN Davis MIL 373 366 Youkilis BOS Johnson NYY 347 364 Wigginton TB Speier TOR 350 351 Hall TB Frasor TOR 343 344 Renteria ATL Young SD 332 342 Hillenbrand TOR Fossum TB 338 340 Ramirez BOS Johnson NYY NA NA
THT’s Stats
Would you be surprised to find out that Jon Papelbon, who has allowed only one run in 23 innings, has “created” more runs than Albert Pujols? I’m talking about Pitching Runs Created, a stat that expresses a pitcher’s performance on the same scale as Runs Created. A combined list of Runs Created and Pitching Runs Created is a pretty good list of which players have done the most for their team.
Player Team POS PRC/RC Papelbon BOS P 63 Pujols STL 1B 58 Ryan TOR P 56 Thome CHA DH 52 Kazmir TB P 49 Hafner CLE DH 47 Mussina NYA P 47 Contreras CHA P 43 Santana MIN P 42 Cabrera FLA 3B 42 Jeter NYA SS 41 Blake CLE RF 41 Sabathia CLE P 41 Lopez SEA 2B 41 Halladay TOR P 41 Giambi NYA 1B 40 Konerko CHA 1B 40 Berkman HOU 1B 39 Giles SD RF 39 Zito OAK P 38 Soriano WAS LF 38 Lee MIL LF 38 Delgado NYN 1B 37 Hernandez BAL C 37 Sizemore CLE CF 37
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