THT Daily: May 27
Major League News for May 26
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League BOS 8 TB 4 (Recap and Boxscore) DET 8 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 7 NYA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 5 BAL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 3 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 5 OAK 3 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 8 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) National League ARI 3 CIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) ATL 6 CHN 5 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) MIL 6 PHI 5 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 12 HOU 5 (Recap and Boxscore) SD 7 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) SF 9 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 10 LAN 4 (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 28 18 .609 0.0NYA 26 20 .565 2.0
TOR 26 21 .553 2.5
BAL 22 27 .449 7.5
TB 21 28 .429 8.5
American League Central DET 34 14 .708 0.0
CHA 31 16 .660 2.5
CLE 23 24 .489 10.5
MIN 21 26 .447 12.5
KC 11 35 .239 22.0
American League West TEX 25 23 .521 0.0
OAK 22 26 .458 3.0
SEA 22 28 .440 4.0
LAA 20 28 .417 5.0
National League East NYN 28 19 .596 0.0
ATL 25 23 .521 3.5
PHI 24 23 .511 4.0
WAS 20 29 .408 9.0
FLA 15 31 .326 12.5
National League Central STL 31 17 .646 0.0
CIN 27 21 .563 4.0
MIL 25 23 .521 6.0
HOU 25 24 .510 6.5
CHN 18 29 .383 12.5
PIT 15 33 .313 16.0
National League West ARI 28 19 .596 0.0
LAN 27 21 .563 1.5
SF 25 23 .521 3.5
COL 25 23 .521 3.5
SD 25 23 .521 3.5
Game of the Day
The highly anticipated matchup of two hotshot pitching prospects, Felix Hernandez and Francisco Liriano, lived up to the hype. Liriano, in just his second start this year, shut out the Mariners for five innings. Hernandez was also on, but gave up three runs in seven, including Joe Mauer’s home run.
SEATTLE (1) VS MINNESOTA (3) - FINAL
SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .313
J Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286
R Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
R Sexson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .209
C Everett dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .260
A Beltre 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .213
K Johjima c 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .276
W Bloomquist cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .270
Y Betancourt ss 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 .272
Totals 32 1 7 1 1 10 13
BATTING: 2B - R Sexson (11, F Liriano). RBI - Y Betancourt (22). 2-out RBI - Y
Betancourt. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Everett 1, R Sexson 1.
Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: SB - I Suzuki (16, 2nd base off F Liriano/J Mauer).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-J Lopez-R Sexson).
MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Kubel lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143
L Ford lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231
L Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .306
J Mauer c 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .336
T Hunter cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .275
M Cuddyer rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .293
J Morneau 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .239
R White dh 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .197
T Batista 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .243
J Castro ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .233
Totals 30 3 7 2 1 9 9
BATTING: 2B - R White (6, F Hernandez). HR - J Mauer (4, 3rd inning off F
Hernandez 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Batista (19), J Mauer (23). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - M Cuddyer 1, T Hunter 1. GIDP - J Castro. Team LOB - 4.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - T Hunter (K Johjima at 2nd base). DP: 1 (T
Hunter-L Castillo).
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SEATTLE - 000 000 100 -- 1
MINNESOTA - 021 000 00x -- 3
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
F Hernandez (L, 3-6) 7 5 3 3 1 8 1 5.59
G Sherrill 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.57
R Soriano 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.73
MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
F Liriano (W, 3-0) 5 4 0 0 1 6 0 2.51
M Guerrier (H, 2) 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 3.33
J Rincon (H, 7) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.35
J Nathan (S, 6) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
WP - F Liriano. Pitches-strikes: F Hernandez 104-73; G Sherrill 11-8; R
Soriano 5-3; F Liriano 83-53; M Guerrier 24-18; J Rincon 12-8; J Nathan 11-8.
Ground balls-fly balls: F Hernandez 8-5; G Sherrill 1-0; R Soriano 1-0; F
Liriano 4-4; M Guerrier 0-2; J Rincon 2-1; J Nathan 0-2. Batters faced: F
Hernandez 26; G Sherrill 4; R Soriano 1; F Liriano 19; M Guerrier 8; J Rincon
3; J Nathan 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Rick Reed.
T--2:12. Att--28,082.
Weather: INDOORS
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.
Vladimir Guerrero “shattered” this year’s shortest home run record, with a 258-foot inside-the-park job. Previously, the shortest home run had been Jason Lane’s 328-foot homer on April 17, which actually cleared the fence.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist. Std. Dist HR# Piazza, Mike SD Suppan, Jeff STL 427 450 7 Sanders, Reggie NYY Mussina, Mike KC 421 442 7 Chavez, Eric OAK Koronka, John TEX 405 442 12 Perez, Eduardo CLE Robertson, Nate DET 438 440 7 Glaus, Troy TOR Garcia, Freddy CWS 442 440 14 Matthews, Gary TEX Keisler, Randy OAK 420 431 4 Bay, Jason PIT Buchholz, Taylor HOU 434 428 14 Wells, Vernon TOR Garcia, Freddy CWS 425 424 11 Burrell, Pat PHI Capuano, Chris MIL 419 423 13 Olivo, Miguel FLA Martinez, Pedro NYM 410 416 5 Bynum, Freddie CHC Hudson, Tim ATL 391 411 2 McPherson, Dallas LAA Chen, Bruce BAL 398 410 3 Berroa, Angel NYY Farnsworth, Kyle KC 410 407 4 Hall, Bill MIL Lidle, Corey PHI 406 407 11 Ensberg, Morgan HOU Snell, Ian PIT 403 403 17 Lamb, Mike HOU Snell, Ian PIT 404 402 3 Castillo, Jose PIT Buchholz, Taylor HOU 402 401 3 Mauer, Joe MIN Hernandez, Felix SEA 396 390 4 Crawford, Carl TB Foulke, Keith BOS 391 389 3 Rios, Alex TOR Garcia, Freddy CWS 387 386 10 Crawford, Carl TB Wells, David BOS 386 385 3 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Suppan, Jeff STL 369 384 5 Konerko, Paul CWS Lilly, Ted TOR 382 382 13 Cruz, Jose LAD Ramirez, Santiago WAS 368 382 3 Green, Shawn ARI Coffey, Todd CIN 434 375 4 Konerko, Paul CWS Lilly, Ted TOR 372 370 13 Wilson, Craig PIT Buchholz, Taylor HOU 369 364 9 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Hamulack, Tim LAD 375 363 17 Roberts, Dave SD Suppan, Jeff STL 373 360 2 Lowell, Mike BOS Kazmir, Scott TB 353 354 7 Johnson, Reed TOR Politte, Cliff CWS 350 349 1 Guerrero, Vladimir LAA Williams, Todd BAL 258 262 13
THT’s Stats
18 players have received four or more intentional walks so far this year. They are listed in the following table, along with the number of intentional walks for every 100 plate appearances. The question is, when will major league managers start pitching around Albert Pujols more than Barry Bonds?
Last First Team PA IBB IBB/PA Bonds Barry SF 158 21 13.3 Pujols Albert STL 202 8 4.0 Cabrera Miguel FLA 203 8 3.9 Thome Jim CHA 204 7 3.4 Guerrero Vladimir LAA 198 6 3.0 Delgado Carlos NYN 211 6 2.8 Teixeira Mark TEX 221 6 2.7 Ibanez Raul SEA 221 6 2.7 Ensberg Morgan HOU 211 5 2.4 Hawpe Brad B COL 190 5 2.6 Helton Todd COL 150 5 3.3 Dunn Adam CIN 207 4 1.9 Ortiz David BOS 206 4 1.9 Gonzalez Luis ARI 199 4 2.0 Green Shawn ARI 179 4 2.2 Kent Jeff LAN 189 4 2.1 Giles Brian SD 216 4 1.9 Castillo Jose PIT 172 4 2.3
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