THT Daily: May 30
Major League News for May 29
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League CHA 11 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) 2 Thome HR, 2 CLE hits KC 6 OAK 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 4 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings NYA 4 DET 0 (Recap and Boxscore) R. Johnson is on TEX 2 SEA 0 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 7 BOS 6 (Recap and Boxscore) National League CHN 7 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Wood pitches well COL 5 SD 0 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 12 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) NYN 8 ARI 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Mets win with 2 in 9th PHI 11 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 14 MIL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) STL 3 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 30 19 .612 0.0NYA 29 20 .592 1.0
TOR 28 22 .560 2.5
BAL 23 28 .451 8.0
TB 21 30 .412 10.0
American League Central DET 35 16 .686 0.0
CHA 33 17 .660 1.5
CLE 24 26 .480 10.5
MIN 23 27 .460 11.5
KC 12 37 .245 22.0
American League West TEX 27 24 .529 0.0
OAK 23 28 .451 4.0
LAA 22 29 .431 5.0
SEA 22 31 .415 6.0
National League East NYN 31 19 .620 0.0
ATL 27 24 .529 4.5
PHI 26 24 .520 5.0
WAS 21 31 .404 11.0
FLA 16 33 .327 14.5
National League Central STL 33 18 .647 0.0
CIN 28 23 .549 5.0
MIL 26 25 .510 7.0
HOU 26 26 .500 7.5
CHN 19 31 .380 13.5
PIT 17 34 .333 16.0
National League West ARI 29 21 .580 0.0
LAN 29 22 .569 0.5
COL 27 24 .529 2.5
SF 26 25 .510 3.5
SD 26 25 .510 3.5
Game of the Day
The Blue Jays had a six-run lead, blew it, then beat the Red Sox 7-6. The Red Sox scored all their runs on home runs.
BOSTON (6) VS TORONTO (7) - FINAL
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Youkilis 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .317
M Loretta 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .317
D Ortiz dh 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 .267
M Ramirez lf 4 1 1 2 0 2 4 .309
T Nixon rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .299
J Varitek c 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .239
M Lowell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .322
C Crisp cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .333
A Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .221
Totals 35 6 9 6 1 5 15
BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (23, J Speier). HR - C Crisp (1, 5th inning off R
Halladay 0 on, 1 Out), M Ramirez (12, 6th inning off R Halladay 1 on, 1 Out), J
Varitek (5, 8th inning off J Speier 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Crisp (2), M Ramirez
2 (31), J Varitek 3 (24). 2-out RBI - J Varitek 3. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - C Crisp 1, T Nixon 1. GIDP - K Youkilis. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: E - K Youkilis (2, catch); T Nixon (1, bobble). DP: 1 (A Gonzalez-M
Loretta-K Youkilis).
TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Rios rf 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 .351
F Catalanotto lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .313
R Johnson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .350
V Wells cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 5 .316
T Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
L Overbay 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .306
G Zaun dh-c 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333
B Molina c 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .285
E Hinske pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266
B Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Hill ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .252
E Alfonzo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .094
a-S Hillenbrand ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .338
L Figueroa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 33 7 11 7 4 2 15
a-singled to left for E Alfonzo in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - B Molina 2 (6, D Riske, M Clement); A Hill (11, M Clement). HR -
V Wells (12, 3rd inning off M Clement 1 on, 2 Out), L Overbay (8, 4th inning
off M Clement 0 on, 0 Out). S - A Hill. RBI - V Wells 2 (39), L Overbay (29), B
Molina (14), A Rios 2 (38), S Hillenbrand (24). 2-out RBI - V Wells 2. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - V Wells 3, A Hill 1. GIDP - E Alfonzo. Team
LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - A Rios (6, 2nd base off J Van Buren/J Varitek).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (E Alfonzo-A Hill-L Overbay).
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BOSTON - 000 012 030 -- 6
TORONTO - 002 400 01x -- 7
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BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
M Clement 3 1/3 7 6 6 2 0 2 6.91
J Van Buren 2 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1.69
M Delcarmen 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.20
D Riske (L, 0-1) 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10.12
K Foulke 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
R Halladay 7 7 3 3 0 2 2 2.87
S Downs (H, 1) 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 4.87
J Speier (B, 1) 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2.84
B Ryan (W, 1-0) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.73
S Downs pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
HBP - D Ortiz (by R Halladay); M Loretta (by S Downs); R Johnson (by D
Riske). Pitches-strikes: M Clement 86-48; J Van Buren 39-23; M Delcarmen 22-16;
D Riske 15-12; K Foulke 1-1; R Halladay 97-63; S Downs 8-3; J Speier 11-7; B
Ryan 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: M Clement 5-5; J Van Buren 4-2; M Delcarmen
3-0; D Riske 1-1; K Foulke 0-1; R Halladay 7-12; S Downs 0-0; J Speier 0-1; B
Ryan 0-2. Batters faced: M Clement 19; J Van Buren 9; M Delcarmen 5; D Riske 5;
K Foulke 1; R Halladay 28; S Downs 2; J Speier 4; B Ryan 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Tom Hallion. 1B--Mike Everitt. 2B--Alfonso Marquez. 3B--Larry
Young.
T--3:03. Att--24,038.
Weather: 93 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, left to right.
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.
The team-announced distance on the Fielder homer at PNC was 471 feet. This was actually in very close agreement with the initial HitTracker distance. However, the landing spot, on the sidewalk next to the river, is about 22 feet below field level. When you reconstruct the trajectory, the true distance is 452 feet – the extra 18 feet came after the ball had descended below field level, but before it hit the sidewalk.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist. Std. Dist. HR # Ramirez, Manny BOS Halladay, Roy TOR 450 448 12 Fielder, Prince MIL Duke, Zach PIT 452 446 9 Walker, Todd CHC Mercker, Kent CIN 418 440 3 Tracy, Chad ARI Heilman, Aaron NYM 425 438 9 Floyd, Cliff NYM Vargas, Claudio ARI 423 428 6 Overbay, Lyle TOR Clement, Matt BOS 434 422 8 Murton, Matt CHC Ramirez, Elizardo CIN 412 421 4 Thome, Jim CWS Mota, Guillermo CLE 417 409 20 Spilborghs, Ryan COL Brower, Jim SD 419 405 1 Castillo, Jose PIT Mabeus, Chris MIL 415 404 5 Thome, Jim CWS Lee, Cliff CLE 415 400 19 Bautista, Jose PIT Gonzalez, Jeremi MIL 412 399 4 Martinez, Ramon LAD Paronto, Chad ATL 402 392 1 Hawpe, Brad COL Thompson, Mike SD 416 391 11 Valentin, Jose NYM Vargas, Claudio ARI 376 387 3 Uribe, Juan CWS Lee, Cliff CLE 388 385 4 Jacobs, Mike FLA Morris, Matt SF 368 381 6 Byrnes, Eric ARI Trachsel, Steve NYM 393 379 8 Holliday, Matt COL Thompson, Mike SD 402 378 12 Thomas, Frank OAK Etherton, Seth KC 377 377 10 Dunn, Adam CIN Eyre, Scott CHC 392 373 17 Crisp, Coco BOS Halladay, Roy TOR 392 372 1 Teixeira, Mark TEX Washburn, Jarrod SEA 380 372 6 Konerko, Paul CWS Lee, Cliff CLE 370 370 15 Durham, Ray SF Olsen, Scott FLA 359 359 4 Swisher, Nick OAK Burgos, Ambiorix KC 375 358 15 Howard, Ryan PHI Majewski, Gary WAS 354 357 18 Wells, Vernon TOR Clement, Matt BOS 352 355 12 Cuddyer, Michael MIN Lackey, John LAA 358 341 7 Zimmerman, Ryan WAS Lieber, Jon PHI 354 339 9 Byrnes, Eric ARI Trachsel, Steve NYM 352 337 7 Varitek, Jason BOS Speier, Justin TOR 349 331 5 Pujols, Albert STL Qualls, Chad HOU 368 331 25
THT’s Stats
Here are the twenty pitchers who have given up the lowest percentage of line drives off batted balls. Jose Contreras has a big lead over the competition, which shows how dominant he has been so far. Also, the Defense Efficiency Ratio for each pitcher is listed, because DER tends to fluctuate with how often batters hit line drives. The exceptions are groundball pitchers such as Brandon Webb and Jake Westbrook.
Team Last First LD% DER CHA Contreras Jose 9% .805 SF Cain Matt 12% .767 BOS Beckett Josh 12% .778 LAN Lowe Derek 13% .762 STL Marquis Jason 13% .776 TB Hendrickson Mark 13% .761 CLE Westbrook Jake 13% .691 SD Peavy Jake 14% .714 SD Hensley Clay A 14% .753 NYN Martinez Pedro 15% .799 OAK Zito Barry 15% .762 NYA Johnson Randy 15% .705 BOS Clement Matt 16% .674 NYA Mussina Mike 16% .753 BOS Wakefield Tim 16% .744 ARI Webb Brandon 16% .705 HOU Buchholz Taylor 16% .749 SEA Washburn Jarrod 17% .760 CHA Buehrle Mark 17% .742 MIL Capuano Chris 17% .730
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