THT Daily: May 31
Major League News for May 30
Scoreboard
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Stats
Scoreboard
American League BAL 7 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 4 CHA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Sabathia over Buerhle KC 8 OAK 7 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 6 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Jeff Weaver back on track? NYA 11 DET 6 (Recap and Boxscore) 11 innings TEX 6 SEA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 8 BOS 5 (Recap and Boxscore) 3 HR by Wells; 2 by Glaus National League ARI 7 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Batista CG CHN 8 CIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 5 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 6 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 8 ATL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PHI 4 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 12 MIL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Pirates have 50 runs in 5 games SD 2 COL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Young had no hitter til 8th
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 NYA 30 20 .600 0.0BOS 30 20 .600 0.0
TOR 29 22 .569 1.5
BAL 24 28 .462 7.0
TB 21 31 .404 10.0
American League Central DET 35 17 .673 0.0
CHA 33 18 .647 1.5
CLE 25 26 .490 9.5
MIN 23 28 .451 11.5
KC 13 37 .260 21.0
American League West TEX 28 24 .538 0.0
LAA 23 29 .442 5.0
OAK 23 29 .442 5.0
SEA 22 32 .407 7.0
National League East NYN 31 20 .608 0.0
PHI 27 24 .529 4.0
ATL 27 25 .519 4.5
WAS 21 32 .396 11.0
FLA 17 33 .340 13.5
National League Central STL 33 19 .635 0.0
CIN 28 24 .538 5.0
HOU 27 26 .509 6.5
MIL 26 26 .500 7.0
CHN 20 31 .392 12.5
PIT 18 34 .346 15.0
National League West ARI 30 21 .588 0.0
LAN 30 22 .577 0.5
SD 27 25 .519 3.5
COL 27 25 .519 3.5
SF 26 26 .500 4.5
Game of the Day
The Athletics have perhaps hit a new low, losing their second game in a row to the Royals. This game lasted ten innings. To literally add insult to injury, both Eric Chavez and Mark Ellis left the game with injuries.
KANSAS CITY (8) VS OAKLAND (7) - FINAL IN 10 INNINGS
KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 .206
M Grudzielanek 2b 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 .318
R Sanders dh 6 1 4 1 0 1 3 .257
E Brown rf-lf 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 .265
T Graffanino 3b-1b-3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .263
E German lf-3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .372
a-M Stairs ph-1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250
D Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .259
S Costa rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
A Berroa ss 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .249
J Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .237
Totals 44 8 16 8 4 7 19
a-singled to center for E German in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Sanders (10, B Halsey); D Mientkiewicz (14, B Halsey); A Berroa
(11, M Roney). HR - D Dejesus (1, 1st inning off B Halsey 0 on, 0 Out). S - J
Buck. RBI - D DeJesus (2), T Graffanino (15), A Berroa 2 (21), R Sanders (24),
E Brown (23), M Stairs (17), M Grudzielanek (12). 2-out RBI - A Berroa 2, R
Sanders, E Brown, M Stairs. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Brown
2, D Mientkiewicz 1, A Berroa 1, J Buck 1, S Costa 1. GIDP - E German. Team LOB
- 11.
BASERUNNING: SB - E German (2, 2nd base off C Gaudin/A Melhuse).
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Kotsay cf 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 .275
N Swisher lf 6 2 3 1 0 1 3 .310
E Chavez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .275
M Scutaro 3b-2b 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 .149
F Thomas dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .219
B Crosby ss 5 2 4 3 0 0 0 .249
A Melhuse c 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .254
J Payton rf 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 .256
D Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 .193
B Kielty pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
M Ellis 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .226
A Perez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .034
a-J Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Totals 41 7 11 7 7 8 24
a-flied out to right for A Perez in the 10th.
BATTING: 2B - B Crosby 2 (7, D Bautista 2); A Melhuse (4, D Bautista). HR - N
Swisher (16, 3rd inning off D Bautista 0 on, 2 Out), B Crosby (7, 4th inning
off D Bautista 0 on, 1 Out), J Payton (2, 5th inning off A Sisco 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - N Swisher (42), B Crosby 3 (23), J Payton 3 (12). 2-out RBI - N Swisher,
J Payton 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, F Thomas 1,
M Kotsay 1, A Perez 1, D Johnson 1. Team LOB - 11.
BASERUNNING: SB - N Swisher (1, 2nd base off J Nelson/J Buck).
FIELDING: E - B Crosby (8, throw). Outfield assists - J Payton (E Brown at
2nd base). DP: 1 (E Chavez-M Ellis-D Johnson).
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KANSAS CITY - 400 200 001 1 -- 8
OAKLAND - 001 240 000 0 -- 7
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 4 1/3 8 6 6 2 3 2 5.62
A Sisco 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.55
J Nelson 1 1/3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.96
E Dessens (W, 3-5) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.67
A Burgos (S, 7) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7.01
OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
B Halsey 4 2/3 10 6 6 2 1 1 4.43
C Gaudin 2 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.08
K Calero (H, 9) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.31
H Street (B, 3) 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 5.00
M Roney (L, 0-1) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.50
WP - D Bautista. IBB - D Johnson (by J Nelson), D DeJesus (by M Roney).
Pitches-strikes: D Bautista 96-63; A Sisco 24-11; J Nelson 32-16; E Dessens
25-16; A Burgos 13-7; B Halsey 73-46; C Gaudin 38-24; K Calero 10-7; H Street
27-13; M Roney 18-9. Ground balls-fly balls: D Bautista 3-7; A Sisco 1-2; J
Nelson 1-2; E Dessens 1-2; A Burgos 0-3; B Halsey 6-6; C Gaudin 3-1; K Calero
0-1; H Street 1-1; M Roney 1-2. Batters faced: D Bautista 23; A Sisco 6; J
Nelson 7; E Dessens 7; A Burgos 5; B Halsey 25; C Gaudin 9; K Calero 3; H
Street 6; M Roney 6.
UMPIRES: HP--Jeff Nelson. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Joe
Brinkman.
T--3:36. Att--12,516.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear. Wind: 16 mph, in from left.
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.
Dolphin Stadium’s wind took over 40 feet from Lance Niekro’s home run.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Niekro, Lance SF Moehler, Brian FLA 384 427 3 Abreu, Bobby PHI Armas, Tony WAS 420 425 7 Hollins, Damon TB Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 428 423 6 Encarnacion, Juan STL Pettitte, Andy HOU 442 419 7 Hunter, Torii MIN Weaver, Jeff LAA 410 418 9 Castillo, Jose PIT De La Rosa, Jorge MIL 441 418 7 Wells, Vernon TOR Beckett, Josh BOS 440 415 13 Valentin, Jose NYM Batista, Miguel ARI 395 415 4 Kubel, Jason MIN Weaver, Jeff LAA 408 415 1 Cabrera, Miguel FLA Lowry, Noah SD 370 410 9 Niekro, Lance SF Borowski, Joe FLA 374 406 4 Byrd, Marlon WAS Myers, Brett PHI 417 406 3 Glaus, Troy TOR Beckett, Josh BOS 419 403 16 Ethier, Andre LAD Sosa, Jorge ATL 406 403 4 Nixon, Trot BOS Walker, Pete TOR 411 401 4 Young, Michael TEX Meche, Gil SEA 393 400 3 Huff, Aubrey TB Williams, Todd BAL 409 399 2 Castillo, Jose PIT De La Rosa, Jorge MIL 412 399 6 Patterson, Corey BAL Orvella, Chad TB 414 397 7 Wells, Vernon TOR Beckett, Josh BOS 424 395 14 Rivera, Juan LAA Baker, Scott MIN 390 395 4 DeJesus, David KC Halsey, Brad OAK 380 392 1 Crosby, Bobby OAK Bautista, Denny KC 385 391 7 Wigginton, Ty TB Lopez, Rodrigo BAL 394 390 12 Rodriguez, Ivan DET Small, Aaron NYY 405 389 4 Giambi, Jason NYY Jones, Todd DET 375 384 13 Tejada, Miguel BAL Waechter, Doug TB 375 380 14 Wilkerson, Brad TEX Meche, Gil SEA 381 380 10 Jones, Jacque CHC Mercker, Kent CIN 408 378 8 Byrnes, Eric ARI Soler, Alay NYM 368 377 9 Jackson, Conor ARI Soler, Alay NYM 372 375 6 LaRoche, Adam ATL Sele, Aaron LAD 397 375 9 Swisher, Nick OAK Bautista, Denny KC 368 373 16 Biggio, Craig HOU Hancock, Josh STL 400 371 5 Peralta, Jhonny CLE Buehrle, Mark CWS 394 367 5 Wells, Vernon TOR Riske, David BOS 384 362 15 Glaus, Troy TOR Beckett, Josh BOS 380 360 17 Payton, Jay OAK Sisco, Andrew KC 345 356 2 Dye, Jermaine CWS Sabathia, C.C. CLE 372 346 14 Rolen, Scott STL Pettitte, Andy HOU 375 346 6 Patterson, Corey BAL Harper, Travis TB 365 344 6
THT’s Stats
Is Rickie Weeks the new Craig Biggio? Weeks has been hit by a pitch 10 times this season, on pace for 30. To put that in perspective, that total (30) has been topped only four times since 1900. More batters have been getting plunked in recent years, and the trend continues in 2006.
Last First Team HBP Weeks Rickie MIL 10 Johnson Reed TOR 9 Eckstein David STL 9 Mora Melvin BAL 8 Giambi Jason NYA 7 Holliday Matt T COL 7 Delgado Carlos NYN 7 Clark Brady MIL 7 Sizemore Grady CLE 6 Kent Jeff LAN 6 Floyd Cliff NYN 6 Johjima Kenji SEA 6 Kendall Jason OAK 6 Bonds Barry SF 5 Utley Chase PHI 5 Rowand Aaron PHI 5 Encarnacion Edwin CIN 5 Willingham Josh D FLA 5 Ausmus Brad HOU 5 Counsell Craig ARI 5 Boone Aaron CLE 5 Guillen Jose WAS 5 Ellis Mark OAK 5 Frandsen Kevin V SF 5 Duffy Chris PIT 5
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