THT Daily: Opposite Day
Major League News for July 4
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League TEX 6 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Rheinecker: 7 IP, 1 R; DeRosa: 3 RBI, HR TB 3 BOS 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Wigginton: 2 HR; Kazmir: 9 IP, 0 R LAA 7 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Morales: 3-4, 3 RS, HR; Weaver: 7 IP, 1 R OAK 5 DET 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Payton: 3 RBI, HR; Blanton: 7 IP, 3 R CLE 5 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Sowers: 7 IP, 2 R MIN 6 KC 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Morneau: 3 RBI, HR; Berroa: 3 RBI BAL 8 CHA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bedard: 8 IP, 1 R, 7 K, 1 BB, 2 H National League SF 9 COL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Vizquel: 4-5 ATL 6 STL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 11 NYN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bay: 3 RBI; Maholm: 6 IP, 1 R WAS 9 FLA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Soriano: 2 HR; Guillen: 3 RBI; Astacio: 5 IP, 1 R MIL 8 CIN 7 (Recap and Boxscore) See below LAN 10 ARI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Ethier: 4-5, 2 2B; Lowe: 5 IP, 2 R; Nomar: 3 HBP HOU 7 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Berkman: 2 HR, 4 RBI; Clemens: 5 IP, 2 R
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time FLA - Olsen S.* (6-4, 4.26) WAS - Patterson J. (1-2, 4.41) 1:05 PIT - Duke Z.* (5-7, 4.92) NYM - Glavine T.* (11-2, 3.34) 1:10 CIN - Arroyo B. (9-4, 2.58) MIL - Davis D.* (4-5, 4.82) 2:05 CHC - Prior M. (0-3, 9.00) HOU - Pettitte A.* (6-9, 5.58) 2:05 SD - Hensley C. (5-6, 4.14) PHI - Hamels C.* (1-4, 5.50) 3:05 BAL - Lopez R. (5-9, 6.32) CWS - Contreras J. (8-0, 3.54) 4:05 LAA - Santana E. (8-3, 3.92) SEA - Meche G. (7-4, 3.75) 4:05 BOS - Schilling C. (10-2, 3.54) TB - Fossum C.* (3-3, 5.03) 4:15 DET - Verlander J. (10-4, 3.13) OAK - Haren D. (6-6, 3.53) 5:05 NYY - Chacon S. (4-2, 5.68) CLE - Westbrook J. (6-4, 4.37) 6:05 STL - Carpenter C. (6-4, 2.85) ATL - Thomson J. (2-6, 4.68) 7:05 SF - Schmidt J. (6-3, 2.73) COL - Francis J.* (5-7, 4.25) 8:05 TOR - Halladay R. (10-2, 3.22) TEX - Koronka J.* (6-4, 4.79) 8:05 MIN - Bonser B. (2-1, 4.68) KC - Gobble J.* (2-1, 3.67) 8:10 ARI - Gonzalez E. (2-1, 4.03) LAD - Sele A. (4-2, 3.06) 9:10
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. “PWins” is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength.
Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East Pwins Diff BOS 50 30 .625 0.0 46 4NYA 46 34 .575 4.0 47 -1
TOR 46 36 .561 5.0 46 0
BAL 39 45 .464 13.0 38 1
TB 36 47 .434 15.5 35 1
American League Central DET 56 27 .675 0.0 53 3
CHA 53 29 .646 2.5 50 3
MIN 46 35 .568 9.0 44 2
CLE 38 43 .469 17.0 44 -6
KC 27 54 .333 28.0 28 -1
American League West OAK 43 39 .524 0.0 41 2
TEX 42 41 .506 1.5 43 -1
SEA 42 42 .500 2.0 44 -2
LAA 38 44 .463 5.0 38 0
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 48 34 .585 0.0 46 2
PHI 37 44 .457 10.5 37 0
FLA 35 44 .443 11.5 39 -4
ATL 36 47 .434 12.5 40 -4
WAS 36 48 .429 13.0 37 -1
National League Central STL 44 37 .543 0.0 42 2
CIN 44 39 .530 1.0 41 3
HOU 41 42 .494 4.0 39 2
MIL 41 43 .488 4.5 36 5
CHN 30 52 .366 14.5 31 -1
PIT 29 55 .345 16.5 37 -8
National League West SD 43 39 .524 0.0 43 0
SF 43 40 .518 0.5 43 0
COL 42 40 .512 1.0 42 0
LAN 42 40 .512 1.0 46 -4
ARI 40 43 .482 3.5 40 0
Game of the Day
Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 8-7 in a battle of lousy bullpens. The Brewers’ Derrick Turnbow gave up a go-ahead double to Ken Griffey Jr. in the top of the ninth, but Todd Coffey couldn’t hold the lead (or even record an out) and gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth, including the game-winning hit by Carlos Lee.
Griffey also hit his 554th home run, and Billy Hall was 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored. The win went to Matt Wise, who retired Austin Kearns with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth.
CINCINNATI (7) VS MILWAUKEE (8) - FINAL
CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .270
A Dunn lf 5 1 3 1 0 2 0 .234
R Freel pr-lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299
K Griffey Jr cf 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 .262
R Aurilia 3b-1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .264
S Hatteberg 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .292
T Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .322
A Kearns rf 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 .272
J LaRue c 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .179
A Harang p 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .189
K Mercker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Standridge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Valentin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211
J Castro 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
Totals 36 7 10 7 6 7 13
a-grounded to first for J Standridge in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - A Dunn (14, D Bush); A Kearns (20, D Bush); K Griffey Jr (10, D
Turnbow). HR - A Kearns (16, 4th inning off D Bush 1 on, 2 Out), K Griffey Jr
(18, 7th inning off B Shouse 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Aurilia (32), A Kearns 2
(49), K Griffey Jr 3 (50), A Dunn (54). 2-out RBI - R Aurilia, A Kearns 2, K
Griffey Jr. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Harang 2, B Phillips 1,
A Kearns 2. Team LOB - 9.
FIELDING: E - A Kearns (2, throw); F Lopez (14, throw). DP: 3 (R Aurilia-B
Phillips-S Hatteberg, B Phillips-F Lopez-S Hatteberg, F Lopez-S Hatteberg).
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .276
B Hall ss 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 .273
G Jenkins rf 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .259
C Lee lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 .286
P Fielder 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .279
C Koskie 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263
D Miller c 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 .275
G Gross cf 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .274
D Bush p 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .147
a-J Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .327
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Capellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-C Hart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .311
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 8 15 7 2 4 12
a-grounded to second for D Bush in the 6th; b-grounded to shortstop for J
Capellan in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - G Jenkins (18, A Harang); D Miller (20, A Harang); B Hall (21, A
Harang). HR - B Hall (17, 3rd inning off A Harang 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - B Hall
(40), P Fielder (44), D Miller (28), G Jenkins 2 (47), C Lee 2 (68). 2-out RBI
- P Fielder, D Miller. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Cirillo 2, D
Bush 1. GIDP - R Weeks, P Fielder, C Hart. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - G Jenkins (4, 3rd base off K Mercker/J LaRue).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (P Fielder).
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CINCINNATI - 100 200 103 -- 7
MILWAUKEE - 001 002 302 -- 8
No outs when winning run scored.
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CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era
A Harang 6 10 5 5 2 3 1 3.65
K Mercker (B, 2) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.57
J Standridge 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.69
T Coffey (L, 3-3; B, 2) 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2.98
MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bush 6 7 3 3 2 5 1 4.45
B Shouse 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2.70
J Capellan (H, 10) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
D Turnbow (B, 6) 2/3 2 3 3 3 0 0 4.71
M Wise (W, 5-4) 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.71
A Harang pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
T Coffey pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.
IBB - J LaRue (by D Bush), G Gross (by A Harang). HBP - A Harang (by D Bush);
G Gross (by J Standridge). Pitches-strikes: A Harang 99-56; K Mercker 14-11; J
Standridge 8-4; T Coffey 12-10; D Bush 89-54; B Shouse 23-14; J Capellan 4-2; D
Turnbow 30-12; M Wise 8-3. Ground balls-fly balls: A Harang 6-9; K Mercker 3-0;
J Standridge 2-0; T Coffey 0-0; D Bush 7-5; B Shouse 1-1; J Capellan 0-2; D
Turnbow 1-1; M Wise 0-1. Batters faced: A Harang 29; K Mercker 4; J Standridge
3; T Coffey 4; D Bush 27; B Shouse 5; J Capellan 2; D Turnbow 7; M Wise 2.
UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Jeff Kellogg. 3B--Jerry
Meals.
T--3:00. Att--31,353. Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, in from 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 were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Hitter Pitcher True Stnd Wigginton, Ty TB Beckett, Josh BOS 425 424 Abercrombie, Reggie FLA Astacio, Pedro WAS 426 421 Giles, Marcus ATL Reyes, Anthony STL 438 418 Patterson, Corey BAL McCarthy, Brandon CWS 418 418 Morneau, Justin MIN Elarton, Scott KC 430 412 McLouth, Nate PIT Feliciano, Pedro NYM 425 406 Morales, Kendry LAA Hernandez, Felix SEA 409 400 Renteria, Edgar ATL Reyes, Anthony STL 409 399 Guillen, Jose WAS Herges, Matt FLA 405 399 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Nolasco, Ricky FLA 399 397 Thames, Marcus DET Blanton, Joe OAK 417 396 Dye, Jermaine CWS Bedard, Erik BAL 411 396 Kearns, Austin CIN Bush, Dave MIL 405 396 McCann, Brian ATL Reyes, Anthony STL 403 394 DeRosa, Mark TEX Lilly, Ted TOR 396 394 Paulino, Ronny PIT Feliciano, Pedro NYM 413 392 Tejada, Miguel BAL McCarthy, Brandon CWS 390 389 Pujols, Albert STL Smoltz, John ATL 403 387 Jones, Jacque CHC Clemens, Roger HOU 388 386 Feliz, Pedro SF Cortes, David COL 427 385 Langerhans, Ryan ATL Kinney, Josh STL 390 383 Biggio, Craig HOU Marmol, Carlos CHC 385 383 Hall, Bill MIL Harang, Aaron CIN 388 380 Wigginton, Ty TB Beckett, Josh BOS 380 380 Berkman, Lance HOU Marmol, Carlos CHC 380 378 Branyan, Russell TB Beckett, Josh BOS 374 373 Payton, Jay OAK Robertson, Nate DET 368 371 Griffey Jr., Ken CIN Shouse, Brian MIL 377 369 Mauer, Joe MIN Elarton, Scott KC 380 366 Helton, Todd COL Lowry, Noah SF 389 355 Giambi, Jason NYY Sowers, Jeremy CLE 387 352 Berkman, Lance HOU Ohman, Will CHC 353 351 Hollandsworth, Todd CLE Wang, Chien-Ming NYY 373 349 Soriano, Alfonso WAS Nolasco, Ricky FLA 353 347
Top Minor League Games
The following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday.
ORG LVL PLAYER POS AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes BOS A- Reid Engel CF 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 CIN A Jay Bruce RF 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 Hitting .520 over last 25 at bats DET A+ Nick McIntyre 3B 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 .586 OBP during past week HOU A- Jhon Florentino SS 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 MIL A+ Brendan Katin RF 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 MIN A Andrew Thompson 2B 6 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 runs scored NYM A Jonel Pacheco LF 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 3 runs scored SD A+ Sean Kazmar 2B 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 SD A- David Freese DH 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 7 RBI TB A+ Chris Nowak 1B 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 runs scored ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ATL A+ Jo-Jo Reyes 7.0 7 0 0 6 1 0 1.30 ERA over past month CHC A- Jose Pina 6.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 KC AA Zack Greinke 9.0 2 1 1 12 1 0 19 K over last 13 IP LAA A Stephen Marek 8.0 4 1 1 2 0 0 NYY A Erick Abreu 7.2 3 1 1 6 1 1 NYY AA Philip Hughes 4.2 2 0 0 9 2 0 OAK A- TJ Franco Jr. 4.2 0 0 0 4 0 0 PHI A Zachary Cline 6.0 3 0 0 4 2 0 PHI A+ Derek Griffith 7.0 4 0 0 6 2 0 PIT AA Landon Jacobsen 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 0
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Chicago White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi had to leave Monday night’s game against Baltimore after colliding with right fielder Jermaine Dye while catching a pop fly in the fifth inning. Iguchi was back pedaling, raised his hand, caught the ball hit by Kevin Millar and then had the back of his legs cut out from under him by the charging Dye. Both players stayed down for several minutes before Iguchi got up and walked gingerly off the field accompanied by a trainer. Dye, who hurt his hand in the collision, remained in the game. Alex Cintron replaced Iguchi, who is expected to miss a couple of games.
Scott Kazmir tossed a complete game two-hit shutout in Monday’s game against the Red Sox, as he continued his dominance against the American League East rivals and looked like an All-Star. “I try to go out with the same feeling every time I go out there, but sometimes you just can’t help it with the atmosphere that’s around playing those teams,” Kazmir said. “It’s a special atmosphere.” He walked just two batters and struck out 10. He threw 120 pitches.
Jered Weaver allowed one earned run and five hits in seven innings at Seattle. He struck out nine batters to improve to 5-0 and lower his ERA to 1.35. “When he got a lead he knew what to do. He put pitches in good zones and made them step up to try and beat him, and we were able to hold it (Monday),” manager Mike Scioscia said. “He’s got great mound presence out there and pitched a terrific game.”
Jeremy Sowers (1-1), making his second major league start Monday vs. the Yankees in front of the largest regular-season crowd at Jacobs Field in nearly six years defeated the Yankees for his first major league win. He allowed six hits, struck out four and had one intentional walk.
Thomas Diamond, one of the Rangers’ top pitching prospect DVD Boys (John Danks, Edinson Volquez and Diamond), struck out 12 in six innings in his past start. He walked two.
Oakland’s Rich Harden did not respond well to a throwing session on Sunday and will be shut down for a week.
San Francisco’s Armando Benitez (elbow) was able to return to action at Colorado. He worked a scoreless ninth inning, allowing a hit and striking out one batter, as he picked up his eighth save of the season.
Jose Valverde was optioned to Triple-A Tucson, as the Diamondbacks needed a roster spot for starter Juan Cruz (shoulder).
The Rockies’ Ryan Spilborghs was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs and the team recalled Luis Gonzalez to replace him.
Pedro Martinez will get treatment for his sore hip and throw a light side session before a decision is made on whether he’ll get another start for the New York Mets before the All-Star break. Martinez’s next turn in the rotation would be Saturday’s doubleheader against the Florida Marlins.
The Mets recalled John Maine from Triple-A Norfolk prior to Monday’s game vs. Pittsburgh and optioned Alay Soler to the Tides. Maine made the start for the Mets in place of Pedro Martinez (hip).
The aching pitching arm of Texas Rangers right-hander Kevin Millwood felt a little better Monday. Whether he makes his next scheduled start is up to team management and medical personnel, however. Texas’ No. 1 starter left Sunday night’s game in the fourth inning with a strained right biceps. He complained of feeling “a dull ache” in his arm. That sensation was still there on Monday. “But it’s a little better than it was,” Millwood said. “No real sharp pain or anything, just kind of an uncomfortable feeling.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the MRI on Chris Reitsma’s hand was inconclusive. He feels he might need season-ending surgery after a setback on Saturday when he felt numbness in his throwing hand.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports and MRI on Chipper Jones’ foot revealed a partial tear of the plantar plate and inflammated of his medial collateral ligament. “It feels better than it did [Sunday], which is a good sign,” Jones said. “We needed to get a definitive answer, because I didn’t want to be in a boot for six weeks like last year.”
The Seattle Mariners placed center fielder Jeremy Reed and right-handed reliever Sean Green on the 15-day disabled list. Seattle recalled South Korean outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and right-handed Colombian reliever Emiliano Fruto from Triple-A Tacoma to take the roster spots of Reed and Green.
The Texas Rangers called up right-hander Wes Littleton from Triple-A Oklahoma and sent outfielder Freddy Guzman to the RedHawks.
The St. Louis Cardinals optioned reliever Brad Thompson to Triple-A Memphis and recalled outfielder Chris Duncan.
RHP Dan Miceli went on the disabled list May 5 due to a sore right shoulder. He was moved to the 60-day DL in mid-June and there’s no timetable for his potential return.
The Royals put pitcher Mike Wood on the 15-day disabled list Monday with an inflammation in his back. Manager Buddy Bell said right-hander Luke Hudson will take Wood’s spot in the rotation, becoming the 13th starter used by the Royals before the All-Star break. The Royals recalled right-hander Joe Nelson from Triple-A Omaha, where he was 1-2 with seven saves and a 2.10 ERA.
The Chicago Cubs reinstated left-hander Glendon Rusch from the 15-day disabled list and optioned right-hander Angel Guzman to Triple-A Iowa.
Takashi Saito has taken over as the Dodgers’ fill-in closer while Eric Gagne (elbow) works his way back yet again. Danys Baez is stuck in a setup role.
Ryan Klesko (shoulder, neck) might be able to begin a rehab assignment Aug. 1, according to MLB.com, but he would be nothing more than trade bait or insurance for Adrian Gonzalez if healthy. “I’ll get him through waivers,” Padres GM Kevin Towers told the Padres’ official site. “If he goes out on rehab and proves himself healthy, I think some contending clubs will show interest because of what he’s done in the past.”
Padres top prospect Cesar Carrillo remains on the DL at Triple-A Portland and might miss the remainder of the season because of a sore right elbow, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. “If we need to be cautious and shut him down, we will,” Grady Fuson, VP of scouting and player development, told the paper. “We could always get him innings later in the (Arizona) Fall League.”
THT Stats
Win Shares is a single, all-in-one stat that allows you to directly compare the contribution of individual players, regardless of their position. Following is a list of all players with at least nine Win Shares above a hypothetical bench player level.
Player POS Team WSAB Career WS Pujols 1B STL 16 201 Beltran OF NYN 14 175 Thome DH CHA 12 298 Berkman 1B HOU 12 169 Mauer C MIN 12 47 Arroyo SP CIN 11 43 Webb SP ARI 11 63 Ramirez OF BOS 10 326 Santana SP MIN 10 94 Abreu OF PHI 10 246 Crawford OF TB 10 79 Hafner DH CLE 10 71 Liriano SP MIN 10 13 Wright 3B NYN 10 53 Granderson OF DET 10 22 Lee OF MIL 9 139 Zambrano SP CHN 9 73 Giambi 1B NYA 9 275 Johnson 1B WAS 9 69 Hernandez C BAL 9 97 Rolen 3B STL 9 233 Bonds OF SF 9 679 Utley 2B PHI 9 55 Cabrera 3B FLA 9 78
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