THT Daily: Six RBI’s for Bonds
Major League News for September 23
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League BAL 7 MIN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Roberts: 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI; Cabrera: 6.2 IP, 3 R NYA 4 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Wang: 7 IP, 1 R; Sheffield returns BOS 7 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Tavarez: 9 IP, 1 R, 1 K SEA 11 CHA 6 (Recap and Boxscore) Sexson: 2 HR, see below DET 7 KC 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 5 LAA 4 (Recap and Boxscore) See below TEX 12 CLE 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: 2 HR; Young, Texeira: 4 RBI each National League WAS 3 NYN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Soriano: 40th 2B, In 40-40-40 club PHI 5 FLA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Howard: 58th HR; Hamels: 6.2 IP, 1 R CIN 4 CHN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) 5 innings HOU 6 STL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU: 4 R in last 2 innings to win MIL 13 SF 12 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: 2 2B, HR, 6 RBI COL 6 ATL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 2 ARI 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Lowe: 7 IP, 0 R SD 6 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 8.1 Inning no-hitter
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Starts FLA - Moehler B. (7-9, 6.09) PHI - Lieber J. (8-10, 5.03) 1:20 SEA - Hernandez F. (11-14, 4.68) CWS - Buehrle M.* (12-13, 4.79) 1:20 WAS - O'Connor M.* (3-7, 4.72) NYM - Maine J. (5-5, 3.42) 1:20 LAA - Lackey J. (11-11, 3.73) OAK - Blanton J. (16-11, 4.74) 4:05 BOS - Hansack D. (0-0, -) TOR - Burnett A. (8-8, 3.97) 4:07 MIN - Baker S. (5-8, 6.33) BAL - Bedard E.* (15-9, 3.62) 4:35 CHC - Zambrano C. (15-6, 3.38) CIN - Lohse K. (2-4, 4.33) 6:10 SF - Lowry N.* (7-10, 4.70) MIL - Capuano C.* (11-11, 3.67) 7:05 STL - Reyes A. (5-7, 4.92) HOU - Oswalt R. (14-8, 3.05) 7:05 DET - Rogers K.* (16-6, 3.74) KC - Redman M.* (10-9, 5.33) 7:10 NYY - Johnson R.* (17-10, 4.93) TB - Howell J.* (0-3, 6.53) 7:15 ATL - Davies K. (3-5, 7.18) COL - Francis J.* (12-11, 3.88) 8:05 CLE - Slocum B. (0-0, 10.57) TEX - Padilla V. (14-9, 4.27) 8:05 PIT - Duke Z.* (10-13, 4.49) SD - Peavy J. (9-14, 4.25) 10:05 ARI - Batista M. (10-7, 4.40) LAD - Penny B. (16-8, 4.13) 10:10
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 red 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 NYA 93 60 .608 0.0 91 2BOS 83 71 .539 10.5 78 5
TOR 80 73 .523 13.0 80 0
BAL 68 86 .442 25.5 67 1
TB 58 95 .379 35.0 60 -2
American League Central DET 92 62 .597 0.0 91 1
MIN 90 63 .588 1.5 87 3
CHA 85 69 .552 7.0 85 0
CLE 70 83 .458 21.5 81 -11
KC 58 95 .379 33.5 59 -1
American League West OAK 90 63 .588 0.0 82 8
LAA 82 71 .536 8.0 78 4
TEX 78 76 .506 12.5 83 -5
SEA 75 79 .487 15.5 75 0
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 92 61 .601 0.0 87 5
PHI 80 73 .523 12.0 80 0
FLA 76 78 .494 16.5 77 -1
ATL 75 79 .487 17.5 79 -4
WAS 67 86 .438 25.0 66 1
National League Central STL 80 72 .526 0.0 79 1
HOU 75 78 .490 5.5 77 -2
CIN 75 78 .490 5.5 72 3
MIL 71 83 .461 10.0 67 4
PIT 65 89 .422 16.0 67 -2
CHN 62 92 .403 19.0 64 -2
National League West SD 81 72 .529 0.0 81 0
LAN 81 73 .526 0.5 82 -1
SF 75 78 .490 6.0 74 1
ARI 72 81 .471 9.0 75 -3
COL 72 82 .468 9.5 78 -6
Wildcard Standings American League MIN 90 63 .588 0.0 CHA 85 69 .552 5.5 BOS 83 71 .539 7.5 LAA 82 71 .536 8.0 TOR 80 73 .523 10.0 National League LAN 81 73 .526 0.0 PHI 80 73 .523 0.5 FLA 76 78 .494 5.0 HOU 75 78 .490 5.5 CIN 75 78 .490 5.5
Game of the Day
The red-hot A’s dropped their magic number to two with a 5-4 12-inning win over the Angels. The Angels had tied the game in the top of the ninth of Maicer Izturis’s double, but Oakland’s Marco Scutaro drove in Bobby Kielty with a single in the 12th. The A’s have won 8 of their last 9 games, avoiding the September swoon that plagued them the last two years.
LA ANGELS (4) VS OAKLAND (5) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS
LA ANGELS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Izturis 3b 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 .292
O Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279
V Guerrero rf 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 .324
J Rivera lf 6 0 2 1 0 1 2 .296
R Quinlan 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .318
a-A Kennedy ph-2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .271
G Anderson dh 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 .282
H Kendrick 2b-1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 .277
M Napoli c 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .221
b-E Aybar ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .258
J Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
C Figgins cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .261
Totals 41 4 10 4 6 10 19
a-walked for R Quinlan in the 8th; b-hit into fielder's choice to left for M
Napoli in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Rivera (25, B Zito); M Izturis (20, H Street). HR - H Kendrick
(4, 7th inning off B Zito 0 on, 0 Out). S - O Cabrera 2. RBI - J Rivera (78), G
Anderson (81), H Kendrick (26), M Izturis (38). 2-out RBI - G Anderson, M
Izturis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Anderson 1, O Cabrera 1, M
Napoli 1. GIDP - C Figgins, J Rivera. Team LOB - 9.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Figgins (49, 2nd base off B Zito/J Kendall).
FIELDING: E - O Cabrera (16, throw); V Guerrero (11, fly ball). DP: 1 (H
Kendrick-O Cabrera-S Shields).
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Kendall c 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .294
M Kotsay cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .276
M Bradley rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 .275
D Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
F Thomas dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .274
E Chavez 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .242
A Perez pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .099
a-B Kielty ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .272
J Payton lf-rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .296
N Swisher 1b-lf 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 .254
M Scutaro ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .256
M Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .249
Totals 42 5 8 5 2 8 8
a-doubled to deep right for A Perez in the 12th.
BATTING: 2B - M Kotsay (28, J Weaver); B Kielty (18, F Rodriguez). HR - N
Swisher (33, 5th inning off J Weaver 0 on, 1 Out), E Chavez (21, 7th inning off
J Weaver 0 on, 0 Out), M Bradley (12, 8th inning off J Weaver 0 on, 2 Out). RBI
- M Kotsay (56), N Swisher (89), E Chavez (69), M Bradley (46), M Scutaro (38).
2-out RBI - M Bradley. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 1, J
Kendall 1, E Chavez 1. GIDP - N Swisher. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: E - H Street (2, throw). Outfield assists - J Payton 2 (V Guerrero
at Home, H Kendrick at 2nd base). DP: 2 (M Scutaro-M Ellis-N Swisher, M
Scutaro-M Ellis-D Johnson).
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LA ANGELS - 000 002 101 000 -- 4
OAKLAND - 000 110 110 001 -- 5
One out when winning run scored.
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LA ANGELS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Weaver 7 2/3 5 4 4 1 4 3 2.32
S Shields 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.95
F Rodriguez (L, 2-3) 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 2 0 1.83
OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito 7 2/3 7 3 3 3 6 1 3.89
J Duchscherer 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00
H Street (B, 9) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.93
K Calero 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.21
B Halsey (W, 5-4) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.67
WP - B Halsey. IBB - V Guerrero 2 (by B Zito, B Halsey), N Swisher (by F
Rodriguez). Pitches-strikes: J Weaver 112-73; S Shields 22-15; F Rodriguez
29-20; B Zito 114-68; J Duchscherer 10-6; H Street 20-14; K Calero 29-20; B
Halsey 15-4. Ground balls-fly balls: J Weaver 5-14; S Shields 3-2; F Rodriguez
1-1; B Zito 8-8; J Duchscherer 1-0; H Street 1-1; K Calero 0-3; B Halsey 3-0.
Batters faced: J Weaver 30; S Shields 7; F Rodriguez 7; B Zito 31; J
Duchscherer 2; H Street 5; K Calero 7; B Halsey 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Lance Barksdale. 3B--Dale
Scott.
EJECTIONS: OAKLAND's Bradley by Kulpa (11th).
T--3:33. Att--35,077.
Weather: 68 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph, left to 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. You can read their daily updates at the Hit Tracker Blog.
Richie Sexson launched a 125.9 mph rocket at U.S Cellular (his 2nd of the game, in the 3rd inning) that went 445 feet true distance to LF into/across a 15 mph wind blowing in from CF. Sexson’s blast was the 2nd hardest hit home run of 2006, and had the 2nd longest standard distance of the year as well. Under standard conditions (70 degrees, no wind, sea level), it would have carried 488 feet; last night, the wind stole 45 feet of distance, the cool temperature took away another 4 feet, and the altitude on the South Side of Chicago added 6 feet compared to standard conditions.
One more notable homer, L.A. Angel Howie Kendrick bashed a 439 foot homer run, the longest of 2006 hit at McAfee Coliseum.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist. HR # Sexson, Richie SEA McCarthy, Brandon CWS 445 488 31 Ledee, Ricky NYM Astacio, Pedro WAS 422 450 2 Kendrick, Howie LAA Zito, Barry OAK 439 446 4 Sexson, Richie SEA Contreras, Jose CWS 411 444 30 Teixeira, Mark TEX Byrd, Paul CLE 425 443 29 Chavez, Eric OAK Weaver, Jered LAA 429 425 21 Casey, Sean DET Hudson, Luke KC 429 421 7 Uribe, Juan CWS Meche, Gil SEA 393 420 20 Randa, Joe PIT Young, Chris SD 433 418 4 Lee, Carlos TEX Byrd, Paul CLE 424 417 35 Durham, Ray SF Shouse, Brian MIL 418 416 25 Drew, J.D. LAD Vargas, Claudio ARI 423 413 19 Bonds, Barry SF Spurling, Chris MIL 414 410 24 Cano, Robinson NYY Shields, James TB 410 409 12 Baker, Jeff COL Hudson, Tim ATL 428 400 4 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Gorzelanny, Tom PIT 408 397 24 Swisher, Nick OAK Weaver, Jered LAA 393 393 33 Roberts, Brian BAL Silva, Carlos MIN 396 392 10 Encarnacion, Edwin CIN Hill, Rich CHC 392 390 15 Bradley, Milton OAK Weaver, Jered LAA 392 390 12 Kearns, Austin WAS Hernandez, Orlando NYM 400 389 24 Lee, Carlos TEX Guthrie, Jeremy CLE 397 389 36 Lowell, Mike BOS Lilly, Ted TOR 389 388 19 Howard, Ryan PHI Nolasco, Ricky FLA 402 386 58 Belliard, Ronnie STL Hirsh, Jason HOU 385 384 11 Harris, Brendan CIN Hill, Rich CHC 384 382 1 Blanco, Henry CHC Michalak, Chris CIN 379 377 6 Baldelli, Rocco TB Wang, Chien-Ming NYY 378 377 14 Ensberg, Morgan HOU Narveson, Chris STL 375 374 23 Guiel, Aaron NYY Shields, James TB 369 368 7 Walker, Todd SD Rogers, Brian PIT 386 364 9 Hopper, Norris CIN Hill, Rich CHC 362 361 1 Eckstein, David STL Hirsh, Jason HOU 358 357 2 Duncan, Chris STL Lidge, Brad HOU 352 350 19
Player News
Player news items are provided by CBS SportsLine.com.
Chris Young pitched 8 1/3 innings of no-hit ball Friday before Joe Randa hit a pinch-home run in the Padres’ 6-2 victory over the Pirates. No Padres pitcher has thrown a no-hitter, and Young was only the second in the past 30 years to reach the ninth inning without allowing a hit. The other was Andy Ashby in 1997. Steve Arlin did so in 1972, and Clay Kirby pitched eight hitless innings before being removed for a pinch-hitter in 1970.
Chien-Ming Wang recorded his 18th victory in the Yankees’ 4-1 win over the Devil Rays. Wang tied Johan Santana for the major-league lead in victories, and he equaled the all-time single-season mark for pitchers born in Asia. The record was set by Chan Ho Park for the Dodgers in 2000.
Gary Sheffield returned to the Yankees’ lineup as a first baseman, a position that he had never played in his 19 seasons in the majors.
Cole Hamels struck out 10 batters in 6 2/3 innings to earn the victory in the Phillies’ 5-2 win over the Marlins. It was the fourth time this season that Hamels has reached double-figures in stikeouts.
Ryan Zimmerman drove in one of the Nationals’ runs in a 3-2 win over the Mets. It was Zimmerman’s 100th RBI of the season, a mark reached by only two other National League rookies in the past 50 years: Mike Piazza in 1993 (112) and Albert Pujols in 2001 (130).
Craig Biggio’s two-out, game-winning single in the Astros’ 6-5 victory over the Cardinals was the 16th walkoff hit of his career, but his first since the second game of the 2003 season.
Barry Bonds drove in six runs in the Giants’ 13-12 loss to the Brewers. At age 42, Bonds became the oldest player with six or more RBI in one game since 43-year-old Carlton Fisk had six RBI for the White Sox in a 1991 victory over the Twins.
Bonds hit his 733rd career home run, tying the National League record that Hank Aaron has held since 1972. Only three other players have held the mark over the past 75 years: Rogers Hornsby (1929-37), Mel Ott (1937-66) and Willie Mays (1966-72).
The Giants scored four runs in the top of the first inning at Milwaukee, only to allow five in the bottom of the inning. According to Elias, the last time the Giants blew a lead of at least four runs before the end of the first inning was 101 years ago, on June 9, 1905, at Pittsburgh, when they scored five in the top of the first and allowed six in the bottom of the inning. Ironically, the Giants’ pitchers in that game were a pair of Hall of Famers who each allowed three runs in the first: Joe McGinnity and Christy Mathewson.
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