THT Daily: Two Shutouts
Major League News for July 8
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Performances
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
American League KC 13 TOR 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Mientkiewicz; 1B, 2B, 3B; Hudson: 5 IP, 1 R TEX 9 MIN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 1 TB 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Wright over Seo DET 6 SEA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonderman: 8.2 IP, 1 R LAA 3 OAK 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 9 BAL 0 (Recap and Boxscore) Hafner: GS HR; Sabathia: CG Shutout BOS 7 CHA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Lester: 6 IP, 2 R; Ortis: 30th HR National League LAN 9 SF 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Bonds: HR #720, 4 RBI; Nomar: GW HR, 3 RBI SD 3 WAS 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Williams: 5.1 IP, 2 R STL 8 HOU 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Marquis: 7.2 IP, 2 R PIT 3 PHI 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Snell: 7 IP, 1 R FLA 7 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Willis: 7.1 IP, 3 R, hit GS HR CHN 7 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Zambrano: 6 IP, 1 R ARI 4 COL 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 10 ATL 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Freel: 3-4, 2 2B
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time BOS - Beckett J. (10-4, 4.59) CWS - Garcia F. (10-5, 4.72) 1:20 FLA - Johnson J. (7-4, 2.34) NYM - Maine J. (0-2, 5.40) 1:20 SF - Lowry N.* (3-5, 3.88) LAD - Lowe D. (7-4, 3.49) 4:05 STL - Reyes A. (1-3, 3.30) HOU - Clemens R. (1-2, 2.76) 4:05 FLA - Nolasco R. (6-5, 3.97) NYM - Pelfrey M. (0-0, -) 4:50 BAL - Bedard E.* (9-6, 4.44) CLE - Sowers J.* (1-1, 4.50) 7:05 PIT - Maholm P.* (3-7, 4.76) PHI - Lidle C. (4-7, 5.07) 7:05 SD - Young C. (7-4, 3.13) WAS - Astacio P. (1-0, 1.80) 7:05 CHC - Marmol C. (1-3, 4.73) MIL - Bush D. (5-6, 4.45) 7:05 CIN - Harang A. (9-5, 3.65) ATL - Smoltz J. (5-5, 3.77) 7:05 TOR - Lilly T.* (8-8, 3.82) KC - Elarton S. (3-9, 5.13) 7:10 NYY - Wang C. (8-4, 4.21) TB - Kazmir S.* (10-5, 3.29) 7:15 ARI - Webb B. (9-3, 2.72) COL - Jennings J. (6-6, 3.85) 8:05 MIN - Liriano F.* (9-1, 1.99) TEX - Rheinecker J.* (4-2, 3.88) 8:05 LAA - Weaver J. (5-0, 1.35) OAK - Blanton J. (8-7, 4.78) 9:05 DET - Miner Z. (5-1, 2.68) SEA - Washburn J.* (4-8, 4.75) 10:05
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 52 32 .619 0.0 49 3NYA 49 35 .583 3.0 49 0
TOR 47 39 .547 6.0 46 1
BAL 39 49 .443 15.0 38 1
TB 38 49 .437 15.5 36 2
American League Central DET 58 28 .674 0.0 56 2
CHA 56 30 .651 2.0 53 3
MIN 46 38 .548 11.0 44 2
CLE 40 45 .471 17.5 47 -7
KC 31 54 .365 26.5 31 0
American League West OAK 45 41 .523 0.0 42 3
TEX 44 42 .512 1.0 45 -1
SEA 42 45 .483 3.5 44 -2
LAA 41 45 .477 4.0 42 -1
National League East Pwins Diff NYN 51 35 .593 0.0 48 3
PHI 38 47 .447 12.5 38 0
FLA 37 46 .446 12.5 42 -5
ATL 38 49 .437 13.5 42 -4
WAS 38 50 .432 14.0 38 0
National League Central STL 46 39 .541 0.0 44 2
CIN 45 42 .517 2.0 43 2
MIL 44 44 .500 3.5 38 6
HOU 43 44 .494 4.0 41 2
CHN 32 54 .372 14.5 33 -1
PIT 30 58 .341 17.5 39 -9
National League West SD 46 40 .535 0.0 45 1
LAN 45 41 .523 1.0 48 -3
COL 44 41 .518 1.5 44 0
SF 44 43 .506 2.5 45 -1
ARI 41 45 .477 5.0 41 0
Game of the Day
It’s been over two years since the last no-hitter in the majors, but John Lackey came close last night. Lackey gave up a double to Mark Kotsay, the very first A’s batter, then retired the next 27 batters to lead the Angels over the A’s, 3-0.
The last pitcher to retire 27 in a row after allowing the first batter to reach base was Jerry Reuss, who did it for the Dodgers against the Reds on June 11, 1982. Eddie Milner led off the game with a double, and he was the last batter to reach base against Reuss.
Meanwhile, Orlando Cabrera’s base-reaching streak ended at 63 games as he went 0-for-4 against Barry Zito, the pitcher against whom he has his lowest on-base percentage (minimum: 25 plate appearances). Cabrera is 2-for-24 (.083) vs. Zito with two walks and a hit by pitch for a .185 on-base percentage. (Source: Elias)
LA ANGELS (3) VS OAKLAND (0) - FINAL
LA ANGELS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Figgins 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .257
M Napoli c 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281
O Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294
V Guerrero rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .304
R Quinlan 3b 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .304
M Izturis 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
J Rivera lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .279
T Salmon dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
K Morales 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
T Murphy cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Totals 32 3 6 3 1 4 6
BATTING: HR - R Quinlan (5, 2nd inning off B Zito 1 on, 0 Out), C Figgins (5,
5th inning off B Zito 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - R Quinlan 2 (14), C Figgins (31).
2-out RBI - C Figgins. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O Cabrera 1.
GIDP - O Cabrera. Team LOB - 3.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Figgins (29, 2nd base off B Zito/J Kendall).
OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
M Kotsay cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
N Swisher lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .261
E Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243
F Thomas dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .234
J Payton rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
B Crosby ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
D Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
J Kendall c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
M Scutaro 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .218
a-A Melhuse ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236
Totals 28 0 1 0 0 10 2
a-struck out swinging for M Scutaro in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Kotsay (14, J Lackey). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- F Thomas 1. Team LOB - 1.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (E Chavez-M Scutaro-D Johnson).
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LA ANGELS - 020 010 000 -- 3
OAKLAND - 000 000 000 -- 0
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LA ANGELS ip h r er bb so hr era
J Lackey (W, 7-5) 9 1 0 0 0 10 0 2.88
OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito (L, 8-6) 8 6 3 3 1 4 2 3.29
K Calero 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.41
Pitches-strikes: J Lackey 109-77; B Zito 110-74; K Calero 12-8. Ground
balls-fly balls: J Lackey 4-13; B Zito 11-9; K Calero 1-2. Batters faced: J
Lackey 28; B Zito 30; K Calero 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Bill Miller. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Gerry Davis.
T--2:01. Att--20,711.
Weather: 75 degrees, clear. Wind: 15 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 were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Std. Dist HR # Rodriguez, John STL Nieve, Fernando HOU 453 451 1 Young, Michael TEX Silva, Carlos MIN 444 436 7 Bonds, Barry SF Billingsley, Chad LAD 464 431 12 Mauer, Joe MIN Wasdin, John TEX 433 421 7 Monroe, Craig DET Pineiro, Joel SEA 419 414 13 Kubel, Jason MIN Wasdin, John TEX 431 413 7 Aurilia, Rich CIN Villarreal, Oscar ATL 408 412 11 Matthews, Gary TEX Eyre, Scott MIN 425 406 9 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Ortiz, Ramon WAS 431 403 12 Jones, Chipper ATL Milton, Eric CIN 395 401 11 Garciaparra, Nomar LAD Accardo, Jeremy SF 420 396 11 Lowell, Mike BOS McCarthy, Brandon CWS 389 394 10 Quinlan, Robb LAA Zito, Barry OAK 384 393 5 Buck, John KC Burnett, A.J. TOR 389 389 8 Willis, Dontrelle FLA Lima, Jose NYM 387 388 1 Woodward, Chris NYM Willis, Dontrelle FLA 374 387 2 Crisp, Coco BOS McCarthy, Brandon CWS 367 386 4 Morneau, Justin MIN Mahay, Ron TEX 408 385 23 Stairs, Matt KC Burnett, A.J. TOR 376 383 8 Rivera, Mike MIL Dempster, Ryan CHC 388 382 1 DaVanon, Jeff ARI Kim, Byung-Hyun COL 399 379 4 Figgins, Chone LAA Zito, Barry OAK 361 379 5 Walker, Todd CHC Capellan, Jose MIL 378 372 4 Ortiz, David BOS Buehrle, Mark CWS 365 371 30 Hafner, Travis CLE Benson, Kris BAL 361 367 25 Ensberg, Morgan HOU Marquis, Jason STL 366 365 19 Durham, Ray SF Billingsley, Chad LAD 385 353 11
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 ARI A+ Mark Reynolds LF 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 ATL A Jordan Schafer CF 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 CLE A+ Brian Barton CF 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 CLE AAA Ryan Garko 1B 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 NYY A Ben Jones 1B 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 runs scored OAK AAA Hiram Bocachica LF 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 PIT AA David Parrish C 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 SD AAA Jon Knott LF 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 runs scored SD A+ Peter Ciofrone LF 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 SEA AAA Greg Dobbs LF 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes BAL A- Wilfredo Perez 6.0 2 1 1 10 2 0 25 K over last 17 IP CHW AAA Tim Redding 8.0 2 1 1 9 2 1 DET AAA Chad Durbin 7.2 7 1 0 8 0 0 HOU A- Cory Lapinski 7.0 3 0 0 5 2 0 HOU A Brad James 8.1 1 1 1 8 2 1 KC A Mario Santiago 7.0 2 0 0 4 3 0 PHI A Matthew Maloney 8.0 3 0 0 6 4 0 1.01 ERA over past month STL AAA Dennis Tankersley 7.0 3 0 0 4 3 0
THT Stats
C.C. Sabathia and John Lackey shut out the Orioles and A’s, respectively, but the individual complete game shutout is joining the dodo and the Model T on Obsolete Island. Last year, there were only 63 of them, the lowest total for both major leagues ever. In contrast, there were 146 in 1992 and 238 in 1978.
This year, there have been only 28 complete-game shutouts, on pace for a new record of 56. Here are all major leagues pitchers with at least one:
Last First Team Shutouts Capuano Chris MIL 2 Harang Aaron CIN 2 Webb Brandon ARI 2 Sabathia C.C. CLE 2 Jennings Jason COL 2 Kazmir Scott E TB 1 Verlander Justin B DET 1 Blanton Joe M OAK 1 Fogg Josh COL 1 Pettitte Andy HOU 1 Westbrook Jake CLE 1 Lackey John LAA 1 Park Chan Ho SD 1 Hudson Tim ATL 1 Cain Matt SF 1 Buchholz Taylor HOU 1 Schmidt Jason SF 1 Bush Dave T MIL 1 Smoltz John ATL 1 Moyer Jamie SEA 1 Hensley Clay A SD 1 Duke Zach PIT 1 Hendrickson Mark TB 1
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