MSL: October 2008

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Current Standings Midway Through Block 4

Strat-O-Matic Report


LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2004 Millennium League
 
Brock                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Florida FLN             40  29  .580 ----    94  
2004 San Francisco SFN       37  29  .561  1.5        
2004 Anaheim ANA             37  38  .493  6.0        
2004 Cleveland CLA           23  40  .365 14.0        
2004 Seattle SEA             20  49  .290 20.0        
 
Killebrew                   WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Atlanta ATN             43  29  .597 ----    90  
2004 Houston HON             36  30  .545  4.0        
2004 Toronto TOA             36  33  .522  5.5        
2004 Los Angeles LAN         28  35  .444 10.5        
2004 Kansas City KCA         21  39  .350 16.0        
 
Koufax                      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Pittsburgh PIN          42  24  .636 ----    94  
2004 Arizona ARN             33  27  .550  6.0        
2004 Oakland OAA             38  34  .528  7.0        
2004 Montreal MON            30  33  .476 10.5        
2004 Boston BOA              30  33  .476 10.5        
 
Aaron                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 St. Louis SLN           39  24  .619 ----   100  
2004 Minnesota MNA           33  24  .579  3.0        
2004 Philadelphia PHN        38  31  .551  4.0        
2004 New York NYA            29  31  .483  8.5        
2004 Chicago CHA             24  45  .348 18.0        
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ANA     37   38  .493 18-24 19-14 10-13 27-25  2- 3  6- 8     3-7     Lost 2
ARN     33   27  .550 15-18 18- 9  6- 4 27-23  4- 3 10- 7     4-6     Lost 1
ATN     43   29  .597 18-15 25-14  8- 6 35-23  2- 3 14- 8     4-6     Lost 2
BOA     30   33  .476 10-17 20-16  7- 7 23-26  4- 4 10- 7     4-6     Lost 1
CHA     24   45  .348  9-21 15-24  7-10 17-35  0- 4  4-12     5-5     Lost 2
CLA     23   40  .365 18-21  5-19  8-17 15-23  1- 1  9- 7     5-5     Lost 1
FLN     40   29  .580 14-10 26-19 19- 6 21-23  5- 3 10-10     4-6     Lost 2
HON     36   30  .545 17-19 19-11 14- 5 22-25  1- 2 11-11     7-3     Won 1
KCA     21   39  .350 13-20  8-19  7- 8 14-31  1- 1  4-13     5-5     Lost 1
LAN     28   35  .444 16-23 12-12  6-11 22-24  4- 4 10- 6     6-4     Won 2
MNA     33   24  .579 13- 8 20-16  9- 8 24-16  1- 2 10- 6     5-5     Won 1
MON     30   33  .476 17-16 13-17  6- 7 24-26  3- 1  8- 6     4-6     Lost 1
NYA     29   31  .483 20-16  9-15  8-12 21-19  4- 2 11-10     6-4     Lost 1
OAA     38   34  .528 13-17 25-17 12- 8 26-26  1- 7  7-20     7-3     Won 4
PHN     38   31  .551 16-14 22-17 16- 8 22-23  6- 2  8-10     7-3     Won 2
PIN     42   24  .636 20-16 22- 8 11- 5 31-19  6- 0 17- 2     4-6     Lost 3
SEA     20   49  .290  9-21 11-28  4-15 16-34  4- 2  7-12     1-9     Lost 7
SFN     37   29  .561 22-17 15-12 12-12 25-17  2- 7 10-10     4-6     Won 1
SLN     39   24  .619 18-12 21-12  8- 7 31-17  3- 3  9- 9     5-5     Lost 1
TOA     36   33  .522 16-20 20-13  8- 8 28-25  2- 2  9-10     5-5     Won 1
TOTAL  657  657  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg
ANA     12-16 16-15  9- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   16-17   8- 4  13-17
ARN     14-14 17- 9  2- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-17   7- 2  13- 8
ATN     18-10 17-11  8- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   21-18   8- 1  14-10
BOA     13-12 13-15  4- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-14   5- 7  12-12
CHA      9-16  9-22  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-23   6- 6  11-16
CLA      8-20 11-17  4- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-20   2- 7   8-13
FLN     19- 6 16-15  5- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   19- 8   5-10  16-11
HON     15-13 14-14  7- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   21-15   6- 6   9- 9
KCA     11-17  8-20  2- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9-24   9- 3   3-12
LAN     11-17 13-18  4- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   15-12   6- 6   7-17
MNA     18-10 15-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   22-14   4- 5   7- 5
MON     13-15 16-15  1- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18-18   3- 6   9- 9
NYA     12-13 14-17  3- 1  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18-15   3- 6   8-10
OAA     15-13 14-17  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   19-20   5- 4  14-10
PHN     13-15 15-13 10- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   19-23   4- 2  15- 6
PIN     19- 9 19-10  4- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   15- 9   3- 3  24-12
SEA      6-22 13-18  1- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-20   1-14  12-15
SFN     16-12 16-10  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   23-13   5- 4   9-12
SLN     16-12 23- 8  0- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18- 9   5- 4  16-11
TOA     16-12 15-16  5- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18-15  10- 5   8-13
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA MON NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN
ANA    -   2   0   3   1   8   2   2   0   5   0   0   1   1   0   2   3   3
ARN    1   -   4   3   2   5   2   0   0   1   2   1   0   7   0   2   0   0
ATN    0   2   -   3   2   3   3   8   6   4   0   5   0   2   0   0   2   0
BOA    3   3   3   -   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   5   3   5   1   0   1   2
CHA    2   1   1   2   -   4   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   0   2   1   1   2
CLA    1   1   0   0   2   -   5   0   2   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   5   2
FLN    7   1   0   2   3   4   -   1   1   1   0   0   6   1   1   0   3   5
HON    1   0   4   1   0   0   2   -   8   2   1   2   0   0   2   2   3   0
KCA    0   0   3   0   0   4   2   1   -   3   0   0   0   1   0   2   3   0
LAN    1   2   5   0   0   0   2   1   6   -   1   0   1   0   1   1   3   0
MNA    0   1   0   0   4   0   0   2   3   2   -   0   6   1  10   2   0   0
MON    0   5   1   7   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   -   0   4   1   2   0   2
NYA    2   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   3   2   6   0   -   3   5   0   1   0
OAA    2   2   1   4   0   1   2   0   2   0   2   8   3   -   0   5   4   0
PHN    3   0   0   2  10   0   5   1   0   2   2   2   4   0   -   0   4   0
PIN    4   7   0   0   2   2   0   1   1   5   1   4   0   4   0   -   4   4
SEA    3   0   1   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   2   -   3
SFN    6   0   0   1   4   7   1   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   9   -
SLN    0   0   0   3   5   1   1   2   3   5   4   2   3   0   6   0   0   2
TOA    2   0   6   0   2   0   1   5   4   3   3   1   0   1   0   0   3   4
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA    3   1
ARN    3   0
ATN    0   3
BOA    0   0
CHA    1   1
CLA    2   0
FLN    2   2
HON    1   7
KCA    0   2
LAN    1   3
MNA    2   0
MON    1   5
NYA    3   0
OAA    0   2
PHN    3   0
PIN    0   3
SEA    0   0
SFN    1   2
SLN    -   2
TOA    1   -
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA MON NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN
ANA    -  17   0  26  14  48  45  16   0  29   0   0  12   9  10  25  29  42
ARN   14   -  36  26  17  52  15   0   0  12  15  23   0  33   0  33   0   0
ATN    0  29   -  36  17  25  23  83  61  31   0  33   0  16   0   0  25   0
BOA   28  31  31   -   8   0  20  17   0   0   0  64  16  36  11   0  12   6
CHA   13  17  11  15   -  42   7   0   0   0  22  27  19   0  53  10  12  18
CLA   30  26  15   0  33   -  46   0  27   0   0   0   0  21   0  15  41  38
FLN   72  10  13  22  17  52   -  18   7   8   0   0  28   7  14   0  23  33
HON   21   0  66  11   0   0  19   -  58  10  15  15   0   0  18  17  32  12
KCA    0   0  39   0   0  39  11  46   -  50  12   0   9   6   0  21  33   0
LAN   17  15  37   0   0   0   9   7  48   -  20   0  11   0  12  26  15   0
MNA    0   9   0   0  29   0   0  12  19  27   -   0  53  15  76  19   0   0
MON    0  34  23  58   8   0   0  15   0   0   0   -   0  36  14  33   0  11
NYA   13   0   0   8  21   0  17   0  14  21  48   0   -  26  37   0  14   0
OAA   18  31  19  37   0  22  20   0  12   0  16  54  32   -   0  49  28   0
PHN   25   0   0  14  79   0  34  20   0  21  49  19  32   0   -   0  42   0
PIN   38  48   0   0   7  22   0   9  12  38  10  37   0  39   0   -  38  31
SEA   19   0   9  26  10  35  10  16  17   7   0   0  18  13  25  24   -  50
SFN   60   0   0  14  34  61  17  27   0   0   0  16   0   0   0  28  66   -
SLN   11   6   0  14  27  17  13  18  17  47  32  18  52   0  59   0   0  17
TOA   12   0  37   0  16   0   5  47  25  24  15  17   0   8   0  16  35  37
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA   19  11
ARN   13   0
ATN    0  35
BOA    4   0
CHA   18  14
CLA   19   0
FLN   15   7
HON   16  56
KCA   10  20
LAN   25  28
MNA   21   2
MON   17  37
NYA   42   0
OAA    0  14
PHN   38   0
PIN    0  25
SEA    0  19
SFN   15  28
SLN    -  18
TOA   15   -

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Cardinals Acquire Benitez

St. Louis (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals made a move to strengthen the back end of their bullpen by acquiring closer Armando Benitez from the Cleveland Indians. Benitez, the 31 year old righthander from the Dominican Republic, has a 1.76 ERA with 9 saves for the struggling Indians this season. The move was a bit surprising as current closer Troy Percival is 13 for 13 in save opportunities this season with a 3.24 ERA. "Troy has done a fine job for us this season and will continue to play an important role in our team this season", says Cardinal skipper Helmbrecht. In exchange for Benitez, St. Louis traded their 2005 #2 draft pick as well as 30 year old righthander Bob Howry (4-1, 5.74 ERA).

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Vizcaino Traded to Oakland

Oakland (AP) - The Oakland A's made the first trading move as playoff contenders start to strengthen their teams. The A's sent a 2005 third rounder to the Phillies in exchange for relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino. Through games of May 11th, Vizcaino had not pitched for Philadelphia, thus becoming expendable. Philadelphia, struggling a bit with a record of 26-28, might be starting to looking toward next season. Vizcaino has been drafted twice by the Phillies - as a 10th rounder in 2001 and a 13th rounder in 2003. In 2002, he posted a 2-10 mark, but saved 32 games and had a 3.76 ERA for Philadelphia.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Current Standings Midway Through Block 3

Strat-O-Matic Report


LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2004 Millennium League
 
Brock                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Florida FLN             31  20  .608 ----   114  
2004 San Francisco SFN       27  18  .600  1.0        
2004 Anaheim ANA             22  26  .458  7.5        
2004 Cleveland CLA           17  31  .354 12.5        
2004 Seattle SEA             17  37  .315 15.5        
 
Killebrew                   WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Atlanta ATN             34  20  .630 ----   108  
2004 Toronto TOA             24  21  .533  5.5        
2004 Houston HON             24  24  .500  7.0        
2004 Los Angeles LAN         19  26  .422 10.5        
2004 Kansas City KCA         16  26  .381 12.0        
 
Koufax                      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Pittsburgh PIN          33  18  .647 ----   112  
2004 Arizona ARN             31  23  .574  3.5        
2004 Oakland OAA             26  25  .510  7.0        
2004 Boston BOA              18  18  .500  7.5        
2004 Montreal MON            20  25  .444 10.0        
 
Aaron                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 St. Louis SLN           31  17  .646 ----   116  
2004 Minnesota MNA           26  16  .619  2.0        
2004 Philadelphia PHN        26  28  .481  8.0        
2004 New York NYA            19  23  .452  9.0        
2004 Chicago CHA             16  35  .314 16.5        
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ANA     22   26  .458 11-16 11-10  7-11 15-15  2- 2  4- 6     4-6     Lost 2
ARN     31   23  .574 13-14 18- 9  6- 4 25-19  4- 3  9- 5     5-5     Lost 2
ATN     34   20  .630 16-14 18- 6  7- 3 27-17  2- 2 11- 4     7-3     Won 3
BOA     18   18  .500  7-11 11- 7  5- 3 13-15  2- 2  5- 5     6-4     Won 2
CHA     16   35  .314  7-17  9-18  4- 7 12-28  0- 2  3-10     3-7     Lost 1
CLA     17   31  .354 12-15  5-16  5-13 12-18  0- 1  7- 5     4-6     Lost 2
FLN     31   20  .608 10- 8 21-12 14- 6 17-14  5- 3  6- 8     4-6     Won 2
HON     24   24  .500  9-15 15- 9  8- 4 16-20  1- 2  5- 8     5-5     Won 1
KCA     16   26  .381  8-16  8-10  6- 4 10-22  0- 1  3- 8     3-7     Lost 2
LAN     19   26  .422  9-18 10- 8  4- 7 15-19  4- 4  6- 6     4-6     Won 2
MNA     26   16  .619 12- 6 14-10  6- 6 20-10  1- 2  7- 5     7-3     Won 3
MON     20   25  .444  7- 8 13-17  2- 4 18-21  2- 1  6- 4     3-7     Lost 4
NYA     19   23  .452 12-12  7-11  5- 8 14-15  4- 2  7- 7     4-6     Won 2
OAA     26   25  .510  9-12 17-13  6- 6 20-19  1- 5  5-14     5-5     Lost 3
PHN     26   28  .481 16-14 10-14 11- 7 15-21  2- 2  7- 9     5-5     Won 3
PIN     33   18  .647 16-11 17- 7 10- 4 23-14  6- 0 13- 1     5-5     Won 2
SEA     17   37  .315  7-17 10-20  4-14 13-23  4- 2  6- 9     5-5     Lost 1
SFN     27   18  .600 18-12  9- 6  8- 9 19- 9  2- 5  8- 5     4-6     Lost 2
SLN     31   17  .646 13- 8 18- 9  5- 5 26-12  3- 3  9- 6     8-2     Lost 1
TOA     24   21  .533  7-14 17- 7  7- 6 17-15  1- 2  6- 8     6-4     Won 2
TOTAL  477  477  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg
ANA     12-16 10-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10-14   6- 3   6- 9
ARN     14-14 17- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12-15   7- 2  12- 6
ATN     18-10 16-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   16-11   6- 0  12- 9
BOA     13-12  5- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 7   4- 5   6- 6
CHA      9-16  7-19  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    5-19   5- 4   6-12
CLA      8-20  9-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10-14   2- 7   5-10
FLN     19- 6 12-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18- 6   2- 7  11- 7
HON     15-13  9-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14-13   4- 5   6- 6
KCA     11-17  5- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-17   6- 3   3- 6
LAN     11-17  8- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-11   2- 4   4-11
MNA     18-10  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   19-11   4- 5   3- 0
MON     13-15  7-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12-12   3- 6   5- 7
NYA     12-13  7-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-11   3- 6   3- 6
OAA     15-13 11-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   12-15   5- 4   9- 6
PHN     13-15 13-13  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   17-22   2- 1   7- 5
PIN     19- 9 14- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 5   1- 2  22-11
SEA      6-22 11-15  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-20   0- 6  10-11
SFN     16-12 11- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   18- 9   4- 2   5- 7
SLN     16-12 15- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   15- 6   5- 4  11- 7
TOA     16-12  8- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   13-11   7- 2   4- 8
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA MON NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN
ANA    -   2   0   0   0   5   2   2   0   3   0   0   1   1   0   2   3   0
ARN    1   -   3   2   2   5   2   0   0   1   2   1   0   7   0   2   0   0
ATN    0   0   -   3   2   3   3   7   4   3   0   5   0   2   0   0   0   0
BOA    0   1   3   -   1   0   1   2   0   0   0   3   3   4   0   0   0   0
CHA    0   1   1   2   -   2   0   0   0   0   2   2   1   0   1   0   1   1
CLA    1   1   0   0   1   -   3   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5   1
FLN    7   1   0   2   3   3   -   0   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   3   5
HON    1   0   2   1   0   0   0   -   5   2   0   0   0   0   2   2   3   0
KCA    0   0   2   0   0   4   2   1   -   3   0   0   0   1   0   2   0   0
LAN    0   2   3   0   0   0   2   1   6   -   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0
MNA    0   1   0   0   4   0   0   0   3   0   -   0   4   1  10   2   0   0
MON    0   5   1   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   -   0   3   1   1   0   2
NYA    2   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   -   3   5   0   1   0
OAA    2   2   1   2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   6   3   -   0   2   4   0
PHN    0   0   0   0   8   0   3   1   0   2   2   2   4   0   -   0   1   0
PIN    4   7   0   0   0   2   0   1   1   5   1   2   0   1   0   -   4   2
SEA    3   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   2   2   -   3
SFN    3   0   0   0   2   5   1   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   9   -
SLN    0   0   0   3   5   1   1   2   0   3   2   2   2   0   6   0   0   2
TOA    2   0   4   0   2   0   0   4   2   3   0   1   0   0   0   0   3   2
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA    0   1
ARN    3   0
ATN    0   2
BOA    0   0
CHA    1   1
CLA    2   0
FLN    2   0
HON    1   5
KCA    0   1
LAN    0   3
MNA    1   0
MON    1   2
NYA    1   0
OAA    0   0
PHN    3   0
PIN    0   3
SEA    0   0
SFN    1   1
SLN    -   2
TOA    1   -
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ANA ARN ATN BOA CHA CLA FLN HON KCA LAN MNA MON NYA OAA PHN PIN SEA SFN
ANA    -  17   0   0   0  34  45  16   0  16   0   0  12   9   0  25  29  13
ARN   14   -  22  14  17  52  15   0   0  12  15  23   0  33   0  33   0   0
ATN    0   9   -  36  17  25  23  62  40  20   0  33   0  16   0   0   0   0
BOA    0  19  31   -   8   0  20  17   0   0   0  36  16  24   0   0   0   0
CHA    0  17  11  15   -  21   7   0   0   0  22  27   7   0  41   0  12  10
CLA   23  26  15   0  13   -  27   0  27   0   0   0   0   0   0  15  41  24
FLN   72  10  13  22  17  41   -   0   7   8   0   0  13   0   3   0  23  33
HON   21   0  40  11   0   0   0   -  37  10   0   0   0   0  18  17  32  12
KCA    0   0  19   0   0  39  11  34   -  50  12   0   0   6   0  21   0   0
LAN    9  15  27   0   0   0   9   7  48   -   0   0   0   0  12  26   0   0
MNA    0   9   0   0  29   0   0   0  19   0   -   0  37  15  76  19   0   0
MON    0  34  23  27   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   -   0  25  14  14   0  11
NYA   13   0   0   8   9   0   6   0   0   0  38   0   -  26  37   0  14   0
OAA   18  31  19  25   0   0   0   0  12   0  16  37  32   -   0  21  28   0
PHN    0   0   0   0  65   0  19  20   0  21  49  19  32   0   -   0  15   0
PIN   38  48   0   0   0  22   0   9  12  38  10  22   0  12   0   -  38  14
SEA   19   0   0   0  10  35  10  16   0   0   0   0  18  13  14  24   -  50
SFN   30   0   0   0  21  43  17  27   0   0   0  16   0   0   0  11  66   -
SLN    0   6   0  14  27  17  13  18   0  23  20  18  30   0  59   0   0  17
TOA   12   0  23   0  16   0   0  43   6  24   0  13   0   0   0  16  35  15
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA    0  11
ARN   13   0
ATN    0  20
BOA    4   0
CHA   18  14
CLA   19   0
FLN   15   0
HON   16  46
KCA    0   7
LAN    6  28
MNA   13   0
MON   17  15
NYA   21   0
OAA    0   0
PHN   38   0
PIN    0  25
SEA    0  19
SFN   15  11
SLN    -  18
TOA   15   -

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Drew Jumpstarting Redbirds

St. Louis (AP) - Batting second ahead of sluggers Melvin Mora, Jim Edmonds, Jeremy Burnitz and Paul Konerko, J. D. Drew has been the catalyst to the Cardinals scoring machine this season. In the first 39 games, Drew has scored 40 runs. He has also hit .331 with 12 homers and 29 RBI's. In their first 39 games, the Cardinals lead the league with 239 runs scored - that's 6.12 runs per game and J. D. Drew has been an integral part of the Cardinals success this season. . . . .

Ichiro Paving The Way

Minnesota (AP) - Some good things are happening in Minnesota this season. The Twins, who have never finished above fourth place in the Aaron Division, seem poised to break out this year. Manager Bob Petersen has his squad playing at nearly a .600 clip with a record of 25-17. . . . ."Mr. Consistency", Ichiro Suzuki, is putting up some good numbers again this year with a .331 batting average. Ichiro was the second player taken in the 2001 draft (behind the Expos' selection of Pujols) - he has been a of consistency throughout his career fashioning a career .308 batting average. The Twins have improved themselves through the draft with players such as Beckett (2002), Matsui (2003) and LaRoche (2004). They also drafted Carlos Zambrano in 2002 and traded him to acquire Carlos Lee from Oakland. Add to that mix home grown players such as Santana and Ortiz and you can see why Minnesota is on the upswing.......

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Top Closers Save Percentage

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Save Percentage
Name           Tm  Sv SvOp Save%
-------------- --- -- ---- -----
T.Percival      SLN  9    9 1.000
J.Nathan        ANA 11   12  .917
B.Lidge         PIN 11   12  .917
J.Smoltz        BOA  8    9  .889
A.Benitez       CLA  7    8  .875
B.Wagner        HON 12   14  .857
B.Looper        MNA  9   11  .818
T.Gordon        ATN  8   10  .800
J.Rincon        FLN  7    9  .778
J.Isringhausen  OAA  7    9  .778
E.Gagne         KCA  8   11  .727
M.Rivera        NYA  7   10  .700
F.Cordero       MON  6    9  .667
K.Calero        LAN  6   11  .545

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Lidge Off To Fast Start in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh (AP) - Drafted late in the first round of the 2003 Draft, newcomer Brad Lidge has taken over the closer role for the Pittsburgh Pirates this season. The 29-16 Pirates have opened up a four game lead over second place Arizona. One of the main reasons for the Buccos success this year is Brad Lidge. Lidge currently has converted 11 of 12 save opportunities with a 2.55 ERA. He has struck out 30 batters in just 18 innings - an amazing strikeout ratio. Lidge appears poised to become one of the premier closers in the league. . . . .

Harden Shutouts Out Houston

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BOXSCORE: 2004 Houston Astros At 2004 Atlanta Braves                5/18/2004

 

  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  J.Bagwell 1B        4  0  1  0 .282     D.Jeter SS          4  2  3  1 .341  

  T.Walker 2B         4  0  0  0 .235     R.Durham 2B         3  1  1  0 .244  

  M.Alou LF           4  0  2  0 .277     K.Youkilis 3B       4  0  1  1 .250  

  L.Berkman CF        4  0  1  0 .306     J.Posada C          3  1  2  1 .224  

  M.Sweeney DH        4  0  0  0 .333     A.Jones CF          4  0  0  0 .196  

  L.Walker RF         3  0  1  0 .302     F.Thomas DH         4  0  0  0 .290  

A-J.Mabry PH          1  0  0  0 .220     R.Palmeiro 1B       4  0  1  1 .267  

  M.Piazza C          3  0  0  0 .245     M.Tucker RF         4  1  1  0 .260  

  S.Burroughs 3B      4  0  0  0 .192     J.Davanon LF        3  0  1  1 .323  

  D.Eckstein SS       3  0  2  0 .273                                          

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      34  0  7  0                 Totals      33  5 10  5

 

A-Pinch Hit For Walker In 9th Inning

 

Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  7  0

Braves.......... 2 0 1  1 0 0  0 1    -  5 10  1

 

Astros (21-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

R.Lopez LOSS(2-3)         7       9   5   5   1   8   1   5.83

T.Harikkala               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   8.44

J.Halama                  0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   7.20

Totals                    8      10   5   5   1   8   1

 

Braves (24-16)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

R.Harden WIN(5-2)         9       7   0   0   1   7   0   2.63

Totals                    9       7   0   0   1   7   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 47,719 DATE- Saturday, May 18th 2004 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- Fieldin Culbreth, Andrew Fletcher, Mike Winters, Bill Welke

T- 3:09

LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 8  Braves: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0  Braves: 1

ERRORS- K.Youkilis

DOUBLES- L.Walker(1st), D.Eckstein(10th), D.Jeter(19th), R.Durham(6th)

TRIPLES- R.Palmeiro(1st)

HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(3rd)

STOLEN BASES- M.Tucker(5th)

SACRIFICE HITS- R.Durham

WALKS- M.Piazza, J.Posada

STRIKE OUTS- J.Bagwell, T.Walker-2, L.Berkman-2, L.Walker, M.Piazza, R.Durham,

             J.Posada, A.Jones-2, F.Thomas-2, M.Tucker, J.Davanon

GIDP- L.Walker

WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Ray Durham robbed John Mabry of a base hit.

 

Rich Harden hurled a fine complete game shutout at Jacobs Field where the

Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 5 to 0.

 

Harden(5-2) had a strong outing.  He gave up just 7 hits and 1 walk in 9

innings seeing his ERA drop from 3.08 to 2.63.  Atlanta had 10 hits for the

night.  

 

The loss was charged to Rodrigo Lopez(2-3).  He allowed 5 runs and 9 hits in 7

innings.  'We really needed this win' said Todd Melton.  'That first drink of

water at the end of a drought sure does taste good!'

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Royals Walk Off Homer Hands Webb Another Loss

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BOXSCORE: 2004 Oakland A's At 2004 Kansas City Royals               5/15/2004

 

  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  M.Giles DH          2  0  1  0 .419     L.Ford LF           4  0  1  0 .351  

  O.Hudson 2B         4  0  1  0 .327     M.Young SS          4  0  1  0 .304  

  M.Stairs RF         4  0  0  1 .217     E.Durazo DH         4  0  2  0 .373  

  R.Ibanez LF         5  0  0  0 .254     C.Beltran CF        2  1  1  0 .226  

  C.Patterson CF      3  0  1  0 .250     H.Blalock 3B        4  0  0  0 .240  

  T.Batista 3B        4  0  0  0 .262     K.Millar 1B         4  0  1  1 .271  

  B.Fullmer 1B        4  0  1  0 .179     M.Grudzielanek 2B   4  1  2  1 .240  

  J.Flaherty C        4  1  2  0 .238     B.Clark RF          3  0  0  0 .296  

  D.Relaford SS       4  0  0  0 .179     C.Moeller C         3  0  1  0 .188  

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      34  1  6  1                 Totals      32  2  9  2

 

 

A's............. 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1

Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2  9  2

 

A's (22-21)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

B.Webb LOSS(2-6)          8 1/3   9   2   2   1   5   1   5.29

Totals                    8 1/3   9   2   2   1   5   1

 

Royals (16-24)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

A.Leiter WIN(4-1)         9       6   1   1   6   5   0   2.11

Totals                    9       6   1   1   6   5   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 13,233 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 2004 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Chris Guccione, Rich Rieker, Paul Emmel

T- 2:28

LEFT ON BASE- A's:12  Royals: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 1  Royals: 1

ERRORS- T.Batista, L.Ford, H.Blalock

DOUBLES- B.Fullmer(4th), J.Flaherty(3rd), E.Durazo(13th), K.Millar(6th)

HOME RUNS- M.Grudzielanek(1st)

STOLEN BASES- C.Patterson(5th), C.Beltran(4th)

WALKS- M.Giles-3, O.Hudson, M.Stairs, C.Patterson, C.Beltran

HIT BY PITCH- C.Beltran

STRIKE OUTS- R.Ibanez-2, C.Patterson, T.Batista, J.Flaherty, L.Ford, M.Young,

             H.Blalock-2, C.Moeller

GIDP- O.Hudson, E.Durazo

WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Brady Clark robbed Matt Stairs of a Homerun!

          Top 9th: Carlos Beltran robbed Desi Relaford of an extra base hit.

 

Al Leiter was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete

game as the Kansas City Royals pulled out a win over the Oakland A's by a

score of 2 to 1 at Kauffman Stadium.

 

The deciding run was scored by Kansas City in the 9th.  After an out was

recorded, Mark Grudzielanek smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 1st of the

season) making Kansas City victorious to the delight of the the home town

crowd.  Kansas City had a total of 9 hits for the game.  

 

Leiter(4-1) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Brandon Webb(2-6) was

given the loss.  With this win, Kansas City has a 16-24 record.  They have

been 4-6 lately.  With the loss Oakland now has a record of 22-21.

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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Bonds Leading Giants Resurgence

San Francisco (AP) - In each of the first four seasons of the Millennium League, the San Francisco Giants have had a winning record, making the post season three of those seasons. However, the Giants have never won a playoff series and own a 5-12 post season record.

Controversial superstar Barry Bonds is off to a strong start. Barry leads the league in batting (.400), homers (17), slugging pct (1.071), fourth in runs scored (38), and fifth in RBI's (38). In four previous seasons, Barry has hit .315 with 219 homers. The Giants currently trail the Marlins by 2 1/2 games in what is shaping up to be a two team race in the Brock Division. The Giants, with Barry leading the way, look to go deep into the playoffs this year.

Slow Starts. . . . .

Here is a list of some player’s who are struggling out of the gate: Anaheim’s Jim Brower is 2-2 with a staggering 9.46 ERA – not the middle relief help the Angels were looking for…...last season’s playoff hero, D-Backs Brian Lawrence is 2-6 with a 6.52 ERA………Atlanta’s centerfielder Andruw Jones is only hitting .201 in 154 at bats…..fourth round draft pick of the Red Sox, Eric Milton, is 2-5 with a 6+ ERA…..Chicago has struggled with a 12-24 mark and Doug Davis has chipped in with a 0-6 mark and 5.98 ERA……Cleveland’s Bartolo Colon is 2-5 with an ERA hovering close to 9.00……not much is going wrong for the 25-11 Marlins, but Adam Dunn is hitting just .217 with only 4 homers…..Houston was counting on Sean Burroughs to handle third base this season, but he is only hitting .185 with a single homer…..how about Kansas City’s Juan Cruz who is 0-6 with a 6.84 ERA in 20 games of relief?……last in the league in team batting average, the Dodgers have Shawn Green hitting just .213……Minnesota’s Paul Wilson is 1-6 with a 5.91 ERA……Montreal’s Scott Rolen is batting just .171……New York’s David Wells is winless with a 6.91 ERA…..2003 #1 draft pick of the A’s, Brandon Webb is 2-5 with an ERA close to 6.00…..Phillies’ Freddy Garcia apparently does not like the Phillies move to Yankee Stadium as he is 2-5 with a 6.49 ERA……Kris Benson has been the weak link in the impressive Bucco starting staff with a 1-4 record…..hard to find an underachiever for the Giants, but let’s go with reliever Ricardo Rincon and his 7.04 ERA….Jamie Moyer already has lost seven games for Seattle…. Matt Morris has a 5.84 ERA for St. Louis…..Vernon Wells is batting just .246 for Toronto……