MSL: December 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Current Standings Midway Through Block 7

Strat-O-Matic Report


LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2004 Millennium League
 
Brock                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Florida FLN             64  53  .547 ----    42  
2004 Anaheim ANA             66  57  .537  1.0        
2004 San Francisco SFN       67  59  .532  1.5        
2004 Cleveland CLA           45  72  .385 19.0        
2004 Seattle SEA             36  87  .293 31.0        
 
Killebrew                   WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Atlanta ATN             74  55  .574 ----    31  
2004 Houston HON             74  58  .561  1.5        
2004 Los Angeles LAN         59  61  .492 10.5        
2004 Toronto TOA             58  62  .483 11.5        
2004 Kansas City KCA         53  76  .411 21.0        
 
Koufax                      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Pittsburgh PIN          72  45  .615 ----    36  
2004 Arizona ARN             68  55  .553  7.0        
2004 Oakland OAA             65  61  .516 11.5        
2004 Boston BOA              62  61  .504 13.0        
2004 Montreal MON            59  61  .492 14.5        
 
Aaron                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2004 Minnesota MNA           70  50  .583 ----    41  
2004 St. Louis SLN           68  52  .567  2.0        
2004 Philadelphia PHN        67  53  .558  3.0        
2004 New York NYA            49  65  .430 18.0        
2004 Chicago CHA             45  78  .366 26.5        
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ANA     66   57  .537 26-31 40-26 15-18 51-39  7- 5 11-15     6-4     Lost 2
ARN     68   55  .553 31-35 37-20 16-10 52-45  5- 7 19-21     7-3     Won 1
ATN     74   55  .574 34-26 40-29 22-15 52-40  7- 5 26-18     3-7     Won 1
BOA     62   61  .504 27-27 35-34 14-17 48-44  6- 6 22-16     6-4     Won 2
CHA     45   78  .366 20-37 25-41 13-21 32-57  3- 6  8-22     4-6     Lost 3
CLA     45   72  .385 26-31 19-41 18-24 27-48  2- 1 13-16     4-6     Won 1
FLN     64   53  .547 30-27 34-26 24-10 40-43  6- 6 17-14     4-6     Lost 3
HON     74   58  .561 28-32 46-26 25-14 49-44  5- 3 18-22     6-4     Lost 1
KCA     53   76  .411 25-35 28-41 16-14 37-62  5- 8 10-26     6-4     Lost 1
LAN     59   61  .492 33-39 26-22 15-18 44-43  8- 6 23-12     5-5     Won 1
MNA     70   50  .583 34-26 36-24 15-16 55-34  7- 5 21-10     6-4     Lost 1
MON     59   61  .492 32-28 27-33 16-12 43-49  8- 4 22-10     6-4     Won 5
NYA     49   65  .430 30-36 19-29 13-24 36-41  7- 4 18-18     4-6     Won 2
OAA     65   61  .516 24-30 41-31 18-14 47-47  2-10 11-25     3-7     Lost 7
PHN     67   53  .558 32-28 35-25 23-12 44-41  8- 7 16-17     6-4     Lost 2
PIN     72   45  .615 34-32 38-13 15-11 57-34  7- 1 26-10     8-2     Won 3
SEA     36   87  .293 19-38 17-49  8-29 28-58  7- 7 13-20     0-10    Lost 10
SFN     67   59  .532 36-30 31-29 21-25 46-34  5-12 18-21     5-5     Won 1
SLN     68   52  .567 35-28 33-24 19-13 49-39  6- 6 19-14     5-5     Won 3
TOA     58   62  .483 31-38 27-24 14-14 44-48  6- 8 14-18     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL 1221 1221  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg
ANA     12-16 16-15 17-10 15-13  6- 3  0- 0   32-25  12- 9  22-23
ARN     14-14 17-11 16-14 17-14  4- 2  0- 0   30-33  14- 4  24-18
ATN     18-10 17-11 17-13 17-14  5- 7  0- 0   32-28  16- 5  26-22
BOA     13-12 13-15 19-11 11-20  6- 3  0- 0   26-31  12-15  24-15
CHA      9-16  9-22 11-19 13-15  3- 6  0- 0   15-33  11-16  19-29
CLA      8-20 11-17 11-16 14-17  1- 2  0- 0   20-28   8-16  17-28
FLN     19- 6 16-15  9-18 20-11  0- 3  0- 0   30-18   9-15  25-20
HON     15-13 14-14 17-10 15-16 13- 5  0- 0   34-29  15-12  25-17
KCA     11-17  8-20 12-15 15-16  7- 8  0- 0   24-39  16-14  13-23
LAN     11-17 13-18 17-13 16- 9  2- 4  0- 0   29-25  10- 8  20-28
MNA     18-10 17-14 17-10 14-14  4- 2  0- 0   33-21  12- 9  25-20
MON     13-15 16-15 14-13 13-18  3- 0  0- 0   25-32  11-10  23-19
NYA     12-13 14-17 10-17 13-18  0- 0  0- 0   25-26   5-13  19-26
OAA     15-13 14-17 17-13 17-11  2- 7  0- 0   29-28  11-13  25-20
PHN     13-15 15-13 17-10 18-13  4- 2  0- 0   29-31   9- 6  29-16
PIN     19- 9 21-10 14-13 18-13  0- 0  0- 0   34-20  10- 8  28-17
SEA      6-22 13-18  4-23 13-15  0- 9  0- 0   13-35   6-21  17-31
SFN     16-12 16-12 16-11 12-19  7- 5  0- 0   37-26  15-12  15-21
SLN     16-12 23- 8  9-18 17-14  3- 0  0- 0   30-21  13-14  25-17
TOA     16-12 15-16 15-12 10-18  2- 4  0- 0   25-23  16-11  17-28
 
 
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   1   3   1   9   5   2   3   5   2   2   3   2   2   2  10   8
ARN    1   -   4   7   2   5   2   4   1   1   4   6   3  10   0   7   3   0
ATN    2   2   -   3   2   3   3  10  10   8   3   5   5   3   1   2   5   3
BOA    3   8   3   -   3   5   4   2   0   3   2   5   3   7   3   6   1   2
CHA    2   1   1   3   -   4   0   0   1   2   5   2   3   3   2   2   3   2
CLA    3   1   0   1   2   -   7   3   2   1   3   0   0   3   0   3   7   3
FLN    7   4   0   2   3   5   -   2   3   1   4   0   6   3   1   0   9   9
HON    1   2   5   1   6   3   4   -  13   7   1   2   3   3   3   2   6   1
KCA    3   2   8   0   2   4   3   5   -   6   1   2   1   1   1   2   4   2
LAN    1   2   7   0   4   2   2   8   9   -   1   4   3   1   3   1   3   2
MNA    1   2   3   4   7   3   2   2   5   2   -   3   8   1  14   2   3   4
MON    1   9   1   7   4   0   3   1   1   2   0   -   3   7   1   2   5   4
NYA    3   0   1   0   6   3   0   0   5   3   7   0   -   3   7   2   3   1
OAA    4   5   3   8   3   3   3   0   2   2   2  11   3   -   1   5   4   0
PHN    4   0   5   3  10   0   5   3   2   3   4   2   8   2   -   2   4   2
PIN    4  11   1   9   4   3   0   1   1   5   1  10   1   4   1   -   4   4
SEA    5   0   1   2   3   2   0   0   2   0   0   1   3   2   2   2   -   6
SFN   10   0   3   1   4  12   6   5   4   1   2   2   2   0   1   2   9   -
SLN    0   1   0   5  10   2   1   4   5   5   5   3   7   4   8   0   1   2
TOA    2   3   8   2   2   4   3   6   7   4   3   1   0   2   2   1   3   4
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA    3   1
ARN    5   3
ATN    0   4
BOA    1   1
CHA    5   4
CLA    4   2
FLN    2   3
HON    2   9
KCA    1   5
LAN    1   5
MNA    4   0
MON    3   5
NYA    5   0
OAA    2   4
PHN    7   1
PIN    3   5
SEA    2   3
SFN    1   2
SLN    -   5
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   9  26  14  68  66  16  42  29  17  23  34  17  23  25  93  82
ARN   14   -  36  63  17  52  19  30   9  12  26  70  17  62   0  76  13   0
ATN   16  29   -  36  17  25  23  91 107  58  21  33  33  25  22  11  48  26
BOA   28  66  31   -  22  50  39  17   0  15  20  64  16  53  23  67  12   6
CHA   13  17  11  28   -  42   7  15   7  14  48  36  33  36  53  30  28  18
CLA   47  26  15  36  33   -  58  31  27   8  37   0   9  32   0  32  69  64
FLN   84  23  13  27  17  68   -  28  19   8  41   6  28  18  14   0  84  76
HON   21  28  76  11  38  38  39   - 101  67  15  15  21  16  35  17  59  29
KCA   31  20  87   0  13  39  25  85   -  76  28  14  21   6  13  21  46  20
LAN   17  15  54   7  25   9   9  69  69   -  20  44  20  13  25  26  15  16
MNA   14  16  24  37  60  40  27  12  33  27   -  20  71  15 122  19  17  33
MON   19  70  23  58  20   0  12  15   8  28   8   -  17  58  14  47  40  26
NYA   22   6  20   8  34  13  17  14  26  29  56  13   -  26  61  13  37  15
OAA   26  66  33  61  30  36  31  10  12  23  16  76  32   -  22  49  28   0
PHN   31   0  34  27  79   0  34  37  17  33  88  19  74  18   -  16  42  20
PIN   38  84  11  88  25  40   0   9  12  38  10  78  11  39   8   -  38  31
SEA   62   2  20  26  23  59  32  27  36   7  10  23  29  13  25  24   -  69
SFN  118   0  27  14  34  95  69  46  34  16  30  29  26   0  16  28  77   -
SLN   11  21   0  41  88  27  13  41  27  47  43  37  93  37  82   7  28  17
TOA   12  22  58  15  28  32  14  53  54  33  15  17   0  19   8  33  45  37
 
TEAM SLN TOA
ANA   19  11
ARN   23  25
ATN    0  53
BOA   32   6
CHA   77  31
CLA   36  19
FLN   15  17
HON   37  74
KCA   25  53
LAN   25  36
MNA   32   2
MON   35  37
NYA   69   0
OAA   36  30
PHN   72   5
PIN   19  44
SEA   22  35
SFN   15  28
SLN    -  45
TOA   32   -

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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Defending Champs Arizona Makes Big Trade

Arizona (AP) - In an effort to make this aging franchise's hopes at one more title a reality, the Arizona Diamondbacks today parted with one of their top offensive players. Magglio Ordonez was moved by management today after an injury maligned 2004 campaign. With Ordonez and Luis Gonzalez both troubled by injuries this season, the team decided it had to go out and make a drastic move to shore up the corner outfield slots, and Lew Ford and Jermaine Dye do just that. Ford is already slated to take over leadoff duties for the team and Dye, will add a much needed power presence in the middle of the Diamondback lineup.

The Diamondbacks also took the opportunity to shore up its bullpen by adding closer Eric Gagne. Since the career ending injury to Matt Mantei after the 2003 season, the Diamondback bullpen has struggled to fill the roll. Al Leiter was added to provide the Diamondbacks a #3 starter for the playoffs.

The details of the trade are as follows:

Diamondbacks trade Ordonez, Gload, Thomas and a #2 & #5 draft pick for Royals Ford, Dye, Leiter and Gagne. . . . .

Friday, December 05, 2008

Trade line Set For December 21st

From the Commissioner's Office:

We currently have 12 teams playing at .500 ball or better fighting for eight playoff spots! Please note that the 2004 trading line is set for 11PM EST on Sunday Night, December 21st. Also, players must be on your teams' (35-man) roster by this date in order to be eligible for the post season.....

Thanks! John

Twins, Cards & Phils Battle For Division Crown

Minnesota, St. Louis and Philadelphia have been fighting for the Aaron Division crown all season with just a few games separating the three teams. Each of these teams made a recent trade in order to make a run for the playoffs.

St. Louis made the first move by acquiring Armando Benitez from Cleveland for reliever Bobby Howry and a second rounder. "We needed to shore up the back-end of the bullpen and we jumped at the opportunity to obtain Armando". However, this immediately caused unrest and confusion in the Redbird bullpen as Troy Percival was leading the league with 13 saves in 13 opportunities at the time. "I am very disappointed", said Troy after being informed he was going to be the new setup guy. Further, Benitez gave up two quick walk-off homers and the boo birds came out quickly in St. Louis. Beleaguered Benitez is now 1-3, 10 saves with a 3.03 ERA.

The Phils made the next move by adding another slugger, Jim Thome, to their already potent lineup. The Phillies sent a 2005 first round pick also to Cleveland for Thome. "Newly acquired Jim Thome has been a major disappointment......Brought in to generate some offense against RHP, he has done very little", quipped skipper Rick Cornell. Thome is hitting just .227 with 7 homers and 17 RBI's in 30 games for Philadelphia.

Surprising Minnesota, which has never made the playoffs, is hanging on to a slim 2 1/2 game lead over St.Louis. The Twins made a move of their own - acquiring slick fielder Jack Wilson from Chicago for a second rounder. Wilson is hitting .301 in 16 games with Minnesota and has provided strong fielding.

Time will tell what teams' trade pays off the most!

2004 Draft - First Rounder Stats

CLASS OF 2004:
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  NAME               BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
 1-M.Holliday,MON    .278  86 327  40  91 22  1  8  29  27  73  2  0  9   1  2  2
 2-D.Wright,CHA      .273  32 121  23  33  6  0  7  27  10  20  0  0  7   0  0 10
 3-J.Mauer,KCA       .333   8  12   2   4  1  0  1   4   1   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
 5-G.Sizemore,ATN    ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
 6-R.Howard,TOA      ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
 8-B.Hawpe,HON       ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
 9-A.Rios,CHA        .263  79 266  29  70 10  4  1  21  28  56  2  0 10   6  3  3
10-A.Gonzalez,KCA    .125  17   8   1   1  0  0  0   2   2   2  0  0  0   0  0  0
11-C.Tracy,NYA       .295  98 352  46 104 20  2  9  47  34  43  0  1 13   1  1 20
12-B.Upton,PIN       ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
16-K.Youkilis,ATN    .268  15  56   7  15  4  0  2  11   9  10  1  0  0   0  0  3
17-D.Dejesus,NYA     .314  85 277  49  87  8  3  8  29  25  34 10  2  9   8  4  2
18-D.Dellucci,CLA    ----   0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0
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  NAME                ERA  W  L   PCT   G GS CG SH SV    IP   H   R  ER HR  BB  SO
 4-S.Kazmir,SEA     14.16  1  3  .250   6  4  0  0  0  20.1  35  34  32  6  14  26
 7-C.Young,OAA       0.00  1  0 1.000   1  1  0  0  0   6.0   7   0   0  0   0   2
13-J.Duchscherer,HON 5.23  3  4  .429  30  0  0  0  2  62.0  71  44  36 13  21  30
14-Z.Greinke,SFN     3.43  7  2  .778  13 13  1  0  0  94.1  91  38  36 21  11  54
15-E.Bedard,FLN      4.47  3  6  .333  15 15  0  0  0  90.2  92  55  45  9  55  69
19-C.Cordero,SLN     5.29  6  1  .857  51  0  0  0  1  63.0  69  40  37 12  40  66
20-D.Bush,ARN        4.82  5  2  .714  10 10  1  1  0  65.1  70  36  35  5  22  31

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Cardinals hand Boston a 11-9 defeat in 16 innings.

With the Cardinals up 5-4 in the top of the 9th, Boston scored 5 runs, highlighted by a Mark Teixeira grand slam, to take a 9-5 lead into the bottom of the 9th. However, in the bottom of the 9th, Jeremy Burnitz hit a game tying grand slam off Smoltz. After the crazy 9th inning, the bullpens took control and put up 6 shutout innings. Then in the 16th, Derek Lowe was brought in to relieve a tired Boston bullpen. With 1 out and a man on second, Vinny Castilla ended the game with a a 2-run walk off homerun. After a walk off homerun in the previous game, it started a forgettable trip for the Red Sox.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2004 Boston Red Sox At 2004 St. Louis Cardinals           7/12/2004
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon CF          6  2  1  0 .271     E.Renteria SS       9  0  0  0 .252  
  J.Payton LF         7  1  1  0 .314     J.Drew RF           7  2  1  0 .300  
  M.Teixeira 1B       8  1  4  6 .275     M.Mora 3B           4  1  2  0 .319  
  J.Varitek C         8  1  2  1 .295   A-V.Castilla 3B       4  1  3  2 .226  
  D.Bell 3B           6  0  1  1 .300     J.Edmonds CF        6  2  3  2 .311  
  C.Guzman SS         7  0  0  0 .278     P.Konerko 1B        5  2  3  2 .276  
  M.Bellhorn 2B       4  1  1  0 .226     A.Benitez P         0  0  0  0 .000  
E-A.Miles 2B          3  0  0  0 .258   H-J.Lane PH           1  0  0  0 .267  
  J.Cruz Jr RF        3  1  1  0 .168     B.Chen P            0  0  0  0 .500  
C-K.Griffey Jr PH,RF  4  1  1  1 .305   J-B.Hill PH           1  0  0  0 .257  
  P.Martinez P        2  0  0  0 .091     O.Hernandez P       0  0  0  0 .125  
  M.Timlin P          0  0  0  0 ----     J.Estrada C         4  1  0  0 .302  
D-D.Bautista PH       1  1  1  0 .250     J.Burnitz LF        8  1  2  4 .245  
  J.Smoltz P          0  0  0  0 ----     P.Polanco 2B        7  0  1  1 .305  
F-J.Gibbons PH        1  0  0  0 .167     D.Willis P          1  0  0  0 .231  
  E.Yan P             0  0  0  0 .000     D.Marte P           1  0  0  0 .000  
I-N.Garciaparra PH    1  0  0  0 .342     T.Percival P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Wheeler P         0  0  0  0 .000   B-T.Hollandsworth PH  1  0  0  0 .306  
K-B.Davis PH          1  0  0  0 .211     C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Lowe P            0  0  0  0 .105     G.Aquino P          0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        G-R.Quinlan PH,1B     3  1  1  0 .286  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      62  9 13  9                 Totals      62 11 16 11
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mora In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Percival In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cruz Jr In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Timlin In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Bellhorn In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Aquino In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Benitez In 12th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Yan In 13th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Chen In 14th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Wheeler In 16th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  2 0 5  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  9 13  1
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  3 0 0  2 0 4  0 0 0  0 0 0  2 - 11 16  2
 
Red Sox (50-45)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Martinez                6 2/3   7   5   5   3   7   1   3.33
M.Timlin                  1 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   3.74
J.Smoltz                  1       2   4   4   1   2   1   3.97
E.Yan                     3       2   0   0   4   2   0   3.70
D.Wheeler                 3       3   0   0   1   2   0   2.75
D.Lowe LOSS(6-8)          0 2/3   2   2   2   0   0   1   5.89
Totals                   15 2/3  16  11  11  10  14   3
 
Cardinals (57-41)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Willis                  5 2/3   5   2   2   1   2   0   4.41
D.Marte HOLD(14th)        0 1/3   1   2   0   0   0   0   2.52
T.Percival BS(2nd)        2       1   0   0   1   2   0   3.86
C.Cordero BS(7th)         0       4   5   5   1   0   2   5.00
G.Aquino                  2       0   0   0   0   3   0   3.60
A.Benitez                 2       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.66
B.Chen                    2       1   0   0   0   3   0   4.33
O.Hernandez WIN(4-1)      2       1   0   0   1   0   0   4.99
Totals                   16      13   9   7   4  10   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,112 DATE- Friday, July 12th 2004 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Lance Barksdale, Mike Fichter, Ted Barrett
T- 5:55
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10  Cardinals:17
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Cardinals: 0
ERRORS- M.Teixeira, E.Renteria, A.Benitez
DOUBLES- M.Teixeira(15th), J.Varitek(12th), D.Bell(27th), M.Bellhorn(14th),
         J.Edmonds(20th), P.Konerko(21st), R.Quinlan(6th)
TRIPLES- J.Drew(8th)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira(22nd), K.Griffey Jr(13th), V.Castilla(7th),
           J.Edmonds(33rd), J.Burnitz(18th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Cruz Jr(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Martinez, D.Willis
WALKS- J.Damon-2, J.Payton, D.Bell, J.Drew-2, V.Castilla, J.Edmonds-2,
       P.Konerko, J.Estrada-2, P.Polanco, R.Quinlan
HIT BY PITCH- J.Estrada-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, J.Payton, J.Varitek-2, C.Guzman, M.Bellhorn, K.Griffey Jr,
             P.Martinez-2, N.Garciaparra, E.Renteria-3, J.Drew, V.Castilla,
             J.Edmonds, J.Burnitz-4, P.Polanco-2, D.Willis, D.Marte
GIDP- R.Quinlan
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Jim Edmonds robbed Mark Bellhorn of a Homerun!
 
Jeromy Burnitz ripped a bases loaded blast at Bank One Ballpark as the St.
Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox in 16 innings by the count of 11 to
9.
 
The score was knotted at 9 after nine innings.  St. Louis came out on top in
the 16th inning.  Robb Quinlan kicked off the action when he doubled.  Two
outs later Vinny Castilla stepped in and he cracked a two-run shot (his 7th
of the season) resulting in a mighty exciting win for St. Louis and the
46,112 home town fans in attendance.  A wild and woolly affair, this game saw
the lead change 5 times.  
 
Orlando Hernandez(4-1) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Derek
Lowe(6-8) was charged with the loss in relief.

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