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<br>
1) Yesterday's scores--<br><br>
AL<br>
Tigers 7, Rays 5<br>
Red Sox 6, Indians 1<br>
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 2<br>
Twins 7, White Sox 6 (10)<br>
Angels 6, Mariners 4<br><br>
NL<br>
Cardinals 12, Diamondbacks 3<br>
Mets 7, Cubs 6<br>
Brewers 5, Pirates 1 (10)<br>
Astros 8, Reds 6<br>
Padres 7, Dodgers 5<br>
Rockies 3, Giants 1<br>
Marlins at Nationals--PPD<br><br>
2) Standings--<br><br>
AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST<br>
TEAM W
L PCT GB<br>
y--Rays 96 63 .604
-<br>
y--Red Sox 94 65 .591 2<br>
e--Yankees 87 72 .547 9<br>
e--Blue Jays 84 75 .528 12<br>
e--Orioles 67 91 .424 28.5<br><br>
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL<br>
TEAM W
L PCT GB<br>
Twins 87 72
.547 -<br>
White Sox 86 72 .544
0.5<br>
e--Indians 79 80 .497 8<br>
e--Royals 73 86 .459 14<br>
e--Tigers 72 86 .456
14.5<br><br>
AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST<br>
TEAM W
L PCT GB<br>
x--Angels 99 60 .623 -<br>
e--Rangers 77 82 .484 22<br>
e--A's 75 83
.475 23.5<br>
e--Mariners 58 101 .365 41<br><br>
NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST<br>
TEAM W
L PCT GB<br>
Phillies 89 70 .560
-<br>
Mets 88
71 .553 1<br>
e--Marlins 82 76 .519 6.5<br>
e--Braves 71 88 .447 18<br>
e--Nationals 59 99 .373 29.5<br><br>
NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL<br>
TEAM W
L PCT GB<br>
x--Cubs 96 62 .608
-<br>
d--Brewers 88 71 .553 8.5<br>
d--Astros 84 74 .532 12<br>
e--Cardinals 83 76 .522 13.5<br>
e--Reds 74 85 .465
22.5<br>
e--Pirates 65 94 .409 31.5<br><br>
NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST<br>
TEAM
W L PCT GB<br>
x--Dodgers 83 76
.522 -<br>
e--Diamondbacks 79 80 .497 4<br>
e--Rockies 74 85
.465 9<br>
e--Giants 70 89
.440 13<br>
e--Padres 62 97
.390 21<br><br>
x--clinched the division title<br>
y--clinched a postseason berth<br>
d--mathematically eliminated from winning the division title<br>
e--mathematically eliminated from the postseason<br><br>
3) The Dodgers clinched the division title.<br><br>
4) The Rays will clinch the division title if they beat the Tigers or the
Red Sox lose to the Indians.<br><br>
5) The Angels will clinch the #1 seed in the AL playoffs if they beat the
Rangers or the Rays lose to the Tigers.<br><br>
6) The Phillies will clinch a tie for the division title if they beat the
Nationals and the Mets lose to the Marlins. If the Phillies and Mets
finish tied for the division title, then the Mets win the title if both
teams go to the postseason and they will play a 1 game playoff if the
Brewers win the wild card.<br><br>
7) The Phillies will clinch a tie for a postseason berth if they beat the
Nationals, the Mets lose to the Marlins and the Brewers lose to the
Cubs.<br><br>
8) Today's games--<br><br>
AL<br>
Blue Jays (Scott Richmond) at Orioles (Chris Waters), 7:05<br>
Yankees (Alfredo Aceves) at Red Sox (Daisuke Matsuzaka), 7:05<br>
Rays (Andy Sonnanstine) at Tigers (Justin Verlander), 7:05<br>
Royals (Kyle Davies) at Twins (Francisco Liriano), 8:10<br>
Indians (Scott Lewis) at White Sox (John Danks), 8:11<br>
Rangers (Vicente Padilla) at Angels (John Lackey), 10:05<br>
A's (Sean Gallagher) at Mariners (Brandon Morrow), 10:10<br><br>
NL<br>
Nationals (Collin Balester) at Phillies (Joe Blanton), 7:05<br>
Marlins (Chris Volstad) at Mets (Mike Pelfrey), 7:10<br>
Cubs (Ryan Dempster) at Brewers (Jeff Suppan), 8:00<br>
Braves (Jorge Campillo) at Astros (Brian Moehler), 8:05<br>
Reds (Bronson Arroyo) at Cardinals (Braden Looper), 8:15<br>
Rockies (Jason Hirsh) at Diamondbacks (Dan Haren), 9:40<br>
Pirates (Ian Snell) at Padres (Josh Geer), 10:05<br>
Dodgers (Derek Lowe) at Giants (Brad Hennessey), 10:35<br><br>
9) Yesterday's HR--<br><br>
Adam Dunn--#39<br>
Ryan Braun--#36<br>
Ryan Ludwick--#36<br>
Adrian Gonzalez--#36<br>
Albert Pujols--#35<br>
Kevin Youkilis--#28<br>
Vladimir Guerrero--#26 & #27<br>
Evan Longoria--#27<br>
Curtis Granderson--#21<br>
Vernon Wells--#18<br>
Matt Kemp--#18<br>
Brian Giles--#12<br>
Clint Barmes--#11<br>
Ben Zobrist--#9 & #10<br>
Corey Patterson--#10<br>
Orlando Cabrera--#8<br>
Yuniesky Betancourt--#7<br>
Mike Hessman--#5<br>
Jerry Hairston Jr.--#5<br>
Ramon Santiago--#2 & #3<br>
Steven Pearce--#3<br>
Micah Hoffpauir--#1 & #2<br>
Dusty Ryan--#2<br><br>
10) HR leaders--<br><br>
AL<br>
T1) Miguel Cabrera--36<br>
T1) Carlos Quentin--36<br>
3) Alex Rodriguez--35<br>
T4) Jim Thome--33<br>
T4) Grady Sizemore--33<br>
XX) Mark Teixeira--33<br>
T6) Jason Giambi--32<br>
T6) Jermaine Dye--32<br>
T6) Aubrey Huff--32<br>
T6) Jack Cust--32<br>
T10) Josh Hamilton--31<br>
T10) Carlos Pena--31<br>
XX) Jason Bay--31<br><br>
NL<br>
1) Ryan Howard--47<br>
2) Adam Dunn--39*<br>
3) Carlos Delgado--38<br>
X) Manny Ramirez--37<br>
T4) Ryan Braun--36*<br>
T4) Adrian Gonzalez--36*<br>
T4) Ryan Ludwick--36*<br>
7) Albert Pujols--35*<br>
8) Prince Fielder--34<br>
T9) David Wright--33<br>
T9) Pat Burrell--33<br>
T9) Chase Utley--33<br>
T9) Hanley Ramirez--33<br><br>
Ramirez, Teixeira and Bay's totals includes the AL, NL and NL,
respectively. They are included in the lists, but are not officially part
of the top 10 and is not factored in to what place everyone is on the
lists.<br><br>
*--hit 1 yesterday<br><br>
11) Today's birthdays--<br><br>
STEVE BUECHELE, AGE: 47<br>
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS
OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI
SB G TEAM<br>
1985 23 -17 .271 .356 .627
.229 2.63 .219 6
21 3 69
Rangers <br>
1987 25 -15 .290 .399 .690
.354 3.77 .237 13
50 2 136
Rangers <br>
1989 27 -16 .294 .387 .680
.367 3.32 .235 16
59 1 155
Rangers <br>
CAREER -68 .316 .394 .710
.437 4.06 .245 137 547 17 1334
<br>
LG AVG 0 .330 .401
.731 .500 4.59 .263 114 538 93
<br><br>
RICH GEDMAN, AGE: 49<br>
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS
OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI
SB G TEAM<br>
1982 22 -19 .279 .363 .642
.260 2.87 .249 4
26 0 92 Red
Sox <br>
1988 28 -14 .279 .368 .647
.326 3.27 .231 9
39 0 95 Red
Sox <br>
1989 29 -17 .273 .292 .565
.241 2.45 .212 4
16 0 93 Red
Sox <br>
CAREER -59 .304 .399 .703
.427 4.04 .252 88 382 3
1033 <br>
LG AVG 0 .327 .398
.725 .500 4.49 .262 83
389 63 <br><br>
DAVE MARTINEZ, AGE: 44<br>
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS
OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI
SB G TEAM<br>
1986 21 -14 .190 .194 .384
.060 1.11 .139 1
7 4 53
Cubs <br>
1998 33 -16 .334 .320 .655
.326 3.67 .256 3
20 8 90
Rays <br>
2000 35 -14 .346 .370 .716
.390 4.41 .274 5
47 8 132 Rays/Cubs/Rangers/Blue Jays<br>
CAREER -12 .341 .389 .730
.486 4.78 .276 91 580 183 1919
<br>
LG AVG 0 .337 .415
.752 .500 4.92 .268 163 741 131
<br><br>
BOBBY SHANTZ, AGE: 83<br>
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS
IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W
L SV NW NL TEAM<br>
1952 26 54 2.48 33 33
280 152 4.89 9.55 24
7 0 23 8
A's <br>
1957 31 19 2.45 30 21
173 72 3.75 10.56 11
5 5 10 6
Yankees <br>
1962 36 18 1.96 31
3 78 61 7.04
9.92 6 4 4 8
2 Astros/Cardinals<br>
CAREER 135 3.38 537 171 1935.2 1072
4.98 11.53 119 99 48 126 92 <br>
LG AVG 0
3.96 1935.2
961 4.47 12.81 108 108 <br><br>
BRIAN SHOUSE, AGE: 40<br>
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS
IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W
L SV NW NL TEAM<br>
2006 37 2 3.99 65
0 38.1 23 5.40 15.03
1 3 2 2 2
Rangers/Brewers<br>
2007 38 8 3.02 73
0 47.2 32 6.04 11.71
1 1 1 1 1
Brewers <br>
2008 39 8 2.81 69
0 51.1 33 5.79 10.52
5 1 2 4 2
Brewers <br>
CAREER 37 3.65 422
0 322.2 216 6.02 12.41 12
9 6 12 9 <br>
LG AVG 0
4.46
322.2 232 6.47 12.91 18 18 <br><br>
DOUG SISK, AGE: 51<br>
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS
IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W
L SV NW NL TEAM<br>
1983 25 16 2.24 67
0 104.1 33 2.85 13.03 5
4 11 6 3
Mets <br>
1984 26 13 2.09 50
0 77.2 32 3.71 13.21
1 3 15 3 1
Mets <br>
CAREER 24 3.27 332
0 523.1 195 3.35 14.00 22 20 33
22 20 <br>
LG AVG 0
3.77
523.1 331 5.68 12.18 29 29 <br><br>
Correction from yesterday--The Brewers and Astros have been eliminated
from winning the division title, but not from the postseason.<br><br>
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