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2008 Stats Through Thursday, August 28
American League Click F.E. for Team's Franchise Encyclopedia.
   Expanded Standings · Wild Card · Leaders · Batting · Pitching · Splits: Bat · Pitch
EastWLGB
TBR  F.E. 81 51 ---
BOS  F.E. 77 56 4.5
NYY  F.E. 71 62 10.5
TOR  F.E. 68 65 13.5
BAL  F.E. 63 70 18.5
CentralWLGB
CHW  F.E. 76 57 ---
MIN  F.E. 75 59 1.5
CLE  F.E. 65 67 10.5
DET  F.E. 64 69 12.0
KCR  F.E. 56 77 20.0
WestWLGB
LAA  F.E. 81 52 ---
TEX  F.E. 66 69 16.0
OAK  F.E. 62 72 19.5
SEA  F.E. 50 83 31.0
National League Click F.E. for Team's Franchise Encyclopedia.
   Expanded Standings · Wild Card · Leaders · Batting · Pitching · Splits: Bat · Pitch
EastWLGB
NYM  F.E. 74 60 ---
PHI  F.E. 73 61 1.0
FLA  F.E. 68 66 6.0
ATL  F.E. 59 75 15.0
WSN  F.E. 49 85 25.0
CentralWLGB
CHC  F.E. 84 50 ---
MIL  F.E. 77 56 6.5
STL  F.E. 74 60 10.0
HOU  F.E. 68 66 16.0
CIN  F.E. 58 76 26.0
PIT  F.E. 57 76 26.5
WestWLGB
ARI  F.E. 68 65 ---
LAD  F.E. 65 69 3.5
COL  F.E. 63 72 6.0
SFG  F.E. 59 74 9.0
SDP  F.E. 51 82 17.0
Yesterday's Box Scores & Results
LAA  7  TEX  5 
NYY  3  BOS  2 
OAK  3  MIN  2 
TBR  3  TOR  2 
ATL  4  FLA  2 
CHC  6  PHI  4 
HOU  3  CIN  2 
WSN 11  LAD  2 
Click score for Box Score & Play-By-Play. Hold mouse over game for winning and losing pitchers.

Today's Games (all times ET)
WhiteSox at RedSox, 7:05pm
Royals at Tigers, 7:05pm
Mariners at Indians, 7:05pm
Blue Jays at Yankees, 7:05pm
Orioles at Rays, 7:10pm
Twins at Athletics, 10:05pm
Rangers at Angels, 10:05pm
Phillies at Cubs, 2:20pm
Brewers at Pirates, 7:05pm
Mets at Marlins, 7:10pm
Giants at Reds, 7:10pm
Braves at Nationals, 7:35pm
Cardinals at Astros, 8:05pm
Dodgers at D'backs, 9:40pm
Rockies at Padres, 10:05pm

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Yesterday's Big Plays (by WPA)
        Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter     Pitcher
-------+---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++----------+----------+
TEX@LAA b 8   2  5-3  123  2   63%  86%  JRivera    WMadrigal 
        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); 3 runs score

PHI@CHC b 8   0  4-2  123  2   41%  94%  ARamirez   CDurbin   
        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); 4 runs score

BOS@NYY b 7   2  2-0  -2-  2   33%  52%  JGiambi    HOkajima  
        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); 2 runs score

MIN@OAK b 9   1  2-2  12-  5   30% 100%  KSuzuki    JCrain    
        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); 1 run scores

TEX@LAA t 1   1  0-0  12-  5  -21%  25%  MBradley   JGarland  
        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); 3 runs score

Yesterday's Starting Pitchers by Game Score
             Tm Opp  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR GmSc Pit  ERA
----------+-+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+---+----
CHamels      PHI CHC  7    5  1  1  0  6  0   69 108 3.13 
JLester      BOS NYY  6.2  5  1  1  0  8  0   68 119 3.41 
MMussina     NYY BOS  7    5  2  2  2  6  0   63 110 3.41 
EJackson   W TBR TOR  7    6  1  1  2  2  0   61 106 3.81 
AHarang    L CIN HOU  7    7  3  3  0  9  3   60 106 5.27 
BBacke     W HOU CIN  6.2  6  2  2  1  6  0   59  86 5.42 
    Show all starts
JGarland   W LAA TEX  8    8  5  5  1  3  2   48 109 4.54 
JLitsch    L TOR TBR  6.2 10  3  3  0  2  2   44 104 4.01 
RDempster    CHC PHI  6    8  4  4  4  7  0   43 114 2.95 
ASanchez   L FLA ATL  5    5  4  4  5  2  1   38  92 4.46 
CKershaw   L LAD WSN  2.1  5  5  5  3  2  2   26  54 4.56 
Yesterday's Batters by Batting Game Score
 Best       Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 CGuzman    WSN LAD  5  2  4   3   HR, 3B, 2B 
 EDukes     WSN LAD  3  3  2   4   2·HR, BB, SB 
 TWigginton HOU CIN  4  2  2   2   2·HR, SO 
 JGiambi    NYY BOS  2  1  2   3   HR      
 WAybar     TBR TOR  4  1  3   1   HR      
 THunter    LAA TEX  3  2  3   0   2B, BB, SB 
 RZimmerman WSN LAD  5  2  3   1   2·2B 
 ARamirez   CHC PHI  4  1  1   4   HR      
 MTeixeira  LAA TEX  3  1  1   1   HR, BB, HBP 
 BMcCann    ATL FLA  3  1  1   3   HR, BB, GDP 
 Worst      Tm  Opp AB  R  H RBI
+----------+---+---+--+--+--+---+---------+
 PBurrell   PHI CHC  5  0  0   0   SO, GDP 
 EPatterson OAK MIN  3  0  0   0   Err     
 JVotto     CIN HOU  4  0  0   0   2·SO, GDP 
 JBay       BOS NYY  4  0  0   0   GDP     
 CRoss      FLA ATL  4  0  0   0   3·SO 
 ARodriguez NYY BOS  4  0  0   0   3·SO 
 ASanchez   FLA ATL  1  0  0   0   Err     
 CGomez     MIN OAK  3  0  0   0   GDP     
 NCruz      TEX LAA  3  0  0   0   BB, Err 
 JBautista  TOR TBR  4  0  0   0   2·SO 
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2008 Debuts / Born Today



Today in Baseball History from the BR Bullpen

Full Today in Baseball History

  • 1905 - Making his major league debut, Ty Cobb doubles off Highlander's Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 Tiger victory at Detroit's Bennett Park.
  • 1910 - For the second time in four days, a Red Sox pitcher throws a one-hitter as Ray Collins beats the visiting White Sox, 4 - 0. Paul Meloan's single is the only hit.
  • 1913 - The Giants score six runs against Grover Cleveland Alexander, but the Phillies come back from the 6 - 0 deficit to score eight against Christy Mathewson. With two outs in the top of the 9th, and the Phils leading 8 - 6 over New York, umpire Bill Brennan, acceding to a request by the wily John McGraw, orders Phils captain Mickey Doolan (Phils manager Red Dooin had been ejected during the 6-run 6th) to have spectators removed from the CF bleachers, where they are waving hats, newspapers, and handkerchiefs to distract the batters. When Doolan refuses, Brennan forfeits the game, 9 - 0, to the Giants. Bedlam ensues and later, when the two umpires and Giants players try to board the train at the North Philadelphia Station, they are attacked by fans. The police draw their revolver to control the crowd. The Phils protest the forfeit and NL president Thomas Lynch will reverse the umpire and rule the game an 8 - 6 Phils win. The Giants then appeal. NL directors say both Brennan and Lynch are wrong, and order the game completed from the point at which it was stopped. The game will be finished October 2, with the outcome the same.
  • 1916 - Dutch Leonard of the Red Sox no-hits the Browns at Fenway Park, 4-0.
  • 1930 - Hack Wilson returns to the Cubs lineup and drives in six runs on his 45th and 46th homers of the year to lead Chicago over the Cardinals, 16 - 4. For August, Hack hits 13 homers and drive in 53 runs.
  • 1931 - At Boston, Ben Chapman and Lou Gehrig each have four hits and together total nine RBIs as the Yanks roll over the Red Sox, 14 - 4. One of Gehrig's hits is a homer, his 37th, and two of Chapman's leave the park. Hal Rhyne has four hits for Boston.
  • 1939 - Yankee rookie Atley Donald pitches a baseball at 94.7 miles per hours to establish a new record for a fast ball.
  • 1942 - The Giants' Mel Ott collects his 2,500th hit in a 5 - 5 tie in Chicago in game 2. In the opener, the Giants win, 8 - 6, as Ace Adams beats Hi Bithorn.
  • 1945 - Stan Hack of the Cubs becomes No. 82 in the 2,000-hit club when he collects a first inning single off Pirate pitcher Preacher Roe. Earlier in the season the Senators' Joe Kuhel and Red Sox OF Bob Johnson made the list. Hack scores after his safety, but the Pirates win, 6 - 4 over the first-place Cubs.
  • 1951 - The A's topple the Indians, 6 - 2, beating Bob Feller and knocking the Tribe into 2nd place, a half game behind the idle Yankees. Morrie Martin and Carl Scheib combine for the win.

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