MLB Monday, April 30, 2012

starman9000 · 04-30-12, 07:07 AM

Sunday, April 29, 2012
RESULT	WIN	LOSS	SAVE	ATT.
at Cleveland 4, LA Angels 0	Lowe (4-1)	Santana (0-5)		15,421
at NY Yankees 6, Detroit 2	Sabathia (3-0)	Scherzer (1-3)		43,084
at Toronto 7, Seattle 2	Alvarez (1-2)	Vargas (3-2)		22,320
at Cincinnati 6, Houston 5	Ondrusek (1-0)	Rodriguez (0-3)	Marshall (5)	31,086
Arizona 8, at Miami 4	Miley (3-0)	Johnson (0-3)		34,918
at Baltimore 5, Oakland 2	Strop (3-1)	Balfour (0-1)		31,793
at Atlanta 4, Pittsburgh 3	Hudson (1-0)	Correia (1-1)	Kimbrel (8)	30,419
Chicago Cubs 5, at Philadelphia 1	Garza (2-1)	Kendrick (0-2)		45,550
at Chicago White Sox 4, Boston 1	Floyd (2-3)	Beckett (2-3)	Thornton (1)	22,811
at Minnesota 7, Kansas City 4	Marquis (2-0)	Chen (0-3)		34,201
Milwaukee 3, at St. Louis 2	Greinke (3-1)	Garcia (2-1)	Axford (5)	45,824
NY Mets 6, at Colorado 5	Francisco (1-1)	Belisle (1-2)	Ramirez (1)	36,690
at San Francisco 4, San Diego 1	Bumgarner (4-1)	Richard (1-3)	Casilla (4)	42,060
at LA Dodgers 2, Washington 0	Capuano (3-0)	Gonzalez (2-1)	Jansen (2)	48,753
Tampa Bay 5, at Texas 2	Price (4-1)	Holland (2-2)	Rodney (7)	43,475

Monday, April 30, 2012
TEAMS	TIME (ET)	NAT TV	RESOURCES	PITCHERS
Arizona at Miami	12:40 PM		StubHub	Corbin vs Buehrle
Texas at Toronto	7:00 PM		StubHub	Darvish vs Drabek
Kansas City at Detroit	7:05 PM		StubHub	Hochevar vs Below
Baltimore at NY Yankees	7:05 PM		StubHub	Hammel vs Kuroda
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia	7:05 PM		StubHub	Volstad vs Worley
Oakland at Boston	7:10 PM		StubHub	Milone vs Buchholz
Pittsburgh at Atlanta	7:10 PM		StubHub	McDonald vs Minor
Seattle at Tampa Bay	7:10 PM		StubHub	Hernandez vs Hellickson
NY Mets at Houston	8:05 PM		StubHub	Dickey vs Norris
LA Dodgers at Colorado	8:40 PM		StubHub	Harang vs Nicasio
Minnesota at LA Angels	10:05 PM		StubHub	Blackburn vs Wilson
Milwaukee at San Diego	10:05 PM		StubHub	Wolf vs Wieland

starman9000 · 04-30-12, 07:08 AM

American League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Baltimore	14	8	.636	-	8-4	6-4	95	82	+13	Won 2	7-3	29.4
Tampa Bay	14	8	.636	-	8-1	6-7	103	96	+7	Won 1	8-2	61.7
NY Yankees	12	9	.571	1.5	6-4	6-5	118	101	+17	Won 1	6-4	66.8
Toronto	12	10	.545	2	6-6	6-4	104	92	+12	Won 2	6-4	31.6
Boston	10	11	.476	3.5	3-5	7-6	116	118	-2	Lost 1	6-4	34.5
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Cleveland	11	9	.550	-	4-7	7-2	90	91	-1	Won 1	6-4	29.3
Chicago Sox	11	11	.500	1	4-7	7-4	85	82	+3	Won 1	5-5	33.9
Detroit	11	11	.500	1	6-7	5-4	94	104	-10	Lost 1	2-8	53.2
Minnesota	6	15	.286	5.5	3-8	3-7	84	120	-36	Won 1	3-7	4.4
Kansas City	6	15	.286	5.5	0-10	6-5	83	102	-19	Lost 1	3-7	16.2
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Texas	16	6	.727	-	8-5	8-1	120	67	+53	Lost 1	6-4	96.5
Seattle	11	12	.478	5.5	3-6	8-6	92	100	-8	Lost 2	4-6	10.0
Oakland	11	12	.478	5.5	6-7	5-5	67	81	-14	Lost 2	5-5	13.4
LA Angels	7	15	.318	9	4-6	3-9	76	91	-15	Lost 1	3-7	19.0
National League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Washington	14	8	.636	-	8-2	6-6	74	59	+15	Lost 4	5-5	47.0
Atlanta	14	8	.636	-	7-2	7-6	113	86	+27	Won 1	7-3	57.7
NY Mets	13	9	.591	1	8-5	5-4	88	107	-19	Won 2	6-4	16.0
Philadelphia	10	12	.455	4	4-5	6-7	70	74	-4	Lost 1	5-5	46.3
Miami	8	13	.381	5.5	6-4	2-9	68	78	-10	Lost 1	3-7	7.1
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
St. Louis	14	8	.636	-	6-3	8-5	113	60	+53	Lost 1	5-5	84.4
Cincinnati	11	11	.500	3	7-5	4-6	87	90	-3	Won 2	7-3	28.6
Milwaukee	10	12	.455	4	6-6	4-6	94	119	-25	Won 1	4-6	21.1
Pittsburgh	9	12	.429	4.5	5-4	4-8	49	63	-14	Lost 1	5-5	6.1
Houston	8	14	.364	6	4-5	4-9	100	97	+3	Lost 2	4-6	10.4
Chicago Cubs	8	14	.364	6	5-8	3-6	78	97	-19	Won 1	5-5	8.8
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
LA Dodgers	16	6	.727	-	10-2	6-4	89	73	+16	Won 3	7-3	68.7
San Francisco	12	10	.545	4	6-3	6-7	90	86	+4	Won 2	6-4	34.1
Arizona	11	11	.500	5	6-7	5-4	95	97	-2	Won 1	4-6	39.9
Colorado	10	11	.476	5.5	6-6	4-5	107	110	-3	Lost 2	5-5	15.2
San Diego	7	16	.304	9.5	5-9	2-7	72	91	-19	Lost 2	4-6	8.5

Deftones · 04-30-12, 08:29 AM

One of the Dbacks stud pitching prospects (Patrick Corbin) was called up to start today. One of the guys from the Haren trade a few years ago. Of course the game isn't on TV for me today.

Mordred · 04-30-12, 10:27 AM

I saw this stat the other yesterday: The Angels staff has more blown saves (6) than Pujols does RBIs (4).

davidh777 · 04-30-12, 11:11 AM

Joe Mather hits the Cubs' eighth HR of the year

and their first for an OF

The offense is woeful, but I'm actually becoming a bit of a believer in Tony Campana, the 5'8" speedster who's had the "too bad you can't steal first base" knock on him. He's gotten a fair amount of time after being called up following the Byrd trade, and he seems to be involved in a lot of the scoring plays, stealing bases and generally disrupting things. He had five hits, five runs scored, and two SB in the three games against the Phillies.

Deftones · 04-30-12, 11:57 AM

@ the Marlins. 2 hits, a HBP, bases juiced and Infante GIDP to Corbin.

Deftones · 04-30-12, 12:04 PM

AJ Pollack just had a bunt single that didn't go more than 6 feet in front of the plate.

Deftones · 04-30-12, 12:56 PM

Wow, Dbacks just blasted 5 runs in the inning. Marlins are horrible.

bunkaroo · 04-30-12, 01:38 PM

What, Ozzie-ball isn't working in south FL either?

Deftones · 04-30-12, 03:02 PM

Dbacks take 3 of 4 in Miami. Should've been 4 of 4 since they blew a lead late in the game Saturday. Still, starting 3-1 on the road is a good start.

nickdawgy · 04-30-12, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordred

I saw this stat the other yesterday: The Angels staff has more blown saves (6) than Pujols does RBIs (4).

Jeff Mathis also has two or three times as many homers as Pujols has.

It'd be nice if he hits a homer tomorrow night (my first game of the season) but we'll see.

At this point, I wonder if he'll fall below the Mendoza Line.

Watch him get his first day off of the year tomorrow.

This three game series with the Twinkees will be for the worst record in baseball. They play again next week in Minnesota.

Mordred · 04-30-12, 07:04 PM

Man, Yu Darvish has a lot of movement on his pitches. It's a lot of fun to watch him work. He currently has 5 Ks in the first seven outs.

Edit: 6Ks through 3 innings.

starman9000 · 04-30-12, 07:56 PM

Kemp.

wirefan · 04-30-12, 08:43 PM

David Roberston has just been absurd in the bullpen.

Last year he had 100K's in 66 innings. This year he has 18K's in 11innings. Had a 1.08 ERA last year and has yet to give up a run this year. He doesn't throw real hard (93-94mph), but he apparently releases the ball a foot closer to home plate than the average pitcher so it gets to the plate at the same time as a ~95-96mph fastball.

Kuroda with another solid start 7 innings, 1 earned run... set up on an "Ibanez single" (botched flyball) in the OF.

Cory02 · 04-30-12, 09:02 PM

More fun Pujols stats:

Quote:

Statistically, this is one of the most shocking power outages in baseball history. Since 1974, only five men began a season with 400 or more career home runs and then failed to homer in their first 80 at-bats. According to STATS LLC, they are: Willie McCovey (1974), Carl Yastrzemski (1981), Eddie Murray (1996), Ken Griffey Jr. (2010) and Pujols (2012).
Of that esteemed group, not one averaged more than 16 home runs per season for the remainder of their careers. Griffey, then 40, retired that year without hitting a homer. In a possible Pujols parallel, the ’74 season was McCovey’s first as a Padre after the Giants dealt him to San Diego. He went on to hit 108 home runs over the next seven seasons.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/spo...#ixzz1tZ5OuKOV

VinVega · 04-30-12, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wirefan

David Roberston has just been absurd in the bullpen.

Last year he had 100K's in 66 innings. This year he has 18K's in 11innings. Had a 1.08 ERA last year and has yet to give up a run this year. He doesn't throw real hard (93-94mph), but he apparently releases the ball a foot closer to home plate than the average pitcher so it gets to the plate at the same time as a ~95-96mph fastball.

Kuroda with another solid start 7 innings, 1 earned run... set up on an "Ibanez single" (botched flyball) in the OF.

Roberston is like Mini Mo with that cutter he's got going. He's barely throwing other pitches at this point. Pretty impressive.

VinVega · 04-30-12, 09:13 PM

Umps blew 2 calls in the Rays-Mariners game tonight. Molina did not tag the runner at home plate and runner was called out anyway. Would have been the go ahead run in the 9th inning. Second blown call was BJ Upton had an infield single then made a turn for 2nd and stopped. They tagged him and he was not called out. Amazing. Not sure what game the umps are watching.

wirefan · 04-30-12, 09:54 PM

^ Saw the tag play on Ichiro, where the catcher "tagged" him with his elbow

If the umps could just learn how to get in the right damn position to make the call, it would fix a lot of the problems. The ump for some reason was behind the lefty batter's box directly behind the catcher and had no chance of seeing whether there was a tag or not (so he just assumed there was).

There was a near identical play with the Yankees-Tigers over the weekend but the ump was perpendicular to the play (behind the RH batters's box) and could see a runner slide under a tag and called it correctly.

A lot of these mis-calls are a result of the umpire just not being in the right position to make the call. If the ump is in the correct position on that play it's an easy call.

cardsfan111 · 04-30-12, 11:33 PM

Braun with 3 home runs tonight for the Brewers. Especially impressive considering they came in San Diego.

B.A. · 04-30-12, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

Braun with 3 home runs tonight for the Brewers. Especially impressive considering they came in San Diego.

Cory02 · 04-30-12, 11:57 PM

Angels get a rare save. Pujols went 1 for 4 with a double and a long foul ball.

Allen Craig is back for the Cards tomorrow. Hopefully his knee holds up (he's only played a couple games in the field in his rehab assignment) but his bat is definitely ready (he was 3 for 4 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs in his last AAA game tonight).

Cory02 · 04-30-12, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B.A.

He'll be ok...he's got 250 million reasons to smile.

JumpCutz · 05-01-12, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cory02

Pujols went 1 for 4 with a double and a long foul ball.

1 for 4? A long foul ball you say?

Sounds like Albert is back!

B.A. · 05-01-12, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cory02

Allen Craig is back for the Cards tomorrow. Hopefully his knee holds up (he's only played a couple games in the field in his rehab assignment) but his bat is definitely ready (he was 3 for 4 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs in his last AAA game tonight).

Sweet tits.

kefrank · 05-01-12, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cardsfan111

Braun with 3 home runs tonight for the Brewers. Especially impressive considering they came in San Diego.

Am I really going to be the first to mention PEDs in response to this?

04-30-12, 08:29 AM	#3
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04-30-12, 12:04 PM	#7
Deftones DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 59,473	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 AJ Pollack just had a bunt single that didn't go more than 6 feet in front of the plate. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

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Deftones DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 59,473	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Wow, Dbacks just blasted 5 runs in the inning. Marlins are horrible. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

04-30-12, 01:38 PM	#9
bunkaroo DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 12,087	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 What, Ozzie-ball isn't working in south FL either?

04-30-12, 03:02 PM	#10
Deftones DVD Talk Godfather Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 59,473	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Dbacks take 3 of 4 in Miami. Should've been 4 of 4 since they blew a lead late in the game Saturday. Still, starting 3-1 on the road is a good start. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

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Mordred DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 11,537	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Man, Yu Darvish has a lot of movement on his pitches. It's a lot of fun to watch him work. He currently has 5 Ks in the first seven outs. Edit: 6Ks through 3 innings. __________________ PSN: MordredKLB \| last.fm \| Music Ratings: 2009 2010 2011 2012 "Mordred is a very smart man." - JasonF Last edited by Mordred; 04-30-12 at 07:11 PM.

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starman9000 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MN Posts: 22,814	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Kemp.

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wirefan DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,751	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 David Roberston has just been absurd in the bullpen. Last year he had 100K's in 66 innings. This year he has 18K's in 11innings. Had a 1.08 ERA last year and has yet to give up a run this year. He doesn't throw real hard (93-94mph), but he apparently releases the ball a foot closer to home plate than the average pitcher so it gets to the plate at the same time as a ~95-96mph fastball. Kuroda with another solid start 7 innings, 1 earned run... set up on an "Ibanez single" (botched flyball) in the OF.

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VinVega Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Stuck in the middle with you Posts: 24,146	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Umps blew 2 calls in the Rays-Mariners game tonight. Molina did not tag the runner at home plate and runner was called out anyway. Would have been the go ahead run in the 9th inning. Second blown call was BJ Upton had an infield single then made a turn for 2nd and stopped. They tagged him and he was not called out. Amazing. Not sure what game the umps are watching. __________________ History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. - Cicero

04-30-12, 09:54 PM	#18
wirefan DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,751	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 ^ Saw the tag play on Ichiro, where the catcher "tagged" him with his elbow If the umps could just learn how to get in the right damn position to make the call, it would fix a lot of the problems. The ump for some reason was behind the lefty batter's box directly behind the catcher and had no chance of seeing whether there was a tag or not (so he just assumed there was). There was a near identical play with the Yankees-Tigers over the weekend but the ump was perpendicular to the play (behind the RH batters's box) and could see a runner slide under a tag and called it correctly. A lot of these mis-calls are a result of the umpire just not being in the right position to make the call. If the ump is in the correct position on that play it's an easy call.

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Cory02 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,377	Re: MLB Monday, April 30, 2012 Angels get a rare save. Pujols went 1 for 4 with a double and a long foul ball. Allen Craig is back for the Cards tomorrow. Hopefully his knee holds up (he's only played a couple games in the field in his rehab assignment) but his bat is definitely ready (he was 3 for 4 with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs in his last AAA game tonight).