Tuesday Tidbits: Selected Games of June 13
Posted by John Autin on June 14, 2011
There's a new leader in the AL Central, and also atop the pitching Game Score leaderboard. Justin Verlander smoked Cleveland in a 2-hit shutout, with 12 strikeouts and 1 walk; his bid for yet another no-hitter was broken up after 7.1 IP. His game score of 94 topped the previous high of 93 by James Shields on May 22.
- Detroit scored 4 runs on 11 hits, all singles, 3 by rookie LF Andy Dirks.
Speaking of James Shields, he became the first pitcher with 3 CG shutouts this year, snapping a 9-game Boston win streak in which they averaged over 9 R/G.
- Since 2000, the season high in CG shutouts is 5, by C.C. Sabathia (2008), Dontrelle Willis (2005) and A.J. Burnett (2002).
- Tim Wakefield pitched well, but missed a chance at his 197th career win.
A 21st-century first: The Pirates, who had not won a 1-0 game in almost 3 years, beat the Astros by that score tonight and evened their season record at 33-33. Pittsburgh has not been at .500 or above this late in a season since 1999. They need just 37 wins in their last 96 games to reach 70 wins for the first time since 2004.
- Every other MLB team had at least one 1-0 win since 2009. (A table of the 21 1-0 games this year appears at the end of this post.)
- Jeff Karstens had his 2nd straight scoreless start, going 6.2 IP on 3 hits without a walk while lowering his ERA to 2.66.
- See Andy's post for more on the 2011 Pirates:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/11849
The Mets beat MLB ERA leader Jair Jurrjens tonight, on 9 singles and some aggressive baserunning. It was their first win without an extra-base hits since last August. The win, combined with Florida's loss to Philly, put the Mets into 3rd place for the first time since the 9th game of the year; they had spent 25 straight games in 4th place. Jon Niese is 4-1 with a 1.58 ERA in his last 6 starts.
- In the past 9 days, the Mets have handed Jurrjens 2 of his 3 losses this year.
- Francisco Rodriguez preserved a 1-run lead in the 9th to convert his 19th straight save chance since blowing his first try of the year.
- Jose Reyes did not have an extra-base hit, but still filled out the box score with 3 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI, and 2 SB (just his 2nd and 3rd SB of June).
- Teams without an extra-base hit were 25-117 (.176) this year entering tonight's action.
Toronto's Adam Lind is even hotter than Jose Reyes. Lind hit a game-winning HR in the bottom of the 11th last night. In 10 games since a 4-week DL stint, Lind has 5 HRs, 12 RBI and a 1.362 OPS and has 3 games with WPA of at least 0.261.
- In his past 25 games, Lind is hitting .404 with 11 HRs, 30 RBI. He is 26 short of qualifying for the batting leaders; if he did, he would rank 4th in SLG and 6th in OPS+.
Alexi Ogando has had only 3 bad starts this year, but 2 have come against the Yankees. Ogando had gone at least 6 innings in all 12 starts before tonight, but the Yanks bombed him for 6 runs in the 2nd and sent him to an early shower with his first career loss as a starter, en route to a 12-4 final.
- Brett Gardner, taking over the leadoff spot while Derek Jeter is on the DL, reached base in 4 of 5 trips and scored 3 runs.
Counting the strong outing by Cole Hamels tonight, Philly's Big 4 now have a combined 2.82 ERA in 53 starts and 361 IP, averaging almost 7 IP per start. Nice. Hamels joined Roy Halladay with 9 wins; he was already 4th in the NL in WAR for all players, 2nd among pitchers.
- Cliff Lee, Halladay and Hamels rank #1, 2 and 4 in NL strikeouts.
Washington won its 4th straight, matching their longest win streak since 2009. They are 9-5 since May 31. Four relievers combined for 4.1 scoreless innings after the Cards took a 6-1 lead in the 5th (powered by HRs from Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman), and the Nats spoiled a strong start from Jaime Garcia by scoring 6 runs in the 7th against 3 relievers, each less effective than the one before.
- After Miguel Batista let in 3 runs, Trever Miller inherited a 1-run lead with 2 out and 2 on, but he hit Roger Bernadina, then made a wild pitch to score the tying run.
- When Miller departed after intentionally walking Ivan Rodriguez to re-load the bases, Jason Motte walked Laynce Nix to force in the go-ahead run, and Jayson Werth singled home an insurance run.
1-0 Wins in 2011 (through June 14)
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | ROE | GDP | SB | CS | WPA | RE24 | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011-06-14 | PIT | HOU | W 1-0 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.276 | -2.877 | .983 | 9 |
| 2 | 2011-06-13 | CHC | MIL | W 1-0 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.194 | -2.802 | 1.253 | 8 |
| 3 | 2011-06-13 | CLE | NYY | W 1-0 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.343 | -3.642 | .960 | 6 |
| 4 | 2011-06-07 | ATL | FLA | W 1-0 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.301 | -3.198 | .791 | 3 |
| 5 | 2011-06-07 | CLE | MIN | W 1-0 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.214 | -2.704 | .881 | 5 |
| 6 | 2011-05-28 | MIN | LAA | W 1-0 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.318 | -2.358 | 1.466 | 5 |
| 7 | 2011-05-26 | FLA | SFG | W 1-0 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.267 | -2.996 | 1.181 | 9 |
| 8 | 2011-05-19 | NYM | WSN | W 1-0 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.198 | -2.517 | 1.050 | 9 |
| 9 | 2011-05-19 | SDP | MIL | W 1-0 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -0.118 | -2.323 | 1.621 | 7 |
| 10 | 2011-05-18 | CHW | CLE | W 1-0 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.245 | -2.972 | .899 | 4 |
| 11 | 2011-05-18 | BOS | DET | W 1-0 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.212 | -3.009 | 1.051 | 4 |
| 12 | 2011-05-14 | FLA | WSN | W 1-0 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.259 | -3.038 | .990 | 6 |
| 13 | 2011-05-14 | ARI | LAD | W 1-0 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.272 | -2.838 | .749 | 2 |
| 14 | 2011-05-10 | SFG | ARI | W 1-0 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -0.147 | -2.521 | 1.499 | 7 |
| 15 | 2011-05-03 | MIN | CHW | W 1-0 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.329 | -3.470 | .837 | 4 |
| 16 | 2011-04-21 | SEA | OAK | W 1-0 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.207 | -2.624 | .719 | 2 |
| 17 | 2011-04-18 | CHC | SDP | W 1-0 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.303 | -3.440 | 1.385 | 6 |
| 18 | 2011-04-14 | HOU | SDP | W 1-0 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -0.181 | -2.446 | 1.006 | 8 |
| 19 | 2011-04-09 | OAK | MIN | W 1-0 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.310 | -3.431 | 1.141 | 11 |
| 20 | 2011-04-07 | CLE | BOS | W 1-0 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.183 | -2.703 | 1.388 | 5 |
| 21 | 2011-04-05 | MIL | ATL | W 1-0 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.217 | -2.695 | .822 | 8 |
June 15th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Nice tidbits to munch on, JA.
"•Detroit scored 4 runs on 11 hits, all singles,." and "•Teams without an extra-base hit were 25-117 (.176) this year entering tonight's action."
Clearly, Detroit bucked the trend tonight. But then having Verlander on the mound will make singles from your offense stand up.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:32 am
Speaking of Verlander, he has 3 low-hit games already this year.
With Ogando getting roughed up in NY tonight, Verander will easily take over the league lead in WHIP.
The AL Cy Young should be an interesting race this year. Weaver, Beckett, Verlander?
June 15th, 2011 at 12:46 am
@ Neil L.: Don't forget Sabathia.
Not because he's in the running now but because he has gotten into the habit of digging a hole for himself and then pitching really well as the season goes on to pile up Ws and lower his ERA. His hole is a little smaller this year.
As of right now if I had to put my money on someone to win I'd put it on Verlander.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:50 am
Verander will easily take over the league lead in WHIP.
Wow, I'm surprised. I've long been a Verlander fan, but I thought he was a little wild and inconsistent to rate that highly in WHIP. But I see he ranked in the top 8 in the past two seasons, and his career BB/9 IP is under 3.
I watched a bit of him going for the no-hitter tonight. I was starting to think, if he got his 3rd no-no, whether he could be seen as the Nolan Ryan of our generation. Obviously a very good pitcher, but obviously a cut below the elite. But maybe he'd eventually pile up enough wins, Ks, and especially no-hitters so the next generation would think he was an all-time great. The comparison obviously isn't quite right, and he's got a long road to go anyway.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:52 am
Don't kick Ogando out of that Cy Young conversation yet. He won't face the Yanks again in the regular season. And as the blog stated, they have been the team to hit him best so far. I'm not saying he is better than Verlander though.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:53 am
@3
Fireworks, I did overlook Sabathia.
WRT 1-0 games, there were 62 of them last year and only 21 this year as of tonight. So in this "year of the pitcher" MLB is not quite on a pace to match last year's number.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:55 am
The homer in me brought up Sabathia but I should've mentioned Felix (from what I remember of his splits he was 'okay' until June last year when he started dominating) and Shields.
June 15th, 2011 at 1:09 am
Fireworks, not to distract from John Autin's thread, but being, I assume, a New Yorker, let me ask you this.
How difficult was it for the Yankees, in your opinion, to put Jeter on the DL, given how close he is to the 3000-hit mark?
Do you think the injury will affect his swing and greatly delay his 3000th hit?
June 15th, 2011 at 1:32 am
"Jose Reyes did not have an extra-base hit, but still filled out the box score with 3 hits, "
Who would have thunk it? Jose Reyes 0.001 behind Adrian Gonzalez for the ML batting average lead after tonight's play. Would this be considered a breakout season for Reyes?
Granderson hitting his 21st HR to tie Bautista. Bautista drawing three walks to lead the ML's with 61 BB.
June 15th, 2011 at 1:35 am
Cliff notes for Jays/Orioles game:
- Lind long bomb to RF
June 15th, 2011 at 1:53 am
Neil L., personally I don't think it was that hard for them to put Jeter on the DL although Jeter didn't want to go on it. Someone called into Francesa's show earlier today implying that it was a conspiracy that the Yanks put Jeter on the DL so he wouldn't get his milestone hit on the road, which Francesa immediately threw cold water on since Jeter was fighting the decision.
As for Jeter's swing, I think the aging process has messed it up pretty good. I would be apoplectic if he managed to be less productive offensively after his DL stint. I wish he batted at the bottom of the order.
Also, last year I was talking about his 3000th hit earlier in the season and I estimated it would be May (or "early June" if he isn't so hot). Then, when I bought Yankees tickets I bought them for June 9 not even thinking that he should've been about on that pace, and then realized after a while that he was *not* going to make it.
Anyway, great post as always, JA.
June 15th, 2011 at 3:39 am
Noticed something I find interesting. Tim Wakefield has the most wins among active pitchers with 196. Since second-place Roy Halladay has only 178 wins, Wake'll end this season in the lead. If he fails to win four more games - a distinct possibility given his age, health, usage, etc - it'll be the first time that a season has ended when the active Wins leader had fewer than 200 wins since Tommy Bond in 1879. That tells you something about both the way baseball has changed.
I know wins aren't important, but are part of the game's rich history. For that reason, I hope Wake does stick around long enough to set the Red Sox team Wins record.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:27 am
It's a shame that the Reds and Dodgers were playing out on the coast last night, long after most people in the civilized world were snuggling with their teddy bears. That was a good 'un; Cuetto extended the teams pitching streak -- the Reds are now 6-1, 1.94 in their last nine games -- and a team that was five games out last week is now within spitting distance of the Brewers and Cards.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:28 am
I meant the starters are 6-1 in their last 9...sorry
June 15th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Re: location of Jeter's 3,000th hit being affected by his DL stint --
I haven't checked their schedule, but the chatter all over WFAN and ESPN radio yesterday was that Jeter's first comeback series could be @ the Mets. Mike Francesa couldn't stop chortling about what a ticket-sales bonanza that would be for the Mets, even joking snidely that they'd try to sell the historic ball. What a gas that Francesa is! (I mean, gasbag.)
June 15th, 2011 at 10:24 am
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June 15th, 2011 at 11:14 am
@12/ Zachary Says: "... I know wins aren't important, but are part of the game's rich history. For that reason, I hope Wake does stick around long enough to set the Red Sox team Wins record."
Zachary, as a Tim Wakefield fan, I'd like to see him set this record too, but as a spot starter and middle reliever I don't see Wake getting enough chances to get a W. However - with Dice-K out for the year, if the Sox leave Wake in the rotation for the rest of the year, and his back holds out, Wake has an outside chance.
If Wake does indeed stay in the rotation the rest of the year, he'd pitch about 20 more starts, so he'd need to perform like he did in 2009 (21 starts/ 11W-5L) to pass 192 career Red Sox wins.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:31 am
@12, @17 -- Some Red Sox records that Wakefield already holds:
-- Starts, 414
-- Innings, 2,906.2
-- Batters Faced, 12,526
-- Losses, 162
-- Earned Runs, 1,419
-- Hits, 2,817
-- Walks, 1,067
-- HRs allowed, 384 (Clemens 2nd with 194)
-- Wild Pitches, 115
-- Hit By Pitch, 170 (Clemens 2nd with 86)
Wakefield is not among the Red Sox leaders in any of the "quality" measures.
I don't mean to be a wet blanket, and I am by no means running him down. I like Wakefield; he's been a valuable pitcher for a long time, and I hope he keeps going. I just thought it was worth noting.
June 15th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Mark Reynold spoiled everything with a 1-4 performance, raising his avg ro .204. At this pace, he might hit .220
June 15th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Speaking of extra base hits, it was the Tigers' first game this year without any extra base hits.
June 15th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
@18/ John Autin Says:
"@12, @17 -- Some Red Sox records that Wakefield already holds:
-- Starts, 414
-- Innings, 2,906.2
-- Batters Faced, 12,526
Wakefield is not among the Red Sox leaders in any of the "quality" measures."
John A., I agree with your opinion of Wakefield, but I also think that his holding the all-time Red Sox record in the above three categories is very impressive, even if they are "attendance" records.
June 15th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
@21, Lawrence -- My opinion of Wakefield is actually quite positive. Over 3,000 IP with a 106 ERA+ is quite a career.
June 15th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
The list of 1-0 games from this season is telling of the failures of the Twins' offense. If I count correctly, they show up 4 times on this list. Sheesh...
June 15th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
@22/ John A. - I agree, Wake is not close to being a HOFer, but definitely in the "Hall of Very Very Good".
June 15th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
@19
Duke, Mark Reynolds will get respect from the Jays this year. He is 3 for 14 against Toronto so far with 2 HR including a grand slam against Ricky Romero.
How did he blow it? 🙂
June 15th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Jeter's eligible to come off the DL on June 29th, which is the second game of a three game home series against Milwaukee. Beginning on July 1, the Yanks have a six game roadie against the Mets and Indians, then a four game homestand against the Rays leading up to the All-Star game.
It's possible the Yankees could milk this thing and send Jeter on a rehab assignment which could eat up part of the road trip and hope he gets the hits he needs in those four games with Tampa.
Immediately after the AS game is an eight game road trip, so it's unlikely he'd get the hit at home regardless of how the Yankees handle it.
June 15th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
John Autin I love Francesa!
June 15th, 2011 at 5:46 pm
@27, Fireworks -- Well, no offense taken. I don't hate Francesa, exactly -- I just think he's a teensy bit (way, way, way) too pleased with himself. And sometimes he seems like a self-caricature.