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10-05-2001, 12:07 PM
1) Yesterday's results--
AL
Devil Rays 4, Yankees 1
Twins 5, Tigers 4
Royals 8, Indians 4
Redsox 5, Orioles 4
A's 5, Angels 1
Mariners 16, Rangers 1
NL
Cardinals 10, Brewers 3
Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 4
Braves 6, Phillies 2
Giants 10, Astros 2
Marlins 6, Expos 2
Cubs 2, Reds 0 (8)
Padres 6, Dodgers 3
2) Standings--
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Yankees 94 63 .599 - 51-28 43-35 49-22 23-13 12-20 LOST 1
Redsox 79 79 .500 15 1/2 41-40 38-39 38-34 16-20 15-17 WON 2
BlueJays 77 81 .487 17 1/2 37-41 40-40 37-39 16-12 16-20 WON 1
Orioles 63 95 .399 31 1/2 30-47 33-48 31-41 16-16 10-26 LOST 2
Devil Rays 60 99 .377 35 35-43 25-56 27-46 13-19 10-26 WON 1
AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Indians 90 68 .570 - 44-36 46-32 21-11 47-29 15-17 LOST 1
Twins 83 76 .522 7 1/2 45-33 38-43 13-19 45-28 16-20 WON 1
Whitesox 82 77 .516 8 1/2 46-35 36-42 16-16 41-32 13-23 LOST 3
Tigers 65 94 .409 25 1/2 36-42 29-52 17-19 23-50 15-17 LOST 1
Royals 63 96 .396 27 1/2 35-46 28-50 13-19 28-45 14-22 WON 1
AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Mariners 114 45 .717 - 55-23 59-22 33-12 31-10 38-17 WON 4
y--A's 99 60 .623 15 53-28 46-32 31-14 27-14 29-26 WON 3
Angels 75 84 .472 39 39-39 36-45 24-17 24-21 17-38 LOST 4
Rangers 72 87 .453 42 41-41 31-46 21-20 17-28 26-29 LOST 3
NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
t--Braves 86 73 .541 - 38-40 48-33 40-33 22-14 15-17 WON 2
Phillies 83 76 .522 3 47-34 36-42 41-35 16-17 19-13 LOST 2
e--Mets 81 78 .509 5 43-35 38-43 42-31 15-21 14-18 WON 1
e--Marlins 75 84 .472 11 46-34 29-50 33-40 19-17 11-21 WON 1
e--Expos 66 93 .415 20 34-47 32-46 28-45 14-22 16-16 LOST 1
NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
z--Cardinals 92 67 .579 - 53-26 39-41 19-11 48-33 17-16 WON 1
Astros 91 68 .572 1 44-37 47-31 18-12 48-33 16-17 LOST 6
e--Cubs 87 72 .547 5 47-31 40-41 16-14 47-34 15-18 WON 2
e--Reds 66 93 .415 26 27-51 39-42 16-11 32-52 14-19 LOST 2
e--Brewers 66 93 .415 26 34-44 32-49 15-15 37-47 09-21 LOST 1
e--Pirates 60 99 .377 32 38-43 22-56 07-23 34-47 11-22 LOST 1
NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Diamondbacks 91 68 .572 - 48-33 43-35 18-14 21-15 45-31 WON 3
Giants 89 70 .560 2 48-30 41-40 18-14 21-18 40-33 WON 3
e--Dodgers 84 75 .528 7 44-37 40-38 17-15 23-16 38-35 LOST 1
e--Padres 78 81 .491 13 34-44 44-37 17-15 24-15 31-42 WON 1
e--Rockies 71 88 .447 20 41-40 30-48 15-17 24-18 30-43 LOST 3
d--mathematically eliminated from winning the division title
e--mathematically eliminated from the postseason
t--clinched tie for the division title
x--clinched division title
y--clinched wild card
z--clinched tie for postseason berth
Since every postseason spot in the AL has been clinched, it is no longer necessary to indicate who has been mathematically eliminated.
3) Wild card standings--
NL WON LOST PCT GB
Astros 91 68 .572 -
Giants 89 70 .560 2
4) The Braves clinched a tie for the NL East title. They will clinch the division title if they beat the Marlins or the Phillies lose to the Reds.
5) The Diamondbacks will clinch the division title if they beat the Rockies and the Giants lose to the Astros.
6) The Cardinals clinched a postseason berth. They will clinch a tie for the division title if they beat the Astros.
7) The Astros will clinch a postseason berth if they beat the Cardinals and the Giants lose to the Dodgers.
8) Mariners watch--they have to go 3-0 in their remaining 3 games to break the 1906 Cubs's record of 116 wins.
The Mariners tied the AL record for wins in a season, with 114, tying the mark set by the 1998 Yankees.
9) The A's will reach 100 wins if they beat the Angels.
10) The Devil Rays will reach 100 losses if they lose to the Yankees.
11) Magic numbers--
NL East--Braves, 1
NL Central--Cardinals, 3
NL West--Diamondbacks, 2
NL wild card--Astros, 2
12) Race for postseason seeds--
AL--The Mariners have clinched the top seed. The Yankees clinched the 2nd seed.
NL--The Cardinals have a 1 game lead over the Diamondbacks for the top seed. The NL East winner has clinched the 3rd seed.
The Cardinals also have a 1 game lead over the Astros. But, rather than have the preceding lines be redundant with the division standings, they only address the races among 1st place teams.
13) Today's schedule--
AL
Redsox (Frank Castillo 9-9 and Sun Woo Kim 0-2) at Orioles (Ryan Kohlmeier 1-1 and Jose Mercedes 8-17), DH, 1:05 and 7:05 PM
Indians (Chuck Finley 8-6 and Dave Burba 10-10) at BlueJays (Roy Halladay 4-3 and Chris Carpenter 10-11), DH, 5:05 PM
Royals (Jeff Suppan 9-14) at Tigers (Jeff Weaver 13-15), 7:05 PM
Yankees (Roger Clemens 20-2) at Devil Rays (Joe Kennedy 6-8), 7:15 PM
Whitesox (Mark Buehrle 15-8) at Twins (Rick Reed 4-5), 8:05 PM
A's (Tim Hudson 17-9) at Angels (Ismael Valdes 9-12), 10:05 PM
Rangers (Rick Helling 12-10) at Mariners (Jamie Moyer 19-6), 10:05 PM
NL
Pirates (David Williams 3-7) at Cubs (Jason Bere 11-10), 3:20 PM
Phillies (Omar Daal 12-7) at Reds (Elmer Dessens 10-13), 7:05 PM
Expos (Mike Thurman 8-11) at Mets (Al Leiter 11-10), 7:10 PM
Marlins (Ryan Dempster 15-11) at Braves (Kevin Millwood 6-7), 7:35 PM
Diamondbacks (Albie Lopez 3-7) at Brewers (Allen Levrault 6-9), 8:05 PM
Astros (Wade Miller 16-8) at Cardinals (Woody Williams 15-9), 8:10 PM
Rockies (Jason Jennings 3-1) at Padres (Kevin Jarvis 12-10), 10:05 PM
Dodgers (Chan Ho Park 15-11) at Giants (Shawn Estes 9-8), 10:35 PM
14) Yesterday's HRs--
Barry Bonds--#70
Alex Rodriguez--#52
Todd Helton--#48
Richie Sexson--#44
Reggie Sanders--#33
Mark McGwire--#29
Ellis Burks--#28
Lee Stevens--#25
Brian Jordan--#25
Jeff Kent--#22
Marvin Benard--#15
Ramon Hernandez--#14
Orlando Cabrera--#14
Shane Halter--#12
Joe Randa--#12
Steve Cox--#12
Todd Hundley--#12
Doug Mirabelli--#11
Rickey Henderson--#8
Chris Stynes--#8
Aubrey Huff--#8
Eli Marrero--#6
Toby Hall--#4
Matt LeCroy--#3
Jose Nieves--#2
Jay Buhner--#1
Tim Laker--#1
15) HR leaders--
AL
1) Alex Rodriguez--52*
2) Jim Thome--49
3) Rafael Palmeiro--46
T4) Manny Ramirez--41
T4) Troy Glaus--41
6) Carlos Delgado--39
7) Jason Giambi--38
T8) Bret Boone--35
T8) Juan Gonzalez--35
10) Tino Martinez--34
NL
1) Barry Bonds--70*
2) Sammy Sosa--61
3) Luis Gonzalez--56
T4) Shawn Green--48
T4) Todd Helton--48*
6) Richie Sexson--44*
T7) Jeff Bagwell--38
T7) Phil Nevin--38
T9) Larry Walker--37
T9) Chipper Jones--37
T9) Brian Giles--37
T9) Albert Pujols--37
16) Barry Bonds watch--Bonds tied Mark McGwire's major league record with 70 HR. With a 1-1 count leading off the top of the 9th, Bonds hit a no doubt about it, upper deck shot off Astros P Wilfredo Rodriguez.
Bonds's .848 SLG moved him ahead of Ruth's record.
Bonds passed Reggie Jackson for 7th place on the all time HR list and is 9 behind Harmon Killebrew.
Bonds SLG--.848, 1st all time (Ruth--.847, 1920; .846, 1921--no one else was ever over .800)
Bonds OBA--.512, 1st for NL (Hornsby--.507, 1924), 10th all time
Bonds OPS--1.361, 2nd all time behind Ruth (1.379, 1920; also 1.359, 1921--no one else was ever over 1.300)
Bonds BB--175, new all time record
Bonds has already been inducted into Baseball Immortals and has an area at
http://www.baseballimmortals.net/Bonds_Barry/barry_bonds.htm
17) Rickey Henderson broke Ty Cobb's record for career runs, with 2246.
Henderson broke the record by homering off Dodgers P Luke Prokopec in the bottom of the 3rd. Henderson told his teammates he would slide into home on the record breaking run, and he did.
Henderson also had hit #2998, is 2 away from 3000.
Henderson has already been inducted into Baseball Immortals and has an area at
http://www.baseballimmortals.net/Henderson/rickey_henderson.htm
18) Mark McGwire watch--hit #583, is 3 behind Frank Robinson for 4thplace
19) Jay Buhner passed Larry Walker into 85th place on the all time HR list, with 309.
Corrections from yesterday--Curt Schilling should have been listed as 6th on the SO/9 IP list, with 8.47. Roberto Alomar should have been on the list of 2B with multiple 100 RBI seasons, with 2.
AL
Devil Rays 4, Yankees 1
Twins 5, Tigers 4
Royals 8, Indians 4
Redsox 5, Orioles 4
A's 5, Angels 1
Mariners 16, Rangers 1
NL
Cardinals 10, Brewers 3
Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 4
Braves 6, Phillies 2
Giants 10, Astros 2
Marlins 6, Expos 2
Cubs 2, Reds 0 (8)
Padres 6, Dodgers 3
2) Standings--
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Yankees 94 63 .599 - 51-28 43-35 49-22 23-13 12-20 LOST 1
Redsox 79 79 .500 15 1/2 41-40 38-39 38-34 16-20 15-17 WON 2
BlueJays 77 81 .487 17 1/2 37-41 40-40 37-39 16-12 16-20 WON 1
Orioles 63 95 .399 31 1/2 30-47 33-48 31-41 16-16 10-26 LOST 2
Devil Rays 60 99 .377 35 35-43 25-56 27-46 13-19 10-26 WON 1
AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Indians 90 68 .570 - 44-36 46-32 21-11 47-29 15-17 LOST 1
Twins 83 76 .522 7 1/2 45-33 38-43 13-19 45-28 16-20 WON 1
Whitesox 82 77 .516 8 1/2 46-35 36-42 16-16 41-32 13-23 LOST 3
Tigers 65 94 .409 25 1/2 36-42 29-52 17-19 23-50 15-17 LOST 1
Royals 63 96 .396 27 1/2 35-46 28-50 13-19 28-45 14-22 WON 1
AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
x--Mariners 114 45 .717 - 55-23 59-22 33-12 31-10 38-17 WON 4
y--A's 99 60 .623 15 53-28 46-32 31-14 27-14 29-26 WON 3
Angels 75 84 .472 39 39-39 36-45 24-17 24-21 17-38 LOST 4
Rangers 72 87 .453 42 41-41 31-46 21-20 17-28 26-29 LOST 3
NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
t--Braves 86 73 .541 - 38-40 48-33 40-33 22-14 15-17 WON 2
Phillies 83 76 .522 3 47-34 36-42 41-35 16-17 19-13 LOST 2
e--Mets 81 78 .509 5 43-35 38-43 42-31 15-21 14-18 WON 1
e--Marlins 75 84 .472 11 46-34 29-50 33-40 19-17 11-21 WON 1
e--Expos 66 93 .415 20 34-47 32-46 28-45 14-22 16-16 LOST 1
NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
z--Cardinals 92 67 .579 - 53-26 39-41 19-11 48-33 17-16 WON 1
Astros 91 68 .572 1 44-37 47-31 18-12 48-33 16-17 LOST 6
e--Cubs 87 72 .547 5 47-31 40-41 16-14 47-34 15-18 WON 2
e--Reds 66 93 .415 26 27-51 39-42 16-11 32-52 14-19 LOST 2
e--Brewers 66 93 .415 26 34-44 32-49 15-15 37-47 09-21 LOST 1
e--Pirates 60 99 .377 32 38-43 22-56 07-23 34-47 11-22 LOST 1
NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Diamondbacks 91 68 .572 - 48-33 43-35 18-14 21-15 45-31 WON 3
Giants 89 70 .560 2 48-30 41-40 18-14 21-18 40-33 WON 3
e--Dodgers 84 75 .528 7 44-37 40-38 17-15 23-16 38-35 LOST 1
e--Padres 78 81 .491 13 34-44 44-37 17-15 24-15 31-42 WON 1
e--Rockies 71 88 .447 20 41-40 30-48 15-17 24-18 30-43 LOST 3
d--mathematically eliminated from winning the division title
e--mathematically eliminated from the postseason
t--clinched tie for the division title
x--clinched division title
y--clinched wild card
z--clinched tie for postseason berth
Since every postseason spot in the AL has been clinched, it is no longer necessary to indicate who has been mathematically eliminated.
3) Wild card standings--
NL WON LOST PCT GB
Astros 91 68 .572 -
Giants 89 70 .560 2
4) The Braves clinched a tie for the NL East title. They will clinch the division title if they beat the Marlins or the Phillies lose to the Reds.
5) The Diamondbacks will clinch the division title if they beat the Rockies and the Giants lose to the Astros.
6) The Cardinals clinched a postseason berth. They will clinch a tie for the division title if they beat the Astros.
7) The Astros will clinch a postseason berth if they beat the Cardinals and the Giants lose to the Dodgers.
8) Mariners watch--they have to go 3-0 in their remaining 3 games to break the 1906 Cubs's record of 116 wins.
The Mariners tied the AL record for wins in a season, with 114, tying the mark set by the 1998 Yankees.
9) The A's will reach 100 wins if they beat the Angels.
10) The Devil Rays will reach 100 losses if they lose to the Yankees.
11) Magic numbers--
NL East--Braves, 1
NL Central--Cardinals, 3
NL West--Diamondbacks, 2
NL wild card--Astros, 2
12) Race for postseason seeds--
AL--The Mariners have clinched the top seed. The Yankees clinched the 2nd seed.
NL--The Cardinals have a 1 game lead over the Diamondbacks for the top seed. The NL East winner has clinched the 3rd seed.
The Cardinals also have a 1 game lead over the Astros. But, rather than have the preceding lines be redundant with the division standings, they only address the races among 1st place teams.
13) Today's schedule--
AL
Redsox (Frank Castillo 9-9 and Sun Woo Kim 0-2) at Orioles (Ryan Kohlmeier 1-1 and Jose Mercedes 8-17), DH, 1:05 and 7:05 PM
Indians (Chuck Finley 8-6 and Dave Burba 10-10) at BlueJays (Roy Halladay 4-3 and Chris Carpenter 10-11), DH, 5:05 PM
Royals (Jeff Suppan 9-14) at Tigers (Jeff Weaver 13-15), 7:05 PM
Yankees (Roger Clemens 20-2) at Devil Rays (Joe Kennedy 6-8), 7:15 PM
Whitesox (Mark Buehrle 15-8) at Twins (Rick Reed 4-5), 8:05 PM
A's (Tim Hudson 17-9) at Angels (Ismael Valdes 9-12), 10:05 PM
Rangers (Rick Helling 12-10) at Mariners (Jamie Moyer 19-6), 10:05 PM
NL
Pirates (David Williams 3-7) at Cubs (Jason Bere 11-10), 3:20 PM
Phillies (Omar Daal 12-7) at Reds (Elmer Dessens 10-13), 7:05 PM
Expos (Mike Thurman 8-11) at Mets (Al Leiter 11-10), 7:10 PM
Marlins (Ryan Dempster 15-11) at Braves (Kevin Millwood 6-7), 7:35 PM
Diamondbacks (Albie Lopez 3-7) at Brewers (Allen Levrault 6-9), 8:05 PM
Astros (Wade Miller 16-8) at Cardinals (Woody Williams 15-9), 8:10 PM
Rockies (Jason Jennings 3-1) at Padres (Kevin Jarvis 12-10), 10:05 PM
Dodgers (Chan Ho Park 15-11) at Giants (Shawn Estes 9-8), 10:35 PM
14) Yesterday's HRs--
Barry Bonds--#70
Alex Rodriguez--#52
Todd Helton--#48
Richie Sexson--#44
Reggie Sanders--#33
Mark McGwire--#29
Ellis Burks--#28
Lee Stevens--#25
Brian Jordan--#25
Jeff Kent--#22
Marvin Benard--#15
Ramon Hernandez--#14
Orlando Cabrera--#14
Shane Halter--#12
Joe Randa--#12
Steve Cox--#12
Todd Hundley--#12
Doug Mirabelli--#11
Rickey Henderson--#8
Chris Stynes--#8
Aubrey Huff--#8
Eli Marrero--#6
Toby Hall--#4
Matt LeCroy--#3
Jose Nieves--#2
Jay Buhner--#1
Tim Laker--#1
15) HR leaders--
AL
1) Alex Rodriguez--52*
2) Jim Thome--49
3) Rafael Palmeiro--46
T4) Manny Ramirez--41
T4) Troy Glaus--41
6) Carlos Delgado--39
7) Jason Giambi--38
T8) Bret Boone--35
T8) Juan Gonzalez--35
10) Tino Martinez--34
NL
1) Barry Bonds--70*
2) Sammy Sosa--61
3) Luis Gonzalez--56
T4) Shawn Green--48
T4) Todd Helton--48*
6) Richie Sexson--44*
T7) Jeff Bagwell--38
T7) Phil Nevin--38
T9) Larry Walker--37
T9) Chipper Jones--37
T9) Brian Giles--37
T9) Albert Pujols--37
16) Barry Bonds watch--Bonds tied Mark McGwire's major league record with 70 HR. With a 1-1 count leading off the top of the 9th, Bonds hit a no doubt about it, upper deck shot off Astros P Wilfredo Rodriguez.
Bonds's .848 SLG moved him ahead of Ruth's record.
Bonds passed Reggie Jackson for 7th place on the all time HR list and is 9 behind Harmon Killebrew.
Bonds SLG--.848, 1st all time (Ruth--.847, 1920; .846, 1921--no one else was ever over .800)
Bonds OBA--.512, 1st for NL (Hornsby--.507, 1924), 10th all time
Bonds OPS--1.361, 2nd all time behind Ruth (1.379, 1920; also 1.359, 1921--no one else was ever over 1.300)
Bonds BB--175, new all time record
Bonds has already been inducted into Baseball Immortals and has an area at
http://www.baseballimmortals.net/Bonds_Barry/barry_bonds.htm
17) Rickey Henderson broke Ty Cobb's record for career runs, with 2246.
Henderson broke the record by homering off Dodgers P Luke Prokopec in the bottom of the 3rd. Henderson told his teammates he would slide into home on the record breaking run, and he did.
Henderson also had hit #2998, is 2 away from 3000.
Henderson has already been inducted into Baseball Immortals and has an area at
http://www.baseballimmortals.net/Henderson/rickey_henderson.htm
18) Mark McGwire watch--hit #583, is 3 behind Frank Robinson for 4thplace
19) Jay Buhner passed Larry Walker into 85th place on the all time HR list, with 309.
Corrections from yesterday--Curt Schilling should have been listed as 6th on the SO/9 IP list, with 8.47. Roberto Alomar should have been on the list of 2B with multiple 100 RBI seasons, with 2.