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Tuesday, May 4,2010

Tuesday, May 4,2010

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Los Angeles Angels  1 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Jon Lester Kevin Jepsen -- 37,411 2:56
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Kansas City Royals  7 Chicago White Sox  2 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Luke Hochevar Gavin Floyd -- 17,517 2:40
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Toronto Blue Jays  8 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Progressive Field Ricky Romero Jensen Lewis Kevin Gregg 10,387 3:28
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Detroit Tigers  3 Minnesota Twins  4 box | pbp Target Field Nick Blackburn Ryan Perry -- 39,020 2:32
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Baltimore Orioles  1 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium II A.J. Burnett Brian Matusz Joba Chamberlain 43,260 3:02
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Texas Rangers  6 Oakland Athletics  7 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Brad Ziegler Scott Feldman Andrew Bailey 10,135 2:30
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Tampa Bay Rays  5 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Safeco Field James Shields Jason Vargas Rafael Soriano 15,589 2:52
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 New York Mets  5 Cincinnati Reds  4 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Pedro Feliciano Francisco Cordero Francisco Rodriguez 13,813 2:38
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 San Francisco Giants  9 Florida Marlins  6 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Dan Runzler Burke Badenhop Guillermo Mota 13,690 3:51
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Arizona Diamondbacks  1 Houston Astros  0 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Ian Kennedy Roy Oswalt Chad Qualls 22,661 2:40
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Milwaukee Brewers  11 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Chris Narveson Clayton Kershaw -- 50,714 3:01
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 St. Louis Cardinals  1 Philadelphia Phillies  2 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Jose Contreras Blake Hawksworth -- 44,890 2:52
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Chicago Cubs  2 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 box | pbp PNC Park Paul Maholm Ryan Dempster Octavio Dotel 10,972 2:28
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Colorado Rockies  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp PETCO Park Heath Bell Franklin Morales -- 16,329 3:07
2010 reg season 2010-05-04 Atlanta Braves  3 Washington Nationals  6 box | pbp Nationals Park Livan Hernandez Kenshin Kawakami Matt Capps 17,098 3:06
15 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 144 91 53 W2 8-3 9-6 1 3 4 Yes Lost in ALCS (Rangers)
2010 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 152 82 70 W2 8-7 9-2 2 2 3 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rangers)
2010 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 28 14 14 .500 4.0 135 121 14 W3 6-11 8-3 3 8 15 -- dnq
2010 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 4.5 136 143 -7 W1 6-9 7-5 4 10 20 -- dnq
2010 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 27 6 21 .222 11.5 92 137 -45 L2 3-9 3-12 5 14 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 27 18 9 .667 0.0 144 102 42 W1 7-4 11-5 1 1 1 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)
2010 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 28 17 11 .607 1.5 135 130 5 L1 8-4 9-7 2 4 5 -- dnq
2010 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 5.0 109 137 -28 L1 8-6 5-8 3 9 18 -- dnq
2010 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 7.5 91 129 -38 L3 5-6 5-10 4 11 25 -- dnq
2010 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 27 10 17 .370 8.0 111 139 -28 W1 4-8 6-9 5 13 27 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.0 111 152 -41 L1 9-8 6-5 1 6 13 Yes dnq
2010 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 28 15 13 .536 0.0 122 121 1 W1 10-6 5-7 2 5 12 Yes dnq
2010 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 27 14 13 .519 0.5 121 112 9 L1 7-6 7-7 3 7 14 -- Lost World Series (Giants)
2010 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 26 10 16 .385 4.0 88 95 -7 L4 6-7 4-9 4 12 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 26 17 9 .654 0.0 110 127 -17 W1 10-4 7-5 1 1 2 Yes dnq
2010 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 1.5 117 101 16 W1 10-6 6-5 2 4 7 Yes dnq
2010 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 4.0 129 123 6 L1 7-7 6-6 3 8 16 -- dnq
2010 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 26 13 13 .500 4.0 141 111 30 W1 4-7 9-6 4 9 17 -- Lost in NLCS (Giants)
2010 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 5.0 105 111 -6 L1 7-5 5-9 5 12 21 -- Lost in 1st Round (Giants)
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 27 16 11 .593 0.0 124 81 43 L1 9-4 7-7 1 3 8 Yes dnq
2010 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 1.0 116 145 -29 L1 9-5 6-7 2 5 10 -- Lost in 1st Round (Phillies)
2010 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 26 14 12 .538 1.5 89 177 -88 W1 6-4 8-8 3 7 11 -- dnq
2010 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 27 12 15 .444 4.0 131 120 11 L2 6-7 6-8 4 13 23 -- dnq
2010 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 26 9 17 .346 6.5 139 144 -5 L2 4-8 5-9 5 15 28 -- dnq
2010 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 26 8 18 .308 7.5 73 126 -53 L9 5-12 3-6 6 16 29 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2010 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 25 15 10 .600 0.0 117 76 41 W1 10-5 5-5 1 2 6 Yes Won World Series (Rangers)
2010 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 27 15 12 .556 1.0 120 86 34 W1 10-5 5-7 2 6 9 Yes dnq
2010 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 27 13 14 .481 3.0 154 156 -2 W3 6-6 7-8 3 10 19 -- dnq
2010 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 26 12 14 .462 3.5 137 144 -7 W4 7-4 5-10 4 11 22 -- dnq
2010 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 27 11 16 .407 5.0 133 107 26 L1 6-6 5-10 5 14 24 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
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  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Steven Tolleson Oakland Athletics Minors Assigned to Sacramento (AAA)
Buck Coats Chicago White Sox Minors Traded from Royals to White Sox
Jake Oester Chicago White Sox Minors Assigned to Kannapolis [SAL] (A)
Brian Pearl Cincinnati Reds DL-7 DL-7 Tommy John surgery
John Raynor Florida Marlins Minors Returned to Marlins
Travis Denker Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed to Minor League contract
Roman Colon -- Hist Released by Royals
Rafael Furcal Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Left hamstring strain
Brendan Donnelly Pittsburgh Pirates Injury DL - left oblique strain
Tim Byrdak Houston Astros Injury DL - Strained right hamstring
Sean Gallagher San Diego Padres Injury DL - sprained toe on his left foot
Yunel Escobar Atlanta Braves Injury DL - left groin strain
Juan Carlos Gamboa New York Mets Minors Signed as undrafted free agent (Mexico)
Jesus Parra Cincinnati Reds Minors Signed as undrafted free agent (Venezuela)
14 record(s)