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Wednesday, April 8,2009

Wednesday, April 8,2009

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Colorado Rockies  9 Arizona Diamondbacks  2 box | pbp Chase Field Franklin Morales Doug Davis -- 18,227 2:39
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 New York Mets  9 Cincinnati Reds  7 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Mike Pelfrey Edinson Volquez Francisco Rodriguez 13,568 3:54
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Washington Nationals  4 Florida Marlins  6 box | pbp Sun Life Stadium Chris Volstad Daniel Cabrera Matt Lindstrom 13,308 3:01
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Chicago Cubs  11 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Minute Maid Park Ted Lilly Brian Moehler -- 30,047 3:14
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Atlanta Braves  11 Philadelphia Phillies  12 box | pbp Citizens Bank Park Clay Condrey Blaine Boyer Brad Lidge 44,939 3:13
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 San Diego Padres  2 box | pbp PETCO Park Chad Billingsley Edward Mujica Jonathan Broxton 31,700 2:53
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Milwaukee Brewers  4 San Francisco Giants  2 box | pbp AT&T Park Yovani Gallardo Randy Johnson Carlos Villanueva 40,764 2:48
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium III Zach Duke Todd Wellemeyer Matt Capps 35,535 2:57
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Oakland Athletics  6 Los Angeles Angels  4 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Andrew Bailey Brian Fuentes Brad Ziegler 43,283 3:13
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 New York Yankees  5 Baltimore Orioles  7 box | pbp Oriole Park at Camden Yards Koji Uehara Chien-Ming Wang George Sherrill 22,856 2:57
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Tampa Bay Rays  7 Boston Red Sox  2 box | pbp Fenway Park Scott Kazmir Jon Lester Grant Balfour 37,552 3:10
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Kansas City Royals  2 Chicago White Sox  0 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Zack Greinke Gavin Floyd Joakim Soria 22,817 2:24
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Seattle Mariners  5 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kevin Slowey Carlos Silva Joe Nathan 22,270 2:34
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Cleveland Indians  5 Texas Rangers  8 box | pbp Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Vicente Padilla Fausto Carmona Frank Francisco 22,829 3:18
2009 reg season 2009-04-08 Detroit Tigers  5 Toronto Blue Jays  1 box | pbp Rogers Centre Zach Miner Jesse Litsch -- 12,145 2:25
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
2009 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.0 17 10 7 W1 1-1 0-0 1 7 14 Yes dnq
2009 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.0 7 10 -3 L1 1-1 0-0 2 6 15 Yes Lost in ALDS (LA Angels)
2009 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.0 10 17 -7 L1 0-0 1-1 3 10 13 Yes Won World Series (Philadelphia)
2009 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.0 10 7 3 W1 0-0 1-1 4 9 18 Yes dnq
2009 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 0.5 18 14 4 L1 1-2 0-0 5 13 20 -- 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
2009 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 14 18 -4 W1 0-0 2-1 1 3 9 Yes dnq
2009 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 13 16 -3 W2 2-1 0-0 2 2 5 Yes Lost in ALDS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.5 4 4 0 L1 1-1 0-0 3 5 17 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 2 1 1 .500 0.5 4 4 0 W1 0-0 1-1 4 8 16 -- dnq
2009 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 1.5 6 17 -11 L2 0-0 0-2 5 14 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
2009 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 17 6 11 W2 2-0 0-0 1 1 3 Yes dnq
2009 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 12 11 1 W2 0-0 2-1 2 4 4 -- dnq
2009 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 11 12 -1 L2 1-2 0-0 3 12 24 -- Lost in ALCS (NY Yankees)
2009 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 16 13 3 L2 0-0 1-2 4 11 19 -- 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
2009 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 11 8 3 W2 0-0 2-0 1 2 2 Yes dnq
2009 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 19 13 6 L1 0-0 2-1 2 4 12 Yes dnq
2009 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 26 13 13 W2 2-1 0-0 3 8 8 -- dnq
2009 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 13 19 -6 W1 1-2 0-0 4 11 23 -- Lost World Series (NY Yankees)
2009 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 13 26 -13 L2 0-0 1-2 5 14 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
2009 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 2 2 0 1.000 0.0 10 12 -2 W2 0-0 2-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
2009 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 11 17 -6 W2 2-1 0-0 2 5 7 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.5 16 17 -1 W1 0-0 2-1 3 7 11 -- dnq
2009 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 17 11 6 L2 0-0 1-2 4 13 25 -- dnq
2009 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.5 17 16 1 L1 1-2 0-0 5 9 22 -- Lost in NLDS (LA Dodgers)
2009 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 2.0 8 11 -3 L2 0-2 0-0 6 15 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
2009 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 20 11 9 W2 0-0 2-1 1 3 10 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 3 2 1 .667 0.0 11 7 4 W1 0-0 2-1 2 6 6 Yes Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2009 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 11 20 -9 L2 1-2 0-0 3 12 26 -- dnq
2009 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 3 1 2 .333 1.0 7 11 -4 L1 1-2 0-0 4 10 21 -- dnq
2009 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 2 0 2 .000 1.5 12 10 2 L2 0-2 0-0 5 16 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
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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
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  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
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  • 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
Henderson Alvarez Toronto Blue Jays Minors Assigned to Lansing (A)
Anderson De La Rosa Milwaukee Brewers Minors Assigned to Brevard County (A+)
Lucas Luetge Milwaukee Brewers Minors Assigned to Brevard County (A+)
Yorman Mayora Toronto Blue Jays Minors Assigned to Lansing [Midw] (A)
Jordan Pratt Los Angeles Dodgers Minors Assigned to Great Lakes [Midw] (A)
Franklin Morales Colorado Rockies Minors Assigned to Colorado Springs [PCL] (AAA)
Mike McClendon Milwaukee Brewers Minors Signed to Minor League contract
Doug Deeds Chicago Cubs Minors Assigned to Tennessee [Sou] (AA)
Daniel Meadows Milwaukee Brewers DL-7 DL-7 Injured
Esteban German Texas Rangers Hist Signed to #-year contract for 2009-2009 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Dan Giese Oakland Athletics Hist Claimed on waivers from Yankees by Athletics
Travis Metcalf Kansas City Royals Hist Claimed on waivers from Rangers by Royals
Joel Peralta Colorado Rockies Hist Signed to #-year contract for 2009-2009 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Casey Beck Toronto Blue Jays Minors Signed to Minor League contract
14 record(s)