Loser League: May
The '79 Blue Jays followed up an awful April with an even worse May and now have a commanding nine game "lead" in the cellar of the A.L. East. Their year-mates the '79 A's had a brutal May as well and have committed a league worst 74 errors in 56 games.
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2002 TBA 32 25 K.Hrbek MNA .404 E.Murray BAA 16 A.Huff TBA 54 1990 NYA 29 28 J.Orsulak BAA .363 K.Hrbek MNA 15 B.Grich LAA 49 1988 BAA 27 29 A.Huff TBA .356 A.Belle CLA 14 E.Murray BAA 42 1992 BOA 27 31 E.Brown KCA .355 A.Huff TBA 14 E.Brown KCA 42 1979 TOA 18 40 T.Long KCA .347 OTHERS TIED W 13 OTHERS TIED W 41 2005 KCA 34 23 WINS SAVES ERA 1989 CHA 29 28 F.Tanana LAA 9 M.Macdoug KCA 12 C.Hough TEA 1.91 1991 CLA 28 28 F.Martine LAA 6 T.Niedenf BAA 11 G.Swindel CLA 2.55 1982 MNA 27 29 C.Hough TEA 6 E.Yan TBA 11 R.Clemens BOA 2.57 2003 DEA 23 33 R.Clemens BOA 6 OTHERS TIED W 9 F.Tanana LAA 2.61 T.Sturtze TBA 6 F.Martine LAA 2.75 1980 LAA 40 17 1985 TEA 31 26 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1980 SEA 26 30 R.Bosetti TOA 9 A.Sanchez DEA 24 R.Clemens BOA 89 1979 OAA 23 33 C.Martine CHA 9 R.Kelly NYA 20 F.Bannist SEA 79 T.Paciore SEA 8 J.Cruz SEA 19 T.Underwo TOA 71 S.Fletche CHA 8 O.Guillen CHA 16 M.Perez CHA 70 OTHERS TIED W 6 OTHERS TIED W 14 F.Viola BOA 65 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DEA 2 at SEA 13 BOA-Hesketh(2-2, 5.13) at BAA-Ballard(3-3, 3.51) BOA 2 at BAA 1 CLA-King(3-5, 4.70) at KCA-Hernand(5-1, 3.82) CLA 6 at KCA 1 TOA-Underwo(4-7, 3.93) at LAA-Martine(6-0, 2.75) TOA 1 at LAA 3 NYA-Hawkins(4-3, 2.08) at MNA-William(4-4, 5.89) NYA 4 at MNA 9 DEA-Maroth(3-5, 7.24) at SEA-Abbott(3-6, 3.62) CHA 3 at TBA 0 CHA-Perez(3-3, 4.26) at TBA-Sturtze(6-2, 3.35) OAA 6 at TEA 7 OAA-Keough(1-6, 5.43) at TEA-Hough(6-2, 1.91) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB T.Brunansky MNA NYA 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 A.Belle CLA KCA 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 P.Plantier BOA BAA 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 O.McDowell TEA OAA 7 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 R.Kittle CHA TBA 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS G.Hibbard CHA TBA 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 W F.Viola BOA BAA 8.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 W R.Honeycutt SEA DEA 9.0 3 2 2 4 4 2 W M.Clear LAA TOA 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 S B.Hooton TEA OAA 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Brunansky MNA .429 21 9 7 5 2 A.Hassler LAA 8 2 0 1 9 0 101 T.Paciorek SEA .542 24 13 5 1 2 J.Orosco CLA 6 2 0 0 4 0 000 B.Grich LAA .297 37 11 15 3 3 F.Tanana LAA 17 9 0 1 9 0 200 A.Huff TBA .382 34 13 11 1 3 F.Viola BOA 17 5 1 4 6 1 200 E.Murray BAA .278 36 10 9 3 4 R.Davis MNA 5 2 0 1 4 0 102 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS R.Picciolo OAA .080 25 2 1 0 0 V.Zambrano TBA 6 16 17 7 4 3 020 S.Cooper BOA .167 30 5 1 1 0 M.Maroth DEA 9 18 14 5 8 5 030 T.Cox SEA .192 26 5 0 2 0 M.Williamson BAA 7 11 10 7 7 3 020 G.Wright TEA .133 30 4 2 2 0 M.Perez CHA 9 19 12 6 8 2 010 J.Browne CLA .158 38 6 2 2 0 B.Kingman OAA 7 16 9 0 2 1 010 INJURY REPORT M.Heath, Oakland - 6 more games R.Howell, Toronto - 7 more games J.Rudi, California - 3 more games J.Castino, Minnesota - 3 more games F.Viola, Minnesota - 6 more games T.Harrah, Texas - 2 more games R.Schu, Baltimore - 1 more games
In the N.L. we have what is shaping up to be a fantastic race for the bottom in the East as the '88 Braves and '98 Marlins are not only distancing themselves from the rest of the division but the entire league. The '85 Pirates posted a 8-20 mark in May to grab the that bottom of the Central division.
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1993 NYN 33 23 J.Mabry SLN .406 R.Lankfor SLN 15 S.Rolen PHN 60 2008 WAN 33 24 A.Galarra CON .396 B.Bonilla NYN 14 R.Lankfor SLN 46 2000 PHN 31 26 B.Gilkey SLN .374 S.Rolen PHN 14 E.Karros LAN 45 1998 FLN 19 36 D.Bichett CON .356 E.Karros LAN 13 A.Galarra CON 41 1988 ATN 17 40 B.Buckner CHN .347 OTHERS TIED W 12 OTHERS TIED W 40 1981 CHN 31 25 WINS SAVES ERA 1995 SLN 30 27 M.Krukow CHN 9 M.Dejean MLN 16 J.Jones HON 1.37 2002 MLN 28 28 M.Krukow SFN 8 S.Garrelt SFN 15 M.Krukow SFN 1.72 1991 HON 28 29 OTHERS TIED W 7 D.Holmes CON 13 K.Gross LAN 1.91 1982 CIN 27 30 T.Henke SLN 11 R.Reusche PIN 2.16 1985 PIN 26 30 G.Olson ARN 11 D.Osborne SLN 2.26 1985 SFN 34 22 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1993 CON 34 23 R.Gant ATN 18 S.Finley HON 26 M.Soto CIN 98 1998 ARN 31 25 J.Mabry SLN 16 V.Coleman NYN 23 A.Benes ARN 81 1992 LAN 29 26 D.Bichett CON 13 E.Young MLN 23 P.Harnisc HON 80 1981 SDN 23 34 C.Guzman WAN 10 O.Smith SDN 20 D.Gooden NYN 78 OTHERS TIED W 9 OTHERS TIED W 19 T.Candiot LAN 71 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS CON 0 at CHN 2 WAN-Perez(3-5, 4.87) at ARN-Daal(4-3, 2.49) ATN 4 at CIN 3 CON-Harris(6-4, 3.75) at CHN-Martz(1-4, 4.77) LAN 4 at NYN 5 ATN-Mahler(3-8, 4.81) at CIN-Soto(4-7, 2.55) SDN 2 at SFN 1 HON-Portuga(1-4, 3.39) at MLN-Sheets(6-4, 5.08) WAN 6 at ARN 3 FLN-Hernand(3-7, 3.30) at PHN-Person(4-3, 3.22) HON 6 at MLN 4 PIN-Rhoden(3-6, 4.99) at SLN-Petkovs(4-2, 3.14) FLN 6 at PHN 1 SDN-Mura(4-8, 5.14) at SFN-Hammake(3-4, 4.37) PIN 6 at SLN 9 LAN-Hershis(5-3, 4.54) at NYN-Saberha(4-2, 3.05) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB R.Lankford SLN PIN 4 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 J.Mabry SLN PIN 4 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 D.Driessen CIN ATN 4 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 E.Anthony HON MLN 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 S.Cooper SLN PIN 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS J.Sanchez FLN PHN 9.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 W J.Habyan SLN PIN 4.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 W M.Krukow CHN CON 6.1 2 0 0 4 6 0 W J.EichelbergerSDN SFN 7.0 3 1 1 2 4 0 W D.Lapoint SFN SDN 7.1 4 1 1 0 4 0 WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS D.Driessen CIN .526 19 10 2 10 1 J.Price CIN 5 1 0 0 5 0 100 D.Bichette CON .441 34 15 10 1 4 R.Reuschel PIN 10 1 0 2 8 0 100 R.Gant ATN .500 22 11 5 3 2 A.Young NYN 15 3 0 3 14 0 200 B.Abreu PHN .500 30 15 6 11 1 R.Person PHN 8 2 0 2 8 0 100 R.Belliard WAN .417 24 10 11 2 1 G.Lucas SDN 8 4 0 2 12 0 101 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS M.Kotsay FLN .158 38 6 0 0 0 J.Deleon PIN 6 11 9 9 6 0 010 T.Pagnozzi SLN .160 25 4 0 0 0 T.Glavine ATN 9 18 9 1 5 2 020 M.Trillo SFN .152 33 5 0 2 0 C.Brock PHN 7 13 8 2 4 5 011 G.Richards SDN .065 31 2 0 5 0 T.Redding WAN 6 7 6 2 5 1 010 T.Cromer SLN .143 35 5 2 1 0 C.Puleo ATN 6 10 8 1 7 2 000 INJURY REPORT M.Tyson, Chicago (NL) - 4 more games J.Bonilla, San Diego - 3 more games S.Kemp, Pittsburgh - 2 more games R.Roenicke, San Francisco - 2 more games B.Bonilla, New York (NL) - 6 more games C.O'Brien, New York (NL) - 3 more games B.Gilkey, St. Louis - 13 more games E.Dukes, Washington - 1 more games R.Zimmerman, Washington - 7 more games T.Redding, Washington - 2 more games
And our featured boxscore for the month of May showcases the '82 Twins who gave up 22 runs to the '03 Tigers, yes the Tigers team that lost 119 games, on May 3rd. The sacrificial lamb was reliever Don Cooper who gave up 10 runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched. Da Meat Hook had 8 RBI for Detroit.
BOXSCORE: 2003 Detroit Tigers At 1982 Minnesota Twins 5/3/2008 Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG A.Sanchez CF 6 4 3 3 .278 B.Mitchell CF 4 0 0 0 .222 S.Halter 2B 6 3 4 2 .291 A-R.Johnson CF 1 0 1 0 .389 B.Higginson RF 6 3 3 2 .267 G.Ward LF 4 1 1 0 .325 D.Young DH 5 3 4 8 .321 K.Hrbek 1B 5 2 2 4 .444 C.Monroe LF 7 1 2 1 .255 T.Brunansky RF 3 1 1 0 .257 C.Pena 1B 6 1 1 1 .282 G.Gaetti SS 4 1 1 2 .211 B.Inge C 5 2 3 1 .226 J.Vega DH 3 1 0 0 .278 E.Munson 3B 6 2 3 3 .179 T.Laudner C 3 2 2 2 .374 R.Santiago SS 5 3 3 1 .229 J.Castino 2B 4 0 1 1 .348 M.Hatcher 3B 4 1 1 0 .224 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 52 22 26 22 Totals 35 9 10 9 A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Mitchell In 8th Inning INJURY: Bobby Mitchell INJURED (for 2 more games) in 7th inning Tigers.......... 1 111 0 5 0 1 0 3 - 22 26 0 Twins........... 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 - 9 10 0 Tigers (13-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Maroth WIN(2-2) 5 1/3 5 5 5 3 0 2 110 5.44 F.German 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 28 13.94 M.Anderson 2 2/3 2 1 1 2 0 1 50 3.37 Totals 9 10 9 9 5 0 4 Twins (11-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Havens LOSS(1-4) 2 7 6 6 1 2 3 57 6.00 D.Cooper 2 2/3 10 10 10 4 1 0 99 29.70 P.Redfern 1 2/3 7 3 3 1 2 0 51 4.97 P.Boris 2 2/3 2 3 3 1 4 1 48 3.18 Totals 9 26 22 22 7 9 4 ATTENDANCE- 15,676 DATE- Saturday, May 3rd 2008 TIME- Night T- 3:58 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10 Twins: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2 Twins: 0 DOUBLES- A.Sanchez-2(10th), S.Halter(3rd), C.Pena(5th), B.Inge(5th), E.Munson(2nd), R.Johnson(7th), T.Laudner(16th), M.Hatcher(2nd) TRIPLES- R.Santiago(1st) HOME RUNS- B.Higginson(4th), D.Young-2(7th), C.Monroe(5th), K.Hrbek-2(9th), G.Gaetti(6th), T.Laudner(5th) STOLEN BASES- A.Sanchez(9th), B.Inge(2nd) WALKS- A.Sanchez, S.Halter, B.Higginson, D.Young-2, B.Inge, R.Santiago, G.Ward, T.Brunansky-2, J.Vega, T.Laudner STRIKE OUTS- S.Halter, B.Higginson, D.Young, C.Monroe-2, C.Pena-3, B.Inge GIDP- G.Gaetti, J.Castino PASSED BALLS- T.Laudner WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Paul Boris robbed Alex Sanchez of a base hit.