This article is part of our The Lineup Card series.
Tuesday's Starters – all times Eastern
Yankees (Ivan Nova – R) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez – R), 7:05
Royals (Jeremy Guthrie – R) at Indians (Zach McAllister – R), 7:05
Padres (Andrew Cashner – R) at Phillies (Tyler Cloyd – R), 7:05
Angels (Jerome Williams – R) at Blue Jays (Mark Buehrle – L), 7:07
Cubs (Edwin Jackson – R) at Reds (Tony Cingrani – L), 7:10
Nationals (Jordan Zimmermann – R) at Mets (Dillon Gee – R), 7:10
Braves (Julio Teheran – R) at Marlins (Tom Koehler –R),7:10
Red Sox (Clay Buchholz – R) at Rays (David Price – L), 7:10
Pirates (Francisco Liriano – L) at Rangers (Martin Perez – L), 8:05
Tigers (Rick Porcello – R) at White Sox (Erik Johnson – R), 8:10
Athletics (Jarrod Parker – R) at Twins (Liam Hendriks – R), 8:10
Brewers (Wily Peralta – R) at Cardinals (Shelby Miller – R), 8:15
Astros (Jordan Lyles – R) at Mariners (Joe Saunders – L), 10:10
Diamondbacks (Trevor Cahill – R) at Dodgers (Edinson Volquez – R), 10:10
Rockies (Jorge De La Rosa – L) at Giants (Ryan Vogelsong – R), 10:15
Day Game After Night Game: None
Injuries
Day-to-Day
AL
Felix Hernandez, SP, SEA (back) – Getting pushed back
Justin Masterson, SP, CLE (oblique) – Hopeful he'll be able to play catch over the weekend
Avisail Garcia, OF, CHW (mouth) – Could be back in the lineup Tuesday
Jim Adduci, OF, TEX (biceps) – Left Monday's game
Luis Jimenez, 3B, LAA (thumb) – Out again Monday
David Robertson, RP, NYY (shoulder) – Hoping to be available in current Orioles series
Boone Logan, RP, NYY (elbow) – Will play catch Tuesday; eyeing Friday return
Chris Stewart, C, NYY (foot) – Out Monday
NL
Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL (finger) – Out for Giants series (Mon-Wed); no return on horizon
Wilin Rosario, C, COL (mouth) – Out Sunday; should be short-term
Bryce Harper, OF, WAS (hip) – Out two more days
Giancarlo Stanton, OF, MIA (foot) – Out of the lineup Monday
Allen Craig, 1B, STL (foot) – Walking without a boot; reevaluation on tap
Domonic Brown, OF, PHI (Achilles) – Scheduled to begin baseball activities Tuesday
Dexter Fowler, OF, COL (knee) – Ruled out for Giants series
Starling Marte, OF, PIT (finger) – Out again Monday; still having pain swinging
Jordan Walden, RP, ATL (groin) – Feeling good; will throw a bullpen Tuesday
Charlie Morton, SP, PIT (foot) – Will try to throw a bullpen in the next couple days
Scott Downs, RP, ATL (finger) – Has a fractured ring finger
Cliff Pennington, SS, ARI (personal) – Will rejoin the team Friday
Jeff Mathis, C, MIA (thumb) – Left Monday's game with bruised right thumb
Disabled List
AL
Clay Buchholz, SP, BOS (shoulder) – Slated to make four more regular-season starts
Howie Kendrick, 2B, LAA (knee) – Likely to be activated
Matt Harrison, SP, TEX (back) – Had surgery Monday; should be good to go next year
Steve Pearce, OF, BAL (wrist) – Won't be back 'til Friday at the earliest
Chris Nelson, 3B, LAA (hamstring) – Still hopes to return this season
Samuel Deduno, SP, MIN (shoulder) – May need surgery
NL
David Wright, 3B, NYM (hamstring) – On track to return before season's end
Jason Heyward, OF, ATL (head) – Had braces removed from head; should return before season's end
Bobby Parnell, RP, NYM (neck) – Will need surgery; should be back for spring
Wandy Rodriguez, SP, PIT (forearm) – Will throw a sim game Thursday
Cameron Maybin, OF, SD (wrist) – Surgery more extensive than expected; none needed for knee
Joe Wieland, SP, SD (elbow) – Cause of setbacks identified, but shut down for two more weeks still
Rafael Furcal, SS, STL (elbow) – Long-tossing; hoping to play winter ball
Transactions
Activated from DL
Zoilo Almonte, OF, NYM
Carlos Corporan, C, HOU
Placed on DL
Scott Rice, RP, NYM (hernia)
Ike Davis, 1B, NYM (oblique)
Called Up
Mike Baxter, OF, NYM
Cole De Vries, RP, MIN
Scott Diamond, SP, MIN
Eduardo Escobar, SS, MIN
Chris Parmelee, OF, MIN
Michael Tonkin, RP, MIN
Eric Fryer, C, MIN
Shairon Martis, RP, MIN
Christhian Bethancourt, C, ATL
Aaron Harang, SP, NYM
Juan Centeno, C, NYM
John Hester, C, LAA
Sent Down (to Triple-A, unless otherwise noted)
Alex Liddi, 3B, BAL
Closer Watch
Phillies – With Jonathan Papelbon unavailable after pitching three of the last four days, the Phillies went with B.J. Rosenberg in the ninth Sunday, and he tossed a clean ninth for his first save. Rosenberg's looked terrific since returning to Philadelphia in mid-August, not allowing a run over 10.2 innings with an 11:4 K:BB; in his May audition, he surrendered four runs in three innings with a 2:2 K:BB. Still, the job is Papelbon's… this year.
Athletics – Bizarrely, Brett Anderson is turning the three-innings save into a bit of a specialty, as he's collected three of them in just a 12-day span. So bizarre, it's quite intriguing. At this point, we may have to consider Anderson the "closer" whenever the A's can build a big lead early and he's fresh enough. Meanwhile, Grant Balfour's still collecting the standard saves.
KEY MATCHUPS: HOT | |||||||||||||||||||
Hot Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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Wilson Betemit - 3B | BAL vs NYY 9/10 7:05 PM | Ivan Nova | 5-11 | .455 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .636 | .455 | 1.091 | |||||||
Chris Davis - 1B | BAL vs NYY 9/10 7:05 PM | Ivan Nova | 5-14 | .357 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .643 | .400 | 1.043 | |||||||
Nick Markakis - OF | BAL vs NYY 9/10 7:05 PM | Ivan Nova | 8-22 | .364 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .636 | .462 | 1.098 | |||||||
Matt Wieters - C | BAL vs NYY 9/10 7:05 PM | Ivan Nova | 8-19 | .421 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.500 | |||||||
Jason Giambi - 1B | CLE vs KC 9/10 7:05 PM | Jeremy Guthrie | 4-10 | .400 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .400 | 1.400 | |||||||
Jason Kubel - OF | CLE vs KC 9/10 7:05 PM | Jeremy Guthrie | 9-25 | .360 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .760 | .360 | 1.120 | |||||||
Ryan Raburn - 2B | CLE vs KC 9/10 7:05 PM | Jeremy Guthrie | 5-14 | .357 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .429 | .400 | .829 | |||||||
Nick Swisher - OF | CLE vs KC 9/10 7:05 PM | Jeremy Guthrie | 13-29 | .448 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .897 | .500 | 1.397 | |||||||
Josh Hamilton - OF | LAA @ TOR 9/10 7:07 PM | Mark Buehrle | 4-12 | .333 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .750 | .333 | 1.083 | |||||||
Dustin Pedroia - 2B | BOS @ TB 9/10 7:10 PM | David Price | 10-31 | .323 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .516 | .417 | .933 | |||||||
Shin-Soo Choo - OF | CIN vs CHC 9/10 7:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 8-22 | .364 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .500 | .462 | .962 | |||||||
Joey Votto - 1B | CIN vs CHC 9/10 7:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 2-10 | .200 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .800 | .200 | 1.000 | |||||||
Daniel Murphy - 2B | NYM vs WAS 9/10 7:10 PM | Jordan Zimmermann | 7-21 | .333 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .571 | .364 | .935 | |||||||
Yunel Escobar - SS | TB vs BOS 9/10 7:10 PM | Clay Buchholz | 3-12 | .250 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .500 | .438 | .938 | |||||||
Jose Molina - C | TB vs BOS 9/10 7:10 PM | Clay Buchholz | 7-17 | .412 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .471 | .421 | .892 | |||||||
Luke Scott - DH | TB vs BOS 9/10 7:10 PM | Clay Buchholz | 7-32 | .219 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .500 | .359 | .859 | |||||||
Ian Desmond - SS | WAS @ NYM 9/10 7:10 PM | Dillon Gee | 4-15 | .267 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .667 | .353 | 1.020 | |||||||
Gordon Beckham - 2B | CWS vs DET 9/10 8:10 PM | Rick Porcello | 6-15 | .400 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .800 | .474 | 1.274 | |||||||
Paul Konerko - 1B | CWS vs DET 9/10 8:10 PM | Rick Porcello | 11-29 | .379 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .586 | .438 | 1.024 | |||||||
Dayan Viciedo - OF | CWS vs DET 9/10 8:10 PM | Rick Porcello | 4-13 | .308 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .538 | .357 | .896 | |||||||
Willie Bloomquist - SS | ARI @ LAD 9/10 10:10 PM | Edinson Volquez | 6-12 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .583 | .571 | 1.155 | |||||||
A.J. Ellis - C | LAD vs ARI 9/10 10:10 PM | Trevor Cahill | 6-11 | .545 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .818 | .583 | 1.402 | |||||||
Dexter Fowler - OF | COL @ SF 9/10 10:15 PM | Ryan Vogelsong | 3-11 | .273 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .545 | .333 | .879 | |||||||
Buster Posey - C | SF vs COL 9/10 10:15 PM | Jorge De La Rosa | 4-11 | .364 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .455 | .500 | .955 | |||||||
Hot Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Edwin Jackson | CHC @ CIN 9/10 7:10 PM | Reds Batters | 18-91 | .198 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 24 | .326 | .284 | .609 |
KEY MATCHUPS: COLD | |||||||||||||||||||
Cold Batter Matchups | At-Bats | AVG | HR | XBH | RBI | BB | K | SLG | OBP | OPS | |||||||||
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Asdrubal Cabrera - SS | CLE vs KC 9/10 7:05 PM | Jeremy Guthrie | 2-12 | .167 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .417 | .167 | .583 | |||||||
Mike Napoli - C | BOS @ TB 9/10 7:10 PM | David Price | 3-14 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .214 | .267 | .481 | |||||||
Daniel Nava - OF | BOS @ TB 9/10 7:10 PM | David Price | 1-15 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .192 | |||||||
David Ortiz - DH | BOS @ TB 9/10 7:10 PM | David Price | 5-25 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .280 | .333 | .613 | |||||||
Cesar Izturis - SS | CIN vs CHC 9/10 7:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 0-12 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .077 | .077 | |||||||
Ryan Ludwick - OF | CIN vs CHC 9/10 7:10 PM | Edwin Jackson | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .273 | .308 | .580 | |||||||
Lucas Duda - OF | NYM vs WAS 9/10 7:10 PM | Jordan Zimmermann | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .250 | .523 | |||||||
Desmond Jennings - OF | TB vs BOS 9/10 7:10 PM | Clay Buchholz | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .432 | |||||||
Ben Zobrist - 2B | TB vs BOS 9/10 7:10 PM | Clay Buchholz | 4-32 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .156 | .222 | .378 | |||||||
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B | WAS @ NYM 9/10 7:10 PM | Dillon Gee | 3-15 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .250 | .517 | |||||||
Elvis Andrus - SS | TEX vs PIT 9/10 8:05 PM | Francisco Liriano | 0-11 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .154 | .154 | |||||||
Ian Kinsler - 2B | TEX vs PIT 9/10 8:05 PM | Francisco Liriano | 2-12 | .167 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .500 | .333 | .833 | |||||||
Alejandro De Aza - OF | CWS vs DET 9/10 8:10 PM | Rick Porcello | 2-13 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .313 | .466 | |||||||
Alexei Ramirez - SS | CWS vs DET 9/10 8:10 PM | Rick Porcello | 5-30 | .167 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .167 | .433 | |||||||
Aaron Hill - 2B | ARI @ LAD 9/10 10:10 PM | Edinson Volquez | 1-14 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .071 | .133 | .205 | |||||||
Miguel Montero - C | ARI @ LAD 9/10 10:10 PM | Edinson Volquez | 3-16 | .188 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .350 | .600 | |||||||
Gerardo Parra - OF | ARI @ LAD 9/10 10:10 PM | Edinson Volquez | 3-14 | .214 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .214 | .500 | |||||||
Andre Ethier - OF | LAD vs ARI 9/10 10:10 PM | Trevor Cahill | 2-12 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .214 | .464 | |||||||
Hanley Ramirez - SS | LAD vs ARI 9/10 10:10 PM | Trevor Cahill | 2-11 | .182 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .250 | .523 | |||||||
Todd Helton - 1B | COL @ SF 9/10 10:15 PM | Ryan Vogelsong | 2-10 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .400 | .385 | .785 | |||||||
Angel Pagan - OF | SF vs COL 9/10 10:15 PM | Jorge De La Rosa | 3-15 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .250 | .583 | |||||||
Cold Pitcher Matchups | At-Bats | Opp AVG | HR Allow | XBH Allow | RBI Allow | BB | K | Opp SLG | Opp OBP | Opp OPS | |||||||||
Jeremy Guthrie | KC @ Cle 9/10 7:05 PM | Indians Batters | 39-128 | .305 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 28 | .636 | .332 | .968 | |||||||
Ivan Nova | NYY @ Bal 9/10 7:05 PM | Orioles Batters | 43-123 | .350 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 18 | .627 | .399 | 1.026 | |||||||
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