Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Yesterday
May 9th games:
New
York Mets 3 Pittsburgh 2
Mike Baxter singled home the winning run in the
bottom of the ninth and the Mets opened the four-game home stand with the
Pirates with an exciting win. Baxter’s bottom of the tenth inning single on
Tuesday also won the game for the Mets.
Arizona 2
Philadelphia 1
Patrick Corbin improved to 5-0 as he limited the
Phillies to just four hits into the seventh as he lowered his ERA to 1.75 and
helped the Diamondbacks beat Cole Hamels at home.
Minnesota
5 Boston 3
The Twins benefitted from John Lackey’s throwing
error in the sixth and erupted for four runs, two by Twins rookie Oswaldo Arcia
on his third home run and the Red Sox lost the last three games and series
after winning the first game.
Cleveland
9 Oakland 2
The Indians won convincingly and completed the
series sweep of the A’s as Jason Kipnis, Nick Swisher & Mark Reynolds each
homered and Scott Kazmir struck out ten in six innings.
Tampa
Bay 5 Toronto 4 (10 innings)
Luke Scott walked with the bases loaded allowing the
winning run to score in the bottom of the tenth, and David Price rebounded from
some bad starts by striking out eight in eight innings.
New York Yankees 3 Colorado 1
The Yankees won the rubber match in Colorado despite
more than a two hour rain delay in the middle of the fourth, as C.C. Sabathia
and five relievers allowed just four hits and Robinson Cano his ninth home run.
Atlanta
6 San Francisco 3
Brian McCann, in jus this third game of the season,
homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Braves who won in San
Francisco.
Kansas
City 6 Baltimore 2
The Royals avoided a three-game sweep by the Orioles
as Alex Gordon & Eric Hosmer homered in a four-run fourth inning, helping
Jeremy Guthrie improve to 5-0.
Washington
5 Detroit 4
The Nationals led 5-0 after the second inning and
hung on for the win as Ryan Zimmerman went 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Los
Angeles Angels 6 Houston 5
The Angels snapped a four-game losing streak as Mark
Trumbo tied the game in the eighth with a double and Alberto Calypso plated the
winning run with a sacrifice fly.
A.L.
MVP Watch: Mark
Reynolds, 1B, Cleveland. Mark went 2-3
Thursday with his 11th homer run and is on pace to hit 57 HRs and
knock in 151 runs.
N.L.
MVP Watch: Buster
Posey, C, San Francisco. Buster went 2-4
on Thursday with his 5th HR and is on pace to hit .297 with 23 HRs
and 101 RBI, almost identical numbers to his 2012 N.L. MVP season.
History
– New York Yankees Team History
The Yankees are
one of the eight charter members of the American League in 1901, known then as
the Baltimore Orioles before they moved to New York and took the name Highlanders
until 1913, when they officially became the Yankees. They are the most successful franchise in pro
sports history, having won 40 American League pennants and 27 World Series
championships, with their first coming in 1923, the same year the old Yankee
Stadium opened. In that building,
affectionately known as the House that Babe Ruth built, led by such Hall-of –Famers
as the Babe, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra, they
would go on to win World Series titles in 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947,
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1976, 1977, 1996, 1998,
1999 and 2000. The old Yankee Stadium
was destroyed and replaced by a new Yankee Stadium in 2009, and once again they
won the World Series in the same year their new stadium opened. I toured both the old stadium before it was
demolished and the new stadium just months after they won the 2009 World
Series, and pictures from the Yankees dugouts can be seen below along with a panoramic of the new stadium.
Trivia
– Today’s
Question – Who is the Yankees all-time
leader in stolen bases?
Yesterday’s
Question – What two Red Sox pitchers are tied with
the franchise record for most wins in a Boston uniform?
Answer
– Cy
Young and Roger Clemens with 192 wins.
Young from
From 1901-1908 and Clemens from 1984-1996.
Vegas Bet:
Lastly, here’s an actual bet you can make in Las Vegas casinos:
Over/Under
2 wins by the Mets over the weekend vs.
Pittsburgh.
Yesterday’s Bet: Over/Under
4 runs allowed by Phillies pitcher
Cole Hamels.
Result: Under. Hamels
allowed 2 runs.
Standings
| American League | ||||
| American League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| N.Y. Yankees | 20 | 13 | - | W 2 |
| Baltimore | 21 | 14 | - | L 1 |
| Boston | 21 | 14 | - | L 3 |
| Tampa Bay | 16 | 18 | 4½ | W 2 |
| Toronto | 13 | 23 | 8½ | L 2 |
| American League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Detroit | 19 | 13 | - | L 2 |
| Kansas City | 18 | 13 | ½ | W 1 |
| Cleveland | 18 | 14 | 1 | W 4 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 15 | 2½ | W 3 |
| Chi. White Sox | 14 | 18 | 5 | W 1 |
| American League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Texas | 21 | 13 | - | W 1 |
| Oakland | 18 | 18 | 4 | L 4 |
| Seattle | 16 | 19 | 5½ | W 1 |
| L.A. Angels | 12 | 22 | 9 | W 1 |
| Houston | 10 | 25 | 11½ | L 1 |
| National League | ||||
| National League East | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Atlanta | 21 | 13 | - | W 2 |
| Washington | 19 | 15 | 2 | W 4 |
| N.Y. Mets | 14 | 17 | 5½ | W 1 |
| Philadelphia | 16 | 20 | 6 | L 2 |
| Miami | 10 | 25 | 11½ | L 3 |
| National League Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| St. Louis | 21 | 12 | - | W 1 |
| Cincinnati | 19 | 16 | 3 | L 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 18 | 16 | 3½ | L 2 |
| Milwaukee | 15 | 17 | 5½ | L 1 |
| Chi. Cubs | 13 | 21 | 8½ | L 1 |
| National League West | ||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk |
| Arizona | 20 | 15 | - | W 4 |
| San Francisco | 20 | 15 | - | L 1 |
| Colorado | 19 | 15 | ½ | L 2 |
| San Diego | 16 | 18 | 3½ | W 4 |
| L.A. Dodgers | 13 | 20 | 6 | L 7 |
Weekend Schedule 5/10-5/12
with probable pitchers in parentheses.
My picks to win are highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 11-4 Overall: 198-164
Times EST
My picks to win are highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 11-4 Overall: 198-164
Times EST
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