Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Astros Finish Four Game Sweep of Angels



Here’s what’s happening in baseball:

Game of the Day for Tuesday 6/4  Houston 2, Los Angeles Angels 1
The Astros completed a four-game sweep in Anaheim in what might be the lowest point of the season for the Angels.  Chris Carter homered and Erik Bedard pitched seven solid innings as Houston completed their with a six-game winning streak despite having only three hits.  They’ve now beaten the high payroll Angels in six of ten meetings this year, and currently own the majors longest active winning streak.        

Rest of the Day’s Scores:

RESULT WIN LOSS SAVE
at NY Yankees 7, Cleveland 4 Kelley (3-0) Masterson (8-4) Rivera (20)
at Philadelphia 7, Miami 2 Kendrick (6-3) Koehler (0-4)
at Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 2 Medlen (2-6) Burnett (3-6)
at Cincinnati 3, Colorado 0 Arroyo (6-5) Chatwood (3-1) Chapman (15)
Oakland 10, at Milwaukee 2 Milone (6-5) Estrada (4-4)
at St. Louis 7, Arizona 1 Lynn (8-1) Cahill (3-6)
Houston 2, at LA Angels 1 Bedard (1-2) Blanton (1-9) Veras (11)
at Seattle 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Saunders (4-5) Danks (0-2) Wilhelmsen (13)
at LA Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Fife (1-0) Stults (4-5) League (12)

Consecutive days with a walk-off win (where the home team scores the winning run in the ninth inning or later): 0.  No walk-off wins happened on Monday.

A.L. MVP Watch:  Mark Teixeira, 1B, New York Yankees.  Teixeira returned to the Yankees last week and belted his first home run on Monday, a grand slam that hopefully means he won’t have another slow start to his season.  History shows that even players who miss a month or more can still win the MVP.

N.L. MVP Watch:  Domonic Brown, OF, Philadelphia Phillies.  Brow continued his torrid stretch by going 3-4 on Monday with his 17th home run and his ninth is his last ten games.  He’s on pace to hit .290 with 47 HRs and 117 RBI.

News & Notes:  A Jackie Robinson glove that’s believed to be used during the 1955 & 1956 World Series was auctioned off for $373,000.

History – 1919 World Series
          Winner: Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox 5 games to 3.
          The 1919 World Series is one of only four World Series to be played in the best-of-nine format (1903, ’20, & ’21 the others), partly to attract popularity to the game but mostly to increase gate revenue.  However it will always be remembered for the Black Sox scandal that involved several White Sox players conspiring with gamblers to sabotage the series intentionally so they would lose.  In 1921 eight White Six players were suspended for life my Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis (baseball’s first commissioner, elected in 1920) for fixing the series or having knowledge of it.  The White Sox won the 1917 World Series and lost several players to World War I duty in 1918 before returning to the Fall Classic in 1919.  Led by Shoeless Joe Jackson and Eddie Collins, the White Sox went into the series as favorites but history shows that owner Charlie Comiskey was so eager to pinch pennies and make a buck that he treated the Sox players very unfairly; regularly holding back performance bonuses and refusing to allow the teams’ uniforms to be cleaned.  The Reds jumped out to a 4-1 series lead before losing two straight and finally finishing off the White Sox in the eighth game.  The Reds outscored the White Sox in the series 35-20 and outhit them 64-59, and White Sox outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .375 and collected 12 hits (a record at the time) despite later being convicted of conspiracy and being banned from baseball.  Hall-of-Famers in the series included for Cincinnati outfielder Ed Rousch; and for Chicago second baseman Eddie Collins, pitcher Red Faber (did not play), and catcher Ray Schalk.

Trivia - Today’s Question: Shoeless Joe Jackson had a career batting average of .356 which ranks third all-time.  Who ranks first and second respectively?

Yesterday’s Question: The Boston Red Sox wouldn't win another World Series until 2004, but they reached the World Series four times between 1918 and 2004.  Name the years.
Answer:  1946, 1967, 1975 & 1986

Vegas Bet:  Lastly, here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book:Over/Under 1 home run hit by Domonic Brown tonight.  Brown has hit 9 home runs in his last 10 games.

Yesterday’s Bet:  Over/Under 2 rain delays in tonight's games.
Result:  Under.  Surprisingly there were 0 rain delays on Monday.

Standings

American League



American League East
Team W L GB Streak
Boston 35 23 - W 2
Baltimore 32 25 W 1
N.Y. Yankees 32 25 W 1
Tampa Bay 31 25 3 W 1
Toronto 24 33 10½ W 1
American League Central
Team W L GB Streak
Detroit 30 25 - L 1
Cleveland 30 27 1 L 2
Minnesota 25 29 W 2
Chi. White Sox 24 31 6 L 7
Kansas City 23 31 L 1
American League West
Team W L GB Streak
Texas 35 21 - W 1
Oakland 35 24 W 4
L.A. Angels 25 33 11 L 4
Seattle 25 33 11 W 1
Houston 21 37 15 W 6





National League



National League East
Team W L GB Streak
Atlanta 35 22 - W 3
Washington 28 29 7 L 2
Philadelphia 28 30 W 2
N.Y. Mets 22 32 11½ L 3
Miami 16 42 19½ L 1
National League Central
Team W L GB Streak
St. Louis 39 19 - W 1
Cincinnati 36 22 3 W 1
Pittsburgh 35 23 4 L 1
Chi. Cubs 23 32 14½ L 2
Milwaukee 21 35 17 L 2
National League West
Team W L GB Streak
Arizona 32 25 - L 1
Colorado 30 28 L 1
San Francisco 30 28 W 1
San Diego 26 31 6 L 2
L.A. Dodgers 24 32 W 1

Tuesday 6/4 Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses.  My picks to win are highlighted.  Yesterday’s Picks: 4-5  Overall:  371-278
Times EST

7:05 PM N.Y. Mets Hefner (1-5) @ Washington Zimmermann (8-3)
7:05 PM Miami Nolasco (3-6) @ Philadelphia Pettibone (3-1)
7:05 PM Cleveland Kazmir (3-2) @ N.Y. Yankees Phelps (3-3)
7:08 PM Tampa Bay Moore (8-0) @ Detroit Sanchez (5-5)
7:10 PM Colorado Nicasio (4-2) @ Cincinnati Bailey (3-4)
7:10 PM Pittsburgh Locke (5-1) @ Atlanta Minor (7-2)
7:10 PM Texas Grimm (5-3) @ Boston Dempster (2-6)
8:10 PM Oakland Griffin (5-4) @ Milwaukee Lohse (1-6)
8:10 PM Baltimore Tillman (4-2) @ Houston Harrell (4-6)
8:10 PM Minnesota Deduno (1-1) @ Kansas City Mendoza (1-2)
8:15 PM Arizona TBD @ St. Louis Wacha (0-0)
10:05 PM Chi. Cubs Feldman (5-4) @ L.A. Angels Weaver (1-1)
10:10 PM San Diego Richard (1-5) @ L.A. Dodgers Lilly (0-2)
10:10 PM Chi. White Sox Peavy (6-3) @ Seattle Hernandez (6-4)
10:15 PM Toronto Johnson (0-1) @ San Francisco Lincecum (3-5)


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