Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Game of the Day for Thursday June 20, 2013:
Detroit
Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 3
It seems that closers always take the blame for bad losses,
and mostly it does fall on them.
Thursday was no different as the Red Sox took a 3-2 lead in the eighth on
David Ortiz’s RBI single before handing the game over to their closer Andrew
Bailey to record the final three outs.
He immediately walked Victor Martinez before Jhony Peralta hit a
line-drive home run over the left field wall for the dramatic 4-3 Detroit. Bailey has now blown three of his last five
save chances, has a 15.75 ERA in this span, and has walked five and given up
four home runs, and has officially been demoted as Boston’s closer. The Red Sox will use Koji Uehara and Junichi
Tazawa to close games.
Rest of
the Weekend Scores:
Consecutive
days with a walk-off win (where the home team scores the winning run in the
ninth inning or later that immediately ends the game): 10 The
Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros walked-off winners on Thursday night,
both on home runs. For Detroit it was
Jhony Peralta’s blast in the ninth that won it and for Houston it was Carlos
Pena’s three-run shot that won the game.
A.L. MVP
Watch: Evan Longoria, 3B, Tampa Bay Rays. Longoria smacked two home runs on Thursday
and is on pace to hit .306 with 36 HRS and 103 RBI.
N.L. MVP
Watch: David Wright, 3B, New York Mets. Wright had three hits on Thursday including
two home runs and is on pace to hit .303 with 26 HRs, 91 RBI and 29 stolen bases.
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Matt Moore, Tampa Bay Rays.
Moore improved to 9-3 on Thursday by beating the Yankees in New York
with just over six innings of three-run ball, and is on pace to go 20-6 with a
4.12 ERA and 162 strikeouts.
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Jordan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals. Zimmerman (10-3) won his tenth game on
Thursday by shutting out the Rockies through eight innings while striking out
nine. He’s on pace to go 22-6 with a
2.24 ERA.
History –
1932 World Series
Winner: The New York Yankees swept the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 0.
This would be
the tenth and last World Series appearance for Babe Ruth who famously called
his Game 3 home run by pointing over the centerfield wall before hitting a
mammoth shot exactly there, stirring up controversy that isn’t settled to this
day. The Yankees were managed by Joe
McCarthy who led the Cubs to the 1929 pennant, and now found himself facing his
old team with a title at stake. This
series featured a record 13 Hall of Fame players and was the first where both
teams wore numbers on the back of their uniforms. The Yankees dominated in the batter’s box and
on the mound, with Ruth, Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri each hitting two home runs,
while Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez won Games 1 & 2. The Yankees outscored the Cubs37-19 and
outhit them 45-37 to win their fourth World Series title, and 12th World Series
game in a row. Hall-of-Famers in the
series included for the Yankees manager Joe McCarthy, outfielders Babe Ruth
& Earle Combs, catcher Bill Dickey, second baseman Tony Lazzeri, shortstop
Joe Sewell, and pitchers Lefty Gomez, Herb Pennock, & Red Ruffing; and for
the Cubs manager Rogers Hornsby, outfielder Kiki Kuyler, pitcher Burleigh
Grimes and catcher Gabby Hartnett.
Trivia -
Today’s Question: How many career home runs did Babe Ruth hit as a New York
Yankee?
Yesterday’s
Question: What former New York Met pitcher led
the team in wins during the 2000’s?
Answer: Steve
Tracshel with 66 wins.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly,
here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 8 strikeout by Clayton Kershaw against the Padres.
Standings
| American League East | American League Central | American League West | ||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | ||
| Boston | 44 | 31 | - | L 2 | Detroit | 40 | 31 | - | W 1 | Oakland | 43 | 32 | - | L 2 | ||
| Baltimore | 42 | 31 | 1 | W 2 | Cleveland | 36 | 35 | 4 | W 2 | Texas | 41 | 32 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| N.Y. Yankees | 39 | 33 | 3½ | L 2 | Kansas City | 34 | 36 | 5½ | L 2 | L.A. Angels | 33 | 40 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 38 | 35 | 5 | W 2 | Minnesota | 33 | 36 | 6 | W 3 | Seattle | 32 | 42 | 10½ | L 2 | ||
| Toronto | 35 | 36 | 7 | W 8 | Chi. White Sox | 29 | 41 | 10½ | L 3 | Houston | 28 | 46 | 14½ | W 1 | ||
| National League East | National League Central | National League West | ||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | ||
| Atlanta | 43 | 31 | - | L 1 | St. Louis | 47 | 26 | - | W 2 | Arizona | 39 | 33 | - | W 2 | ||
| Washington | 36 | 36 | 6 | W 2 | Cincinnati | 44 | 30 | 3½ | L 1 | San Francisco | 37 | 35 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| Philadelphia | 35 | 38 | 7½ | L 1 | Pittsburgh | 43 | 30 | 4 | W 1 | San Diego | 37 | 36 | 2½ | W 1 | ||
| N.Y. Mets | 28 | 41 | 12½ | W 1 | Chi. Cubs | 29 | 42 | 17 | L 2 | Colorado | 37 | 37 | 3 | L 4 | ||
| Miami | 23 | 49 | 19 | W 1 | Milwaukee | 29 | 42 | 17 | L 1 | L.A. Dodgers | 30 | 41 | 8½ | L 1 | ||
Weekend Schedule for Friday 6/21 – Sunday 6/23 with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win
are highlighted. Weekend Picks: 7-5 Overall:
427-310
Times EST
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