Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Game of the Day for Monday June 10, 2013:
Arizona
Diamondbacks 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
The
Diamondbacks suffered through seven innings of Clayton Kershaw before the
Dodgers handed the game to their bullpen in the eighth leading 3-1. Kershaw held Arizona to just one run on six
hits, but it all imploded two innings later.
Los Angeles closer Brandon League surrendered four hits and four runs in
the top of the ninth, including a two-run single by Willie Bloomquist that
scored the winning run as Arizona stunned the Dodgers in Los Angeles. L.A. would make it interesting in the bottom
of the ninth when Juan Uribe closed the score to 5-4 with a solo home run, but
Arizona closer Heath Bell held on for the save and nailed down the dramatic
come-from-behind win for the Diamondbacks.
Rest of
the Day’s 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): 0. There were no walk-off wins on Monday.
A.L. MVP
Watch: Jose Bautista, OF, Toronto Blue Jays (4th mention). Bautista went 2-4 on Monday with two home
runs and five RBI, and is on pace to hit 36 HRs and drive in 90 runs.
N.L. MVP
Watch: Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinnati Reds. Phillips went 2-4 on Monday with a grand slam
and six RBI, and is on pace to hit 25 HRs and drive in 130 runs.
History –
1924 World Series
Winner: Washington Senators beat the New York Giants 4 games to 3.
In arguably
what might’ve been the most exciting World Series to date, the underdog
Senators stunned all of baseball by defeating the Giants (who were making their
fourth straight World Series appearance) in extra innings of the seventh and
final game for their first ever title. Hall-of-Fame
pitcher Walter Johnson (most career wins by any pitcher) was playing in his
first and last World Series at the age of 36, and started two games (losing
them both), but will be remembered for earning the win in game seven when he
came on in relief. In that deciding
game, the Senators trailed 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth when a ground ball
hit a pebble and caromed past Giants third baseman Freddie Lindstrom, allowing the
two tying runs to score. Johnson came on
to pitch the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth innings until finally the
Senators scored the game-winning run on a walk-off single by Earl McNeeley, whose
hit coincidentally took another bad hop and scooted past third baseman Freddie
Lindstrom again to end the series. The
Senators were outscored by the Giants 27-26 and outhit by them 66-61, but luck
was on their side, or maybe a pebble, in that final game seven, as they won
their only World Series title in Washington D.C.. Hall-of-Famers in the series included for
Washington manager Bucky Harris, pitcher Walter Johnson, and outfielders Goose
Goslin and Sam Rice; and for the Giants manager John McGraw (his ninth and final
World Series appearance), second baseman Frankie Frisch, shortstop Travis
Jackson, first baseman George Kelley and Bill Terry, outfielders Hack Wilson
and Ross Youngs.
Trivia -
Today’s Question: Only twice in 108 World Series has the final game seven reached
extra innings. Once was the Senators in
1924 from above, when was the other and who won the game and series?
Yesterday’s
Question: What is the longest game, in innings, ever played in
major league baseball?
Answer: 26 between the Brookln Dodgers and Boston Braves in 1920. The game was called for darkness and ended in a 1-1 tie.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly,
here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 6 innings pitched by Pirates prized rookie pitcher Gerrit Cole tonight versus Atlanta.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
7 runs scored between the Milwaukee
Brewers & Miami Marlins.
Result: Push. The Brewers won the game 6-1.
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 | 40 | 25 | - | W 3 | Detroit | 35 | 27 | - | L 1 | Texas | 38 | 25 | - | W 2 | ||
| N.Y. Yankees | 37 | 26 | 2 | W 2 | Cleveland | 30 | 33 | 5½ | L 8 | Oakland | 38 | 27 | 1 | L 2 | ||
| Baltimore | 36 | 28 | 3½ | W 2 | Kansas City | 29 | 32 | 5½ | W 6 | Seattle | 28 | 37 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 34 | 29 | 5 | L 2 | Chi. White Sox | 28 | 34 | 7 | W 3 | L.A. Angels | 27 | 37 | 11½ | L 3 | ||
| Toronto | 27 | 36 | 12 | L 2 | Minnesota | 27 | 33 | 7 | L 2 | Houston | 22 | 43 | 17 | L 5 | ||
| 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 | 39 | 25 | - | L 1 | St. Louis | 41 | 22 | - | W 1 | Arizona | 36 | 28 | - | W 1 | ||
| Washington | 31 | 31 | 7 | W 2 | Cincinnati | 38 | 26 | 3½ | W 1 | San Francisco | 33 | 29 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| Philadelphia | 31 | 33 | 8 | L 3 | Pittsburgh | 37 | 26 | 4 | L 1 | Colorado | 34 | 30 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| N.Y. Mets | 23 | 35 | 13 | L 2 | Milwaukee | 26 | 37 | 15 | W 4 | San Diego | 30 | 34 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| Miami | 18 | 45 | 20½ | L 1 | Chi. Cubs | 25 | 36 | 15 | L 1 | L.A. Dodgers | 27 | 36 | 8½ | L 3 | ||
Tuesday 6/11 Schedule with
probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win are highlighted. Weekend
Picks: 4-6 Overall: 386-288
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