Here’s your
daily baseball briefing:
Game of the Day for Wednesday June 26, 2013:
Toronto
Blue Jays 3, Tampa Bay Rays 0
The Blue
Jays won 12 of their last 13 games and have relied on their pitching during
this stretch. Wednesday is was R.A.
Dickey’s turn, who according to Tampa Bay coach Joe Maddon, was “unhittable” on
the mound. Dickey needed just 93 pitches
to complete his nine-inning masterpiece, striking out six and allowing just two
runs. Shortstop Jose Reyes returned
Toronto’s lineup after missing the last two months with an ankle injury and
went 0-4, but the Blue Jays are on a roll now, and if they can get Dickey to
perform at last year’s Cy Young award level, watch out American League East.
Rest of
the Weekend Scores:
Joe
DiMaggio Watch (56-game hitting streak): Michael Cuddyer, OF/1B for the Colorado
Rockies, homered twice on Wednesday and has hit safely in 23 straight games, 33 short of Joe D’s major league record.
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): 16 The
Kansas City Royals walked off winners on Wednesday on Alex Gordon’s tenth inning
RBI single to beat the Atlanta Braves.
A.L. MVP Watch: Mike
Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels. Trout
went 2-5 on Wednesday with his 13th home run, and is on pace to hit .308 with
27 HRs, 107 RBI and 37 stolen bases.
N.L. MVP
Watch: Yadier Molina, C, St. Louis Cardinals. Molina went 2-4 on Wednesday with his 6th
home run, and is on pace to hit .357 with 92 RBI.
A.L. Cy
Young Watch: Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners. Hernandez (8-4) struck out 11 Pirates in
seven innings but didn’t get a decision on Wednesday night. He’s currently on pace to go 16-8 with a 2.67
ERA and 252 strikeouts.
N.L. Cy
Young Watch: Jordan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals. Zimmerman (11-3) won his 11th game
on Wednesday by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks at home. He allowed just two runs in seven innings and
is on pace to go 23-6 with a 2.27 ERA and 170 strikeouts.
History –
1936 World Series
Winner: The New York Yankees beat the New York Giants 4 games to 2.
The 1936 Yankees were one season removed from Babe Ruth’s
retirement (end of 1934) when they signed Joe DiMaggio from the Pacific Coast
League to play centerfield. He played in
138 games and hit .323 with 29 HRS and 125 RBI to lead all rookies and help the
Yankees capture their seventh A.L. pennant.
The Giants were playing in their tenth World Series (3-6 record) and
their fourth against the Yankees (2-1 record). The teams split the first two games at the
Polo Grounds, with the Yankees winning game two 18-4, still the record for run
differential in a World Series game. The
Yankees then won games 3 & 4 at Yankee Stadium behind Lou Gehrig who
homered in both while showing the young DiMaggio how to win. The Yankees lost Game 5 in ten innings, but
rebounded to pound the Giants 13-5 in Game 6 to win their fifth World Series
title. Dimaggio hit .342 in the series
and Gehrig .292 with seven RBI. Overall
the Yankees outscored the Giants 43-23 and outhit them 65-50. Hall of Famers in the series included for the
Yankees: manager Joe McCarthy, outfielder Joe DiMaggio, first baseman Lou Gehrig, catcher Bill Dickey, second
baseman Tony Lazzeri, and pitchers Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing; and for the
Giants: shortstop Travis Jackson, pitcher Carl Hubbell, outfielder Mel Ott and
first baseman Bill Terry.
Trivia -
Today’s Question: What year did Joe DiMaggio have his 56-game hitting streak?
Yesterday’s
Question: When was the last year the Chicago
Cubs made the World Series?
Answer: 1945. They lost to the Tigers in seven games.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly,
here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 6 strikeouts by Stephen Strasburg today against Arizona.
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under
4 runs allowed by Tim Lincecum
tonight against the Dodgers.
Result: Push. Lincecum allowed exactly 4 runs.
Standings
| American League East | National League East | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Boston | 47 | 33 | - | W 2 | Atlanta | 45 | 34 | - | L 1 | |
| N.Y. Yankees | 42 | 35 | 3½ | L 1 | Washington | 39 | 38 | 5 | W 2 | |
| Baltimore | 43 | 36 | 3½ | L 1 | Philadelphia | 38 | 41 | 7 | W 2 | |
| Tampa Bay | 41 | 38 | 5½ | L 1 | N.Y. Mets | 31 | 43 | 11½ | W 1 | |
| Toronto | 39 | 38 | 6½ | W 1 | Miami | 27 | 50 | 17 | W 3 | |
| American League Central | National League Central | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Detroit | 42 | 34 | - | L 2 | Pittsburgh | 48 | 30 | - | W 6 | |
| Cleveland | 40 | 37 | 2½ | W 1 | St. Louis | 48 | 30 | - | L 1 | |
| Kansas City | 36 | 39 | 5½ | W 1 | Cincinnati | 45 | 34 | 3½ | L 2 | |
| Minnesota | 34 | 40 | 7 | L 2 | Chi. Cubs | 32 | 44 | 15 | W 1 | |
| Chi. White Sox | 32 | 43 | 9½ | L 1 | Milwaukee | 32 | 44 | 15 | L 1 | |
| American League West | National League West | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | GB | Strk | Team | W | L | GB | Strk | |
| Texas | 45 | 33 | - | W 1 | Arizona | 41 | 36 | - | L 3 | |
| Oakland | 46 | 34 | - | W 2 | Colorado | 39 | 40 | 3 | L 2 | |
| L.A. Angels | 35 | 43 | 10 | W 2 | San Diego | 39 | 40 | 3 | L 2 | |
| Seattle | 34 | 45 | 11½ | L 2 | San Francisco | 38 | 40 | 3½ | L 4 | |
| Houston | 30 | 49 | 15½ | W 1 | L.A. Dodgers | 35 | 42 | 6 | W 5 | |
Thursday 6/27 Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses. My picks to win
are highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 7-8 Overall:
442-330
Times EST
| 1:05 PM | Texas | Holland (5-4) | @ | N.Y. Yankees | Hughes (3-6) |
| 1:08 PM | L.A. Angels | Weaver (1-4) | @ | Detroit | Fister (6-5) |
| 2:10 PM | Chi. Cubs | Garza (2-1) | @ | Milwaukee | Peralta (5-8) |
| 4:05 PM | Arizona | Corbin (9-0) | @ | Washington | Strasburg (4-6) |
| 6:10 PM | N.Y. Mets | Hefner (2-6) | @ | Colorado | Chatwood (4-1) |
| 7:05 PM | Cleveland | Kluber (6-4) | @ | Baltimore | Gonzalez (5-3) |
| 7:10 PM | Toronto | Wang (1-0) | @ | Boston | Lester (7-4) |
| 8:10 PM | Kansas City | Guthrie (7-5) | @ | Minnesota | Deduno (3-2) |
| 10:10 PM | Philadelphia | Pettibone (3-3) | @ | L.A. Dodgers | Greinke (4-2) |
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