Dodgers Fight and Win Late

Here’s what’s happening in baseball:

Game of the Day for Tuesday June 11, 2013:

Los Angeles Dodgers 5 Arizona Diamondbacks 3

For the second straight day the Dodgers-Diamondbacks take top headlines, this time for their play and for the benches clearing brawl that ensued in the seventh.  Arizona starter Ian Kennedy hit Dodger rookie phenom Yasiel Puig in the face with a fastball, and later hit Zach Greinke which started the melee.  Benched spilled onto the field and several punches were thrown, resulting in six players getting ejected, including Kennedy & Puig.  The Dodgers scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 5-4 lead and close out the come from behind victory.

Rest of the Day’s Scores:

RESULT	WIN	LOSS	SAVE
at Baltimore 3, LA Angels 2	Gonzalez (4-2)	Vargas (5-4)	Johnson (23)
at Pittsburgh 8, San Francisco 2	Cole (1-0)	Lincecum (4-6)
St. Louis 9, at NY Mets 2	Wacha (1-0)	Hefner (1-6)
at Miami 5, Milwaukee 4	Qualls (2-0)	Henderson (2-2)	Cishek (7)
at Tampa Bay 8, Boston 3	Hernandez (4-6)	Lester (6-3)
Cleveland 5, at Texas 2	Kluber (4-4)	Holland (5-3)
Cincinnati 12, at Chicago Cubs 2	Cingrani (3-0)	Garza (1-1)
Toronto 7, at Chicago White Sox 5	Cecil (2-0)	Troncoso (0-1)	Janssen (13)
Detroit 3, at Kansas City 2	Scherzer (9-0)	Crow (2-2)	Valverde (9)
at Minnesota 3, Philadelphia 2	Duensing (1-1)	Adams (1-4)	Perkins (14)
at Colorado 8, Washington 3	Chacin (4-3)	Haren (4-8)
at Oakland 6, NY Yankees 4	Colon (8-2)	Sabathia (6-5)	Balfour (16)
at Seattle 4, Houston 0	Harang (3-6)	Norris (5-6)
at LA Dodgers 5, Arizona 3	Guerrier (2-2)	Hernandez (2-3)	Jansen (3)
at San Diego 3, Atlanta 2	Cashner (5-3)	Hudson (4-6)	Gregerson (3)

 

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.

A.L. MVP Watch:  Edwin Encarnacion, 1B, Toronto Blue Jays.  Encarnacion went 2-4 on Tuesday with his 18^th homer un, and is on pace to hit 45 HRs and knock in 137 runs.

N.L. MVP Watch:  Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates.  McCuthcen went 2-3 on Tuesday with two runs scored and a stolen base, and is on pace to hit 17 HRs, drive in 75 runs, and steal 37 bases.

History – 1925 World Series

            Winner: The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Senators 4 games to 3.

            The Senators repeated as National League champions and built a 3-1 World Series lead before allowing the Pirates to win three straight games, the first team to ever comeback from a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series.  Walter Johnson won two games for Washington, but lost game 7 in a heavy downpour, arguably the worse weather conditions for a game 7 ever.  The Pirates scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth of to overcome a 7-6 deficit and hung on to win 9-7.  The Senators outscored the Pirates 26-25, but the Pirates outhit them 61-59 for their second World Series title in franchise history.  Hall-of-Famers in the series included for Pittsburgh Bill McKechnie (manager), outfielders Max Carey and Kiki Cuyler, and third baseman Pie Traynor; and for Washington manager Bucky Harris, pitchers Walter Johnson and Stan Coveleski, outfielders Goose Goslin and Sam Rice.

Trivia - Today’s Question:  What team did Edwin Encarnacion begin his career with?

Yesterday’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?

Answer:  1991 when the Minnesota Twins (originally the Washington Senators) won Game 7 on a walk-off single in the tenth inning.

Vegas Bet:  Lastly, here’s an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book: Over/Under 8 strikeouts by Justin Verlander today.

Yesterday’s Bet:  Over/Under 6 innings pitched by Pirates prized rookie pitcher Gerrit Cole tonight versus Atlanta.

Result:Over.  Cole pitched 6 and a third innings.

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	26	-	L 1		Detroit	36	27	-	W 1		Texas	38	26	-	L 1
N.Y. Yankees	37	27	2	L 1		Cleveland	31	33	5½	W 1		Oakland	39	27	-	W 1
Baltimore	37	28	2½	W 3		Kansas City	29	33	6½	L 1		Seattle	29	37	10	W 2
Tampa Bay	35	29	4	W 1		Minnesota	28	33	7	W 1		L.A. Angels	27	38	11½	L 4
Toronto	28	36	11	W 1		Chi. White Sox	28	35	8	L 1		Houston	22	44	17	L 6
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	26	-	L 2		St. Louis	42	22	-	W 2		Arizona	36	29	-	L 1
Washington	31	32	7	L 1		Cincinnati	39	26	3½	W 2		Colorado	35	30	1	W 2
Philadelphia	31	34	8	L 4		Pittsburgh	38	26	4	W 1		San Francisco	33	30	2	L 1
N.Y. Mets	23	36	13	L 3		Milwaukee	26	38	16	L 1		San Diego	31	34	5	W 2
Miami	19	45	19½	W 1		Chi. Cubs	25	37	16	L 2		L.A. Dodgers	28	36	7½	W 1

 

Wednesday 6/12 Schedule with probable pitchers in parentheses.  My picks to win are highlighted.  Weekend Picks: 9-6  Overall:  384-282

Times EST

12:35 PM	L.A. Angels	Williams (4-2)	@	Baltimore	Hammel (7-4)
2:10 PM	Detroit	Verlander (8-4)	@	Kansas City	Shields (2-6)
2:20 PM	Cincinnati	Leake (5-3)	@	Chi. Cubs	Wood (5-4)
3:40 PM	Atlanta	Maholm (7-4)	@	San Diego	Volquez (4-5)
7:05 PM	San Francisco	Zito (4-4)	@	Pittsburgh	Liriano (4-2)
7:10 PM	Milwaukee	Figaro (0-0)	@	Miami	Slowey (2-5)
7:10 PM	St. Louis	Miller (7-3)	@	N.Y. Mets	Gee (4-6)
7:10 PM	Boston	Aceves (2-1)	@	Tampa Bay	Archer (1-1)
8:05 PM	Cleveland	Jimenez (4-4)	@	Texas	Tepesch (3-5)
8:10 PM	Philadelphia	Cloyd (2-2)	@	Minnesota	Pelfrey (3-6)
8:10 PM	Toronto	Rogers (1-2)	@	Chi. White Sox	Sale (5-4)
8:40 PM	Washington	Ohlendorf	@	Colorado	De La Rosa (7-3)
10:05 PM	N.Y. Yankees	Hughes (3-4)	@	Oakland	Straily (3-2)
10:10 PM	Arizona	Corbin (9-0)	@	L.A. Dodgers	Ryu (6-2)
10:10 PM	Houston	Lyles (3-1)	@	Seattle	Bonderman (1-1)