Here’s
what’s happening in baseball:
Game
of the Day for Tuesday 6/4: Philadelphia
7, Miami 3
Philadelphia
outfielder John Mayberry Jr. entered the game in the seventh as a pinch hitter in
a 2-2 tie, and would have to wait until extra innings to make his impact
known. He electrified the home crowd
Tuesday night by hitting a game-tying solo home run in the bottom of the tenth inning
and lining another home run over the left field wall with the bases full in the
bottom of the eleventh to give the Phillies the dramatic win. It was just the 27th walk-off grand slam hit in major league history. Mayberry Jr. doubled his home run total for
the season and sent the Phillies home winners.
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): 1. There
were four walk-off games on Tuesday; the Phillies walked-off with a grand slam,
the Braves and Brewers walked-off winners on tenth inning doubles, and the
Nationals walked off winners with a sacrifice fly.
A.L.
MVP Watch: Prince
Fielder, 1B, Detroit Tigers. Fielder
went 3-4 on Tuesday with a homer (12) and four RBI (48), and is on pace to hit 34
HRs, drive in 138 runs, and walk 101 times.
N.L.
MVP Watch: Paul
Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona Diamondbacks (5th mention). Goldschmidt went 3-6 on Tuesday including the
game-winning RBI on his 11th inning single, and is on pace to hit .339 with 36
HRs and 139 RBI.
News
& Notes: Biogenesis
founder Anthony Bosch has agreed to cooperate with MLB and provide documents
linking several MLB players including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun to using
banned substances. The players could
face 100-game suspensions.
History
– 1920 World Series
Winner: Cleveland
Indians defeated the Brooklyn Robbins 5 games to 2.
The
1920 World Series featured two teams that had never won a championship before,
and would be the last matchup to feature this until 1980. All seven games of the best-of-nine series were
won by the team that scored first, but the series is noted for its’ Game 5
records, all by Cleveland players, that witnessed the only World Series triple
play (unassisted by second baseman Bill Wambsganns), the first grand slam home
run (outfielder Elmer Smith), and the first home run hit by a pitcher (Jim
Bagby Sr.). The Indians were led by
hall-of-fame pitcher Stan Coveleski who won three of the five games, and Cleveland outscored
the Robbins 21-8 and outhit them 53-44 for their first World Series title. Hall-of-Famers in the series included for
Cleveland pitcher Coveleski, shortstop Joe Sewell, and outfielder Tris Speaker;
and for Brooklyn manager Wilber Robinson, pitcher Rube Marquad and outfielder
ZachWheat.
Trivia
- Today’s Question: Who was the last player to hit a walk-off grand slam home run?
Yesterday’s
Question: Shoeless Joe Jackson had a career batting average of
.356 that ranks third all-time. Who
ranks first and second all-time respectively?
Answer: Ty Cobb ranks first with a .366 average and Rogers Hornsby second at .358.
Vegas
Bet: Lastly, here’s
an actual bet you can make at a Las Vegas Sports Book:
Yesterday’s
Bet: Over/Under 1 home run hit by Domonic Brown tonight. Brown has hit 9 home runs in his last 10 games.
Result:
Under. Domonic Brow went 1-5 with 0 home runs.
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 | 36 | 23 | - | W 3 | Detroit | 31 | 25 | - | W 1 | Texas | 35 | 22 | - | L 1 | ||
| Baltimore | 33 | 25 | 2½ | W 2 | Cleveland | 30 | 28 | 2 | L 3 | Oakland | 35 | 25 | 1½ | L 1 | ||
| N.Y. Yankees | 33 | 25 | 2½ | W 2 | Minnesota | 26 | 29 | 4½ | W 3 | L.A. Angels | 26 | 33 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| Tampa Bay | 31 | 26 | 4 | L 1 | Chi. White Sox | 24 | 32 | 7 | L 8 | Seattle | 26 | 33 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| Toronto | 24 | 34 | 11½ | L 1 | Kansas City | 23 | 32 | 7½ | L 2 | Houston | 21 | 38 | 15 | L 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 | 36 | 22 | - | W 4 | St. Louis | 39 | 20 | - | L 1 | Arizona | 33 | 25 | - | W 1 | ||
| Washington | 29 | 29 | 7 | W 1 | Cincinnati | 36 | 23 | 3 | L 1 | Colorado | 31 | 28 | 2½ | W 1 | ||
| Philadelphia | 29 | 30 | 7½ | W 3 | Pittsburgh | 35 | 24 | 4 | L 2 | San Francisco | 31 | 28 | 2½ | W 2 | ||
| N.Y. Mets | 22 | 33 | 12½ | L 4 | Chi. Cubs | 23 | 33 | 14½ | L 3 | San Diego | 26 | 32 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| Miami | 16 | 43 | 20½ | L 2 | Milwaukee | 22 | 35 | 16 | W 1 | L.A. Dodgers | 25 | 32 | 7½ | W 2 | ||
Wednesday
6/5 Schedule with probable pitchers in
parentheses. My picks to win are
highlighted. Yesterday’s Picks: 9-6 Overall: 376-279
Times EST
| 12:10 PM | Pittsburgh | Rodriguez (6-3) | @ | Atlanta | Teheran (3-2) |
| 1:05 PM | Cleveland | Kluber (3-3) | @ | N.Y. Yankees | Sabathia (5-4) |
| 1:05 PM | Miami | Turner (1-0) | @ | Philadelphia | Hamels (1-9) |
| 2:10 PM | Oakland | Colon (6-2) | @ | Milwaukee | Gallardo (4-5) |
| 3:40 PM | Chi. White Sox | Axelrod (3-4) | @ | Seattle | Iwakuma (6-1) |
| 3:45 PM | Toronto | Dickey (4-7) | @ | San Francisco | Zito (4-3) |
| 7:05 PM | N.Y. Mets | Gee (3-6) | @ | Washington | Haren (4-6) |
| 7:05 PM | Chi. Cubs | Garza (1-0) | @ | L.A. Angels | Vargas (5-3) |
| 7:08 PM | Tampa Bay | Cobb (6-2) | @ | Detroit | Fister (5-2) |
| 7:10 PM | Colorado | Garland (3-6) | @ | Cincinnati | Cueto (3-0) |
| 7:10 PM | Texas | Ogando (4-2) | @ | Boston | Lackey (3-5) |
| 8:10 PM | Baltimore | Garcia (2-2) | @ | Houston | Keuchel (2-2) |
| 8:10 PM | Minnesota | Walters (2-0) | @ | Kansas City | Guthrie (5-3) |
| 8:15 PM | Arizona | Miley (3-5) | @ | St. Louis | TBD |
| 10:10 PM | San Diego | Marquis (6-2) | @ | L.A. Dodgers | Kershaw (5-3) |
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